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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
The Platform.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania,
by its represeutatives in convention
assembled, declares its adherence to
the fundamental principles it has
taught and enforced from the founda
tion of the Government, and which it
believes are essential to the continu
ance of our system of free popular
institutions. It declares for a strict
construction of all constitutional
jrants of power to the Federal Gov
ernment that infringe upon the rights
if communities or the liberty of the
citizen j for a liberal interpretation of
all reservations of rights to the people;
Sw home rule and against the central
ization of power i for freedom of
thought, and against all proscription
for religious opinions; against needless
sumptuary legislation, and for the
largest measure of liberty to individ
uals consistent with the enforcement
of law and order ; the preservation of
rights of persons and property and the
maintenance of free government. It
believes that Federal taxation, in
whatever form, is justifiable only to
the extent that may be needful for the
maintenance of the Government, hon
estly and economically administered,
within the sphere of granted powers.
It is opposed to all schemes of tax
ation that bear unequally upon indi
viduals, or that tend to increase the
profits of the few at the expense of the
many, or to impose upon the few
those burdens of government which
should be born by all alike.
The Democratic party has fulfilled
the pledges under which it was en
trusted with power, relieving of unjust
and oppressive taxation by the enact
ment of a tariff for the purposes of
nrrenue, framed on constitutional
lines. We are opposed to any back
ward step in the reform thus accom
plished. We demand that the legitimate
business interests of the country shall
nov. have rest from all disturbing agi
tation of this question. The people
'are entitled to the substantial and
lasting prosperity which we believe
must surely come as the result of the
reforms thus accomplished. We be
lieve that these results are postponed
only because of the failure and refusal
of a Republican Congress to heed the
wise suggestions of President Cleve
land. We call the attention of the country
to the fact that the present Congress,
with its Republican majority of more
than two-thirds of the House of Rep
resentatives and its control of the or
ganization of the Senate, has utterly
failed to legislate for the relief of the
people from the disastrous effects of
the money panic, brought on chiefly
by the loss of confidence in the ability
of the Government to maintain its
credit under the terrible financial bur
dens imposed by vicious Republican
Uws, and has designedly neglected to
fulfill its pledges to the people. We
denounce as utterly unworthy the
confidence of the people a party whose
, Representatives and Senators in Con
gress deliberately determined, and
publicly proclaimed it to be their pol
icy, to do nothing for the relief of the
financial condition of the Govern
ment and the people.
We demand a repeal of all laws au
thorizing the issue or reissue of green
backs and Treasury notes of doubtful
constitutionality. Originally issued
under the plea of military necessity
and under a pledge of early withdraw
al, they are a constant menace of
financial disaster and national dishon
or. They should have no place in
the currency of Xhe country. We be
lieve that the Federal Government
should be entirely divorced from the
business of banking, and that Congress
should enact such legislation as will
give to the country a banking currency
ample in volume for the needs of busi
ness, absolutely secure under every
contingency and at all times redeem
able in gold. We are in favor of a firm,
unvarying maintenance of the gold
standard. .While we favor the most
liberal use of silver consistent with
the enforcement of a gold standard,
we are absolutely opposed to the free
coinage of silver and to the compul
sory purchase of silver bullion by the
Government. We believe that the
interests of the people demand that
the earnings of trade, agriculture,
manufactures and commerce, and es
pecially the wages of labor, should be
paid in money of the greatest intrinsic
value and of the highest standard
adopted by the civihxed nations of
the world. We are, therefore, unal
terably opposed to all devices and
schemes for the debasement of our
currency and to all evasions and com
promises of a question so closely af
fecting individual and national credit
and honor.
We heartily indorse the administra
tion of President Cleveland, and con
gratulate the country upon the firm
nesi, wisdom and ability shown by
him in all matters affecting the inter
ests of the country. We especially
commend his wise, determined and
successful efforts to maintain the
national credit, to avert financial and
business disturbance, and to protect
the country s honor. '
We refer with sorrow and shame to
the neckless prodigality with which
the late Republican Legislature, sup-
a mm
mews
ehbbxe.
