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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. omce and residence on TbJd street near Metho dist church. Diseases of the eye a specialty, J 0. REIFSNYDER, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offlco with Dr. Vllllts in Mrs. Ent's building EXCHANGE HOTEL. W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR BLOOMSBUEO.PA. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE. Large and convenient sample rooms, nath room not Ld cold water: ana au moaern cxmveiueucra, B. F. HARTMAN BinnsiKTS rsi rorxowixa AMERICAN INSURANCEJCOMPANIEB North American or Philadelphia. Franklin, " " Pennsylvania, 11 " York, ot Pennsylvania. Hanover, of N. Y. oueena, ot London. North British, ot London. omce on Market Street, No, 5, Bloomsburg. OOt.M. 1- Bloomsburg Fire and Life Ins. Hp;. ESTABLISHED 1SW. BE. P. EiEJTZ (Snccessor to freas Brown) OpUrAMIES SlrBXBSNTSO: Assets S 9,S28,SK8.tT Btna f lro Ins. Co., of Hartford,.. Hartford of Hartford I'lioenlx of Hartlord.. 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Loaaes raonm-v and hohibtlt adjusted and jiald as soon as determined oy uuuhuh r, KNirr, sriciAL aoski and Adjusts Bloomssubo, The people of Columbia county should patron lie the agency where losses It any are settled and pall by one of ther own oltuena. ,,.. tfflfltOMPTNESS. EQUITY, f AIII DEALING.. w n. HOUSE, DENTIST, Bioomsburo, Columbia County, Pa All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work warranted as represented. i io jvt d wirnouT V aim by the use of Uas, and tree ol charge when arttnclalteeth arelnserted, ' Offlco in Barton's building, Main street, V .. 1 ,1 .1 l.nlnn. Vlalm' uuiuw iiiaraui, iivo uuuts utiun drug store, flrst floor. lobe open at all houri during the da hoy Exchange Hotel BENSON, PA. The undersigned has leased this well-known nouso, ana is prvparea la accuuiiuuuaio wo uuuuw with all the conveniences of a nrst-class hotel. tIray71 I EM il Dl'AKE, Proprietor, GET YOUR JOU PRINTING DONE AT THE .COLUMBIAN OFFICE 0. X. ILWBLL i X Best fas! lowest Men!! 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J, W, RAEOER, 7 and 9 Market St., WILKES-BARRE. scpis-lycibro. Spring Specialties AT EJglit Colored Clieviofs in SACK and 4-Button CUTAWAY SUITS, WITH LOW CUT VESTS. Fine Dark Blue and Black Worsteds, Corkscrew, Broad wale Diagonal and Block Worst ed in Sacks and Cutaways, and HANDSOME OVERCOATS, a pecial leader at $ 5.00 Very Pretty Children's SEJETS Plain or pleated and belted in dark and light colors. PRINCE ALBERTS in all qua lilies. NICE LIGHT SPRING Sailor Suit with Blue and Gray, also, KILT SUITS with Pleated Skirt for smaller Children AT D. LOWE INSURANCE AGENCY OF J. II. MAIZE, Oulce Snd floor Columbian Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. LIFE. . Northweatera Maaonlo Aid f Association, mem urea uou tl shods. Travelers Lire anil Accident ot nartforJ. FIRE. tiiitii. nf New York. I3.338.961.M AMBK1CAN of Philadelphia, NMciAltA of New York. . . ,!60,4M.i Liverpool, London anauioue rim laaurancu ua., of London, the largest In the world, and thelm- nirfalnf Innrinn A liberal share ot the business Is respectfully L0WE1ERGS mm aoucnea ana sausiacuon gusruuircu. i, II. MAIZO, 'Agent, Janet, less, U. lie BLOOMSBURG, PA., Fit ID NO ONE NEED Remain A DYSPEPTIC. "I have boon suffering for over two years with Dyspep sia. For tho last year I could not tako a drink of cold water nor cat any moat with out vomiting it up. My life was a misery. I had had re commended Simmons Liver Rogulator, of which I am now taking tho second bottle, and tho fact is that words cannot express the relief I feel. My appetite .is very good, and I digest everything thoroughly. I sleop well now, and I used to bo very restless. I am fleshing up fast; good strong food and Simmons Liver Regulator havo dono it all. I.writo this in hopes of benefiting somo ono who has suffered as I did, and would tako oath to these statements if desired." E. S. Ballou, Syracuse, Neb. CROWl ACMLE THE BEST BURNINQ OIL THAT CAN BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM. It gives a brilliant Ught. It win not smoke the chimneys. It will not char the wick. It has a high Ore test. It will not explode. It Is pre-eminently a family safety OIL WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON : With any other Illuminating oU mode. We Stake Our Repu ttion, As refiners, upon the statement that It Is THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD. Ask your dealer for CROWN ACME. Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by MOYER BROS., Bloomsburg, Pa. eepMy. