THE COLUMBIAN, SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION.
no
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Another opportunity to buy at prices even
lower than last year's forced sale on account of
settling a partner's interest.
The sewers and makers have disappointed us in
' making Clothing promptly. The season has been back
ward. Between the two
We have enormous stocks, and in order to make
quick sale, will sell at Half Price.
$32.00 Overcoats, $20.oo $25.oo Suits, $15.oo
25.00 " 15.oo 20.oo 44 lO.oo
20.oo 44 lO.oo I6.00 44 8,oo
Thousands Good Warm Suits and Overcoats, $5.oo
Notwithstanding the very
low prices the rule is still
in force to pay Railroad
fare on very moderate pur
chases. WASHINGTON.
com our Regultr Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 16th, 1895.
Democrats have crery reasc. to be
perfectly satisfied wit'i the Congress
ional outlook. If the republicans
adopt the policy of introducirg fake
impeachmeat resolutions, for the pur
pose of abusing democratic n-Ticia!s,
instead of doing something tt:relieve
the distress which they had so much to
say about during theiist Congressional
campaign, there will certainly be a
general reaction in favor of Uj-j dem
ocratic party. And .hat reacti m will
be equally -certain to come, if the
republicans do any tariff tkkering
alcng the lie.es of the McKinlcy bill.
The democrats arc: not resjar nsible
for legislation in ither House or
Senate; they occupy s. positiori which
will enable them to accentuate (repub
lican mistakes and to profit thereby.
Senator Kill has reintroduced his
resolution fur a cla'uio rule iin the
Senate, and has, announced his (inten
tion to make fight for -it, and the large
number of tew Senr.tors mer. who
are not . bor.nd haeJ and foxat by
tradition mskes him ibelievc he- will
succeed.
Senator Go-man didn't let the re
port, that he would not be a candidate
for reelection, .get well started Lwfore
he called it down. B e will -b? a
candidate, and he is corfident tba; he
will be able to pull Maryland ix-.ck
into the demon ratic lines and be re
elected -to the Senate.
Senator Cameron's amrojnceriMnit,
that he would retire Iron? public ITe
at the close of hi; present term, wax a
case of -"must." Quay had servs l
notice on him that Jiis place v.i
wanted. -Cameron has ako stoppe!1
putting hit good money into that
Presidential rathok.
The stones about the winning and
losing of votes between th5 ballots
taken by ti.e Rer-ublican National
Committee, to decide upon , the city
which was to get the contention,
doubtless make good reading matter
for those who -do not know the facts.
The only one of the competing cities
that never was in it was San Francisco,
notwithstanding its standing second,
when tke convention was knocked
down to St. Louis the orders had
been given out Uy the Platt-Qur.y-Reed
combine, that the Pacific coast
must be jollied by giving San Fran
cisco ' a large vote, but not large
enough to carry the convention there.
The convention was sold. There ir
no doubt about that, anj. either
Chicago, Pittsburg or New York could
have secured it by raising the bid of
St. Louis. In fact, some gen'Jemen
representing Chicago Mere told after
the first ballot, in which Chicago got
only eight votes, had taken, that
Chicago could have the convention if
the price-$ioo,ooo-was put up. The
Chicago Committee, after a consulta
tion, refused to pay that much, and
after three more ballots the conven
tion was given to St. Louis, simply
because he had paid more for it than
any other city would pay. The set
ting of June 16th as the date for the
republican convention will make the
democratic convention unusually
early, if the usual custom of the party
in power holding its convention first
be followed.
The democratic steering committee
of Senators Gorman, Cockrell, Harris,
Blackburn, Price, V.'althall, Murphy,
White, and Jones, of Ark., at a meet
ing held to discuss Senate reorganiza
tion, decided that no obstructions
.should be placed in the way of the
MAKER
Sixth and Market Ninth and Chestnut
MM. H. WANARIAKER
Twelfth and Market Streets
republicans reorganizing the Senate
as soon as they can produce the votes,
but that no move sri3uld be made by
the democrats to voluntarily surrender
what they have now. Reorganization
willibe easy tor the republicans, if
they can agree upon a slate for presi
des pro tern, ami chairman of com
mittees that will command the full
republican votes, at the popuiists have
agreed to absent themselves whec the
vote is taken. I'cr all practical pur
poses this will bejust the same as
their voting with the republicans, and
it trill probably be ;;ust as bcneiicial
to the populists, 'End still they or n go
home and pull the wool over the eyes
of iheir constituents bv nroducinc: the
rcor.gressional Recced, showing that
they did not vote to help the repub
licans reorganize the Senate.