Color Left" Her Cheeks; Her Eyes
Lost their Brilliancy; She
Steadily Lost Weight.
From "a Serious Condition Quickly Restored tc
Health Much Interest in the Case.
A DRESSMAKER'S EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCE.
Tba Remarkably Strange Case tf
Pf nmylTanla Tonng Lad)-.
From the Examiner, XAtncatter, Pa,
The following account of a dressmaker's
remarkable experience was recently told a
reporter by Miss Daisy M. Musselman, a
charming young lndy who resides with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Musselman,
at No. 16 North Christian Street, Lancaster,
I'a. Iter case came under the notice of a re
porter tereral days ago, is worth publishing.
Last fall Miss Musselman began to feel ill.
Ai tht dayi passed the decline in her health
became more apparent, die became very wenk,
and at length feared a total collapse of her
system. Miss Musselman in a dressmaker. In
the early stages of her illness she found that
she was unable to do the usual amount of sew.
In. As the ailment became more pronounced,
he was at times too weak to work at all, ami
he had to take involuntary holidaya. Mie be
came listless, took little interest in her sur
rounding, and finally was forced to give tip
sewing altonether. The greatest clianire took
place in her physical appearance. The roses
in her cheeks faded away, a chalkv paleness
supplanting them, her eyes lost their brilliancy
and she began to lose weight steadily. ,
Her symptoms gave her great alarm and
he consulted her family physician, one of
the best of the medical fraternity in the city.
He prescribed all sorts of medicines but his
patient did not improve. Her nervous system
seemed to be completely shattered. She could
not sleep at night because of the nervousness,
nnd her appetite was atTceted. She dismissed
the attending physician and engaged another,
also of good standing in his proiession. He,
too. did all that science and a long experience
could suggest, but like his predecessor failed
to benefit Miss Musselman, who in despair,
engaged the services of a third physician. Hut
his treatment gave no better results than did
the others. Under the care of these physicians,
Miss Musselman would sometimes think she
was getting better but the relief was only
temporary, and, after a brief respite, the
would have all the old symptoms again,
generally J;: an aggravated lorm. Their
medicine, would cause nausea. The disease
which baffled them tightened its grip on her.
She had a choking sensation in the throat,
frequently a dull pain ia the head and a
stoppage of the nose.
Considerable money had been expended In
her futile efforts to be cured. The nervous
ncss became so great that she determined to
consult a specialist. This would necessitate
a trip to a neighboring city, involving the ex
penditure of mora money ; but she felt that
something must be done. It was just as she
had determined to visit the specialist that her
mother suggested that she try Dr. Williams'
Tink Pills. Through the newspapers she had
learned of the marvelous cures effected by
this wonderful medicine and felt that her
daughter ought to give it a trial, it would
cost little and oould do no harm. So Miss
Musselman purchased a box of Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pal People, and began
takingthem.
'Before the first box had been vied." said
Miss Musselman to the reporter, " I began
to feel better. 1 was delighted with their
effect on me and when the first bei was gone
immediately bought another. I took them
regularly, just as directed on the box, and,
really the result was surprising. I soon be
gan to sleep well, my appetite returned, I
could take long walks without feeling fatigued
and I regained the flesh I had lost. I kept
right on taking the pills, and as I felt my
strength returning and the nervousness disap
pearing, gradually resumed my work of dress
making and before long could work as Ions,
and as well as ever. After using seven boxei
of the pills, X think It was seven but it may
have been one or two more, 1 felt that I was all
right again and opped taking them. Thai
wua some months ago and 1 have taken no
medicine since and now feel well. I cannot
be too thankful for what Pink Pills have duu
for me."
At the time of the reporter's visit. Misi
Musselman certainly did not look like
woman in need of medicine j a pretty coloj
mantled her checks and she evinced a charm
ing vivacity that bespoke a healthy con
dition.
