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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
QUAY STATUE JUST JUNK
Lies In Storage Warehouse Subject to
sale For Fees Ere Iona.

Surrounded by boxes. bales, pack
ages and bundles, the Quay statue re.
poses in storage warehouse in Har
lisburg-just plain junk.
Two weeks ago. in pursuanceof or.
ders from David II. Lane, one Of the
members Of the Quay statue commits.
sion, Sculptor Bitter shipped the mar
bic to Harrisburg, directed to Gov.
ernor Stuart as president of the board
of public grounds and buildings. but
the latter body would not shoulder il,
and placed the burden of selecting a
site and installing the statue on the
commission. Mr. Lane then issued
orders to Mr.. Bitter to plant the statue
on site selected for Cousin Mats
statue by Cousin Sam" Pennypacker
but Mr.. Bitter has failed to move.
The Pennsylvania railroad freight
officials needed the room in the freight
shed occupied by the statue. and hav-
ing no information when it would be
called for. directed that it be taken &c
the Harrisburg Storage company's
warehouse. There is no word from,
anybody whose place it is to look af
ter it, and unless the statue is called
for it will be sold for storage expenses
at the expiration of the legal time
limit.
Meantime the Quay statue is junl;
in a storage warehouse.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
Its Mcaninn.

Walter is a small boy from the mill
district, who became a member of our
Sunday-school after a Christmas tree
to which he had been invited. "Wal-
ter, do you know the Lords Prayer?"
his teacher asked Nome" replied
small Walter. You do not know
Cur Father Who Art IN Heayen'?"
"Ch, yassum. that's Mis- Maljie's
prayer" Mis- Marjie" is Walters
weekday teacher. After explaining
the prayer Miss c. asked, do you
know what amen at the end means?"
Walters face frightened as he re-
piled, "Yassum, hit means now you
done, git up."-Tho Delineator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
PREACHING.

Not long ago a writer in one of the
literary papers remarked that the
average sermon was, OF all creative
productions, the least likely TO be pre-.
served. ard he called attention to the
fact that OF all the sermons preached
only an induitc5imal part Of them
had foun their way into book form.
And the e are not read.
Why is it that a body of men who
have received an academic education
extending over a large part OF their
lives and whose training has been for
the sole purpose of eXpounding and
imparting truth, should yet say so
very little that is even worth repeat
ms? This would seem to be an uu
aasworable argument against so-c1llel
| earning.
As matter CT fact, It is. Suppose
| there was n Whole Dogma Of Swim
ming one would have to learn the
comparative philology of Hebrew
Greek. Sanscrit and Latin--would any
one ever learn to swim by such .
! method?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

In the death of Governor Johnson,
than a favorite son-he was civic
hero. His type of manhood, his stand,
ard Of citizenship his pluck, and his
character combined to make OF him
not only one Of the forefront figures in
the public eye, but they have com.
bned in making of his life that kind
which lives for good in the hearts OF
the people, the kind which makes a
monument Of example rather than that
of eulogy chiselcd upon gravestores
And as was his public career, clean
and courageous, so was his private
life, noble and kind and Christian
WilliamspCrt Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
COLONEL POTTER ON QUAY
Veteran Reforrer Pays His Respect.
to Memory of Arch Corruptionist.

At a meeting of the veteran reform
ers of Philadelphia the other evening
one of the hopes of the Republican
machine yas badly shattered. Foul
years ago the Lincoln Party men in
that city declared until within few
days before election. that they had nc
intention of interfering with political
conditions outside of the city. This
year the William Penn Party has as
sumed very much the same attitude
and the machine Republicans had be.
gun to express the hope that the old
Lincoln Party men would not only not
support the Democratic state candi
dates, but that they are Indifferent to
the success of Mr.. J. Clarence Glib
bony the Democratic and Penn Party
nominee for District Attorney.
To refute all runners on that point
and for the purpose of setting them
selves in proper light before the
public these veteran reformers held a
meeting the other night at which Col
onel Sheldon Potter and others spoke
and Nj. Blankenburg. who was pre-
vented by sickness from attending
wrote a letter which was read, Dur
ing his speech Colonel Potter said OF
the Quay statue:
In q few days there will be placed
in a niche in the place where Pennsyl
vania's heroic sons should be honor e,
the statue Of man who was the prince
of corruptiOnists, and whose only fame
was his power to enslave men to do a!
he dictated, This proclaims that W,
Pennsylvanians have sold our liberty
1t can only be done either becaus,
public conscience is dead or because
we hold too lightly our liberties. Tn,
latter seems the truth, especially il
Philadelphia. where We Willingly sup
port a robber contractors governmen
and permit them to cal from us tn
one thing most sacred to an American
citiZen-his ballot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

