THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOivrfURG, PA.
BEEATH1N0 13 A. FAD.
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Novel Hcn' Mea Among No York's Fash
ionable Women.
The lr.lcst social fad in the metrop
olis is "deep breathing." It has fol
lowed in the wake of the bicycle, and,
just as vc he ir of people being killed
by undue indulgence in the latter, I
dare say v:e will soon be reading ac
counts of those who exploded in the
swret, fresh dawn of day from inspir
ing too yrt .it quantities of ozone at
one time. The modus operandi may
be gleaned from my first experience
with a "heavy breather." It was a
charming old invalid, who was in her
early days connected with every sort
of popular fad or fancy, especially if it
were of an intellectual turn. Her
daughter lias now taken her place of
chief fadkt in society, while she sits
in the background and enjoys the fun.
"You're not healthy; you're too
slender," she said abruptly to me on
the occasion of a call. "You don't
deep breathe, and you do breathe
t&rough your mouth. You lace too
tight and you wear too heavy clothes.
Don't you know it's the style now to
deep breathe ? You might do that to
be healthy if you won't the others."
Denial was of no avail, nor asser
tions that I was as robust as one of
Titian's angels and walked like Weston
every day. She proceeded to give me
society's hc receipe. I was to rise
at 4 a. m. every morning (like to see
myself ! throw open my window wide
and inhale ,,5mmense breaths that
would fill me from crown to toe for
fully half an hour. I could go back
to bed then (where'd be the use ?).
If I could repeat this operation after
sundown, facing the east wherever I
was, so much the better. I would be
cured of consumption, asthma and
almost all othet diseases flesh is heir
to.XZw Yak Cor. Pittrburs Dcs
patch. Normal Schools-
The State of Pennsylvania, which
is always in advance of her sister
States h all that tends to elevate man
kind, was the first to see the necessity
o establishing training schools for
teachcia who expected to work in the
common schools. As early as 1855
public money was appropriated to the
higher institutions of learning, in order
that they might devote time to fitting
a certain number of students for the
school room, but the idea was not suc
cessful. Oilier schemes of a similar
nature were tried, only to be declared
impractical, uiitil 1859, when Millcrs
Tille school was recognized as a State
institution and received State aid.
Since then 12 other like institutions
have been organized throughout the
State at different periods, the last in
1893. In that time they have been
attended by 66,337 young men and
57,839 young women who were pre
paring to teach in the common schools.
It goes without saying that all of these
students did not enter the school
room as teachers, and that fact is a
blessing, as it would be impossible to
make good teachers out of all the
students who went into these schools,
but the large majority did enter the
profession, and the wonderful progress
made by the public schools of Penn
sylvania during the past 25 years is
Jue largely to the benefits the teachers
derived from the terms spent at the
State normal schools. These schools
do rot pretend to turn out classical
scholars, but they do furnish a thorough
common-sense, practical education
that well fits their graduates for the
hard work in the common schools.
Since the first normal school was
taken under the wing oi the Common
wealth millions of dollars have been
appropriated to their use and the use
of those who enrolled as students, and
the good results obtained have been
well worth the expenditure. That they
hae been very successful is again
evident from the fact that their gradu
ate! fill the best positions in the best
schools not only of Pennsylvania, but
all over the country. At the present
time nearly 7,000 young men and
women are enrolled at the 13 normal
schools, and next year will bring out
a. larger number, the attendance
having steadily increased from the
beginning. The next few years will
tee- the necessity of additions to the
number of schools, and we cannot
take too much interest in their wel
fare. Every dollar appropriated to
the State normal schools is only in
vested, the public getting the princi
pal and interest back in the higher
education now obtainable in the com
mon schools. nttsburg Times,
A Word or Two
to those suffering from catarrh or the
thousands subject to severe attacks
of cold in the head, will not be amiss
if a sure remedy can be offered. Ely's
Cream Bairn has become a favorite in
all sections of the United States, be
cause of its effectiveness. Your cold
in the head wi'l be quickly relieved by
it, and the severest attack of catarrh
will yield to, and be perfectly cured
by a thorough treatment. Catarrh is
not a blood disease, but an inflamma
tion of the passages of the nose and
throat, due to climatic changes.
