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TUB COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. rn.
ROMANCE OF PA.TTIE WATKINS.
Xm m Balvntlon Um Rh Retraxit, TIitb
aeartl fluiband.
One fvenlug. nearly throo year neo.
a young busitiesa uiaa, holding a re
sponsible phtov lu the store of A. A.
Tantine & Co.. was walking "P New
Tori's Bowery, rhf.-lng the barrack
iC the Bowery eorpa of the Salvation
Army, diagonally opposite Cooper
Union, he wa attract! by the usual
midI that come from nn Army mret
ug. He had hoard what those iue-t-Ingfl
were liki. but he had never flt
hmded one. To gratify his curiosity,
b entered the barracks and txk a
At near the dxr. The enthusiasm of
the Salvationists didu't appeal to him.
nd the discordant notes of their sitiit
tnf.tbe clanging of the cymbals, and the
pounding of the bass drum Jarred upou
Ma ears, for he was uot only a trained
txwiness man. but a trained musician
M well.
lie had sat there only n short time,
"Mwever. when the discordant sounds
ceased, and a little dark-haired wom
an, with b'g. soft dark eyes and n trim
3gnre, who .ippnrvd to 1h the leader
it the meeting, began the singine of
to cf those pathetic Army songs that
hare mad so many converts. The
voice of the singer was a sweet and
powerful soprano. She sang as if her
very "'11 n tuo singing. The
yoang man never took his eyes from
the singer and he seeuied to le totally
jtJivion- of everything else around
hta. iVhn the sone was finished and
the little woman said simply: "Let us
pray," the yeuns man. Instead of bow
ing his 1"-:; 1 :u prayer, sat there, with
his gaze riveted on the woman
whose s'.ngine had captivated him.
At length the meeting closed, and
the yoniii man. mingling with the Sal
vationists, left the hall. The next
night he was at the barracks aeain,
and the nt xt and the nest. In fact, he
bail a standing engagement with him
self to at Mid the Bowery corps meet
ing?. Flis regular attendance was no
ticed by .he young woman singer, and
one night she walked up the aisle to
where 1.. .:: ; ' e to hi:n .-t'K.ut
hi soul sue kai'lKni that
ft'
COLONEL PATTTE WATKHC9.
he was not a professing Christian, and
ebe talked to him as only an earnest
woman can who believes that the only
thing r-e.tUr worth striving for iu this
world is a preparation for the world to
come. She made little headway at
Irst, bin before two weeks had come
aad gone ih?re was great Joy in the
Bowery vorps over the fact that Staff
Captain rattle Watkin. the corps
leader, had made a convert of Fred
erick A. Lindsay.
It was not long after that that Lind
say gave up business and joined the
Army. As a condition of active ser
vice he ius.ste-1 upon being attached
to the Bowery corps- The condition
was aeeV.ed to. and he became treas
urer of the corps. He and Staff Capt.
Pattie worked side by side iu the Bow
ery for a little more than a year, and
it was largely owing to Lindsay's busi
ness methods that Miss Watkins was
able to wipe out the debt of f "vOOrt un
der which the corps was struggling
when she took command.
When the trouble In the Salvation
Army last March resulted in the ex
pulsion of Commander and Mrs.
Booth, Staff Capt. Watkins decided to
follow her old commanders. Of course,
Lindsay could not atay In the Army
after that, and be, too, resigned! Miss
Watkins was placed In command of
tlte New York and New Jersey Regi
naeat of Volunteer, wrth the rank of
zoloael and Lindsey was put In charge
da the trade department, with the rauk
jC Staff Captain. Shortly after thla
-ame the interesting announcement of
Use engagement of tha two.
Too Mack Food.
There are many ways .of giving that
much abused organ, the stomach, a
reat. no one of which is the perfect one
for everybody, though each has its fit
ness for somebody. The actual needs
of people In the matter of food vary,
Some have tested and become ardent
advocates of the "two-nieals-a-day"
llan, while others find even one meal
per day sufficient for them.and seem
ingly U-st to maintain health. Tho
rerfed brain-worker who dines to re
;ietlun in the evening, sh-eps late and
et up with no appetite, may well
iareakfast on a cool glass of water and
m orange, postponing his fim real
.neal till tunc b-tiiue. while the man
iv ho risvs at 4 or 5 iu the morning and
completes half a day's wi.rk before
breakfat will rl...l i.'. div-iiv, fune
Uous re.uly f ..r it. rood should Lot
be taken after severe eri:-. i.or
very severe exercise fdljw a L .my
lueaL Too r.:u h f..d overweigh the
ilgestlon and overtaxes the turvous
system.