Although Tafts new tariff commits.
sion will have luxurious quarters in
Washington, with a retinue of experts
and clerks, with fat salaries and plenty
of money for travelling abroad and at
home theirs is not going to be a bed
of roses. That enfant terrible of pro
lection, Wilbur f. WaEeman, eX-gen
oral appraiser of customs, has already
opened war on the commission. In be.
half of the American Protective Tariff
League he proclaims its distrust and
his own of the three commissioners
whom President Taft has chosen ia
collect tariff data for use az some more
or less remote period in the dim fu
re.-Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT
Machine Plan to Deprive the People Of
the Right to Vote For Election Off,
GERS staggering Innovation"

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Among the proposed amendments to
the state constitution which will be
submitted to the voters for final ratfi
cation on Nov 2 is one (Number
Seven) so amending Article s, Section
a. providing for the choice of district
election boards by the citizens of the
districts, as to empower the general
assembly. at its option. to change the
method of choice by making the boards
appOintive instead of elective in the
cities of the state. The only limit sco
upon the power of the general assem-
bly, in enacting such a change In the
law is the requirement that the laws
shall be uniform tor cities of the same
class. This is a most staggering limo.
yation;. q.
It will not be denied that the voters
in the cities of this state have been
culpably remiss i'm the selection of duly
qualified and honest men TO receive
vote might as we'll be taken away aS
the right TO secure the proper casting
and COunting OF the vote. Further
more. signs are not wanting OF q gon-
Cral awakening ON the part of the Citl.
2Cns TO long neglected duties and r..
sponsibiitics. end such a revival Of
public spirit is bound to result in .
llltti iNNN lttA Il IA NllN 'AA'h'
of election boards chosen under the
present system
Amendment Number Seven should
be overwhelmingly defeated. 1t is a
sheer bald proposition to hereafter
put il in the power gf the general as.
sembly to provide in advance for de.
bauching all future municipal elections
in the cities OF the state. 1t will never
work out as the reformers who origi.
nally advocated il intended. They
,hOuld have looked to the future as
well as to the present. We may not
always have an honest governor to
delegate the appointiye power to hon
est subOrdinatgs. We are not likely
even now to have a legislature that
could be trusted to keep faith with the
Committee of Seventy in framing new
laws under the permissive provision
of the proposed amendment. The pow
or of selecting election officers should
never be taken from the people.
1t is not possible that Amendment
Number Seven should receive popular
assent once its aim is exposed. The
alaCrity with which two machine ma
jorities in ganE-owned legislatures put
themselves behind the proposition is a
sufficient indication that it bodies nc
| good to the people. Every voter who
shall place an affirmative mark oppo
site Amendment Number Seven or
election day will be helping corrupt
political machine to disfranchise him
, To safeguard popular rights the
amendment must be beaten.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
COLL EGE COYS'
ENGLlSH.

Complaint is made that the aver
age American college boy speaks bad
English, and speaks it badly.
But isn't his Enslish as good as the
thoughts he clothes in it? Isn't there
a relation between what he has to eX-
press and his language?
\ boy gets his language chiefly by
ear at home, but if his mind expands
and the scope of his thoughts extends.
his vocabulary at least must expand
also.
Lincoln learned language because.
apparently, he Lad thoughts that in
sisted upon beng expressed. Seeing
how thoughts were expressed in
Shakespeare and the Bible, he learned
the trick from the best schools.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
A CURIOUS Uo,nCiDtNCE
All Those Who Helped Samuel salter
to Cheat the Law and Escape
Punishment For S.utfing Bal
lot Soxes Greatly Favored.