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! -:o:- G. W. BERTSCH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. W Furnishing Coodsjats S. Gaps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits made to order at short notice and a fit always guaranteed or no sale. Call and examine the largest and best selected stock of goods ever shown in Columbia county. Btore next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg Pa. Albums, pnoroQiupn, autogkapii and ScraD. a lartre and complete line at J. IL Mercer's uiugand Bookstore, Evans' Bloclc. ALL THE FINEST EXTRACTS COLOGNE Sachets, Pomades, Ilalr Byes and Bay Bum at J,1 II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, Evans' Block, opposite Episcopal Church. ALL PROPKIETAR V AND PATENT MEDICINES at J. II. Mcrcer'a Drug and Boole Store, oppo site Episcopal Church. BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALL PAPER, A nnestoct at Mercer's Drug and Book store, opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg, Pa. C1A8TILLE, TOILET AND MEDICATED SOAPS, j a full line at J. II. Mercer's Drue and Book Store, Upper Maui street. COMBS OF ALL KINDS. WELL SELECTED, AND at very low prices at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, third door above Iron street. Blooms burg, Pa. c IONDENSED MILK, COXE'8, NELSON'S AND 1 CooDer's Gelatine. Tadoca. Saire. Arrow Root and, all the prepared foods for children and In valids at Mercers Drug and Book store, nrst.door atove uess' uooi ana tsuoe more, uioomsourg, ra. CANARY, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, MAW AND Mixed Seed for the birds, at J. 11. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, Drat door below Creasy's FINE WRITING. PAPERS, BY BOY. LOOSE OR In Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, Bloomsburg, Pa, VTURSING BOTTLES. NIPPLES. RUBBER IU'l 1 ties, Teething Rings and all requisites ol the Nursery that will contribute to the baby's happi ness, at J. IL Mercer's Drug and Book store, two doors above Evans Eyer's Clothing store. DHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY X reoeipts coreruuy prepared at an nours at juerccr a urug ana hook more, iiioomsourg, ra. fPOILET AND INFANT rOWDEUS, ROUGE, X oosmetlo and gold and silver Diamond Dust, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, No es Main WALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY Drfcea at Mercer's Drutr and Book srire. uppuuue upiacopai uuuivu, uuwiusuurg, nt, jUUt,l,QI, J.R..SMITH&CO. LIMITED. MIL.TON, Pa., Dkalbus IN PIANOS, By the following well known makers: Chickering, Kualic, "Weber, Hallct & Davis. Can alBO furnish any of tho cheaper makes at manufacturers, ! luces. JUV UUU UUjl II JllUtu uu bro getting our prices. Catalogue and Price lists On application. sepu-Mtt. ORIGINAL STORY. TEE VANISHING INK. HOW MISERLY OLD JONKS OUTWITrEIl HIMSELF. OH Jonoa was a miser, and perhaps, tho worst ono that over lived, for thouph ho did not go so far as to starve liimcclf or denying himself fire, ho cortninly loved money better than his soul. However ho "had come to bo fifty years of ago boforo ho bethought him of his worst trick beloro ho uooamo a thiof in fact as well na in wish. On that day ho saw in the news paper he borrowed from his neighbor, and only returned when nskeu tor, an advertisement stating that a certain person had lor salo an ink which, black as a raven's wing at first, faded in six teen days and left no traco of what had been written with It. "An excellent ink," said tho adver tiecment, "for lovo letters." Now, oU Jones never wrote a love- letter in his life, but he certainly ad dressed that advertiser, and received small, sealed box that day; and it was very singular that when poor David Uritnes died, bis widow lou'id only bit of blank paper where she was sure she had put the roceipt tor rent, and that tho orphan children of Dr. Dunn discovered that their father had no document to provo that ho had paid off the mortgage Jones held on the plaoo though bo bad thanked heaven that it was done with bis last breath. Howover, nobody know anything about the vanishing ink, and their littlo bouse was taken from them. Ono went out as a nursery governess, the other learn ed dress-making: and Jones' young nephew, Oliver, an independent young fellow, who never thought to curry favor with his rich unole, wont over to his house and gavo him a pieco of his mind. "A thousand dollars was nothing to you, Uncle," ho said. "I beliovo the doctor paid it, but if ho did not, how could you turn the cirls out of house and homo!" "You havo no right to dictato to me, younir man, cried old Jones. "1'er haps you think, as my next of kin, my money will co to you when I die. It shan't; not a penny of it; no, not penny of it. liut 1 see what it is Jfou'ro sweet on Kitty Dunn., You want the house!" "I lovo Kitty Dunn. I shan't den that," replied Oliver; "but all I want is . 