Mrs. Musselman also had a word to saj
about the great benefit her daughter had He.
rived from Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "Thej
cannot be too highly praised," she said.
This wonderful remedy Is offered to the pub
lic w ith a full confidence that there is no (lis
ease arising from a watery or impoverished
condition of the Mood or shattered nervoui
forces which it will not cure if the direction;
are faithfully followed and the treatment per
sisted in. Dr. Williams' Tink Pills for l'al
People are not a patent medicine, but are s
thoroughly scientific preparation, the result
of years of careful study on the part of an
eminent graduate of Mctlill Medical College,
Montreal, and of Edinburgh University,
Scotland, and they were successfully used by
hiin in his everyday practice for years before
being offered for general sale. The merit ol
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is attested by the
hundreds of marvelous cures they "have
wrought in all parts of the country, and now
their sale far exceeds that of any other pro
prietary medicine. This is the best test ol
the fact that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills per
form all their makers claim for them.
As the blood is the fountain of life, nnd
the ucrves are the life itself, all disease
to be fatal, must attack the one or the
other. In seeking uu effective nerve
food, therefore, which would nourish
without over-stimulating, and would build
up naturally the wasted, flabby and discused
nerves, and which would at the same time
trive a sunnly of blood, at once tiiirer. ri.l.cr
,aud redder, and more capable of carrying
nuinmeni ana oxygen lo every nerve and
muscular fibre of the body, Dr. Williams
struck at the root of all disease, and it is
eminently proper, therefore, to give a list of
the diseases for which this preparation is in
tended, which we do herewith :
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are prepared by the Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co.. of Schenectady N. Y., a firm whose
ability and reliability are unquestioned.
Pink Pills are not looked upon as a patent
medicine, but as a prescription, having been
used as such for years in general practice, and
their successful results in curing various afflic
tions made it imperative that they be prepared
in quantities to meet the demand of the publio,
ana plaoe them in reach of all. They are
an unfailing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner
vous headache, the after effects of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexions, and the tired feeling resulting from
nervous prostration, all diseases resulting from
vitiated humors in the blood such as scrofula,
chronio erysipelas, etc. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms
ot weakness. They build up the blood, aud
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in
all cases arising from mental worry, over
work, or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills arc sold in boxes (never in loose
form by the doien or hundred, and the public
are cautioned against numerous imitations
sold la this shape) at 60 cents a box or six
boxes for 12.60, and may be had ot all drug
gists, or direct by mall from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company,
ported by the Republican State Ad
ministration, has squandered the
moneys of the people. The multipli
cation of offices for no other purpose
than to pension professional politi
cians, the unnecessary increase in the
salaries of State officials at the ex
pense of appropriations to worthy
public purposes, the abuse of the
power of the State in the promotion
of the interests of a political faction,
are matters of record which, form an
indictment of the Republican party ;
oi .Pennsylvania tnat snouia De tnea
in the forum of the political con
science of the State.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania
presents to the National Convention '
as its unanimous cnoice tor tne presi
dency the name ot ROBERT E.
PATTISON.
Twice chosen Controller of the city
of Philadelphia and twice Governor
of Pennsylvania, in the face of large
adverse party majorities, he has de
monstrated by these elections that
tte people trust him, and by his ad
ministration of these offices that their
confidence was well founded. Know
ing him to be honest, able, unassum
ing, fearless, a consistent Democrat
and in harmony with the highest pur
poses of his party, we present him for
the nomination to the Democracy of
the nation.
Confident that this declaration of
principles and of our choice for the
Presidency express the sentiments of
the united Democracy of the State,
and to the end that the vote and
influence of Pennsylvania may be
most effectively heard and felt, the
delegates this day chosen are directed
to vote as a unit in all matters en
trusted to their charge, said action to
be determined by the vote of the ma
jority of the delegates.
Resolved, That the delegates-at-large
this day elected shall have
power to fill any vacancy that may
occur by reason of the death or fail
ure to act of any delegates at-large
and that the delegates to this State
Convention from each Congress dis
trict shall have power to fill any
vacancies that may occur by reason
of the death or failure in act of any
delegates selected from said Congress
district.