At the time that Samuel Saltcr was
tried for the stufing of ballot boxes
in Philadelphia, John Weaver WIS
the district attorney and Judge Won
Moschzisker one OF his assistants.
Soon afterward Weaver was promoted
to the office of mayor of the city and
was slated for governor which dis
tinction he would probably have reach
ed if he hadn't broken with the ma.
chine in the matter of the selling oi
the gas works.
Two of his assistants have since
been promoted to the office of judge
of the courts and Mr.. Moschzisker Is
the nominee of the machine for jus
tce of the supreme court. He prob.
ably earned the promotion in advance
of his colleague by his preposterous
decision affirming the validity Of the
law increasing the salary of judges in
commission. Judge Barratt would
hardly have done that absurd thing
These incidents Justify the belief
that in the opinion of the machine the
saving of Samuel Salter from just
punishment for one OF the gravest
crimes in the catalogue was a valuable
public service to be rewarded gener.
ously by the people. After the break
between John Weaver and the ma.
chine it was openly charged and has
not been denied that the district at.
tornoy's Office was aware that the jury
had been fixed to acquit Sater
What part Won Moschzisker played
in the farce Of trying Salter after the
jury had been fixed to acquit him has
not been revealed. But the case could
not have been manipulated as it was
without his knowledge and acquies.
cence unless he is a born stupid.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
Wslt for the Rinnent-

Sunburn after six or eight days
brings pigment out into the skin-a
spinal nerve protective phenomenon
not occurring in paralytics this
protects against further sunburn, but
if the mistake is made of getting an.
o.her dose of sunburn before pigment
ig deposited, injury is added to Injury
and burn to burn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
THE SECRET OF
POVERTY.

DR.. Woods Hutchinson of New York
unlocked the secret of general power
ty IN an address at the American
Museum of Natural History in New
Yo.!, when he said: What is killing
tie people of this city may be stated
as ovcrwork, uaderfeeding, and over.
crowdmg; and two of these may be in
clldcd under one word 'underpaid.
The message OF the church and OF
medicine today to the community IS
rot Give to the poor but Don't take
90 l4uch away from them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

No self-respectiGg man could hold
his head up among his associates if
for any reason ho was dislranchised
by processes Of the law. Yet a man
who disfranchises himself by failure
to register, pay his taxes and conform
10 the requirements of the ballot laws
in other respects is disfranchised by
the processes Of Law. There is time yet
for the delinquenrs to get in, but to
make certain they would better get
busy at once.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

President Taft said in his brief
-eech at Springfield, Mass, On We'd
2sday, that the people had voted him
5000 "for travelling expenses" That
as inaccurate. The people obey the
.ws and the organic law of the land
Jrbids such an appropriation. Con
ress voted that money and in accept
g 1t the president violated the con
tuition and his oath of office, The
lief magistrate of a great republic
lght to be more careful in speech.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
Recalls an Cid Story.

The president believes that the
Payne tariff is the best tariff ever en-.
Gctcd; which recalls the old story OF
the man who approached Sydney
Smith with TIE remark. "Mr, Robin.
son, | believe" Sir" was the reply,
'if you believe that You will believe
anything. Providence journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

If naked man lies on photo film
the sun will go right straight through
him and blacken the film. This shows
the most powerful known natural
force t. penetrate or get inside of a
man.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
W HE[USlA
ALSO.

