THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA. WASHINGTON. frta our Regular Correspondent. Washington, May 25th, 1896. Senator Gorman this week made jood the threat he made some time jgo, when he called attention to the sct that there would not be money enough in the Treasury to meet the sitravagant appropriations made at this session ol Congress, by offering tn amendment to the Fortification bnt authorizing the issue of $100,000, 000 in 3 per cent, certificates of in I'.utedness. Of course the republicans :ircw up their hands in holy horror at the very idea of such a thing, but none of them offered to join Senator Gorman in trying to curtail the ex travagant appropriations. Senator Quay is going to see Mc ICinley to dicker for a place in the band wagon, and Speaker Reed is thinking unprintable thoughts. The republican opposition to McKinley oas about reached the collapsing point. Those two eminent republicans of the House, Walker, of Mass., and Dakel, of Pa., exchanged this week the complimentary terms of "dema gogue " and " imprudent," in a lit tle discussion brought on by the form er making a kick against boss rule in the House, which allows speaker Reed to control all legislation in that body. Gen. l'itz Lee, now on his way to Cuba, opened a May festival given by Southern ladips of Washington in aid of the proposed Battle Abbey, to be erected as a monument to the bravery of the Southern soldiers, with a spirit ed speech endorsing the Battle Abbey idea, and highly eulogistic of Ameri can valor. Gen. Lee is endowed with that mysterious quality which we call personal magnetism to a marked ex tent. As one of his old soldiers and admirers puts it, " I believe Fitz Lee would create enthusiasm at a Quaker meeting, if allowed to talk for five minutes." Senator Vilas naturally resents the charge that he secured the adoption ofthe resolution by the Senate order ing that Secretary Carlisle's recent Chicago financial speech be printed as a public document by a trick. He states that his- action was open and above board in the matter, and that before he asked unanimous consent foe the adoption of the resolution he consulted with Senators Cockrell and Teller, as representative silver men of both parties, and they assured him that they had no objection to the speech being printed as a public doc ument so as to make it frankable. Praise from your political enemies isvdflen more dangerous and undesir able than censure, but the reference to the Immigration Bureau made by Representative Corliss, of Mich., doesn't belong to that class. He said of this bureau, in a speech made in the House this week: '-It stands out as one department ofthe govern ment seeking earnestly and faithtully to execute the laws with reference to immigration, and t want to congratu late my democratic friends that they have in this department worthy and efficient men," Kx-Congressnian Stump, of Md., is at the head of the Immigration Bureau. The debate on the immigration bill, which was passed, brought a new orator to the front in the person of Representative Buck, of New Orleans. As a naturalized American citizen He came to America in 1852, when only 9 years old he opposed any burdensome restriction on immigra tion. At the close of his speech he was warmly congratulated, by those who agreed with him as well as by those who did not, for having made one of the best speeches of the ses sion, from the stand point of the' ad mirer of finished and eloquent oratory. A movement has been started which Mr. Mark Hanna will do well to watch carefully. Its avowed ob ject is to throw the vote of every negro delegate to the St. Louis con vention against McKinley, and to either Reed or Allison. This move ment is headed by the notorious Perry Carson, who has for many years boss ed the negroes ofthe city ot Washing ton and who has been a delegate to every republican national convention for years past. Carson is an illiterate negro, but when it comes to political trickery and the manipulation of negroes he can give the shrewdest of his white brethren pointers. Mark Hanna niu.y have to buy some of those nigs again. Mr. John Bell Bigger, who has been clerk ofthe Virginia House of Delegates for years and who is always posted on democratic politics in that State, is in Washington. When ask ed if the Virginia democrats would bolt If the financial plank -of the Chicago convention didn't suit them, he instantly replied : " No sir ! not on your life. Bolting isn't in our line. We will stick to the party, it matters not what platform is con structed at Chicago. If the financial plank should declare for tin or zinc as a money metal it would be all right with Virginia democrats. Party success with us paramount to all other considerations." Birds As Weather Indicators. If birds in general pick their feathers, wash themselves and fly to their nests, expect rain, says the Boston Transcript. Birds