Law For Koad Supervisors.
By a recent act of assembly road
supervisors are empowered to pro
ceed upon the request of any land
holder whose property fronts on any
public road, to establish a proper
width and location for a sidewalk
along each side of the highway. The
width must not be less than six feet
for fifty-foot roads, and for roads of
greater width the sidewalk shall be
ten feet wide. When established, the
law requires the land owner to pay
for and keep the sidewalk in repair.
GRAVEL CURED"
Sayt John J. Neill, ol 3560 Turner St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
A healthier, heartier, happier man than
John J. Neill, of 3560 Turner St., Philadel
phia, could not be found in a day's search.
The fact that he is still alive is a constant
wonder to his friends.
In the fall of 1889 he began to suffer in
describable miseries from stone in the
bladder. Consulting an eminent physician
in Philadelphia, he was told that a sureical
operation was necdssary. So much did he
dread the result, for if unsuccessful it meant
death, that he put off the evil day as long
as possible. While in this frame of mind,
he heard of
DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S
FAVOR TE
REMEDY
Although disheartened, 011 July 1S93, he
ixmgnt a Dottle 01 it, ana within a month
had experienced beneficial results, and be
fore he had finished the third bottle, the
gravel was completely dissolved and his
sufferings at an end.
Mr. Neill feels that he owes a lasting
debt of gratitude to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy and for disorders of the bladder
and urinary organs, says "it will effect a
cure 11 one be possible."
Kavoritfl Kemedy is prescribed with un
failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia
and nerve troubles in which it has cured
many that were considered beyond the aid
of medicine. All druggists, $ 1.
PEACH OKOP PEOMISES WILL.
A Canvass Among Growers Shows an Im
mense Yield In Sight.
Flemington, N. J., May 4U1. Two
hundred and sixty replies out of three
hundred inquiries sent out to the
largest peach growers in this section,
regarding the prospects of this year's
crop, substantially report that the
prospects for an immense yield are
good.
The cold spring weather retarded
the growth of peach buds until the
late frosts were over. The buds are
opening now and are healthy in ap
pearance. There are gratifying re
ports ol all fruits being plentiful except
blackberries, which crop will be very
light.
Not a Day of Pleasure.
The members of the Grand Army
of the Republic in various sections
are up in arms against the practice of
using Decoration Day for pleasure
and social entertainments. A recent
order from the department command
er states that the organization views
with a feeling akin to dissatisfaction
the tendency of the people to turn
Decoration Day into a holiday, when
games and entertainments are given.
Posts of the Cr. A. R. throughout the
country have been, and are still, pre
paring memorials, setting forth at
length that Decoration Day, instead
of being a day of amusement and en
tertainment, is one on which the rising
generation should be taught to under
stand that it is a sacred day in the
annals of the history of the United
States.
For your Protection. Catarrh "cures"
in liquid form to be taken internally,
usually contain cither Mercury or
Iodide of Potassa, or both, which
are injurious if too long taken. Ca
tarrh is a local, not a blood disease,
caused by sudden change to cold and
damp weather. It starts in the nasal
passages. Cold in the head causes
excessive flow of mucus and, if re
peatedly neglected, the results of ca
tarrh will follow, and oftentimes an
offensive discharge. Ely's Cream
Balm is the acknowledged cure for
these troubles and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug.
A Strange Animal
Huntingdon News : Thomas
Brown, a resident of Robertsdale,
this county, killed an animal that
puzzles the oldest hunters and trap
pers for a name. Its head resembles
that of a cat, except that it has a
long, sharp head and whiskers, or
bristles, protruding from the upper
lip about three inches long. Its body
is of dark lead, color, heavily furred
with a fleece of wool like that of a
sheep. The fur on the four ineh tail
resembles that of a possum.' A long
slim neck like that of a coon are the
characteristic features of this name
less animal. It measures thirteen
inches from the back to the ground.
