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.
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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
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ulfer from error ol youth, Ion. of
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tea, gleet, (trlcturcii.wetiknesiiol
body and mind, can be thoroughly
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as much "Battle Ax" as you do of other
brands for 10 cents. 2.
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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,
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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.
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"Where Dirt Gathers Waste Rules."
Great Saving Results from the
Use of
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ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT.
the World.
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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,
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Burnham.