and fowls oiling their feathers indicate rain. When birds cease to sing rain and thunder will probably occur. Birds flying in groups during rain or wind indicate hail. Blackbirds bring healthy weather. Blackbirds' notes are very shrill in advance of rain. A solitary turkey buzzard at a great altitude indicates rain. If the rooster crows more than usual, or earlier, expect rain. Roosters are said to clap their wings in an unusual manner before rain, and hens to rub in the dust and seem very uneasy. If the crows make much noise and fly round and round, expect rain. One crow flying alone is a sign of foul weather, but if the crows fly in pairs expect fine weather. Cuckoos hallooing on low lands indicate rain ; on high land, fair weather. The cuckoo in April opens his bill, in May he sings all day, in June he alters his tune, come August, go he must. When fowls roost in day time, ex pect rain When the hen crows, expect a storm within and without. When you see geese in water wash ing themselves, expect rain. Geese wash and sparrows fly in flocks before rain. When the roosters go crowing to bed they will rise with watery head. If a rooster crows on the ground it is a sign of rain ; if he crows on the fence it is a sign of fair weather. A crowing rooster during rain in dicates fair weather. Birds singing during rain indicates fair weather. Buzzards flying high indicate fair weather. Domestic fowls dress their feathers when the storm is about to cease. Kites flying unusually high are said to indicate fair weather. . Larks when they sing long and fly high forbode fine weather. Ifowis hoot at night expect fair weather. Ifowis scream in foul weather it will change to fair. When quails are heard in the even ing fair weather is indicated for the next day. If storks and cranes fly high and steady expect fair weather. When the thrush sings at sunset a fair day will follow. When men-of-war hawks fly high, it is a sign of a clear sky j when they fly low, prepare for a blow. It Goes Withaut Saying that when you are suffering from catarrh, you want relief right away. What is the use then of experiment ing with blood " cures " upon a dis order resulting from climatic changes? Use a local remedy, for a local dis ease. Use F.ly's Cream Balm, which relieves at once the attacks of catarrh and cures chronic cases. 50 ceuts at all druggists. This remedy can be safely used by all without injurious results. L contains no mercury or injurious drug of any kind. A bicycle costs $90 and a new tire at the end of the year $5 additional. The rider needs two bicycle suits a year, $30, and about $2 worth of court plaster. Every puncture costs three cents and a volley of profanity. Yet some people say that a bicycle is cheap because it doesn't cat. Printed Signs The following cards signs are kept on hand at this office : "Keep 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. Neill, of 3560 Turner St. Philadelphia, Pa. A healthier, heartier, happier man than John J. Neill, of 3560 Turner St., Philadel phia, could not he 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 sutler in describable miseries frcm stone in the bladder. Consulting an eminent physician in 1'hiladclphia, he was told that a surgical operation was nccdssary. So much did he dread the result, for 11 unsuccessful it meant death, that he put off the evil dy as long as possible. While in this frame of mind, he heard ol DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY Although disheartened, on July I, 1893, lie bought a bottle of it nnd 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 en t. Mr. Neill feels th. t lie owes a lasting debt of gratitude to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Kenicdy and for disorders of the bladder and iirinary organs, snys "it will effect a cure if one be possible." Favoiile Kemedy is prescribed with un failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia nnd nerve troubles in which it has cured many that were considered beyond the aid i of medicine, All druggists, iyi. No Fences Needed Slatg Secretary Edge Ocnfiei the Law. Secretary Edge, of the State Board of Agriculture, has nren.ire.1 tlip fol lowing exposition of the fence laws : The fart is that tli rTwii f t Via general laws of 1700 and 1784 has completely reversed tilings so lar as outside or road fences are concerned. Under these acts the ownir was re quired to protect it against stock passing along the road or suffer damages. Since the rptwal nf iIk-so laws it has become the duty of the owners 01 uve stock on public roads to prevent them from trespassing, and if trespass takes place the owner of the stock is personally responsible to the owner ofthe land for any damages done to crops or other property. unuer me oici law tlie crops had to be fenced to protect them from stock, and now the stock must be restrained and the land owner is not comncllcd to maintain