A cup of 01 i 1. stri-ng ouflVf, in
stead of 11. ilk, in a otic-vgg cake luukea
an agrtt-ilh' .' ; ,. a ii:; t-t ch -o-Ute
it! ay U- ut-d. Wheu you
Drvfer milk, stir iu a ..rti..a ..f what
evcr drW-d fruit you u.ay desire. It is
an lm-xpvusive cake and im attractive i
ae,
The Case of a Veteran Cited Whose
Paralysis Came from Ex
posure in the Army.
Equally Interesting Method of His Cure, and
His Enthusiastic Endorsement.
The
From I V'OfcwS Famrr,
Tn th tt Onwr.ta, In Otsfgo County,
Vtm York, for a great tnar.y years th?r ha
lived a roan whose life has been overshad
owed by that terrible disease, paralysis.
Kecently It was rumored that miracle had
been performed that this man had been re
stored to hi normal health and strength and
to ascertain the truth or falsity of such a
rumr your correspondent visited Oneonta
tr-diy and being directed to the man sought
an interview with him, which waa really
and cheerfully (minted. The man told his
own story as follows :
Mv name is
Edward riaswell. 1 on I
, would not think from my appearance, hut I
was horn 77 year ago, in New Scotland,
: Albanv Counrv. I was reared on a farm
and blessed by N'ature with a strong con
stitution and rt health. Early in life I
' removed to AlTny, thence to Schenevus, in
' this county, and finally settled down in On
' eonta where I have lived a srreat many years.
! -When the war broke out I was Mrong
nit -tire. beinff nearlr six feet tall and
I wpifSincr 22." pound-i. I enlisted in the
Thirl New York Cavalry and served three
vents. Of the lone, weary marcnes, espeei
I!v in North Carolina of the days and nights
( "exposure I will not speak, for it was in
he barracks at Wadiincton that my misery
tx'gsu. While there heavy rains fell and
1 iot having sufficient protection ofttimes we
twoke in the mornins drenched with the
rain. At this time I contracted a cold and
' lin with it came thit dread disease, rheu
I rat-idiy eio v worse and was ie-m.iv-d
to the hospital where I was attendM
liv Pr. Leonard, nw of Worcester in this
county. He made me as comfortable as any
'mm could, but I could not shake off the
lisease. It was In my sytem and after my
I Mum home with "impaired health and
1 itrenjth reduced, my nerves gave out and
' additional sufferins ensued. I eould move
1 tround and was able to do some work at
) iencth I went to work in the car shops here,
i inside work wholly but the least exposure
1 would brine on terrible psins and life was
'mle mis-rsld-fir mt. After a few years
mv strength cave out and 1 was unable to
fi jht acainrt my pains. In addition to the
rheumatism extreme nervousness took pos
session of me then heart disease set in ; I
eouli not lie down to sleep and was brought
verv low by this complication of diseases.
Mv" wrists and ankles became swollen, my
leg distorted and my hips sunken, now you
can feel the cavities, also thrust your hand
Into my back such were the ravages of
rheumatism.
" But this was not all. About six rears
ar) I had a stroke of paralysis which affected
I mv left side but by extra care I recovered
. somewhat from this. Three years aco I had
a second stroke which rendered me entirely
helpless. My left side wis wholly useless
' and I could not feel it when a pin was thrust
! full lensth into my leg or arm. Before
. paralyfii set in I thou'cht I was nUh to death,
but n')w came the horror of a livini death.
' On account of my heart trouble which was
; ajcravated by this new disease, I could not
sleen and eould be placed oulv in one post-
i tion bolstered up in a chair reclining
shchtly on my ncht side. Now the paral
ysis a3V-c:ed my hea 1 and I would remain in
i t'aat position aileep in the chair for weeks at
a time without awakenicc Words cannot
express the misery I was ia and the sutfer-
: ine I eadured. All this time I consulted
doctors and tried ail kinds of patent medi-
' cines without reOiivine any benvfit. I was
doomed to a hnjenn; deuth ani wns in
despair. One day a paper as handed me
bv local
thev cannot !
. reach the diseased portion ot the ear
TM T . . , . J
. . . . t
r.ess, and that is by constitutional j
r.v: Tiv.i ,'c M,,.t v...
lnllamed condition ot the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destrcyed forever :
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. AVe will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catanh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Hall's Family Pills are the best
The Summer Boarder.
