THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. BAILBOAPINQ IN THE ALPS. New Lino which winds Among Big Glaciers. A nctr mountain railway is being imitt in the Carinthian Alps from l-felligenblut, the highest village in the Austrian A'ps, to the mountain house i the Grossglockner. The ro.nl, hich is but four and a half miles ong, has to ascend fully 2725 feet Vom end to end. As this height is livided variously among the different parts of the road, the grade varies from 40 feet per 1000 to 29 feet per too. The motor system adopted for die railroad is, therefore, a combined toothrark and simple electric suface railway. herever the grade allows of it, the coj wheel is not set to work, and the transition from one system to the other is made automatically. The power used is generated by water. There are no engineering difficulties to surmount. There are but two bridges of stone masonary, and what tunnels there are could be easily blast ed out of the rock with the modern implements. The material obtained from tunneling is being used in build ing galleries of stone masonary on those slopes w here stone falls and avalanches are known to occur annu ally. The entire length of the tunnels ou this road will not exceed 325 feet. The road to the Olockner Iloiiac will be ready for the opening of this season about June 1, and will probably re main in operation until the middle of November. For the coming year it is proposed to extend the line from the Glockner House to the Alpine hut ot Archduke John, which is situated at a height cf 11,250 feet, on a peak known as Adlersruhe (Eagle's Rest). The road would lead to a point 400 feet below the but. The ascension to the terminus would have to be made cither through a shaft or over stairs provided on the outside of the cliff fqr the purpose. From the Arch duke John's hut to the peak of the GrosSi.;!ci;l::icr, which is 12,350 feet above the sea level, it will take a tour ist but an hour and a half of climbing, although the peak towers about 1100 feet above that of the Adlersruhe. Alpine tourists are hailing with delight the innovation which will enable them even this year to make an ascension of the Grossglockner inside of one day and night, while heretofore it took them at least two days and three nights to perform this feat. ' LEAR " UP-TO-DATE. Here is a Story That Points a Whole some Moral. A well-known attorney, says the Washington Post, told a good story the other day about a man who had such a profound contempt for wills that he followed the example of King Lear, and divided his property among his children before death. Like unto Lear's children, when they had thus been duly provided for against mate rial needs, they gradually betrayed the fact by their actions that the old man was no longer as much to be loved and obeyed as before he had disposed of his goods and chattels. He found difficulty in securing a really comfortably place to sleep un der the roof of any of his offspring, and the ill-treatment with which he was eventually accorded, would have shortened his life had he not as a last re6ort consulted a wise legal friend. Said the latter, for he trusted the old man implicitly : Give me a receipt for this gold which I have here," taking a bag from the safe, " and I will let you take it a few day. Go home, be ap parently mysterious and secretive in your actions, and when you think you have sufficiently aroused the curi osity of your children, at whose house you are now staying, manage to count out the gold on the table in your room, makiug it seem as much as possible, and at a time when you are sure you are watched" This advice the old man accepted. There was more than once some one at the keyhole, when he counted his pretended hoard of gold coin, and it was not long before a marked change came over the manner of his children. Those who had seen and heard could not keep it from the rest, and as a result . nothing was too good for the old gentleman. When he was con vinced that he had made the impres sion desired, he returned the gold to the old lawyer, and thereafter lived without want. When he died the strong box, which he had kept locked with a great show of secrecy, was op ened. There was i.othing in it but a hatchet, and a slip -f paper, which read : "He who would give away his property before he is dead, would do hetUr to take this hatchet and cut off kit head." Go. K. Wells, of Pottsville, special agent of the department of agriculture, has advised dairy commissioner Wells that large quantities of horse meat is being sold for corned beef in the mining towns of Schuylkill county. Major Wells will investigate the matter with a view of prosecuting the dealers under the pure food laws. He is ak securing evidence against dealers of putrid butter. fill lllf 1IFI. One Case from the Third N. Y. Cav- airy and one from the 5th Michigan Cavalry. There are Five Hundred Thousand Veterans Still Living and a Great flany have This Affliction. Frrrm (hi Munt ifntktgm, Ml$K TJpnt. Chu. M. Pannlrr, a cArjwnVT And fruit prowrr. bn lived to Ottawa Count, Michipin, for thirty yuan, and l ItftM Hirer clnvfti jrrnra piut. Ht Stirred the War of th Rebellion in CompAnfr D, Third New York Onmlrr, and wo a (?od toldier. He wiu found bv tba ilorniitf JS'ti reporter rtiKiurrtl in building a nous a shori dUtancl from Hnss River, lit left hij wor and (a rxipimw to an inquiry in refrrene o Pr. 