A Newspaper Man Relates a Mar
vellous Story.
An Interesting Chapter in His Own LifeSorae,
We Hope, May Profit by Reading Same.
from the Herald,
Maury Connty it one of the richest nnd
bluest unil best enmities in Tcnncmee. It
would be an exaggeration to aay that any
one man knew every other man in this
county, but it may safely be said that few, if
any, ean come nearer to it than ?.!r. Joe M.
Foster, whose home is at Carter' Creek, and
who is now connected with the Herald. In
the interest of the Herald tie has visited
nearly every home in the county. Upon
"Mute" occasions that If, the Herald' an
nual pic-nio reunion he is the " Master of
Ceremonies." There aro few men better
known, few better liked, nono more trusted,
aii'l what he says the Herald, unconditionally
and unequ. vocally, will vouch for.
To see him now in iicrfcct health and
f iier', ono would not think that two and
a half years npo ho was a bed-ridden
invalid, a physical wreck, whose family
physician, loved ones nt homo and friends
nil thought was soon to lm called hence.
Hut sur.h is the case, and rot only he but his
family and a hundred friends will testify to it..
It was a peculiar aillietion he had, and hit
cure was marvellous, his recovery a nine
teenth century miracle. And that others
niny enjoy the blessings of the wondcrfuj
medicine which beyond the peradventure of
a doubt under God's blessing saving his
life. Mr. Foster not desiring publicity but
with the hope cf doing good has con
sented to tell of ids f,4ekness and his cure.
It wus in tho fill of 1892 he was taken ill.
lie was a furmer then, and bad spent the day
exposed to tbs weather and working in tho
field, and for five hours was in the mud, in a
stooping position. In a few days thereafter
he hau a Peculiar fedini? in his feet nnd
hands; they locum 0 numb mid felt as if
asleep.
Hut, perhaps, it would be better to let Mr.
Foster tell his own experience, and this is
what he says :
" Following the numbness of my feet and
hands, that numbness spread until my whole
body was paralyzed. I had a dreadful con
striction around my body, nnd lis 1 grew
worse this extended up, cutting o(T my
breuthing; it finally got within n few inches
of my throat and it was with difficulty that
I breathed at all. At irregular intervals I
had lightning pains throughout my entire
1 oily and limbs, and fot nt least five months
I was perfectly helpless, nnd a man servant
wm kept in my room day and night to turn
me in bed and wuit nnon me.
" In the earlier part of my illness my feet
felt as if I was walking bare-footed on a still
carpet. Soon I could not walk lit all in tho
dark, and could not even stand nlone with
my eyes shut. I rapidly grew worse, nnd
soon my limbs refused to carry inc. Finally
I lost my sense of fceline; or touch, nnd
could not tell when my feet were asrainst
each other, but felt nil the while 03 if they
were being pulled apart.
"In the beginning I bad called in my
family physician, a very successful practi
tioner. Ho nut me on u treatment, with in-
srriicuons to Keep very quiet. Hut 1 contin
ued to grow worse, and in about nix weeks he
I told me, candidly and hnnctly, that he bad
done bis best, that he had also advised with
I some of Columbia's leading physicians, giv
ing inem my symptoms, uut that he couia
do nothing for me und it was useless for him
to try any further. He and tho physicians
with whom he advised pronounced my dis
ease locomotor ataxia, and incurable.
" He told my friends they could try any
thing they wished, and then I began trying
everything that was suggested. I tried dif
ferent kinds of electricity belt pnds, shock
ing machines and eleetropoise, with number
less kindd of medicines, both internally and
B. F. Sharpless, Pres.
B LOO MSBUR
USB IMPROVEMENT CQHPAHY.