The man who ie willing to ms.ke a
monkey of himself can always start a
sensation in Congress, that will bring
hitr. a temporary notoriety. The 'first
to fio so this session was Represent
ative Barrett, of Boston, who offered
a r.a:olution impeaching Ambassador
Bays-rd, because ht had dared te ex
ercwa the right of fre speech and to
criticise the doctrine of protection. Of
course Barret knows as well as every
body else does, that his resolution was
a nw.' Congressman bid for notoriety
pure .and simple, ant that it willr.evcr
be reported back "'to the House by
the committee on Foreign Affairs, lo
which it was referred. In the short
debase which prccetlcd the reference
of the resolution, ."Ex-Speaker Crip
showed himself to be in good fighting
trim. His taunting the republicans
with being afraid to put a protective
tariff bill through the House, notwith
standing their immense majority, was
a hit, sjid no republican dared reply
to it; it was so true it couldn't be
replied to. The resolution is bun
combe. .Mr. Bayard hr.s done nothing
but what he had a pfcct right to do,
if he sawsiit.
Relief for Eheuautism,
" This information," said a well
t.nown physician to a correspondent
of the Tehjram, " may save many
lives ; at any rate it will prove an iu
vtluable boon to people suffering from
rheumatism in any form."
Rheumatism is caused by acidity
of the Mcod. It should never be
neglected. Ti:is remedy, as I know
by Jong practice is very efficacious
and s simple as it is powerful.
" Here it is," he added, " when a
rheumatic twinge is experienced, the
patient should buy a bottle of Dr.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
and take one teaspoonful in milk or
water to suit the action of the towels,
three times a Jay, and continue daily
until the last vestage of the malady
bas disappeared. That's all, but if
tcken as I have prescribed, it will
sive many doctors' billsy to say noth
ing ol pains, aches and swellings, i've
never known it to fail. Albany, Jf.
1 Tdegrcu.i. zt.
Ths Farmor's Dilemma-
The thing which man now specially
yearns for is the ability to spread the
blessings of. life more evenly along
from year to year. Its either a feast
or famine, a deluge or a drought. One
season, the farmer's potatoes are so
small the hens won't scratch 'em up;
next season they're as big as what the
hogs dream of when they're most too
fat to snore. This year the corn crop
in Iowa is so tremendous that the
formers will not haul it to maiket for
the paltry price it will bring. Only a
ye?.r ago they v.-ere selling corn at the
highest price in the history of Ameii
can farming and feeding wheat to the
hogs.
& BROW
Grangers in Convention-
At last week's session of the
Pennsylvania State Grange at William
sport the reports of the several officers
were read. The treasurer's report
showed that $21,000 had been receiv
ed and $9,000 expended. The bal
ance of $12, 000 lias been invested in
bonds. One -of the most important
matters discussed was the delivery 01
mail in the rural districts, which is
strongly favored by the prominent
grangers.
James G. McSparrcn, of Drumore
township, replied to the address of
welcome.
The Order -of Patrons of Husbandry
was founded in Washington, D. C,
shortly following the close of the war
of the rebellion by a few men, who
were impelled by a desire to advance
the cause of agriculture. For nearly
two yers they wrought with energy,
until tfiey completed a well devised
scheme of organization based upon a
ritual and four degrees for men and
four for women. The constitution
was adapted in 1867, -.under the name
of the National -Grange of the Patrons
of Husbandry, with Matter Saunders,
Lecturer Thompson, Treasurer See
land and Secretary Kelly as the first
elective olScere. Duting the succeed
ing years, until the present time, t.ie
Grange has spiead- to every state in
the Union, and numbers thousands
upon thousands in membership.