fences unless he so chooses. The consideration of the fence Question USUallv hrinrrci im nttinr nunc. tions closely relating to it, and among 1. il '1. i-.i . im.111 uie ngiu 01 tne pulilic to lruit, grass, &c. The right to this class of property is clearly vested in the owner of the land, and the null rights to it whatever. It is just as much the property of the land owner as if it were on the inside of a good iencc, ana tne public nave no right to in any manner disturb it. If trees, grass or other property in any manner interferes with the public the road supervisors have the right to remove it, for nothing prejudicial to the public right of unimpeded travel can be allowed to remain, but th judges of this are the road commis sioners, so nice is this distinction that in a case of record in court a man whose children pass along on a public road on their way to school obtained permission of the road supervisors to cut the grass so that it might not wet his children's clothing, but after cuttinir it he 1i.hi1p1 the grass home and fed it to his horse. me owner ot the land adjacent 'o the road brought suit and recovered damages to the value of the grass. The land upon which a public road is located is given to the public for the right of wav or nassae nv-pr it. and the public has no right in it. A man may not stop on the public road and impede travel, for by so doing he interferes with the rights of the pub lic. He cannot haulaway earth, sand, stones or other material, for they are as much the property of the land owner, subject of course to the re served rights of the road supervisors, as similar material within the fences ofthe farm.- The owner of the land gave merely the right of passage over uic lanu, ana it lor any cause the road is discontinued the land rovprte to him and again becomes a portion ui ins iarm. The right ofthe supervisors is auto cratic. They may for the purpose of repairing roads, building bridges, &c, cut down trees, remove earth or stone, and the owner of the land has no re dress unless the materials are taken off his farm and not within the limits B. F. Sharpless, Pres. BLOOMSBURC LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. t Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in the coming business centre of the town. It includes also part ofthe 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. Sharpless; J. L Dillon. C. W. Neal, A. G. Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willits Dr. H. W. McReynolds, N. U. Funk. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTmG, or CJLOTH, YOU WILL FIND h NICE LINE AT W. IL BKOWEM'S 2nd Door above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. PARKER'S CltfCER TONIO tTitlei l.ung Troubles, prbiuty, ili..trciMnj Riomarh ttii f mule ill and tB noted tut ruakinjr Hires when all otbuf tn-utmr nf fails. Every ii.'inier ami mvum annum nave 11. HAIR UALSAM kkJC l'rui.iDtc k lusui.aul growth. AU.Ieariaui Never rails to Best ore Oray, liulr to it 1 Youthful Color. I Cuxca acalp Uifasm it hair fulling. 1 H I U Q E H CO K N S Th.onlT.ur, C. for Cwuu. thuya Ul wiu. Mike walking may. 160. tl)ru(uu. of the road. If taken from his farm he is of course entitled to payment, but he cannot prevent their removal if the supervisors see fit to resist. Under the present condition of our fence laws the lines which bound the rights of public travel are as much protection to the farm owner and his stock as the best fence which he can build, and any live stock passing this line are trespassers and liable for all damages done to crops or other farm property. In a recent address before the State Board of Agriculture Mr. Stran ahan clearly intimated that no matter how the animals got upon the public road their o-vner was responsible, and that if they broke out and got into the road the owner was just as much responsible as if he were driving them along the road at the time the damage was inflicted. In referring to the repeal of these laws Mr. Stranahan spoke as follows : "These judges have held that we have no fence law as to the enclosure of a man's land, and that every man has to fence in his own cattle, and if he does not, and they get out and do damage to his neighbor, he must respond in damages." The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a community of simple, honest, God fearing men and women, have prepar ed the Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years, and it is always the same, simple, honest, curative medicine that has helped to make the Shakers the healthy, long-lived people that they are. The Shakers never have indigestion. This is partly owing to their simple mode of life, partly to the wonderful properties of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indigestion is caus ed by the stomach glands not supply ing enough digestive juice. Shaker Digestive Cordial supplies what's wanting. Shaker Digestive Cordial invigorates the stomach and all its glands so that after awhile they don't need help. As evidence of the honesty of Shaker Digestive Cordial, the formula is printed on every bottle. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to $1.00 per bottle. A Pointer For Fishermen. Heres a pointer for disciples of Izaak Walton who have poor luck fishing : According to Cosmos, Dutch fishermen take astonishing catches by means ofthe following very simple plan :They put a number of live worms and insects in a bottle partially filled with water and then cork it securely. The bottle is dropped into the water, the fisherman sinking his line alongside. It appears that the sight of the wriggling eontents of the bottle so excites the appetite of the finny tribe that they fall easy victims to the baited hook. The sextuplet that is to race against the Empire State express of the New York Central Road on the 5th of June will have to do the mile in less than 47 ' seconds to beat the train. The makers of the bicycle, however, are confident of success, as they estimate their machine, with a flying start, can be ridden a mile in about 37 seconds. N. U. Funk, Sec. C. II. Campbell, Treas I RESTORE LOST MANHOOD luuic-HKca men wtto ulfer from error ol youth, Ion. of vitality, Inipntency, aetiilnal weak tea, gleet, (trlcturcii.wetiknesiiol body and mind, can be thoroughly end permnrientlycoredhy my new . "cui. ntune oilier Ilk. I . I m m . !..... . . ....... ... vuiniB iiiipruveinenK. r.nn.n I ra rtnn unit KruW . j j i"i i. r ... wu. 11m j&utt ijk. mvii 1 n, lock pox ft33, Phlla. Pa il-:." ly.-I'. & Co """W."S. So J 1 There is no dividing; Ilne DONT FORGET for 5 cents you get almost as much "Battle Ax" as you do of other brands for 10 cents. 2. DON'T FORGET that the best leaf grown, and the quality cannot be improved. DON'T FORGET, no matter how much you are charged for a small piece of other brands, it t i t.-4i .t rKti A " DON'T FORGET, "Economy is wealth," and you want all you can get tor your money. Why gay 10 cents for other brands when you can get " Battle Ax'.' for 5 cents ? . W W W W M Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association. Edward B. Harper, Founder. FIPTELN YEARS COMPLETED Ills Largest and Sircipl 1W him Lils lrisuriir.ee fc- pw m $25 1895 SHOWS Sfio.uni.ooo of New nusHieMHin 1895. 8,loS,06 1,000 of ItiiNin.'MH 111 Ko ce. Si.uHi.07f of Iftfatlj C'IxiIiiim tintfl tn i Ktt,i . ,000,000 ul Uculli ClalitiH uuld Hincv Uunlut: AM INCHfAHI; ITS GKOHS AWHKTH, AP INt HI'.AM!: IIS T.T KI'llI.l !t, ATS INCKIvAHK I TN INCOJli:, OVJvIl to.l.KooMKMIIIiUM IMTliKlvbTfcU. The Annual Meeting of the Mutual' Reserve Fund Life Association was held in the Assoeiat inn's T?niU1ino- ..nrn..r Broadway & Duane St.. New uarv 22nd. and WAS attended gathering of policy holders who mv iiiusieriy annual ivepori 01 rresiuent JJurnliam. Many policy holders evidently regarded this as a favorable opportunity to meet face to face the new chief ...ccutive officer ofthe Association, President Frederick A. Bumliani, the man whose grasp of life insurance, whose keen executive ability and stroug individuality have enabled him to take un the work laid ul wu in ueuiii uy uie iounaer warn .u. xiarper, ana mane ot tne administration ut 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 ot ume uy any me insurance organization in the world. It is rare, indeed, that a crreat instit.ut.inn lik tin's riuna witinnf check to its prosperity, through Trtf it la vorn 1 nAnriA tKnl n .1 . ! a iuuccu mat a inntji so able a successor as President Ihe record of the year 1695 speaks for itself, and shows the following gratifying results. The GROSS ASSETS have increased during the year from $5,530,115.9!) to $5,GG1 707,82. liie ISJi.1 bURPLUSover liabilities shows a NET GAIN for the year of $300,329.43, and now amounts to $3,582,509.32. The INCOME from all of $031,541.97, and amounts to $5,575,281.50. . EfT11 CLAIMS to the amount of $4,084,074.92 were paid during the year, an increase o or the previous year of 1 AV1U,UUV ' Lt The BUSINESS IN TOVr.V, ot lo,J9o,JC5, and now amounts to $308,059,371. counting tnree iimdreil working days in the year the daily average income for 1895 is $18,584.27; the daily average payments for death claims, $13,032.25, and the daily av-age gain in business in force within a fraction of $51,000. 53 Downing Block, ERIE, FA. J .1 tut ni "Where Dirt Gathers Waste Rules." Great Saving Results from the Use of SAPOLSO 1 "Battle Ax" is made of V W M W V V W S Frederick L Eurr.hc.in, President. v ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT. the World. HH tC 11 11. York CAtv. nn AVrLmchir Jan. 1)V A. Iflrnra anil Vfwannfotivfl listened with keen interest to ot tin institution, the late JbJd- a change in the executive chief, 1 1 . 1 1 , Tl r -r-r n 1 ukv uie iaie jur. narper nucis Burnham.
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