CffiCAGO'S COLISEUM.
8A8ILY THE LARGEST BUILDING
UNDER ONE ROOF IN THE WORLD.
nDmncrittlo Ntlnil Convantlou will
bath Flrat to On iijr It. FIT and On
rlf Aero of 1' luor Hpnoe. Room lot
Mhrex ami UoUL Men to Contonil.
8t Louis surpnasod nil of the previous
uxrcntion cities in roarinsr an edifice
which gvf sunt to 14,000 shoutors and
storkors. Not to b outdone by the
Missouri metropolis, Chicago has reared
structure tii?t will not only seat close
to 18,000 iieiHuiiH, but will Rive them all
promenading space and other facilities
tmdreaniert of by the delegates to na
tional and political gatherings of the
When the nine hundred andodddolo
Sataaand the same cumber of alter
nates to thtt National Democratic Con
nmtion strike Chicago they will find
that they are going to meet in the
Mggest Eti urture the world over. Chi
cago is famous for talking about the
greatness of itself and its various
institutions, but if it blows a little
about the Colixeum there will be few
to claim that the praise is undeserved.
All tho arrangements for the Conven
tion have now been made, and when
th Democratic host) roach the metrop
olis of Illinois they will find everything
ready for them. The Convention will
bsr called to order on Tuesday, July 7,
astd if it adjourns before Tuesday, the
Uth, it will be a huge surprise to the
old political war horses, who are look
ing for ono of the stiffest gatherings in
the history of the country. With near
ly score of Presidential possibilities In
she fiold, and with the war between
THE COLISEUM.
stiver ami gold to be lought to the last
ditch, the outlook tor a vitriolic Cou
vntion U promising. That is what
th leaders of the party expect, any
way, and they usually base thoir ex
pectations upon knowledge.
The Coliseum is easily the largest
building under a single roof in the
world. The trusses span 215 feet at
their baso, and at thiir apex are nearly
100 feet tmui the floor.
The Coliseum occupies five and a
bait acres of ground between Sixty
aoo&d and Sixty-third streets, and is
saaded on the east by Grace avei.ue
and on the west by the tracks of the
Illinois Central Railroad. The Illinois
Central has a station at Sixty-third
stxeet, and has bnilt a special Coliseum
flOion at Sixty-second street, with
stops leading directly into one of the
a in, entrances.
Of the many national conventions
that have been held here, not one has
been providod with a Lull which mot
4& the requirements of such a gather
ing. The wigwam in which Lincoln
was nominated, and tha one in which
Cleveland swept away all opposition
were large enough, but every other re
quirement was wanting. ' Oratory loses
all its charms when streams of water
from a leaky roof are pouring down the
auditor's neck, as was the case in 1893.
The Auditorium, in which General
Harrison was nominated, was unfin
ished at tho time, but it could not ac
commodate half the people who thought
they hml a right to be presont on such a
momontous occasion.
YALE OARSMEN AT HENLEY, tffl
Tha Entlfuhinrn Am lucllned to Regard
Them m t ormtilttble Competitor,
Not since 1830, when the Henley re
gatta was instituted, has a foreign crew
ewer won the Grand Challenge Cup.
This, trophy is recognized as the blue
ribbon of the rowing world. The visi
tors' Challonge Cup, of secondary im
portance at the Henley regatta, was
won in 1878 by the Columbia College
otw. That is the only victory of note
mr accomplished by Americans at
Eenley.
Englishmen are constitutionally chary
boat giving praise to anything or any
OM of foreign extraction, and their favorably-
criticism is doubly remarkable
Cor the- reason that up to the first spin
X the Yale men on the water their
chances of landing the coveted prize
ware not seriously considered. The
English experts were prepared to find
all manner of fault with the body, leg,
and arm work of the visitors, and it
was a huge surprise to them when they
discovered the smooth, even and pow
erful stroke, every muscle of the eight
men working in unison, and each man
as calm and collected as if he were row
ing on home waters. The remarkable
part of it all was that the men had
just finished a nine days' voyage across
the Atlantic and had not been off the
steamer so short a time when they did
tha work wLich astonished the critics.
3IVEN W TO DIE BY Wl FHYSICMN
At Last, with -but a Grain of Faith, Her Mother
Administered a New Remedy and
She is Cured.
From the Union,
MISS ALAMEDA LOZIF.K.