Here is a diamond, here a piece of
charcoal. Both carbon.; yet between
them stands the mightiest of magicians
Nature. The food on your table,
and your own body ,;. elementally the
same ; yet between the two stands
the digestion, the arbiter of growth or
decline, l:fe or death.
We cannot make a diamond ; we
-cannot make flesh, blood and bone.
No. But by means of the Shaker
(Digestive Cordial we can enable the
stomach to digest food which would
otherwise ferment and poison the
sjctem. In all forme of dyepepsia
and incipient consumption, with weak
ness, loss of flesh, thin-blood, nervous
proctration the Cordial is the success
ful remedy. Taken with food it
relieves at once. .It nourishes, and
assists nature to nourish. A trial bot
tle enough to sJiow its merit rio
cents.
Laxcl is the beet medicine for
children:. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
A house-to house canvass in eleven
districts cf New York city, conducted
by reporters of Tic JI0rv.i11 Ad
vertiser, has shown that nearly twenty
six per cent of the names on the
Republican enrollment are fraudulent;
and that journal admits that if this
percentage should be sustained in the
remaining 152 voting precincts of
the city the honest Republican enroll
ment would scarcely reach 5;,ooo.
The moral is that New York Republi
cans f-hould qidt clamoring about
Tammany rascalhies long enough to
take an introspective look, and then
applv the lesson inculcated by the
parable of the beam and the mote.
G K ATE I-' I" L-C 0 M J-'OHT 1 N O.
EPPS'S COCOA
BUEAiCFAST-8i:i'I'KH.
"Hy a thorough Icnowieriifn or tno natural laws
which tfovern llm operations of Mk-si1oii and
nutrition, and by a curi-tnl nppltcmlon of tlio
ftno propi'ritit'Hof woll-snleeteU cocoa, Air. Kii
litis provided for our lnvakftii-tt und supper a
Uellcutely Ihwourou bi-veniKO wltkli may gave
uh many linavy doctors' bill. It Is by I lie Judle
lmm uhu of hucIi urtli li-Hnr dl-t that a constitu
tion may bo gradually built, up until Btronir
enouKH to ri'HlHt evoty tendency to dlaeane.
llumli'fdH of Hiilillf! umladloH are Moating around
us ready to altnek wherever there Is a weak
Iiolut. We may esca e ic.uny a fatal Bliaft by
;eepln(C ouiwlves well fortliled with pure
blood und a properly nourished frame." dull
Hrrvlre (imilte. Mode simply Willi boiling wa.
terormllk. hold only 111 hair-yiound linn, by
OiocerH, labelled thus: JAM ES : PPS Sk
CO. Ltd., llomcupalht'j -t'liemtijlB, I-oiidou,
-tntiluud. 1MV-HU.
HE. C. J. FREEMAN SPEAKS KSLT OF HIS LIFE AND WORK.
He Has Written and Preached on Both Sides of the
Atlantic Recently the Victim of a Peculiar
Affliction from Which He was Released
In a Marvelous Manner.
From the Herald,
REV. C. J. FRF.KMAX, A.H., m.H.
No. 157 Eincrroii St., South Huston, i Hie
prwent homo of Rev. 0. .1. Freeman, A. R.,
rh.D., the recent rector of St. Mark's Kpisco
pal Church nt Anaconda, Mont. luriiig t lie
reform movement which has swept over Ron
ton, Ir. Freeman lias been frequently lieartl
from through the various newspapers ami
although a resident of comparatively recent
date he lias exerted much public influence
which has heen increased 'hy the fuct that he
was ten years ago on a commission appointed
in England to investigate the troublesome
question of the vice of great cities.
He hns preached before cultured nudiences
in the old world, as well as to the rough
pioneers in the mining towns of the Rocky
mountains, and his utterances ns well as liis
writings have been in the line of progress and
liltcrality, well-sensoned with practical com
mon sense. Pr. Freeman hns written this paper
ftletterwhich will he read with much interest.