Regretfully he is turning his face
cityward. For weeks he has reveled
j in the open air, under the skies and
I beside the waters in that country which
is the real heritage of all the race.
! though so many aie cheated out of it.
j In ever) case where he has been well
j fed on the milk, eogs, fruits and ve;e-
: tables wlr.ch ought to abound as the
I sands of the sea wherever the summer
- 1. 1 ' r ic Tr'v' ft-
er is received, there he bids
ad.eu to r.;s Kir.d.y country r.ost ana
hostess, wi'.'.i tl.e prov..5e th-1 he v.i'.!
ror.-.e back r.et summer and bring
two or three friends.
It is the mutual benef.t of the sum
mer boarder and the farmer to or.e
ar.o'.her that we wish to mention. In
all the older parts of the country the
acres r.n.l acres of abandoned farms
which no longer pay even the taxes
on them might be made small gold
nv.nes to their owners. AH of Near
j England might be turned into a camp
toojxJlowiJV. T.
to read. In the paper I saw tn ieconnt of
the healing of a paralytic who used Pr. il
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I had no
faith in patent medicines, I had spent over
t?t.00 in them, all to nn purpose. I'nable
tn work I had no income save a pension of
js.00 per month. But some way I was im-
Sressed with what Pink Pills had done and
etermined to give them a fair trial. I did
not stop with one box but used three boxes
before I noticed any effect. After taking
three boxes I felt a chance coming over me.
I kept on taking Pink Pills and kept on feel
inff better. Gradually my pain left me, I be
(ran to feel new life course through my body
and to my surprise and delight, feeling be
nn tn mnm into mv side and life and
tren(rth into m
W and arm. After taKir.e
fourfen boxes I had recovered full use i r
my limbs, mv rheumatism was gone and my
heart tronble' relieved. Purine my sicknevi
my weicht had decrease.! from 2.! pounds
to 11 pounds, but to-day I weigh 170 pounds,
am stronc and active and you would not take
me to be .7 years old."
Vhit nkinff Mr. Haswell showed con.
siderable emotion and when questioned he
added : " I cannot sav too much in praie,
of Pr. Williams' Pink Pills and I cannt ex
press my gratitude to the it. vt imams
Medicine Companv, they saved my life ar.d
gave me back health I had not enjoyed f..r
over 30 years."
When told that people might riot Dcneye
snch a storv in print, ne said : " I am will
ing to tro b'efore a Justice of Peace and swea
to its truth, if you wish, and I shall be only
too clad to answer inquiries anyone may
wish to make."
Pr. Wiibsms Pink Ti!ls for Pale Terrd
are an unfailing rtnirdy for all diseases nris-
trom a poor ana watery coiumion oi me
blood, such as i ale and sallow compiexii.
general muscular weakness, lorn of appetite,
depression of i-pirit. lack of ambition, ar.sr
mia, chlorosis or green sickness, palpitation
of the heart, shortness of breath on slicht ex
ertion, coldness of hands or feet, sweiline o(
the feet and limbs, pain in the back, nervous
headache, dizziness, loss of memory, feeble
ness of will, rincine in the ears, early decay,
all forms of female weakness, leucorrhoja.
tardy or ii-retrular periods, suppression of
menses, hysteria, paralysis, locomotor ainxia,
rheumatism, sciatica, all diseases depending
on vitiated humors in the blood, cnusint;
scrofula, swelled glands, fever sores, rickets,
hip-joint diseases, hunchback, acquired de
formities, decayed bones, chronic erysipelas,
catarrh, consumption of the bowels and luncs,
and also for invigorating the blood and system
when broken down bv overwork, worry, dis
ease, excesses and indiscretions of livinc. re
covery from acute diseases, such as fevers, etc.,
loss of vital powers, spermatorrhoea, early de
cay, premature old ape. These pills are not a
purgative medicine. They contain nothing
that could injure the nut delicate system.
Thev act directly on the blood, supplyinu to
the blood its life-givine qualities by assisting
it to absorb oxvgen, that grent supporter of u 11
orcanic life. In this way the blood, becom
ing "built np" and being supplied with its
lacking constituents, becomes rich and rod,
nourishes the various orenns, stimulating
them to activity in the performance of their
functions, and thus to eliminate diseases from
the svstem.
These Pills are mnnufnetured by the Pr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
X. Y., and are sold only iu boxes bearing the
firm's trade mark and wrapper, at SO cents n
box. or six loxes for 2.50, and are never sold
in bulk. They may be had of all druceists,
or direct by mail from Pr. Williams'
M-dicine Company. The price at which
thee pills are sold makes a course of treat
ment inexpensive as compared with otutt
, remedies.
fcr the sumnier toardcr. The black
terries, raspberries and blueberries
that grow alone; every roauside might
be trimmed and cultivated a little and
lrfr f."r th r-lfv Tiprcnn trt crnthr ti-itb
" ;. v' t-." -".