'William' Pink Pill for Tale Peoplo, rnilds " About four year ago I coutrKcted rhtn txintUm, hnw, I do not know. 1 would Jot thrntik'h my work during the day and 0 home, an'l lieloru midnight I would be al most trild with ruin. 1 wn resilew night, and tha only way I got any ulecp wan by taking laudanum ft some othi r ornate. A year ago this full I V'1 almost lirlplon, and In the winter 1 be enme entirely o. I had to be halped up and down in a chair, find could not get to bed alone. Through the hips and bark I win paralyzed, or fi lt a if I wrj. t had no feeling in that region of the body. The pain In my feet was o irn-iit thnt I could hardly t- on them. I won whnt you would call completely uncd up. My usual weight waa about ltSO pounds, uti'l I had lost tlesh until 1 weighed only nbo t 1.". I pounds. I hud beeu doctoring and us -T all kinds of medicine, but they did me no good. The doctors told me I could not be ciiri.'d nnd that I would In time bo all drawn up. t was completely discouraged. " Last March I heard of a number of per fns being helped by Pr. Williams' rink Tills for Talc l'eople, nnd I thought I would try them as a last resort. I did not have unv f.iilh that they would do me any good, but I procured a box of A. J. White, the druggist, and, taking them for three days, I began to feel hotter. The first Improvement I noticed wa In rav feet. 1 could step better and with a great deal less pain. Hy the time I had finished the third box I could walk natural and without p'lin. Previous to that it had taken me twenty minutes to walk sixty rods. ri.. .L. f I 1 . j . i . t. . j i nip nine i un'i uiiihnt'ii umc ine mini nnx the numbness in my back and hips had entircl f:me, ana ty the time t had used the tnurth ox nit rheumatism had practical I v disap. pe:ired. I have recommended the pills to all my attlicted friend, and they have 1 ;en bene, filed. I gladly recommend theia to all persons arficted as I was." To contirm the nbove statement Mr. Puus lr made oath as follows : Ohas. M. Pansier, of Allendale township, Ottawa County, Michigan, being by me duly rorn, deposes that tluf foregoing 'statement, made by him this 11th day of October. A. D., 1895, is true. Uemuy G.W.vnty, Xntary Public, Muskegon Co., Michigan. J. Molrneux Is a man sixty-six years of ngc and haa lived near Ruas River for twenly-fiva years. He is one of the substantial farmers of Ottawa County, and when seen by the re-ro-ter had just finished digging potatoes, lie said: ''I have had rheumatism for abMit forty years. My left leg was paralyzed, or felt that it was, and I had severe pains in lh back. I could scarcely do any work on thi farm. Last winter I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and after I had taken four boxes the pain in my buck was entirely gone, and my leg was a great deal better. I have been better this sitmmer than I have been in ten years, and hare done more work on the farm thnn I hare before for ten years. I have recom mended the medicine to other people afflicted wih the rheumatism." A. J. White, the druggist and keeper of the general store at Bass River, said to the reporter that he knew Mr. Molyneux and several otherr had been greatly helped by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and that the testimony given was true. Contracted in the War. A. SUBJECT OF IJiTEllEST TO BOt II. D. Knowltoa, fifth Michigan Cava I airy, Tails of the KirV-ct of t Army Life. JPVom the A'0ut, Muskegon, Mich. There are few plcnsnnter drives in this part vt the country than the one nlong tlio Pouth Grand river road running between Orand llaven and Has River, a little ham let abont fourteen miles from the capital of Ottawa County. And epecially ii that so in these October days, when the rich autumnal colors are beginning to give rndinneo to tho woodlands along the route. On the eleventh of tliM month a representative of the Morn ing Xnrt took this trip to interview a certain Mr. H. H. Knowlton. a farmer liviaw about a mile away, about hi cure from ibeuuia tism. Mr. Knowlton is a man fifty-one yeors of age, and served three years in the war. being a member of Company F, Fifth Michigan Cavalry. He has lived in Allendale, Ot tawa County, Mich., since the rebellion, and Is one of the substantial farmers of the coun ty, his firm, which contains one hundred and eighty-five acres, being a valuable prop erty. Jle wus working In the field when ap proached by the reporter, but kindly invited him into his handsome brick house, and when asked about the benefit be had re. ceived from taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pill, said : " 1 was in the army for three years, ana it was while there I contracted the rheumatism. After coming out I was lame