Young Brown, his two dogs and the
lad's father had a lively tussle with
the animal.
The Crop Eeport.
The weekly telegraphic report of
the weather bureau states that the
week has been generally favorable.
The season, which three weeks ago
was from two to three weeks late
over the northern portion of the
country, has advanced rapidly. For
Pennsylvania the report is : Wheat is
generally thin and short ; oats seed
ing well advanced and some corn
planted j grass growing rapidly and
pastures coming on nicely j fruit
prospects excellent.
Fine PHOTO
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsburg.
The best are
the cheapest.
CATARRH
DWKCTIOXS.
Apply a particle of the
Halm directly tnto the
nuetrlle. Draw strong
liieatht through Vie
nose. Ute three tones
a ?u, after mealt pre
ferred, and before re
tiring. KiW'B
CREAM BALM
Opens and cleanses
tlie Nasal PaHsaeg,
Allays fain aud lo
ll animation, Ilea Is the
Hurua, Protects the
Membrane from Colds,
Kestores the Henses
of Taste and Smoll. The Huiiu Is miic kiv hZ.
sortx-d and gives relief at once. Price 60 cents
at DniBtflsi s or by mall.
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Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asstciation.
Edward B. Harper, Founder. Frederick A. Burnham, President.
FIFTEEN YEARS COMPLETED
ANNUAL MEETING AND RETORT.
Its kpt and Strongest Natural him lift InsurancQ Com
panies in lis World-
69,000,000 of Mew Business in 1895.
308,660,000 of Business In Force.
4,084,073 of leaili Claims paid In 1895.
23,000,000 of Death. Claims paid since Business began.
189s SHOWS
-AM INCRKARKIN KROSH AH1KTH,
AN INCHKAHK IN NKT Hl'HPL.t'CI,
AN INCKKANK IN INCOMK,
AM INCItKASK IN lll'NINHNHIN FORCE,
OVKK 105,800 91 tiMUKKM INTKKKsTfcU,
The Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association was held in the Association's Building, cornei
Broadway &Duane St., New York City, on Wednesday, Jan
uary 22nd, and was attended by a large and representative
gathering of policy holders who listened with keen interest to
the masterly Annual Report of President Burnham.
Many policy holders evidently regarded this as a favorable
opportunity to meet face to face the new chief executive officer
of the Association, President Frederick A. Burnham, the man
whose graspof life insurance, whose keen executive ability and
strong individuality have enabled him to take up the work laid
dewn in death by the founder of the institution, the late Ed
ward B. Harper, and make of the administration of his office of
President, not an echo or copy of that of his predecessor, but a
piece of finished work, characteristic of a man of independent
views, and worthy to follow the work which had carried the
Association to a position never attained in the same length of
time by any li insurance organization in the world. It is
rare, indeed, that a great institution like this passes, without
check to its prosperity, through a change in the executive chief,
for it is rare indeed that a chief like the late Mr. Harper finds
so able a successor as President Burnham.
The record of the year 1895 speaks for itself, and shows the
following gratifying results.
The GROSS ASSETS have increased during: the year
from $5,530,115.99 to $5,061,707,82.
The NET SURPLUS over liabilities shows a NET GAIN
for the year of $300,329.43, and now amounts to $3,582,509.32.
The INCOME from all sources shows a gain for the year
of $031,541.97, and amounts to $5,575,281.50.
DEATH (TLA TIMS in tha
laid during the year, an increase over the previous year of
XUiu,uw.ii,
The BUSINESS IN vnnrv.
of $15,293,205, and now amounts to $308,059,371.
counting mree nuntired working days in the year the
daily average income for 1895 is $18,584.27; the daily average
payments for death claims, $13,052.25, and the daily avago
gain m business in force within a fraction of $51,000.
E &9 LU&WIQ, Sept.,
53 Downing Block, ERIE, PA.
"Better work wisely than work hard.
Great efforts are unnecessary in
nuuac meaning ir you use
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