1 - .Ll I TT T'll to no aoie to marry nur. iiuwuvur, i ii work hard.' "You'll wait for my old shoes, yell ed the old man; "but I swear you shan't get a penny. Not ono cent. Get out of ray house. My brother al ways was an abusive, insulting follow, and you are his image. " 1 bank Uod 1 don t rescmolo you,' retorted Oliver, as he marched away, wishing that ho know how to make moro than five dollars a week, onough at least to enablo him to save Kitty from dress making ; ashamed of his uncle, who, ho felt sure, cheated the poor dot-tor and his orphans. It is not well for gentlemen ot apo plectic tendencies to fall into great rages. Old Jones discovered this that night. After swearing so that tho only wonder was that tho ground did not open and swallow lam, no baa something tho nature of a fit. Hap pily ior uuu a uuignuur miw uiui oiay ger and fall as be camo out to fasten his gate, and helped him into tho house and sent for the doctor. Tho doctor came, shook his head, and advised him to settlo his affairs and send for the minister. "It it as bad as that!" asked old Jones. "No matter for tho minister. Send for Lawyer Peabody. I haven't made my will, and tl i dio my good-for-nothing nephew, Oliver, will get all I leave." Lawyer Peabody, summoned in baste, came at once. "I want my will made, said old Jones. "Certainly, sir," said Mr. Peabody. "What's a good charity!" asked Mr. Jones. "I beg pardon!" said tho lawyer. "I want to leave my money to somo ono something away from nephew Oliver. He'll get it if I don't!" panted Jones. "There s tno indigent w mows Home," said tho lawyer. "Hato women! ' gasped old Jones. "Destitute Clerk s Association," said tho lawyer. "No; Olivor micht get taken in them in his old ace Who is tho richest man n th county! "O d Cantain Waddilovo worth a million," said Mr. Peabody. "I ll leave it all to him, said tho miser. Mr. Peabody know him too well to remonstrate Ho took somo paper from tho escritoire and ho also filled ui) an crantv ink stand with n small bottlo of ink which ho found, and went to work. Tho miser, lying with closed eves, begged him to express his Mr, Jonea' high respect for the charactor of old Captain Waddilovo, and to say that this, as well as that spendthrifts should not waste his savings, was uis motivo in loaving all to him unknown as ho was. It took two pooplo to hold tho miser up in bed whilo ho feebly traced his signature, but this onco dono, ho chuck led and laughed, and Doasiou mat no bad outwitted Oliver. That night his mind wandored. Tho next day ho lost all ubo of his limbs. But bo lived a fortnight more, and died nt last nuilo suddsnly, after trying to swear at tho good old minis ter, who strove to recall him to a ssnso that ho had a soul. Tho funeral was over. Not a tear was shed. Tho time for tho reading of the will had come. "Perhaps, Mr. Oliver, you had bet tor hear it," said Mr. Peabody. "You aio the heir-at-law but for this, I fairly warn you that your late uuolo has prov ed his ill feeling towards you to bo deep soatedi but I would liko you to como." "I'll come," said Oliver, "I know my undo hated me 1 expeot nothing.' And so ho sat in tbo queer littlo par lor, where curious neighbors assembled to hear what miser Jones had dono with his half million of money. Tho lawyor sat in their midst. Ho held in his hand a paper indorsed i "Last Will and Testament of X. Jones, Esq." aud after a few brief remarks, slowly nnfolded tt. He stared in astonishment. AY, JULY 13, 1888. Tho pages, properly fastened togeth er, were thero but not a word of writ ing was visiblo upon thctn. "litdics and gentlemen, said Air. Peabody, "this savors of a mlraole. I know this to bo tho paper upon which 1 wroto tho will ot tho lato Aorxcs Jonos. Hero is tho seal under which tho witnesses signed their names, but tho testament itself has vanished from tho paper." ltiverybody crowded forward to look. "In fact," said Mr. Peabody, "tliero is no will in existence. It is plaip that writing of somo sort has bcon here, but no words remain. "No moro they didn't," piped a laint old voice, "on my poor husband's rent receipt. "Mor on tho paper wo '.bought prov ed our mortgage paid," sighed Miss Kitty Dunn. "Ahal said tho lawyer. "I begin to understand." Then rising he wont to tho escritoire. "Hero is tho ink with which I filled tho stand." ho said; and catricd it to the window. "All is explained," said ho. "This is marked 'Vanishing ink for love-letters. warranted to fado out in sixteen days1' T . j! .1 .1 Ml . jjiuan iu hi guuueiDcii, wu will not re mark upon the conduct of ono gono to his account, but you will bo pleased to know that Mr. Oliver hero is his unclo's heir and