WASHINGTON. ram our insular Correspondent. Washington, May 29th, 1896. Just as the McKinleyites were hug ging themselves to think that the re publican opposition to the fat frying candidate had been whipped into silence they made a discovery which has frightened them. This discovery is a confidential circular sent out by J. S. Cl?rksnn, asking for the person al history of every delegate elected to the St. J.o.ii:; convention, and for the name of the person who has the most influence over him. The McKinley ites don't know what Clarkson is driv ing at, but they know that he doesn't want McKinley nominated and that it is likely to be something to hurt him. Hence this discovery, made through Ctarkson sending one ol his circulais to a McKinlcyite, has great ly alarmed them. Clarkson isn't the only big republican who is secretly working against McKinley. They may not be able to keep him out of the nomination, but they will make him spend sotno anxious hours before he gets it. It has leaked out that President Cleveland is gathering data upon which to base his veto of the $75, 000, 000 River and Harbor bill, which may y,o in any day before next Wednesday. The impression in Con gress is that the bill will be passed over the veto. The Senate voted down the pro position to add 75 cents a barrel to the internal revenue tax on beer, which was offered as an amendment to the cheese bill. Democrats were disappointed be cause the Supreme court decision, that the money appropriated by the last Congress for sugar bounties should be paid, did not touch the question of the constitutionality of the sugar bom.ty. Some of the ablest democrats have from the birth of the party claimed that the whole system of government bounties was uncon stitutional, and it was hoped that a decision would have been made of that question in this case. There is every reason to believe that the House committee on invalid Pensions was merely indulging in a little campaign buncombe when a favorable report was ordered to be made to the House on the service pension bill, and that few members of Congress seriously wish this bill to ever become a law. The bill provides that every man who served ninety days or 1 ongcr in the U. S. Army or Navy between 1861 and 1865 shall receive $3 a month and one cent ad ditional for each day over ninety that he served in either branch of the ser vice, and this money is to be paid to the million 01 thereabouts who are already drawing pensions tor disability as well as to those who are not on the pension roll. The bill, if it be come a law, would add annually $30, 000,0c o or more to the already enor mous expenditures for pensions. Ex-Congressman Enloe, ofTenn., who is visiting Washington and who is an authority on the democracy of his state, said of the outlook : " Tennessee is in good shape. We will elect our democratic state ticket by an old-time majority. The people are as mad as hornets over the '94 slump, and are going to expatiate that slip by eating up the republicans in November." It hardly needed a denial from Chairman Harrity of the National Democratic Committee, to convince anybody who knows him that he had never said that the National Commit tee would attempt to keep anybody out of the Chicago convention. Mr. Harrity is in Washington, and thus explicitly defines his position : "Speaking for myself as a delegate to the National Democratic Conven tion, I expect to enter it with a view of abiding by the will of the majority. Whoever is nominated will receive my support, and I am certain that will be the sentiment of the great bulk of the delegates. Democrats always en ter a conference, caucus or canven tion with the idea of submission to the voice of the majority. That is a cardinal principle and there is no reason to think it will be violated at Chicago by either the advocates of sound money or of free silver." Section 61 of the Wilson tariff law, admitting free foreign alcohol to be used in the arts and manufacturers, , was this week repealed to the House, the vote being 165 1069. Secretary Carlisle had asked to have this sec tion repealed because it had been so elurosily drawn that it was practically impossible to make regulations to enforce it. This section was one of the amendments added to the Wil son, bill in the Senate. It was known at the time that it was badly drawn, and expected that it would be put into proper shape in conference. Everybody remembers how the House was compelled to accept all the Senate amendments in a lump to save the the entire bill from failure. The discussion of the'bill prohibit ing further issue of bonds would have been made much more spirited in the Senate it ther : was any probability of action by the House on the bill. A PARALYTIC STROKE. m 1 " Physicians at the pital Said it . Blood BUT THEY DED NOT RELIEVE HIEl. The Paralysis Probably due to Nervous Causes. Finally Cured by a Nerve Food. ;" IVom tht Catttlt, Lart wwk s rpportpj tit this paper vu driving in the vicinity of Hound Lake and he took in as pnsscnKi a farmer who wai going to Genera. Engngliig