Thorr is no lovelier valley on the conti
nent I linn the one. through which the upper
IVluw lire river runs from Iluncuck in lela
ware fount) to the Pelnwnro Wster Gap
Hinl fir some distance below. At Ilnncoek
where the river is the union of its two mnin
tributaries, the Eimt ami West brunches ns
they are cnlleil, the lovely scenery in no
wise disappears. Tho East branch is as
picturesque and romiintio as one ean ima
gine. Its hanks are largely wooded and the
sieep liill-iili-s arc a perpetual picture of all
that is most charming.
Several miles up the. river from Port Jer
vis in a small village called Sparrowbush.
Its principal industry is a large tannery
which has been in successful operation for
very iniiiiy years. An employe of this tan
nery, chancing to be in the city, casually
si.iki. of h n.tlitr remarkable cure which
hud recently been effected in this village, in
the family of a neighbor and as the ease bore
a strong resemblance to that of a friend in
the city, the story was carried to him. It
was so remarkable (hat the writer, to please
his friend, undertook to look it up and verify
it, if that could be done. This was mnde
isy from the fact that other interests called
him very near the location where the eure
had been performed.
Securing a horse and buggy at Port Jervis,
the writer was sonn ut the house of Mr.
JikK-ph I.nzicr in Sparrowliush. A friend
accompanied him with his kodak, hoping to
secure some snap shots of interest while on
the trip or at the home of Mr. und Mrs.
Lozier.
Mr. Lozier was at his work in the tannery,
where l e has been a respected employe for
Personally-Conducted Tours via
Pennsylvania Kailroad,
That the public has come to recog
nize the fact that the best and most
convenient method oi pleasure travel
is to participate in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's oersonallv-con.
ducted tours, is evidenced by their
increased popularity with each suc
ceeding year and the number of
inquiries in regard to them.
Under this system the lowest rates
are obtained, both for' transportaion
and hotel accommodation, and none
but the best hotels are used. ' An ex
perienced tourist agent and chaperon
accompany each tour to look after
the comfort of the passenger.
1 he following tours have been ar
ranged for the season of 1896 :
I o the north (including Watkins
Glen, Niagara Falls, Thousand Is
lands. Montreal. Quebec. Au Sahle
Chasm,. Lake Champlain and George,
Saratoga, and a davlieht ride down
through the Highlands of the Hud
son), July ai and August 18. Kate,
$100 for the round trin from New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Washington, covering all expenses of
a two week's trip.
To Yellowstone Tark. coverint? a
period of seventeen days, on a special
train ot .Pullman sleeping, compart
ment and observation cars and dining
car. August 27. Rate. $200 from
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington.
Two tours to Gettysburg, Luray
Caverns, Natural Bridge, Richmond
and Washington will be run in early
Autumn.
A new motliod of stopping hic
coughs is said to have been accident
ally discovered in a French hospital.
It consists in thrusting the tongue out
of the mouth and holding it thus for
a short time.
Drug envelopes, Nos. 1, 2 and 3
nianilla, white or colored, coin envel
opes, uud shipping tags, with or with
out stiings, always in stock at this
office. tf.
) cw Jattfsf
THE COLUMBIAN,
Irt Jcrvti, A. 1.
the past 14 rears. Mrs. Loaler was at home,
with her eliililrcn, in a plcjsant cottage on
the mnin street of the village. Introducing
ourselves, we stated the nature of our erranii,
that -we had beard, of a remarkable cure in
her family ami that we would esteem it a
favor if she would kindly give us tho fuels
In (he ease. A bright eyed little miss,
Apparently ahout 13 years of age, was look
ing rather curiously lit us, a faint smile
creeping over her face as the mother point
ing to her said :
That is the patient. She docs not look
like an Invalid now, does she? "
Inviting (is to he seated. Mrs. Lorior told
ns the following story, which, as nearly as
possible, we give in her own words.
"Alameda, niy daughter, whs 13 years ot
Age on the 2Mb of March last and was taken
siek on that day. As nearly as we could
tell, the trouble seemed to he some iiiHnm
mntion of the bowels, kidneys and perhaps
even more general. At any rate, the case
seemed to butllo our physician completely
and the child grew steadiljr worse.
"At the end of 15 days inflammatory rheu
matism set in and dropsy also, eausiug her
the most intense sum-ring. She became
very badly bloated. For nearly two aiouths
the poor child was bandaged in cotton from
head to foot. We had four physicians and
they called a fifth and then held a consulta
tion. At the close of this, their conclusion
was that the child would never be able to
leave her bed alive that death was only a
matter of a few davs.
'"By this time (lie glands of her neck had
become greatly swollen and she coughed
night and day. She also became so greatly
emaciated (hat I do not think she would
have weighed 40 pounds. Her lower limbs
seemed partially, nearly wholly, paralyzed
she could not use them at all. AVe had
praetienlly given up all hope, the physi
cians had discontinued their visits and we
were simply waiting for death.