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-
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication.
Call upon or write to the becretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales
Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors.
BOAED OF DIRECTORS.
B. F. Sharpless; J. L Dillox.
C. W. Neal, A. G. Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willits,
Dr. H. W. McReynolps, N. tl. Funk.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CAItlPE T , MAT TTINCir,
or CJLOTII,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. II. BMOWJEM
2nd Door above Court House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
HtriDERCORNS Th only mtn Cur fht
Cijttp. Ktof all pun. Muk- Wilkin? efy. Ifc. Prwgirti.
PARKER'S
HAIS BALSAM
ClMnwa aud betutilie th half!
l'fuiiiuWi a luxuriant growth.
Hevbf Tail u Ho it or Oray
ClUM K4lp elite it Jntir HUuUb
":,! . .Hit nt rniru
irrunr6CQN&UMPTiVE or bAv.
iu1k.'ti 11 J i.iurul Tiu i.r I) imiy of uiiy kind uw
PAIJjiBKB ClINtJKH TO NIC. Unity who wi-ri- hojx
mm.
Columbia, Ttnn.
externally, but all to no effect, until, about
April 1st, 1893, a Cousin, Mr. A. N. Aiken,
of Columbia (who is now clerk and Master
of the Chancery Court of this county), re
commended Dr. 'Williams' l'iuk Pills for
Tale People.
"I began nsing them as per directions for
locomotor ataxia, and in about one week
some of my friends thought I was better;
but it was two weeks before the improve
ment was plain to all and satisfactory to my
self. Then, however, I knew the pills were
doing their jrrand and glorious work, and
I kept taking them until I could hobble
about on crutches.
"It was suggested to me then that nature
would do tho rest, and I left off the pills.
In about ten days I saw that I was going
down bill again; I promptly renewed the
pills, and again I began to improve. A
second time I tried to leave the battle to a
good constitution, but found it still too
weak so I commenced on the pills again
and kept taking them until I was well.
"1 was in my fifty-first year when I was
taken sick. It is now about two years since
I discarded stick and crutch and found my
legs strong enough to carry me. I am en
joying splendid health, weigh more nnd look
better than for years, and attribute my
health nnd tuy recovery and life to the
magic of Pink Pills for Pale People, under
the blessing of Qod.
"I have recommended these pills to a
number of people, and many I know have
been cured by them. I wish in my heart
that every person ou earth who is suffering
as I was could get them nnd would try them.
" To those who know me, I hope it is not
necessary for me to add that I make this
statement of my own free will, without
money nnd without price. But it' there are
any who uro inclined to doubt, I will refer
them to Dr. J. II. Hill, .1. M. Hunter, K.
P. Loekridge, Joe Tcrwell, Anderson Nic
hols, 8. B. and G. W. Nichols, all of Curtcr's
Creek, Maury County, Tenn., or if they will
call upon me I will give them the names of a
hundred witnesses of as good men and women
as the sun ever shone upon.
"Hoping some poor sull'erer may read and
believe and be raised from a bed of pain, 1
am Very respectfully,
JoH M. FOSTKB,
Care of the Herald, Columbia, Tennessee."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pole People
are prepared by the Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., or Bcheneetady, N. Y., a firm whose
ability nnd reliability are unquestioned.
Pink Pills nre not looked unon as a natcnt
medicine, but as a prescription, having been
nsed as such for years in general practice, and
their successful results in curing various afflic
tions made it imperative that they be prepared
in quantities to meet the demand of the public,
and place them in reach of all. They are
an unfailing specifio for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner
vous headache, the after effects of In grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexions, nnd the tired feeling resulting from
nervous prostration, all diseases resulting from
vitiated humors in tho blood such as scrofula,
chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms
of weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. 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 SO cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50, and may he had of all drug
gists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company.