He says :
"Some five years since I found that deep
study and excessive llternry work, in addition
to myordinnry miniMeritil duties, were under
mining my health. I detected that I "was
unable to understand things ns clearly ns I
usually did; that after lut-littl thoutirit and
study I stifl'ered from a dull pain in the ticml
nnd great weariness, and all (nought and study
Ixsjniiie a trouble to me. I lost appetite, did
not relish ordinary food, after eating, suffering
acute pains in the chest and back. I here was
sourness of the -stomach, and the most of my
food seemed to turn t sour water, with most
sickly and suffocating feeling in vomiting up
men sour wat-er.
At this time I -consulted several physicians.
One said I was run down, another said I had
chronic indigestion ; but this I do know, that
with all the prescriptions which thev gave me
I was not improving; for in addition, I had
pains in the Tcgions of the kidneys, a very
sluggish liver, -so much so that I was very
much like a yellow man, was depressed in
spirits, imsgim-d all sorts of things and wns
daily becoming worse and felt that I should
soon become a eon firmed invalid if I did not
soon understand my complaints. I followed
the advice of physicians most severely, but
with all I was -completely unable to do my
ministerial duty, and all I could possibly do
wis to rest anil try to be thankful. After
eighteen months' treatment I found I was the
vKiim of severe palpitation of the heart, nnd
was almost afraid to walk across my room.
Amid all this 1 was advised to take absolute
rest from all mental work. In fact, I was
alroady unable to take any duty for the reason
Harper'w K.tzar.
IN 1896.
The twenty-ninth vearnf nAHI'Klt'S n :'AK.
bet Inning In J -I miry, IMH'., rti.ds lunnintal'dng :
Undeserved reputation both as a raahlou Join- '
ual and a weekly periodical lor homo reading.
Kveiy week Hie UA.AK presei.ts beniiiirul 1
toilettes fur various occasions, ManUo., li.iud--, I
and i h ipuls llliisuar.e and engra-e the uewcnl i
designs In-ni the nncst uiikI-Is In Paris an 1
JterliiL New York Fashions cplinmlzes cuneiit
Biylesj In New VorK. A foilidghllv paticrii- :
Hlidct, Hiipplein-'ut with ding-ams and dliectlons !
ennues women lo cur and m.iko their own
gowns, and Is of great, value lo the profi-sslon-l
modlstn in well as to the amateur dioss-iuakei-.
Children's Clothing receives constant un-ni Ion.
fuKhlous tor men are described la full detail by
a uiun-aOout. town. O-ir Tails belter, by Uatn
arlne lie I'orest, is a sprightly weekly recital
of fashion, gossip, and Kielul doings In arts,
given by a clever woman In an entertaining
way.
Moth tlio serlils for are tlio work of
Ameili'uu women. Mrs. tierald by .Marie Loulno
Pool, is a striking Mnry ot New Knglund llto.
Mary E. w llklns. In Jer- lie;, a roor Alan, dis
cusses the always luleresUng problems of llm
relations between labor mid capital. Mioit,
stoil-s will oe written by the best. uu: hors.
special Dcpar inenis. .Mosie, Tho outdoor
woman, rersouals, what We Are Doing, Wc- I
men nnd -Men, report, und ! Bcusa themes tf I
Immediate Interest.
Answers to l oriesponrtentfl (iuestlorm re- '
c.elVH tho personal attention uf tlm editor, and I
aru answered nt, tho eaillesl piactlcublo iluto
alter their lecelpt.
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CuiDt amlp didnug.m It huir tuliwx,
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Tho onJr luru Cure tor i,uru, tu 1. ;uiu. atnit.Tei mm
Iiotlon, Hat:
that the fecllne of complete prostration after
the least exertion, precluded me from any
duty whatever, and it appeared to my mind
that I was very near being a perfect wreck.
As for taking absolute rest, l cotuii nonnsn
more thnn 1 did unless it was so absolute as to
rest in the crave. Then it would have been
absolute enough.