in conversa tion, the farmer friend, who was somewhat of a garrulous old gentleman, asked th re porter who he was and where he lived. The reporter told him that ho was a newnpaper mnn and the old gentleman said, " Well you newpaper men arc always up-to-date and eaRcr for everything new, have you heard of the news in Geneva T" The reporter con fessed that he hmi not, but asktd the far mer to tell him anything of a novel and in teresting nature whieh had transpired in that pretty little hamlet. "Well," said the old gentleman, " Geneva has to offer in the way of wonders something entirely different from anything ever heard of before. It is lli:; case of a mnn cured of paralysis." The reporter took out his note book to get the facts of the story. " Hefore I begin to tell you what I know about this, I want you to promise that you will go and see theauhject of this interview, 10 that all may be made known iu the report. I know he will be pleased to see you and will tell you all about the mutter." The re porter promised him he would see the man if he didn't live at too greut a dintauue, and thu old farmer told his story. "About tea months ugo, Marlon O. Rales, s stalwart blacksmith of 8'i years, living in North Adams, Mich., was stricen with pa ralysis, his legs being affected. While he was wnrkiug at his trade, lifting a large tiro of a wagon to set it oa the wheel, he fell to the ground, helpless, and the tire fell on him. He was removed to his home, his friends thinking he was hurt by some misstep. When the doctor cauie ho found that Mr. Sales hHd been the victim, not of an acci dent, but ot a paralytic stroke, and thought from appearances the case a serious one. You know, Mr. Popxter, that oftentimes blacksmiths are suhject to such disease on account of the peculiar postures they are obliged to take. M.. Sales was a perfectly healthy man ; I have known him intimately from a boy, and know that to he true; it is nil the mora wonderful, therefore, that he should have this visitation. Soon ufter this, ficrh'ip nix weeks, he came to his father's 10111a here. He had been to Ann Arbor to seek help and the doctors there gave him no encouragement. His father, who has lived here fur years, thoucht better care could be taken of him here than any other place. He was confined to his bed or chair for months, unable to tuke a step and no pros- fect of ever doing bo again, depending upon lis wife or parents to draw him in a chair from place to place. One of his friends in duced him to try a remedv known as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills fur Pale People, and you would be astoniaiai to noto the pro gress the man has made since taking them. I have given you a rather disconnected ac count of this case, but every word of it is true and you will find it worth your timo to see Mr. Sales mil hear from his own lips the story of his recovery. It is the wonder of the town." The reporter, making good his promise and being somewhat curious, proceeded to Mr. Hales' residence to hear more of this wonderful ease. After making himself known . the reporter was welcomed by Mr Sales. I hear that your recovery from a serious paralvtlo stroke Is due to Dr. WII liamaTink Pills for I'ale rcoplef " "Yes. I am sure that is the remedy that I am indebted to for my fast returning neaitn." ne saia, "it seem oaa, aon't it. B. F. Sharpless, Pres. BLOOMSBURG LAID IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in the 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 Mapa 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. V. "Willits, Dr. H. W. McReynolds, N. Tj. Funk. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, JMLATTINCc, or I1L CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A; NICE LINE AT 2nd Door above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. PARKER'S CINCER TONIO flhatN Luuft Trouble. Dfbilir?. dinreHlntr etoinarti M ft funic UU, and In noUd tor malting jurat when all otUef tr-ntnu iit falln. tvt-rv mother ai.d invnhrl should tisvitlt. HAIR BALSAM rlanait and ttuuitiiia thn half. I'tonuitea a luxuriant troWLh. Kovor Fulim to Hector Or ay Ifiur to tta Youthful Color. I Qunj acalp ill -! ft hair itUUuz, 1 oc,anfj ai M) at itruigm f !tND.EHCGLt NS Th only aura Cur. f..f iijau. 4(tji ail piuu. Uku walking ey, Ibo t J)ruiui THE COLUMBIAN, Ann Arbor Hos-i was Due to Clot. JTudton, ificX that after all thi medlfnl advice T hare re oeived, in the Ann Arbor Hoxpital, the eon. saltations on ray case ami all tue skilled help I could call, that I should be cured of paralvsis by a little pill f " nen were you stricken wim this dis ease, Mr. Pales 7 " inquired the reporter. "The ninth day of last October I was at work at my trade and the ktroke came upon me like lightning." "Did the doctors at anytime give you en eourngement that you would recover front your attack? " "isone at an on account, as tucy saia, that it was the result of blood clot." "To what specialists did yon cof " " Well, after all the physicians at North Adams had given me up, went to the hos pital at Ann