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
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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
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