"On tho evening of July llth, while watch
ing by her bedside, I decided to give her a
dose of lr. AVilli: ins' Pink Tills, as I bad
recently been reading of some remarkable
cures by this remedy. 1 pave her a dose c.f
them at once, but I confess with onlv a grain
of fuith in their eltiracy I bad absolute. y
no hope of a cure. The next day she was no
worse, if anything a liitle better and 1 con
tinued the I'ink Pills, now having some
faint hopes. To make a lung story short, I
continued this wonderful remedy and as yon
see, the girl is well, apparently as well as
Pr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form,
by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, or
six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all drug-
S'sts or directly by mail from Ir. Williams'
edicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A Deserted Village.
That corporations and operators
are heartless is demonstrated by the
devastation now in progress at Stock
ton, which before the disagreement
of the land owners and the lessees
was one of the most progressive com
munities in the anthracite coal field.
The houses formerly occupied by
employees will soon be torn down
and the mammoth breakers at one
time the centres of industry will be
fore long suffer the same fate. Had
both parties been able to agree, which
could easily have been brought about
by a little concession on each side,
the mining patch east of Hazleton
would not to-day be a heap of worth
less ruins. Ex.
Dig down to the cause of your
sickness, if you want to get well and
stay well. Most likely its indigestion.
The irritating poisons of fermenting,
putrid food, left in the stomach by
indigestion, cause headache, neuralgia
nervousness, dizziness, stomach-ache,
nausea, irritability, and all the other
well-known symptoms cf indigestion.
They also cause many pains and
disorders which are often laid to other
causes and hence are not easily cured.
But as soon as the poisons are remov
ed, all these symptoms and disorders
disappear, because there is nothing
left to cause them. Nothing succeeds
in this like Shaker Digestive Cordial,
because it prevents the undigested
food from fermenting in the stomach
and helps the stomach to digest its
food.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
Many a woman who finds that her
ankles are unusually weak this sum
mer can trace the cause directly to
her habit of wearing low shoes and
gaiters during the winter.
Candidates can secure their cards
at this office on short notice and at
reasonable rates. 4-tf.
ever.-
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
CHRISTIAN ENDtAVORCRS.
An Army of B, 000,000 Vf htch SUnrted frost
a Single Churoh Parlar Meeting.
The best criterion of the strength of
any organisation is Its numerical great
ness on an occasion of its annual meet
ing. No convention the world over has
ever attractod the numbers which those
of rooent years of tho Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor have
sncceodod in doing. Hixty thousand
visitors swamped Boston last year when
the hosts of the Endeavor mot in thift
city, and as each year has marked a
tremendous increase in the attendance,
80,000 is considered a conservative es
timate, of the number at Washington
this year.
The President of the society, Francis
E. Clark, who as minister of the Wil
litston Churoh at Portland, Me., found
ed the first Christian Endeavor Society
among the young people of his congre
gation, on Feb. 1, 1881. That was only
a trifle mora than IS years ago, yet, to
day the society is known in every land
on the glebe and has a total tuetnbsr
ship of 8,000,000, made np of 40,000 so
cieties.
FRANCIS k. CLARK.
At the first meeting in the modest
parlor in the Portland minister's home
the young folks who agreed to form tha
Christian Endoavor Society, took this
pledge:
"Trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ
for strength, I promise Him that I will
strive to do whatever He wonld like to
have me do; that I will make it the rulo
of my life to pray and read the Di bio
every day, and to support my own
churoh in every way, especially by at
tending all her regular Sunday and
mid-week services, unless prevented by
come reason which I can conscientious
ly give to my Saviour, and that just so
far as I know how throughout my
life I will endeavor to lead a Christian
life. As an active momber I promise to
be true to all my duties, to be present
at and take some part, aside from sing
ing, in every Christian Endeavor pray
er meeting, unless hindered by some
reason which I can conscientiously give
to my Lord and Master. If obliged to
La absent from tho monthly consecra
tion meeting of the society, I will, if
possible, send at least a verse of Scrip
ture to be read in;response to my name
at roll call."
A FOURTH OF JULY KITE.
A Chance for Tonus America to nave Lota
f Fun.
Something new and novel is sure to
make a hit on the glorious Fourth, and
to those who have never tried it, the
Fourth of July kite, is an inexpensive
method of doing the day justice.
The kite, or kites, should be of good
size, say four feet high, and may be of
almost any shape, though the old-fash-ioned
one made with two cross sticks,
as in Fig. 1, is one of the most reliable.