"Slt. A writer in Scnbner makes
the wise suggestion that wild apple
trees by the roaciside be grafted with
the best orchard varieties of fruit.
Each farmer ought to see to it that
the roads in his township are such as
a wheelman will delight in. Farms
too remote from the city for the sum
mer boarder ought to be fruit and
vegetable girdens and orchards, whose
products can be marketed m the
houses where he is entertained.
For mighty is the army of city
boarders, and its hosts are swelled by
more thousands each summer.
" Few persons," said an Arch
street bicycle dealer, " are aware that
the 'safety owes its origin to the fact
that a certain little Englishman had
an abnormally short pair of legs and
a vaulting ambition to ride the whirl
ing wheeL J. H. Lawson, of Coventry,
England, is a man of diminutive pro
portions, with the nether limbs of a
four-year-old. About twenty years
ago, when the murderous high-wheeled
'ordinary' was in vo'ue as the
only known form of
the tike, Mr.
Lawson became filled
W.t.t a COr.SUm
ha
xi desire to ri
hlS neck CH t'iat
r-eri.ous machine along with the rest.
His short legs barred him out. so he
set h:s wits to work, had an ordinary
cut down to suit his own peculiar
puuj, ana out o! trie reu.t was evo v -
ed the chain driven sau-tv, 'ractica'.'.v
the same in j rir.cip'e and cor section
as the wheeli now in use. Ar; J that
is the true story of the beginning of a
social revolution."
If your child is puny, frei:"u'..:roubled
with gland jlarswe.;r.gs, ir.r.amed eves,
or sores ort the head, face, or bo.'.v, a
course ol Aer's Sarsaparilla i r.eeded
to expel the scrotu.ous r.umors from
the blood. The sooner you begin to
give this medicine the belter.
WASHINGTON.
From our Kegular corresponded..
Washington, Sept. 28th, 1896.
The silver men have had plenty of
encouraging news from other States
to make up for the discouraging
stories trom New York which indicate
the almost certain loss of that State.
It is admitted by republicans that the
fusion which has been complete":! in
North Carolina between democrats
and populibts makes that State cer
tain for Brjan. In Kentucky the
democrats and populists have satis
factorily fused, which places that
state in the Bryan column. A letter
received at silver headquarters from
D. W. Atkinson, president of the Free
Silver Club, of Sparta, Mich., says s
Silver is bound to win in Michigan,
because every party in the state has
advocated free silver until the present
campaign, and there are thousands of
republicans and prohibitionists who
can't and won't surrender the convic
tion of a life time at the command of
a few politicians who change color in
a single night. In any ordinary cam
paign the democrats and populists
combined are a tight match lor the
republicans, and now when thousands
of prohibitionists, and hundreds of
republicans, are joining us there can
be no doubt of the result." Hon.
John C. Cannon, of Kans. says:
" You need have no fears about
Kansas, as the leading republicans
themselves in private conversation
concede Kansas to Bryan. I have
a Vet with a leading republican that
Bryan's majority will not be less than
20.000, and I offered to increase the
bet and he declined. A republican
poll of the State shows that Bryan will
carry it by over jo. 000." Mr. J. W.
Armstrong, of Richmond, Missouri,
says Bryan will carry that state by
more than 6o.coo majority, and there
is equally encouraging news from
Indiana. Iowa and Illinois.
asmni-ton capitalists have no
votes, unless they retain a residence
in cne of the neighboring states, as
some of them do, but they are trying
to control the votes of all those who
happen to be in their debt, as may be
scon by the following letter which
was sent to a Virginia voter : " As
you are a-vare, the friends of free
silver and gold respectively declare
that if their candidates are elected the
country will enter upon an era of
prosperity. They respectively de
clare that if the other side is elected
misery and trouble will be the result.
As I favor McKinley I believe that
within a few days after the election of
Bryan all gold in the Treasury will be
withdrawn, and there will be a terrible
panic in money affairs, from which it
will take the country many years to
emerge. After Bryan's election one
of the first things done will be the
calling in of all debts by creditors,
because they do not w ish to be paid
50 cents for each dollar loaned. I
hope you will not regard this letter as
a threat or an intimation that you
should vote otherwise than you con
scientiously believe to be right. Our
company will do after election just
what you would do under the same
circumstances. I hope you will be
able to take up your note and col
lateral before election." This letter
needs no comment, but it really is a
shame that there is no law to reach .
and properly punish the men who
write such letters.