worth half a million of money." Olivor could not believe it; nobody could; but it wns truo, and vou may be suro that poor Widow Grimes had her money baok; that all who had been ohoatcd were repaid in full; and that unver and ivilty woro married in a few weeks, and sent for Sister Ruth to llvo with them. And so, alter all, tho vanishing ink mndo overybody happy Mr. Oleyeland to Tammany. Tammany society or tho Columbian order July 4th celebrated for tho hundredth time tho anniversary of the Declaration of lndependonco. Tho fol lowing letter from President Cleveland was read : Hon. James A. Flack, Grand Sachem. Dear Sir: I regret that I am ob liged to declino the courteous in vita tion which I havo received to attend tho celebration by tho Tammany so ciety on tho birthday ot our republic, on tlio -1th day of July next. Tho zeal and enthusiasm with which your so ciety colebrates this day, afford proof of its steadfast patriotism, as well as us care for all that pertains to tho ad vantage and prosperity of tho people I cannot doubt that tlio renowal of i "lovo and devotion to a pure Jeffer- sonian democratic form of government,' which you contemplate,- will suggest the inquiry, whether tho pooplo nro re ceiving all tho benefits that aro due them under such a form of government. These benefits arn not fullv enioyed when onr citizens aro nnnecosarily diminished under tho pretext of gov erimiental support. Our government belongs to tho people They havo do creed its purpose, and it U their clear right to demand that its cost shall bo limited by frugality, and that its bur den of expense shall bo carefully limit ed by us aotual needs, and yet tho use less and dangerous surplus in tho nat ional treasury tells no other talo but extortion on tho part of tho govern ment and tho perversion ot tho people s intention. In tbo midst ot our ltn petuous enterprise and blind confidence in our destiny it is time to pauso and study our condition, it is no sooner appreciated than tho conviction muBt follow that tlio tributo exacted from tho peoulo should be diminished. Tho theories which cloud the subiect, mis leading honost men, aud tho appeals to selfish men which deceive tho under standing, mako tho reform, which should bo easy, a difficult task. All thoso who propose a remedy for the present evils havo always been the friends of Amerioan labor, and though they doclare their purposes to furthor its interests in all their clforts, yet thoso who opposo relorm attempt to disturb our working mon by. tho cry that their wages and their employment aro threatened. Thoy advocate a sys torn which benefits certain classes of our citizens at the oxpenso of evorv householder in tho land. A system which breeds discontent, because, it permits the duplication of wealth with out tha corresponding additional recom penso to labor, which provents tbo op portunity to work by stilling produc tion and limiting tho area of our mar kets, and wbioh enhances the cost ot living beyond tho laborer's hard cam cd wages. Tho attempt is made to di yert tho attontion of tho peoplo from tho ovils of such a echemo of taxation by branding thoso who Beek to correct these evils as frcn traders and enemies of our working mon and our industrial enterprises. This is so far from the trutli that there should bo no chance for such deception to succeed. It be. hooves American peoplo whilo thoy ro joice in tho annivorsary of tho day when their freo government was do olarcd to also reason together, and do termino that they will not bo doprivod of tho blessings and tho benefits which their government should auord, X our very truly, Grover Cleveland Post-Office Statement for the Year. A statement has been prepared by tho post-ollico department showing the number ot post-othecs established and tbo number discontinued, also tho num ber of fourth class presidental post masters appointed on resignations, re movals aud deaths, during tbo fiscal yoar ending June 110, 1888. Following is tho statement: Number of post offices csiabiishoii, u,H(ji. jNuminr mscon tinucd, 1,012. Number of post masters resigned nnd successors appoi uted, 1224. Number of deaths, suo ctssors appointed, 025. Whole nura of fourth class postmasters appointed during the year, 11,852. Number of prcsidcnthl postmasters resigned nnd successors appointed, S82. Number removed and successors appointed, 20, number ot deaths, successors appoin ed, 84. Whole number of presidental postmasters appointed during tho yoar, -liJU. Tho Basis of His Inferenco, Jobson "What is Bobson's work on tho JJadU Noon V Robson "I think 1 takes care of Stock Exchange news Jobson "Havo you ever peon him around the Exchange!" Robson "No ; but I saw him buy a book of 'Familiar Quotations' tho other