The world is moving, for sure. Even
Venezuela is falling into line and get
ting ready to advance with the pro-
cession of nations toward better con-
di,ions and freer institutions. AS soon
as the dictator who had kept it in sub
lection and prevented any progress
was safely on the other side Of the A.
lautic the people seized the opportun'
lty to put an end to his tyranny, and
they are now rejoicing in a liberty
which they have not known for many
years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

Read the legislative records of A. Z.
Sisson and j. A. Stober which will be
found in another column of this paper.
These records are taken from the
Journal Of the Senate, the official
chronicle of that body and are official
ind accurate, 1t will be seen that
they voted for every iniQuitous meas
ure considered by the Senate during
the sessions of 1901 and 1903
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

The political conditions this year
are precisely like those of 1905 when
William II. Berry was elected state
treasurer by nearly 100000 majority,
The same result can be brought about
this year If the Democrats Of Pennsyl.
vania are equally yigilsnt and enor'
getic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

Be sure to pay a state Of county tax
before the "a of October II you have
not paid such tax within two years.
1t is the duty ana ought to be the de.
sire Of every citizen to vote, and no
man can exercise that privilege unless
he has compiled with the requirements
OF the law with respect to paying
taxes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

1t is claimed for the Children's Alu
Society that 81 per cent. OF its l'lI'o
Yards. In over half century, nave
growl up to efficiency. The percent
age OF success among the walls -
said to be highel han the average j"
the population at large. y mint "
parents, perhaps, to make more OF d
specially of training boys and girls ~
Toe way they should go.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

President Taft is so careless about
heeping promises that he has become
reckless in making them, But after
his action on the tariff question It
really makes little difference what
promises he makes,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
TIE CNGLiSEi WALNUT
IRi-l lrc-DN

The rapid growth of a neglected in
GG.try IS suggested by the shipment
Of seven hundred carloads of English
wa,uuts from California in one year,
bringing an average price of II Il
cents per pound Not many years ago
the home grown walnut was a curios'
ity in this country. Now the groves
in full bearing are worth $1,000 per
acre.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
Wealth Wins In Both instances

In saying that the rich litigant has
the BEST of it at law, the president
might add that the rich lobby had the
best of it in making the tariff law for
which he apologized when he signed
it.-LouisYilIe CouMer-JOurnal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
A POE
CRtTlC.

a man named Brownel occupies
dozen or more pages of Scribrer )
Magazine to tell us that Edgar Allen
Poe was not literary genius, that ne
had no imagination and that he lack
ed culture. Perhaps, but will some
one kindly inform us who Mr.. Brow
nell is If any.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
LINCOLN PARTY men
SAY they MAY SUE
Harrisburg Republican Office
Holders Steal hppGIIailOn
Of Another Party.
MUST Drop CLAIM OR SUFFER

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"uout 10 aSCeI ldIh VINO iHe paI'lCS
who had thus taken liberties with then
party appellation are and what pur.
,,o,, ~. t,,.., l., r,i,,d ,rho,. dis.
P''- ~ "", IA 'N'N" u''
covered lhat tEe pre-emptors In thl3
case are a lot of Dauphin county OF.
fco holders tho nurnnse or whom is
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Ho' W "S1 'A0 n"llr lol 'n' p"' p''1
OF promoting reform, but to prevent
others from doing that. II was a
ecrrvy tricl,
r,,s. ,@n1-a @ ,o.,,., ,,.,,.,aio o.o
lHa' IheSe H."CH'He poiIIlC''hs are
likely to get into trouble as result
of their Trick may be inferred from
tbo f,lloo.i,g disrotcb from, IIorrie
.no ''i ms "'o op''N" 'Oin 80
DurS' III preclnptinS party appclla
tion it is necessary for the petition
ers to swear that they are members of
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'haI party 1t Is pa'l! aIle"u! III
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
Taft q F'recticaI Politician.

President Roosevelt said, you and
! are practical men" But it remained
for President Taft to say to the inul,
titude, MY party and | are practical
politicians" -- Louisville CourierJour.
hal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

A young man who voted on age last
year must pay a state or county tax
in order TO vote this year. This tax
must be paid on or before the I'd Of
October, moreover.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
One Matter Elucidate d .

President Taft's praise Of Senator
Aldrich shows how little man who is
dIawi1g a salary of $4,000 a year
knows of the tribulations of the ulti-
mate consumer-Dallas News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

Gwipe the Seventh proposed amend.
ment TO the constitution. 1t is an
atrocity, q dclusion and a snare.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07

The Philadelphia machine is trying
stuff the registry list with as much
al as it used to stuff the ballot
oxes But the people are wise to the
1nditions and the harvest will be
iIll Jail.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-10-07
MYST ERiOUS
CHINA.