" It is now ipilte three years, since, in anni
tion to all the pains and penalties which I
endured, I found creeping upon me a peculiar
numbness of the left limbs, and in fact could
not walk nhont. If I tried to walk I had to
drag the left fisit along the ground. The bower
of locomotion seemed to be gone, nnd 1 was
consoled with trie information that It was par
tial paralysis. Whether it was or not I do not
know, but this I do know, 1 could not walk
about nnd I began to think my second child
hood had commenced ut the age of forty-ono
yea rs.
" Just about two venrs ago or a little more,
a ministerial friend came to see me. 1 was
siek in bed and could hardly move, nnd he wns
something like old Job's comforter, although
not quite. He hail much regret and commis
eration which was a very poor balm for a siek
man. Hut the best thing lie did say was this:
"Midvoneversee Rink Rills?" I said, "Who
in thc'world is he? " lie said, " Why do you
mil irv I 'in tc I'illsT" He said pood live very
affectionately, so much so that doubtless ho
thought it was the last larewell. i evert neiess,
after thinking a little, I just came to the con
clusion that 1 would make an innovation nnd
see wind Rink Rills would do. I looked nt
them, and 1 said can nny good possibly come
out of those littlo pink things? Any way, I
would see. I was susiiteionsol rink i ins, unci
I remembered the old proverb; "Sospctlo
licentia fede," " suspicion is the passport to
fallh." So Rink Rills 1 obtained, and Rink
Riils I swallowed. Rut one box of them did
not cure me, nor did 1 feel any different. Rut
alter 1 had taken nine or ten noxes oi puis i
was decidedly better. 1 es, I wns certainly
imnrovini;. and filler cielit months of Rink
Rills I could get about. The numbness of the
left limb was nearly gone, tlio pains in the
bend had entirely ceased, the nppetile was
better, I could enjoy lend and 1 had a tree,
quiet action of the heart without palpitation.
In fact, in twelve months I wns a new crea
ture, and to-day I can stand and speak over
two hour-i without tt rest. I can perform nil
mv public duties which devolve upon nie,
without fatigue, and do all the walking which
1 have to do, und nm tlinnklul lor iu lean
safely ray I was never in n better stale of
health than I am to-day, and that I nttribute
it to tl.e patient, perse ri:ig u.--e of Dr. Wil
liams' Rink Rills.
"i fully, cordially nnd strongly commend
Pr. Williams' Rink Rills to ail or any who
sutler in a similar way, nnd feel sure that any
one who adopts Rink Rills with perseverance
and patience cannot find Iheir expectations
unrealised or their reasonable hopes blasted.
H::t he will find tl.nt blessing which is Ibe
reward of n full trust in a true and reliable
remedy. 1 shall always wish and desire the
greatest mcccss for Ir. Willir.ms' Rink Rills
nnd always cherish a deep feeling of gratitude
to the fiiend w ho first said to me buy Rink
Rills. I have tried them and know their true
value, nud am truly glad that I did, for I have
found from tlicin n eood experience, to do mora
than is actually claimed for them."
Vcrv faithfully vours,
('. J. KRIT.MAN, A.R-.Rh.P.,
I .ate rector .f St. Murk's, Montana.
Pr. Villiams' Rink Rills contain, in a con
densed term, i II .he cl -tin nts necessury to give
new life r.nd richness to the blond and restore
shattered nerves. They are nil unfailing spe
cific for such discii'cs as locomotor ataxia, par
tial paralysis, St. Vitus' deuce, sciatica, neu
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after e fleet of la grippe, palpitation or tho
heart, pule and sallow eomplcxions'nll forms
of weakness cither in male or female. Pink
Rills are sold by nil dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, (f0 cents a Ikix,
or six boxes for .2.." - they are never sold in
bulk or by the 1LHI) by addressing Pr.Williums'
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Bland roti),'lici bundlliiK. 'i'lin l;;n used aio
tlio llnesi iinpuileil, iiavt) nultirul mm m,d
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THE r&RMEHS CF AMlilUOA
Tho Dcbti of Farmers Insignificant When
Compared With T!io;o ol Banks
and Cfti'.korl.