day,' 'IfC. Down the Bapids to Death. ACK MAKES THE TIUI', IIUT COMES A corpse. OUT Niagara Falls, N. Y July 4. Robort William Flack, of 09 Apple street, Syracuso, lost his life to-day in an attempt to navigato tho Whirlpool rapids in an open boat. his is tho lirst latalily ot tbo kind since tho death of Capt. Webb in tho summer ot load. 1 lack was an Kng- ishman, who camo to Canada sixteen years ago nnd to the States four years ago. Ho was a carpenter nnd builder, but ho bad been a lirilish soldier, a sailor and an engineer. Ho camo to Niagara Falls a week ago to-day in answer to n ihallcngo from Charles A. ercy, of this village, who last year ado tho voyago of tho rspids and Whirpool successfully in a lifeboat of his own construction. Tho two wero to raco through tho waters named from point lust below the .balls to .Lewis- ton for S500 a side about Aug. 1. I'eroy bad tho advantag-j ot having mado tho trip, so Flack took tho journey -day lor practice, merely selecting' tho l1 oni th as a time when big crowds would bo at tho Falls that ho might ain moro notoriety. Flack was per fectly confident of success. Ho camo down from his hotel to the foot of tho old Suspension Bridgo at 2:15, his boat having preceded him an hour before. lie was smoking a Jipo coolly, and said ho was all ready to start as soon as tho crowd got whofo it conld see him. "I'm going to stop at tho Whirlpool few minutes,' ho said, "for tho bene fit of tho reporters, and then I'm go rig on through Foster's b lats down tho river to fjowistown. 1 hopo 1 will havo a rough voyago and turn about twenty somersaults, so as to prevent any other tellow irom trying it. liood by." And with that ho Btepped into his boat. Foster's Flats is a danger ous bit of water between tho Whirlpool and the Devil s Hole, through which no barrel navigator or any other has n a i tno courage to go. l lack's boat tho Phantom, is an opon boat about 15 feet 9 inches wido and 84 inches deep. It was painted white outside and bluo in'ide. Part of it was" decked over, hut tho oentral open paco was 8t by 8 feet in dimensions. It wouid have held a dozen passengers and woighed 700 pounds. In tho bot tom of tho boat was a crank for mov ing the propeller, with rudder ropes on oach aid i. Flack seated himself in tho stern of tho boat and was strapped in by Joo Percy, brother of the rival navigator. Joo did tho strapping down to perfec tion. Flack was clad in a blue flannel suit, with socks, and a handkerohiof about his neck, given him by a lady friend. He cast oft from tho Muid'of tho Mist landing on tho American side at just 3 o'clook. Big crowds had gathered on tho bluffs on both sides, at the Manning and Buttery elevators and Deveaux College grounds on tho Amerioan side,- at lirundanea and Colt's elevators on tho Canadian side, whilo tho Suspension Bridge was lined with spectators. The boat drifted slowly out into the stroam until tho central current caught it and then it was whirled quicklv down into the teething, oaming waters of tho rapids. A big wave tipped tho craft bottom up inside of two minutes, hut sho righted again. Flack could bo seen hanging on tor dear uto An other wave, nnd the boat was buried from sight in the foam. Just below Buttery's nluvator and abovo tho col lego grounds is tho third and most dangerous point. Hero tho boit was soon for a moment and then disappear- ed beneath a mountain ot water. When sho was next seen sho was float ing keel upwards, and thus sho drifted luto tho Whirlpool. A cry went up from the banks, and tho query arose, Is Flack under the boat ! Tbo craft never righted again. Tho question was only finally Bottled when an . hour later the boat was brought to land on tho Whirlpool's margin and thero overturned. Tho foolhardy navigator was found insido dead and stiff. Flack's sister, br ther-in-law and eldest son witnessed tho most critical part of tho journey from tho blutf overlooking the lower rapids and Whirlpool. When it seemed evi dent that tho boat would stay in the Whirlpool until rescued Charles Peroy stripped off his clothes, and, waiting until it camo near to tbo shore, swam out and with tho ai 1 of two other swimmers towed tho boat ashore. Flack was still buckled tightly to tho boat. His faco was black and his body boro tho marks of tbo pounding received trom tho waves. Tho boat entered tho Whirlpool nt 8:05 and was rescued at 4:05. Tho body was takon in chnrgo by William Stephonson, of Woodstock, Out, b lack s brother-in-law, and Undertaker MoArthur, of Syracuso. It will bo tak on to Syracuso to night. Just as Flaok was about starting on his vovago tho President of tho villagn of Niagara falls recoived a letter irom alias M Smith, of Syracuse, asking him to in terforo nnd prevent tho