There is too much mystery concern
ing Chine VINO knows but the new
Emperor may be cutting anothe'
tooth? And ye, the outside world IS
kept in the dark.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-20
ElOme.-

Oranges and lemons will keep well
II hung in wire net in COOL airy
place.
II five or six potatoes are added 10
the sponge, the bread will keep moist
much longer
For boiling salmon the wa ;.ust
be boiling, but for all other fish it
should only be warm.
When making apple pie the flavor is
much improved and the apples will
keep a good color il few drops Of
lemon juice are squeezed over the ap.
pies Just before the paste is put on.
1t Is claimed that woody house
plants that grow bark can be
strengthened and made to flourish like
the proverbial bay tree If given iron
water soaked from rusted iron and
poured into the soil.
When eggs are broken and cannot
be used at once they will keep better
II the shell be removed and a quarter
OF teaspoonful of SILT be beaten into
the egg. They later can be used for
cakes or puddings.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-20
TO COOK AND SERVE OYSTERS.
Two Recipes That Seem to Promise
Something Good. :.

Plump oysters being among the
pleasures Of the winter table, they
must be treated with respect What
to Eat gives two recipes. The first OF
French panned oysters is tempting
even in the reading.
Drain 25 good-sized oysters. Rub an
ounce of butter to smooth paste
with teaspoonful -four and a tea
spoonful minced parsley Place in a
stew pan or chafing dish with the oys.
ters, add pinch Of cayenne and sea
sOning salt and stir and cook until the
gills begin to curl. then add the yolk
OF an egg, and, still stirring, pour the
oysters over some nicely toasted
squares of bread and serve at once.
This is an epicurean bake: Put half
cup of best butter in a small stew
pan with a cup of cream and stir over
good fire until hot. Add table
spoonful anchovy sauce, tiny pinch
OF cayenne, light grating of lemon
rind and stir and cook until it bub-
bles; then add gill of sherry and
turn half the mixture into a baking
dish. Arrange the oysters on top the
sauce and sprinkle with a layer of
bread crumbs and grated Parmesan
cheese and season with salt and pep.
per. Cover with remainder of the
sauce, bread crumbs, ETC., and brown
nicely in hot oven.
Trim and toast delicately some thin
slices of bread, first removing the
crusts. Take the smallest oysters you
can get, but well-havored variety.
and wipe perfectly dry, place in well
creased broiler and broil until they
begin to shrivel all around the gills,
then place closely together over the
toast and sprinkle with finely minced
celery and dust lightly with salt.
Ihicken some cream, ever so little.
with corn starch wet with milk and
pour over the oysters and serve imme
diately.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-20
Divorce.

Divorce is remedy for evil rather
than an evil in itself" declared Chief
Justice Emery of Maine, in recent
address. Marriage he defined as a
civil institution, established by law
for the benefit of man, and he sug.
gested that the divorce laws could be
perfected in three ways-frst. by
granting no divorce until husband and
wife had lived apart for year; sec
ond, by publishing the suits in the
daily papers; third, by giving the
court authority to delay hearings, II
necessary, so that they cannot be
rushed through as is sometimes the
case now.-New York Tribune.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-20
Pork and Apple Stew.

Cut joint Of pork in thick pieces.
Peel and slice two baking apples, four
onions and six potatoes. Lay the
slices of meat and vegetables together
in a pie dish, sprinkle with pepper
salt and powdered sage. Cover with
water or gravy, tie down with creased
paper, and bake for two hours. The
meat should be dipped in -four before
putting it into the dish, so as to give
a little thickening to the gravy.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-02-20
Eggs a la Creme.

Required: For each egg allow two
spoons of cream, teaspoonful OF
grated cheese and pinch Of nutmeg
Butter some small china cases, break
an egg into each, sprinkle with salt
and grated cheese (Parmesan), put a
dessertspoonful of cream and little
nutmeg on each. Put the cases in
quick oven just long enough to set the
eggs. Serve at once.