and sore a good deal of the time, but was not sick enough to go to bed. At first I was not very bad, but ni time went on I became worse. About a yeni ago I was so bad that 1 had to give up my work on the farm. I had doctored with doctors and taken a great deal of medicine, nnd had be. come kind of discouraged. Nothing seemed to help me, nnd finally I went to tho drug store of A. J. White nnd atked him if he had anything to kill or cure me. He said he had Dr. Williams' Pink ViiU for Pale People, and he thought if I would take them they would help me. I purchased a box and before taking all of them I felt better, and I knew they had helped me. I contin ued taking the pills, and for the past three months 1 have not felt the rheumatum. I would advise any one who has the rheuma tism to try the Pink Pills, and 1 am confident they will help them." It. U. Knowlton, of Allendale Ottawa County, Michigan, being by me dulv sworn, deposes that the facts set forth In the fore, going statement, mnde by him this 11th day of October, A. D., lsy.i, are true. Henry O. Wanty, A'olary Publie, , , Muskegon Co., Michigan. Dr. W llliams' Tink Pills are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after crlect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration, all diseases resulting from vitiated humors In the blood, such as scrofula, ehronio erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles pe culiar to females, such as suppressions, ir regularise and all form of weakness. In men thev effect a radical cure in all casea arising from mental worry, overwork or ex cesses of whatever nature. These pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing the firm'a trade-mark and wrapper at 60 ccnU a ??x. l ?i for 2 5. and we never old In bulk. They may be lutd of aU drug- B. F. Sharpless, Tres. N. U. Funk, Sec. C. H. Campbell, Treas. BLOOM SB U R LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in tlie coming business centre of the town. It includes also part of the factory district, and has no equal in desirability for residence purposes. CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS- Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. F. Shakpless; J, L Dixlox. C. W. Neal, A. G. Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willits, Dr. H. W. McReynolds, N. I). Funk. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, J!ATTm, or Olli CJLOTII, YOU WILL FIND NICE LINE AT W. H. BKOWEM 2nd Door above Court Housi. A lare lot of Window Curtains in stock. Stilttl Luu Trouble, rb!lltr. dirtnfilng iani"a ! fruimitUU, and la Dotwt lot waking :ura wh.n all oUuf tr.-.tmi'iit una. av.rr timin.r ana inv.ua iiiouiu n.'- Air r A I C A M ClMnief and bfapitriet th half. Nom Fails t Kestora Gray HINDEKCORN8 Cwu. iww all iw- Uaam walauig I i.anlTSDTa Cut for W.KM.ttVmUuia, I RESTORE LOST MANHOOD Young and middle-aged men who suffer from errors ol youth, loa ol vitality, Impotency, seminal weak ness, gleet, stricture, weakness of body and mind, can be thoroughly and permanently enrca oy my new method of treatment. None other like It, Immediate improvement. Consultation and book free. Add. DR. SMITH, bock box 635, Phlla. Pa. BENCH AUD BAR. The Two Combined In a Uniguo Tons Caravansary. There .ire only half a dozen houses in Langtry, Tex., and one of them is a combination " beer and law shop," presided over by Judge Roy Dean, who is the most autocratic and most original judge in all Texas. As the name of the town is Langtry, the judge, who reads the papers, has quite appropriately named his place the "Jersey Lily."' His business sign bears these word : "Ice Cold Beer ana Law West of the Pecos." The Pecos river is the eastern bound ary of the judges circuit, which em braces 500 miles of widest Texas. He was made judge probably self appointed when lie was a young man, and he is about 65 years old now. Nobody would drean of hold ing an election for the position. Judge Beans method of dispensing law is not the sort one reads of in books. Once, when a Texan pleaded guilty before him of killing a China man, the judge said : " There ain't any law in Texas agin killin' a China man. Prisoners discharged.' On an other occasion a man was brought be fore him for stealing a cow valued at about four dollars. " Well," said the judge, "you'll pay $250 fine or hang." The prisoner protested that the cow was only worth a few dollars. " Shut up!" yelled the indue. "Come ur with $250 or you hang." The prison er came up. J'iia.' Record, n.My.-i', & to, "When your stomach begins to trouble you, it needs help. The help it needs, is to digest your food, and, until it gets it, you won't have any peace. Stomach trouble is very dis tressing, very obstinate, very danger ous. Many of the most dangerous diseases begin with simple indigestion. The reason is that indigestion not digestion, -nourishment) ti'Cixkfns the system and allows disease germs to attack it. The antidote is Shaker Digestive Cordial, strengthening, nourishing, curative. It cures indi gestion ami renews strength and health. It does this by strengthening the stomach, by helping it to digest your food. nourishes you. Shaker Digestive Cordial is made of pure herbs, plants and wine, is perfectly harmless and will certainly cure all genuine stomach trouble. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to $1.00 per bottle. CONDITION OF "wiNTEK WHEAT- May Returns of tho Department of Agriculture. The May returns of the statistical division of the Department of Agri culture on the condition of winter wheat show an increase of 5. 6. per cent, above the April average, being 82.7 against 77.1 last month, and 82.9 in May, 1895. The averages in nine principal winter wheat states are : Pennsyl vania 64, Ohio 55, Michigan 90, Indiaua85, Kentucky 77, Illinois 90, Missouri 81, Kansas 96, California 100. The returns of the correspondents of the division of statistics show that exceptine a few states there has been general improvement in the condition of winter wheat throughout the country- In Maryland, New York, Pennsyl vania and Oklahoma, the condition of winter wheat was not so promising. The condition of winter rye on May 1 was 87.7 per cent, of barley 89.2 j spring pasture, 93.2; meadows 91.8. Printed Signs The following cards sierns are kent on hand at this office : "Keen off the Grass," This property for rent, Inquire of ," This property for sale, Inquire of; "For Sale-" Any card sign printed to order on short notice. tf. GRAVEL CURED Says John J. Noill, of 3560 Turner St. Philadelphia, Pa. A healthier, heartier, happier mnti than John J. Neill, of 3560 Turner St., I'hiladel 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 l'hiladelphia, 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 FAVORITE REMEDY Although disheartened, on July 1, 1893, he bought a bottle of it, and within a month had experienced beneficial results, and be. fore he had finished the third bottle, the gravel was completely dissolved nnd his sufferings at an end. Mr. Neill feels thnt he owes n lasting debt of gratitude to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and for disorders of the bladder and urinary organs, gays "it will effect a cure if one be possible." Favorite Remedy is prescribed with un failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia and nerve troubles in which it has cured many that wtre mnsii!, 1 i,,.j .i. i of medicine. All druggists, $1. Iff nil TVAl "No wonder poor Dinnie's so tired, carrying all day .that great big piece of M PLU No matter how much ycu arc charged for a small piece of other brands, the chew is no better than "Battle Ax' For 10 cents you get almost twice as much as of other high grade goods. The 5 cent piece is nearly as large as other 10 cent pieces of equal quality m m m P i Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asst elation. Edwari B. Harpsr, Found::. Frederick A. Eurr.ham, President. FIFTEEN YEARS COMPLETED A1TUUAL MEETING A17D REPORT. Ths largest and Strongest lata! Mm lib tacs Com panies in the Wcrli. 8Aq.uoo.ooo of Mew ItUHliiexrt til 1895. tt,oN,66n,aiio of IliiHineKH In I one. 84.08 (, 75 Ol llfHIll ClUOlIM PHIU III IMQS. 515,000,001) of Uealli Claim paid Hiiice HualiitHSbejjuii. I805 S2IOW S AM INCHKAMv INOHOSH AHSICTS, AM IMCHKAsi: 1M MKT HVHPL.l'H. AM INC HIvANi: IM IMCOMK, am incki;ani; in hi himksm im 10 wen, ovi;n 105,800 iu;iui:u!i imtickicsj-iko. The Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life A r.-.AiVU.'A.. 1.11 ii 1 t t- iiswuuiiuu waa jiem in uie Associations iiuiiding, corner ...v.,,u7 wiuauc uujiicn j. uih. vujr, uu vveuuusuay, Jan uary 22nd, and was attended by a large and representative gathering of policy holders who listened with keen interest to the masterly Annual Keport of President Burnhani. Many policy holders evidently regarded this as a favorable onnortunitv tn nippf. fa ot the Association, President Frederick A. Burnhani, the man whose grasp of 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 life 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 lollowmg gratifying results. c e ?ROSS ASSETS have increased during the year from $o,53fi,115.99 to $5,061,707,82. The NET SURPLUS over liabilities shows a NET GAIN for the year of ' $306,329.43, and now amounts to $3,582,509-32. f pif r 7fv5tOM? from a11 sourcea shows a Sain for the vear ot $031,541.97, and amounts to $5,575,281.50 Math rT athtq i : ' '. M. . j j . . w iue amount ot $4,084,074.92 were 101350091 yeai' inCreaSe Ver the Previ0U3 year of The BUSINESS TM TYVnr. i r. nf Ri ri oot ocr i "" "uuff or me jear ot lo,2J3,20o, and now amounts to $308,059,371. vvuug uuwflunarefl working days in the year the uauv average lncmnfl frr iro : 1 q i o-. . i J mvmentsforclpntrXTQ 1 16 7 aVftraSe , . . """jd ana tne aauv av'ase gain in business in force within a fraction of S51 000 Persons desirinc Insurance, .n . . , . ul r1' TUALRESERVK-FUN1JuVe aVtocIATI6n navLnTr" concerninS the E, B, LUBWIG. Mint.. 53 Downing Illock, EUIE, PA. "Better work wisely than work hard wicat cnorts are unnecessary in house cleaning if vnn kp O J APOLIO
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