Arbor a month after I win hurt and received the comforting news that I would never have the use of my liinlii again. I went to my homo with feeling that can be better imagined than described. I came to father's house helpless and re mained in that condition for seven months, A friend induced me to try these pills nnd I began to take them May 20. I had taken three boxes before noting any improve ment On the eighth day of Jr.y I walked witn tne aia 01 crutcnes, the erst tune I had touched my legs to the floor in all that time, and within a few weeks I have been able to walk without the aid of crutches ir the bouse and am recovering flora the at tack in splendid shape. I cannot speak to( highly of Pink Pills for Pale People. Tc that simple remedy I owe my present con dition, and I look for the not very future day when I shall be able to walk without the aid of crutches or cune. To those thul know me and know about my oase. my re covery is regarded as very wonderful I think that Pink Pills are destined to mv many from suffering and pain, and I hopt that those who sutler will profit by this iu terview." Geneva, Mien., Aug. 31, 1805. I hereby certify that tho foregoing inter view is true in every respect, nnd that th( reporter of the Hudson Gazelle did visit mi Saturday, the Slst day of August, and re corded these facta. Signed. Marion J. Sai.KR. Dr. Williams' rink Tills for I'ale Peoplt are prepared by the Dr. Williams' Mediein Co.. of Schenectady, N. Y., a firm whoss ability and reliability are unquestioned, Pink Pills are not looked upon us a patent medicine, but as a prescription, having been used as such for years in general practice, nnd their successful results in curing various nillic tions mads it imperative that they be prepared in quantities to meet the demand of the public, and place them in reach of nil. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as loco, motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgiu, 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 iu the blood such as scrofula, chronio erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all formi of weakness. They build up the blood, nnd restore the glow of health to pale and sallow checks. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, over work, or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred, and the public are cautioned against numerous imitations sold in this shape) at 60 cents a box or six boxes for 2.50, and may be had of all drug gists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. N. U. Funk, Sec, C. II. Campbell, Treas I RESTORE LOST MANHOOD Young and middle-aged men who Suffer from errors oi youth, loss of vitality, Impof ency , seminal weak ness, gleet, strictures, weakness of botly and nvliiil, can be thoroughly anil pernisiieiff iy cured by my new ni'thikd fit treatment. None other jNitOIke It, linmeillnte Improvement VV Consultation and. book free. Add. PR. SMITH, I w.V I. ox 63S, Hilla. Pa. ' ' " 1 "'ii-sriy..!'. & co 43 BLOOMSBURG, PA. The Size of the Sun. To Journey Across it by Train Would Tako Two Years and a Half. The sun, provided we measure only the disk seen with the smoked glass, is eight hunted and sixty six thousand miles in diameter, i. ., one hundred and eight earths could be comfortably ranged side by side across the disk. To cover the surface would require many thousands. To fill the interior we should need one million three hun dred thousand. On a smaller scale we might represent the sun by a ball two feet in diameter and the earth by a good sized grain of shot. Let the sun be hollowed out, then place the earth at its centre, and let the moon revolve about it at its real distance of two hundred and forty thousand miles. There would yet remain nearly two hundred thousand miles of space be tween the moon's orbit and the inclos ing shell of the sun. Indeed, to journey from one side of the sun to the other, through the center, would take one of our swift express trains nearly two years and a half. So vast a globe must be heavy. Since its density is only one-quarter that of earth, it only weighs as much as three hundred and thirty-two thousand earths, or two octillions of tons ! The attraction of gravity on its surface would cause a man whose weight was one hundred and fifty pounds to weight two tons. Alden W. Quimby in June Ladies' Home Journal. REDUCED EATE8T0-WASHIS Q TON, D. 0, Single Fare lor the Round Trip via Penn sylvania Railroad, account Y. P. S. C. E. Convention. The Fifteenth International Con vention of the Young People's Society of Ohristian Endeavor will be held at Washington, I). C, July 7 to 13, 1896, and for that occasion the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell, from July C to 8 inclusive, excur sion tickets to Washington and return at a single fare for the ton ml trip. These tickets will be good for return passage until July 15 inclusive, but if deposited with the Joint Agent at Washington prior to 6.00 P. M., July 14, will be extended to July 31 in clusive. Full information in regard to rates and time