Secretary f Ai;rirulUire Morton'
annual repoit t-onuina the following:
Speaking of the export trade in
daily products ol ihe United states,
the report points out the fact that in
cheese the United Slates, while a
large shipper to British markets, holds
the conspicuously unflattering r
the extreme rear as to ntUlit
price, and as the only one of Ihe
netttors for this trade whose business
shows a serious falling off.
l'h is he attributes to the deteriora
tion in the quality of American cheese
by adulteration with olet and other
ingredients. In butter the United
States is out of the race, supplying
less than I per cent, of the HntistY
demand for foreign butters, notwith
standing the fact that Groat Britain
imported in eight months $46,000,000
wotth of butter.
SAVED nv WEATHER WARNINGS.
The work of the weather bureau
for the year cost $378,469. It is
claimed that the warnings of cold
waves secured from freezing more
than $2,275,000 worth of perishable
agricultural products which otherwise
would have been lost.
Speaking of the work of the divi
sion of chemistry. Secretary Morton
makes the following vigorous protest :
" The people are frequently misled
by perverted references to the analy.
ses of this division by advertisers of
food products, etc, whose products
have been analyzed in the course of
investigations of food adulterations or
other official work. In the hundreds
of advertisements that have been
noticed, in which the woik f the di
vision have been relcrred to, there is
scarcely a single case in which the
facts are accurately set forth as offici
ally published. There is, therefore,
just reason for complaint. It seems
to the secretary of agriculture that
there should ber-ome method adopted
by means of which the advertising
misrepresentations of official analyses,
intended originally to protect the
people, could Dc prevented."
AMERICAN FRUIT ABROAD.
Among the more important var:e
ties of fruit that have been introduced
by the division of pomology arc sixty
five new specimens of figs, received
from the Royal Horticultural society,
of Eiu'land. Other important imnor-
titions toisisted cf twenty nine varie
ties or the choicest apples of Austria
Hungary, which have been grafted
upon seeding stocks for the purpose
of propagation. It is proposed to dis
tribute these trees to the experiment
stations as soon as they are in proper
condition. Efforts have also been
made to introduce improved and
hardy varieties tf persimmons from
Northern China and the citron of
commerce from Italy. During the
fiscal year there were shipped 818,711
barrels of apples abroad, valued at
$'i954-3'8, and 7,137,842 pounds of
dried apples, of the value of $461,214.
The variety which has sold for the
highest price in British markets is the
Albemarle pippin, which is success
fully grown to its greatest perfection
in the state of Virginia. California
fruits made marked gains in European
markets during the year.
IMPROVING THE ROADS. '
Improved road construction is pro
gressing in many of the states, notably
in Massachusetts, New Jersey, North
Carolina and Kentucky. More than
half the states have passed new road
laws within the last year, and there is
a general effort to ascertain the best
methods for developing the country
roads, for using the county prisoners
or state convicts for this purpose, and
for organizing state commissions to
look after these matters.
THE FUTURE OF FARMlNO
The report closes with a discussion
of " The Future of Farms and Farm
ing in the United States," in which
the secretary compares the indebted
ness of the various classes of owners.
u These figures." he sava. " Khnw an
enormous and consistent indebtedness
of the banks and bankers alongside of
which the money in faim mortgages
and the debts owed bv formers arc
relatively insignificant. The debts of
railroads, bankers, manufacturers and
merchants entitle them, and not the
farmers, to be called the 'debtor class'
in America."'
In conclusion he savs Th,. nil.,
of farm lands, being governed by the
relation 01 me supply of those lands
to the demand for t hem. will tVierf"ir
steadily increase. The area or supply
remains stationary, or from careless
image decreases. Hut the added
millions of our nonulatirm nnrmpnt
and intensify the demand. Therefore,
me price ot tarms must in the next
twenty years, and nossiblv in ten.
years, advance more markedly than
those of urban real estate. The own-
era of fertile fields, however, must
Understand HOW that a.-rirnltnre is
swiftly becoming a scientific profession.
1 ne more the farmer cultivates his
mind the better and more profitably
he can cultivate his fields The de
partment of agriculture has expended
during each of the last two years a
greater per cent, of its appropriations
in the application of science to farm
ing, to correct tjllage and fertilization
than ever before."