suicidal attempt, becauso Flack had a wifo and fivo ohil- drod dopnndont upon him for support. lint p lack s start was mado irom tlio villago of Suspension Bridgo (outside of President Clark's jurisdiction) and tho letter was received too lato, Bo (Jourteous. The editor of a Western paper has this to say : "Tho dead-gcranium-leaf- onred spotlet, 'whom fato has willod shall wither and blight tho littlo week ly Droadtul around tho cornor, rofois to tho editor ot this nourishing and in tluential journal as a plufeather journal ist and a can t-get-thero dudo. lie also go s on to say that as a newspaper freak wo are probably tho finest speci men oi tno kiuu over captured alive. Brclhion of tho press, this is all wrong. Let us bo courteous to ono another. In this work-a-day world of ours thero is no iniiuenco bo soothing and relin ing as that of courtesy. Tho soft, iow-MOKen word, the gentle smile, tho kindly rofcrenoe who has not felt their halm, been helped over some rough placo in lifo's pathway by their beneficial effeot! Brothcrn of the pres, again wo say lot us bo courteous to ono another, and let tho littlo mi crobe pull his number fivo hat dcen down over his eyes and ponder upon llmua i,.a .,lnt, !' Pot-luok is tbo good fortune of poker player. J'ucf:, tho TJIE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXII.N0 27 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL LI1, NO 14 Cleveland Speaks Out. REASONS FOR HIS ItA VINO VETOED PRIVATE PENSION BILLS. PENSIONERS ARE NOT MENDICANTS. Washington, July 5. In amcssago. to Congress to-day returning without his approval n Senate bill to plaoo tho name of Maty Ann. Dougherty on tho pension rolls, the President gives a general exposition of bis views in ro- gard to pension legislation. Tho Presi dent hrst takes up tno reasons advanc ed for tho pensioning ol Mrs. Dough erty. Tic says that a largo sharo of tho report of tho Senato co'mmitteo recommending tho bill's passage con sists of a petition signed by Mrs. Dougherty, in which sho states that sho resides in Washington, having re moved hero with her husband in 1803 from No w Jersey j that shortly after thoir arrival in tno city her husband, Daniel Dougherty, returned to Now Jersey and enlisted in tho Thirty-fourth JNow Jersey Voluntoers ; that sho ob tained employment in the United States Arsenal, making cartridges, and that while so engaged sho was injured by an explosion. Sho also states that alio had a young son killed by machinery in tho navy yard, and that at tho grand re view of tho army after tho close of tho war another son, C, years old, was stolen by an officer of tho army and has not been heard of since Sho.furth er says tbat her husband left his homo in 1805 and has not boon heard of sinco and that she believes ho deserted her on account of her infirmities. It is alleged in tho teport, tho Presi dent says, that sho received a pension as tho widow ot Daniel Dougherty un til discovered that ho was alivo, when her namo, was, dropped from tho rolls, Tho petition of .this woman is indorsed by the admiral and several other of ficers of tho navy and a distinguished clergyman of Washington, certifying tbat bo knew Mrs. Dougherty and be lieved tho facts stated to be true HER RECORD WAS LOOKED UP, ihero is no prctonso made now that this beneficiary is a widow, though sho nt ono timo claimed to be, and was allowed a pension on thnt allegation. Her present claim rests entirely upon injuries received by her when she was conccdedly not employed in the mili tary service If the pension now pro posed is allowed her it will bo a mere ct of charity. Her husband, Daniel Dougherty, is now living in Philadelphia, and is a pensioner in his own right for disabil ity, alleged to havo been incurred whilo serving in the Thirty-fourth Now Jirsoy Volunteers. Of this faot this beneficiary has been repeatedly inform ed. And yet sho slates in her petition that her husband deserted her in 1805 and has not been heard of since. It is alleged in the Pension Bureau that,in 1878 she succeeded in securing a pen sion as the widow of Daniel Dough erty through fraudulent, testimony and much falso swearing on her part. The polico records of tho precinct in which she lived for years show that sho is a woman of very bad character, and that sho has been under arrest nine times for drunkencss, larcency, creating dis turbance and misdemeanor of that sort. It happened that this claimant, by reason of her residence here, has been easily traced and her character and untruthfulness discovered. But thero is much reason to fear that this caeo will find its parallel in many that has reached a successful conclusion. EVERYIIODY WANTS A PENSION. ino i resident then enters upon a consideration of pension