N. U. Funk, Sec, C. II. Campbell, Treas
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I RESTORE LOST MANHOOD
Young and ml1ille-j:ed men who
utter Irom errors of youth , losi of
Vitality, linpotency, cniiual wcuk
ne, gleet, strictures, weaKness of
body and mind, can be thoroughly
and neruiaHenttvcured by my new
method of treatment. None other
tike It, imioejliite Improvement.
Consultation and book free. Ada,
DR. SMITH, Lock box 635, Phila. Pa.
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A NEW INDIAN PROPEBT.
till riedlctlona ralleil, Hot H Created
l,o t of Kacltertient.
The growth of Beets and hcreslot un
Hr our tolerant rule In India is moia
frequent than Is generally known, foi
Hinduism Is elastic enough quickly to
absorb Uwm, and they aro still more
ehort-livtd when their leader have
been Christians. It Is when the relig
ious Imposter heads a movement which
threatens the peace of the country that
,we learn the curious details.
The latest event of this kind has oc
curred in the Bengal division of Chota
Nagrore, the aboriginal tribes of which
have Joined the Christian church. An
Ellcan, Lutheran and 8cortlim Presby
terian by the thousand. Hirsa, a lad
of twenty, who had lapsed from Chris
tianity, waa In the Jungle with a com
panion, when a flash of lightning for a
moment transfigured his face, and Ms
frli-nd saluted him as a god. Blrsa
returned to his vlllrge, Chalkad, and
proclaimed himself an Incarnation who
could work miracles of healing.
Ills first case was that of a baby,
who was perfectly well; he breathed
upon It, declared he had cured It, and
his fame brought thousands of the sim
ple demon-worshipers to his feet.
Over every case of slokness he pro
nounced a charm, consisting of such
headlines of an English primer as he
had read In the Lutheran school at
Chalbasa. "Stul, store, stare, stale,"
was the favorite Invocation. He admit
ted that Christianity was good but for
two evils the offertory In church, and
the permission to wear boots when at
Itvorshlp.
He soon proclaimed the end of the
.world for a fixed day and hour; all
ere to be destroyed by fire and brim
stone except those who found refuge
arltli him. Money was therefore use
., and the people were told to spend
tr.elr all at once on clothes, with the
result that the Hindu dealers could not
ui ply the demand. The coming har
.t vould not be wanted; the cattle
arcordingly were turned Into the crops.
Whrt thousands waited at high noon
on the fixed day for doom, and nothing
occurred, Blrsa tied a string between
two trees and declared that the end
would not come till that broke. The
nearest English missionary who had
tried to open the eyes of the deluded
multitude, and feared a famine, then
informed the British deputy commis
sioner at Ranchl, the county town. Tie
sent a constable to arrest the Impos
tor, but the crowd was too great. A
whole posse of native constables fol
lowed, and had to flee, lie then went
out himself, and by night arrested the
prophet, who was sleeping In the midst
ir his chosen followers.
I!ut by that time there was the be
ginning; of a rebellion such as, In Lord
Palhousle's time, caused the Santel
war in the neighboring hills. As Blrsa
went to Jail he prophesied his return
In four days, and T.ffOO men, whom htf
had ordered to arm themselves with
axes, waited In vain. Now, afraid of
the military pollre under the white
man, they are flock. -g to the chapels,
eager to be rerogtiizcd as Christians;
but of these the maj rity are expected
to change their mind when their terror
and delusion have disappeared with
lllrsa'a long imprisonment In a distant
place. A similar Imposter caused what
Is known as "the war of the axe" am
ong the Kaffirs of South Africa. Edin
burgh Scotsman.
To Save the Lagoon of Venice.