If red, white and blue paper can be se
cured, so much tho better. The effect
is pretty if the colors are alternated at
the tail. With a four-foot kite a flag
over six feet in length can be sent up,
and as it floats hundreds of feet in the
air, one feels repaid for the trouble.
Long streamers of the national colors,
or strings of tiny flegs, can be attached
at intervals along the kite string; in
fact there are endless ways in which an
ingenious boy can keep "old glory" fly
ing over the town. Bunohes of paper
spirals, made by o-itting stiff paper as
in Fig. 2, and attaching a tiny torpedo
to the end in the center, may be set
free by means of a slow fuse, and in
the same manner paper parachutes may
be sent eastward.
In the evening a Chinese lantern in
place ot the flag is very pretty, bobbing
through the dark, and colored lights
may be set off. As the kite is invisible,
it is rather a puzzle to onlookers how
fireworks are produced so high in the
air.
To get the oolored lights cut open a
number of Roman oandles and take out
the color balls. Then take a piece of
fairly stiff wire and bend it, as in e d,
leaving a long end, c, free. With an
ocoasioual twist oarry the fuse up d,
down b, up a, down e, and fasten!
Then take each candle ball and little
loose powder, and with a piece of paper
or light cloth wrap about the wire and
fuso, as in Fig. 4, fastening the ends
with a bit of thread. Put four on each
wire, with two on the middle cross wire,
taking care that they are not so closa
toKether that the burning nf CiWtk will
fire the others. Light the free end of
the fuse when the kite is started, and
you will hivj the highest fireworks in
town.
The Governor of
k to the Governor
BATTLE AX"
of the best quality,
Large quantities
I manufacture, the result going to the con
sumer m the shape of a larger piece, for
less money, than was ever before possible.
Mutual Reserve Fond Life Association,
Edward B. Harpor, Founder. Frederick A. Burnham, President.
FIFTEEN YEARS COMPLETED
ANNUAL mEETING AND REPORT.
It: Largest d Strongest hid hm Lit: Insurance C::-
pa&ics in World-
$6q,oo,oaoofN(n nunliiean in 1893.
SloH,6fo,uou of Buhiuchm In Force.
4,084,075 ot lrntli ClaliuH paid In 1805.
SiOOO,ooo of Ueatli CliiliiiN paid Bince IluttlncHS nejtati.
1895 shows- a is incheahk it rrohn asskth,
am inckf.amk in nkt hl'kpu'h,
an imki:ahi: in incomh,
an inckkahk in ih'hinkh in 1'ohck,
OVlvK IO,8ooMl-;MUi;i(t INTUHlCHTI.ll.
The Annual Meeting of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association wa3 held in the Association's Building, cornel
Broadway & Duaue St., New York City, on Wednesday, Jan
uary 22ud, 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 favorahln
opportunity to meet face to faco the new chief executive oflicer
of the Association, President Frederick A. Burnham, the man
whose ffraST) Of life lnsiiranpfi. wlmsA lrppn PYnilro olilifir nnrl
strong individuality have enabled him to take up the work laid
ucwu in aeain Dy me lounder ot the institution, the Jate Ed
ward B. Harper, and make of the administration of his office of
President, not an echo Or CODV OT tlmf. nf Ti?a nrprloppasrvr- Vint, n
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 thfl nam. Iflnetli 01
time by any life insurance organization in the world. It is
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rare, luueeu, mai a great institution like tins passes, without
check to its prosperity, through a change in the executive chief,
for it is rare indeed that a chief like the Into Mr Womer flniU
so able a successor as President
The record of the year 1895 speaks for itself, and shows the
following gratifying results;
The GROSS ASSETS have increased during the year
from $5,53G,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
of $631,541.97, and amounts to
JJHiAlxl ULA1MS to the amount of $4,084,074.92 were
aid during the year, an increase over the previous year of
1,013,560.91. 1 J
The BUSINESS IN FORCV. 1
of $15,293,265, and now amounts to $308,659,371.
ounting tnree Hundred
uciujr average mcuine ior loiK) is $itV)Si.L'7; the daily average
payments for death claims, $13,652.25, and the daily avage
cam in business in force within n fro; e an w
... " l HUH V 1 JpJiJKJJ,
AV-vt' oranVlh information concerning the .If
TIAL RLStKVi. ! UMJ LIFE ASSOCIATION may npply to
& J. -HUB WIS, Sqpt.,
53 Downing Block,
The Pot Called
Because the
Didn't
North Carolina said
of South Carolina
Is the most tobacco,
for the least money, f
reduce the cost of
Burnham.
$5,575,281.56.
working days in the year the
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the Kettle Black
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