legislation generally, and says: I cannot spoil ont any principle up on which the bounty of tho govern, mont is bestowed, through the instru mentality ot tno nood ot private pen sion bins tunc reach me. Tho theory seems to navo oeon adopted that no man who served in the army can be tho subject of death or impaired health except thoy are chargeable to bis ser vices. Medical theories are set at naught and the most startling relation is claimed between alleged incidents of military service and disability or death. Fatal apoplexy is adraittod as tho result of quite insignificant wounns, neart disease is attributed to chronic diarrhoea, consumption to her nia aud suicide is traced to arrav ser- yico in a wonderfully dovious and cur ious way. Adjudications of the Pension Bu reau are overruled in tho moat per emptory fashion by theso special aots of CongresB, sinco nearly all the bonefi ciarics named m tbeso bills have suo co-sfully applied to that bureau for relief. This courso of sncoial leirisla tion operates very unfairly. Those with certain influence or frionds to push their claims procure pensions, and thoso who havo neither friends nor in fluenco must be content with thoir fato under general laws. It operates un- lainy uy increasing in numerous in stances the pensions of thoso already on the roll, whilo many othtr more do sorving cases from tho lack of fortunato advocacy aro obliged to bo content with tho sum provided by general laws, ino apprehension may well be enter tained that tho freedom with which thoso private pension bills aro passed furnishes an inducement to fraud and imposition, while it certainly teaches tho vicious lesson to our pooplo thnt tho Treasury of the National Government invites tho approach of a privato need, REGARD FOR THE VETERAN SOLDIER. Nouo of us should bo in the least wanting in regard for tbo veteran sol dier, and I will yield to no man in desiro to seo thoso who defended the government when it neoded defender lihorally treated. Unfriendliness to our vcteraus is a charge easily and somo times dishonestly made. I insist that tho truo soldier is a good citizen nnd that bo will bo satisfied with generous, fair and equal consideration for thoso who aro worthily entitled to help. I havo considered the pension list of tho .Republic a roll of honor, bearing names :...,:i..i i... ..! i ... i luotiuuu uy iiuiiuiiut grutituuu ami not by improvidou and indisoriminatealras giving. I have oonceived tho proven- tion of tho completo discredit which must ensuo trom tbo unreasonable, un fair and reckless granting of pensions by special acts to be tho best service 1 can ronder our vetsrans. In tho dischargo of what has seem cd to mo my duty as related to legis lation and in tho interest of all the veterans of tho Union arm v. I hav I attempted to stem tho tide ot improvi dent pension enactments, though I con fes! to a full sharo of responsibility for somo of thoso laws thnt should not havo been passed. 1 anffar from deny Inir that thero nro cnes of merit which cannot bo roachtd except by gpoclal onaotmont, but I do not beliovo thero is a member of cither honso of Con gress who will not admit that this kind of legislation has boon carriod too far. NOT TIME TO EXAMINE ALL OASES. I havo now boforo mo moro than . - i , t.ii, ono Hundred special pension inns which can hardly bo oxaraincd within tlio time nllowed for that purpose. My aim has been nt all times kind dealing with bills of this clinrcter) to give tho applicant for a pension the benefit of any doubt that might ariso and which balanced the propriety of granting a pension if thero seemed any just foundation for their applica tion; but when it seemed entirely, out Bido of every rule in its naturo or the proof supporting it I havo supposed I only did my duty in interposing an ob jection. it seems to mc mat it wouiu do wen if our general pension la srs should bo revised with a view of meeting every meritorious caso that can arise. Our exporienco and knowledgo of any ex isting deficiencies ought to make tho en actment ot a compiuto pension couo passable. In the nusonco of such a re vision, and it ponsions aro to no grant ed upon equitablo grounds and with out regard to general law, the present methods would bo greatly improved by tho establishment of some tribunal to oxamins tho facts in every case and dotermino upon tho merits of the ap plication. OTHER VETOES YESTERDAY. Tho President also returned without his approval the Senato bill to grant a pension to Joel B. Morton, of Nebras ka, as dependont father of Calvin Mor ton. The Senate bill to pension Polly IL Smith, widow of Lieutenant John H. Smith, of the Second- Artillery, who served in the army Irom 1851 to 1B7U, was also returned without Hiiecutivo