of trains can be obtained upon application to ticket agents. Excursion tickets for the following side trips will be sold as under : From July 7 to 1 3 inclusive excur sion tickets between Washington and Baltimore ane Baltimore and Wash ington will be sold at $1.25 for the round trip, good for return passage until July 14 inclusive. From July 6 to 31 excursion tickets from Washington to Gettys burg and return will be sold at $3.35 for the round trip, good to return un til July 31 inclusive. On the same days the Western Maryland Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from Baltimore to Gettysburg and return, with same return limit, at $2.15 for the round trip. From July 6 to 31 excursion tickets will be sold from Washington to Richmond and return at $4.00, to Petersburg and return at $5.00, to Old Point Comfort and return (all rail) $6.00 (and going all rail and re turning by boat) $5.55, to Fredericks burg and return $2.25 These tickets will all bear return limit of July 31 inclusive. All tickets for side trips will be sold only on presentation of return portions of excursion tickets to Washington issued for this occasion. Testing Eggs for Incubators Eggs ought to be tested when seven days old. This is done by holding them belore a candle or strong light and looking through them, the hand shading the light lrom the eyes. If clear, the egg is infertile, but is quite good for cooking. If it is dark in the center, shading off to lighter at the edges, it is fertile. Two days before hatching they can again be tested, but in water heated 105 degrees, or as hot as the hand can bear it. The eggs containing live chickens will be seen to jump about, while the dead eggs will either sink or float moveless ly. This water test will soften the shell and assist hatching very ma terially. farm ana Home. According to a celebrated anatomist there are upwards of 5,000,000 little gianas in the human stomach. These glands pour out the digestive juices which dissolve or digest the food. In digestion is want of juice, weakness of glands, need of help to restore the health of these organs. The best and most natural help is that given by Shaker Digestive Cordial. Natural, because it supplies the materials need ed by the glands to prepare the di gestive juices. Because it strengthens and invigorates the glands and the stomach, until they are able to do their work alone. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures indigestion certainly and permanently. It does so by natural means, and therein lies the secret of its wonderful and unvaried success. At druggists, price 10 cents to $1.00 per bottle. l , I 'Judgment!!" The umpire now decides that "BATTLE AX" is not only decidedly bigger in size than any other 5 cent piece of tobacco, but the quality is the finest he ever saw. and the flavor delicious. You will never know just how good it is until you try it. Mutual Reserve M Life Assnciation. Edward B. Harpor, Founder. Frederick A. Burnhani, President. FIFTEEN YEARS COMPLETED ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT. Tiis Largest nl Strongest Um ";;:b li: Insurance :i : Mi S69,oo,aoa of JSew ItuHineHH in ifcyj. ((i,()6o,ooo of ItiittiueHH in lorte, S4, 08 1,071 o' Dentil Clnlitm pull In iHqs. Stj,ooo,ua ol Ueatli Cialiutt paid tiuce IttiHliicisH beituii. I895 SHOWS AN INCRKANE IIS RKOStt ASSISTS, an im hkah:; in nkt nvkpm'I), AN IMHlvASK IN 1ISCOHK, an iTxciti:!!-. in iu sini:ss in i-oitcr", OVlvK. 105,800 JlliMUKHS INTKllllitTI.U, The Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association was held in the Association's Building, corner Broadway &Duane St., New York Citj, on Weduesday, Jan uary 22nd, aud 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 grasp of life insurance, whose keen executive ability and strong individuality have enabled him to take up the work laid dewu in deal h 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 01 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 following gratifying results. The GROSS ASSETS have increased during the year from $5,530,115.99 to $5,661,707,82. The NET SURPLUS over liabilities shows a NET GAIN for the year of $306,329.43, and now amounts to $3,582,509.32. The INCOME from all sources shows a gain for the vear of $031,541.97, and amounts to $5,575,281.50. DEATH CLAIMS to the amount of $4,084,074.92 were paid during the year, an increase over the previous year of $1,013,560.91. 1 J The BUSINESS IN FORCE shows a gain1 for the jear of $15,293,265, and sow amounts to $308,059,371. Counting three hundred working days in the year the daily average income for 1895 is $18,584.27; the daily average payments for death claims, $13,652.25, and the daily gain in business in force within a fraction of $51,000. tItaiTwvi"8?? ?SCncy' r anv olher ifnation concerning the MU TUAL KEStRVL I UND LIFE ASSOCIATION may npply to & O. mWBWm, Sqpt., 53 Downing Block, "Where Dirt Gathers Waste Rules." Great Saving Results from the Use of SAPOLSO i '4 ERIE, PA o till ri! g.tlt IU
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