A great engineering work of immense
importance to the city of Venice has
Just been completed. Fifty-eight years
ago, in order to prevent the damage
caused by the occasional overflowing of
the River Brenta. the Austrian Gov
ernment, on the recommendation of tho
celebrated engineer, Paleocapa, carried
out certain works by which the mouths
of that river were carried into tho
Chloggla Lagoon, some distance south
of their original outlet. Since then the
alluvium brought dwn by the river
haa threatened to convert a portion of
Chloggia Lagoon Into a fever-breeding
swamp, and also to cause serious dam
age to the whole Venice Lagoon by
silting.
It was accordingly decided to con
struct a new channel for the Brenta,
Sixteen kilometers In length,' giving the
liver a direct outlet to the sea near
lirondolo, still further south. The
scheme, which waa estimated to cost
8,000,000 lre, and was begun in. 1884,
has now been brought to a successful
conclusion. The new channel, by
means of subsidiary canals, also pro
vides, a fresh outlet for tho Bacchlg
llone and other rivers formerly flowing
Into the Venice Lagoon. London
Standard.
' A
Force of Habit In a Soldier.
After the war, a young man who had
served through the great contest In a
Western regiment, became Insane and
iwas confined in an asylum. Previous
to this ho had been much attached to
the Governor of the State where he
lived, but during his Insanity he con
ceived a great dislike for his former
friend, so much so that he declared his
purpose of killing the Governor when
ever he should meet him. One day he
escaped from confinement and by some
means procured a musket with bayo
net attached, Passing along the street
ha met the Governor, and at once
bringing his musket to the "charge"
iwas about to rush upon him. The Gov
ernor, however, fortunately did not
lose his presence of mind, but In a
commanding tone gave the order
"Halt." The former soldier from mere
force of habit, which was stronger
than even his Insanity, Instantly stop
ped. "Shoulder arms," continued the
Governor. "Right about face." "For
ward, march," and each order was
promptly obeyed, and the lunatic was
marched back to his place of confine
ment. Usee of Bawdnat.
A growing industry In this city ts
the sawdust business. Forty years ago
the lumber mills were glad to have
sawdust carted away; twenty-five yeart
ago it could be bought for fifty cents a
load; now It brings $3.50 a Wit It is
used In hotels, saloons, groceries and
other business hoiuies for the absorp
tion of dirt when sweeping. Plumber
use it a great deal about pipes and
walls to deaded sound. Soda water men
and packers of glass and sutall articles
of every kind use it, as well as In th
tnanufacture of dull. Philadelphia
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Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Edward B. Harper, Founder. Frodorick A. Burr.ham, President.
FIFTEEN YEARS COMPLETED '
ANNUAL MEETING AND REPORT.
Ik. Lugesl ani Sircipt Iital Mb lib kri&to Com-
Iftnles in tie World.
69lnn,ooo of New nuHiiiCHH) in 1893.
,uH,66o,ooo of KiiHiueNH til Force.
S4i8475 ol Iteatli ClaliiiH paid In 1895.
$tj,ooo,uoo of Dc at It cialiiiN paid amce iluuliieHii begun.
1895 SHOWS AN INCHRAHi; INOIIOKS AHHKTH.
AN INCHEN!i IN NKT l HI'I.rs,
AN INCKKANK IN IM'OMK,
AN IKC'KKAHli IN lit HI Nl-.SH IN FORCE,
UVKR 101,800 HliMUKItH INTKKKHTKD.
The Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association was held iu the Association's Building, corner
Broadway &Duane St., New York City, on Wednesday, Jan
uary 22nd, and 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. lurnham, 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 dea(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 bis 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 oi
time by any life insurance organization iu 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 $5,530,115.90 to $5,GG1,707,82.
The NET SURPLUS over liabilities bIiows a NET G AIN
for the year of $300,329.43, 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
$1,013,500.91. 1 J
The BUSINESS IN FORCE shows a gain for the jear
of $15,293,205, and now 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, $13,052.25, and the daily avamge
gain in business in force within a fraction of 51.000.
C-ifTersons desiring insurance, an agency, or any oilier information concerning Hi
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