approval. In 1870 Lieutenant Smith was placed on tbo retired list on, ac count of bis disability resulting from a fistula, thought to bo the result of con tinuous riding in (he saddle In 1885 he died suddenly at Portland, Oregon, of heart disease while attempting .to raise a trunk to bis Bhoulder. The President says: "1 can not see how the causo of death can bo connected, with bis service or with the incapacity for which ho was placed on the rottred list. The application mado by tho widow for a pension is still pending before the Pension Bureau, and I understand that she, or her friends, prefer taking tho" chance of favorablo consideration there to tho approval of this bill." A Hair Qroomer. A NEW YORK WOMAN'S NOVEL OCCUPA TION FOR MAKING A LIVING. From the New York sun. Tho Dames of tho occupations which refined womon in reduced circumstan ces aro seeking nowadays aro legion. A reporter was introduced by a lriena tho other day to a lady who was earn ing a very comfortable livelihood as a air grooraer. "I m not a hair dres ser, sho said, "I'm a hair groomer. don't do up hair at all. I only comb the hair and give it that general atten tion which every woman's hair de mands two or threo times a week. There are lots of women in this city who are in this business, and who wonld scorn to call themselves profes sional hair dressers. "What do I do to the hair! Well, first I rub' it dry with a soft and then with a hard brush. I don't put a lot f water and 'cleaning stuff upon tho hair at first, as some do, bnt after I have got the dandruff all out I wet tho balr with a simple solution, wmcn I know to bo effective and not deleteri ous; then I rub and brush the hair dry again. Next comes the trimming. I pull out the gray hairs one by one taking care to pull them so that the scalp is not lacerated and the hair cells thomsclves destroyed. Thero is a great art in pulling out hairs. You must pull them in the direction in which thov lio in tho scalp, iuBt as you would a sliver ol wood trom your hand, in tho direction in which it enter ed. Men or women can't pull out thoir gray hairs themselves, for it is utterly impossible for them to see tbat they are pulling the hairs on tbo pro per slant. Of course, you know that peoplo are very tonony on tne sunieot of gray hairs in their beads. It makca a w oman have the blues for a week when her first gray hairs come Now when gray hairs aro tho result of age I never meddle with tbem; the only thing to do is to let tbem como. But thoy aro often the result of sickness or somo other littlo trouble, and it is then often possible to prevent thoir com ing, m.'dncss is to be doctored in just tho same way. I can never euro, though, and nobody can cure the baldness of people like accountants and others accustomed to work nil day with the glaro and heat of gaslights or electric lights beating down upon their heads. In their cases tho hair cells havo been literally burnt out. "Well, finally 1 trim tho hair. I out oach individual hair separately, so as to mako it even with tho, others. Whon tho hair is gathered up in tho hand and out square across i n a lump, as it were, with the scissors tho strag gling hairs are not reaohed. The re snlt IB ouly to make tbo hair shorter and quite as uneven as before. Then I part the hair simply and do it up pi au ly. As I told you, if women want their hair dono up in any of tho fancy styles thoy musn't come to mo. "How much doesitpay me! Well, I gonerally think I ought to get $1 at least oach timo I visit a lady's house If a lady lives a great way up town, and it takes mo all afternoon or morn ing to go up and see bor, I want mora money, of course And on tho con trary, when two or threo patrons live near each other, why, I can modorato the price a littlo to eaoh one It is an humble way of getting a living, I know, but it is respectable, and I shall stiok to it." Your House on Tire. Not tho boaso of wood, or briok, or stone, in whloh you live, but vour bodily tenement may bo in terri ble danger from smouldering firo which you mako no effort to quench. Tho great danger from impuro blood is that it debilitates tho system, and the di gostivo organs grow weak and inactive Hood's Sarsaparilla corahinos tho best kidney and liver invlgorators, with tbo best alteratives and tonics, nil from the vegetable kingdom, oarefully and understanding prepared in a concen trated form. It purifies, vitalizes, and enriches the blood, and tones up tho system, giviug the whole body vitality, nnd effectually guarding it agaiust tbo attacks of disease. GoodNows ''Ladies' hats reduced," is a Bign on a Gratiot Avenue stoic. This will bo good news to theatre-goers. Detroit Free J'ress.
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