The sensational statements con-
cerning the payment of money to the
nftWr rd th KniVhts of T.thor bv
--r.0...- .
the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee were very quickly disposed of. j
In connection with the publication of
their organ, the K. of L. maintain a
printing office. The Democratic
Congressional Committee gave that
printing office some campaign docu
ments to print, and as a matter of
course paid for the work when it was
done, and the checks one for
$ 1,000, and one for $Soo were
necessarily made payable to the
National orncers of the K. of L., who
are in charge of the printing office
owned by that organization. Some
body connected with a Washington
bank through which these checks
passed told about them and thereup
on was built the sensational state
ments. Mr. Jeff Chandler, once prominent
in lezal circles in St Louis and in
Washington, but row residing for the
benefit of his health at Los Angeles,
Cal , is in Washington. Speaking of
repu.:can claims as to Ca.'.tornta, he
U,:. i-Th mnrrstx and r.mii.
! l:t v-r.- rrtrnV.'n.' tfM(1c tS rnnH.
i.can vo.c in California by 44.000.
The most thorough fusion has been
; perfected bv the first two, and while
i k-c:-v wv t M ii
' , .- t .-v.-, t .
art c: ;k:.' i JTjnd motev demo-
crz:. the bss will be too small to
c'ter the result. California will give a J
.e:.i.ve mapr.ty tor lryxr and an
eniphatic negative to the idea that
t':.:s country can't run its own arTalrs
without aiking the consent of
, Euro ean governments. I do
not
' krvr.v whether he
' tl e c: position is
w:.i wijt or not. but
husin a delusion
if it thinks Bryan is already beaten."
The Democratic National Commit:
tee hiving made a contract to have
the cewspapcr plate matter it sends
fEvcfybodyL&esIt."
MB
exceedingly xrne quauiy.
Because of the economy theft Is In buying; it.
great size.
You will realize that "they
well who live cleanly,"
if you use
out made by a Chicago firm, this
week closed ihe literary bureau which
has been maintained at the Washing
ton headquarters, because it will be
more convenient to have the matter
prepared in Chicago than in Washing
ton. Sick-poison is a poison which makes
you sick. It comes from the stomach.
The stomach makes it out of undi
gested food.
The blood gets it and taints the
whole body with it. That's the way
of it.
The way to be rid of it is to look
after your digestion.
If your food is all properly digest
ed, there will be none left in the
stomach to make sick-poison out of.
If your stomach is too weak to see
to this properly by itself, help it along
1 ,
CordiaL
with a few doses of Shaker Digestive
iiiiia uic lure ui il.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is a deli
cious, healthful, tonic cordial, made
of pure medicinal plants, herbs and
wine.
It positively cures indigestion and
prevents the formation of sick poison.
At druggists. Trial bottles 1 o cents.
Will QiTe Up Smoking.
Mrs. Hannah Chard, who lives near
Glassboro, and who last April cele
brated her 107th birthday, has decid
ed to give up smoking after using the
weed for the past thirty years. She
has come to the conclusion that the
tobacco habit will shorten her life,
and she hopes to see many birthdays
yet She is enjoying excellent health
at present ; in fact, weighs more than
at any time in a dozen years past.
bhe lives with her son, and is quite
active in household duties, being the
first one of the family to rise in the
morning, but takes to her bed soon
after sundown in the evenings, unless
there is something special on hand,
when she is generally the last one to
retire.
As to her tobacco habit, she is or
was not an inveterate smoker, merely
taking a half pipe full after dinner.
But she thorough')' enjoyed it, and
only atter consideration r.as decided
to take this step. She is already
talking of the celebration of her icSth
birthday on the scth of next April
The universal prevalence of scrofula
is a tact well known to phvsicians.
The only medicine that has hitherto
proved a specific for this dreai'al
j complaint is Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which
expels every germ of poison from the
blood. You cannot begin to use it
too soon.
Everybody likes "Ba$ .Ax" beeattfTbf its
Because of its low price. It's the kind the rich
men chew because of its high grade, and the kind
the poor men can afford to chew because of its
A 5-cent piece of "Battle Ax' is almost twice
the siie of the JO-cent piece of other high grade
brands.
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FOS PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
TOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWALL,
of Maine.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
CONOR ESS-AT LRGE,
D. C. DEWITT,
of Bradford county.
J. T. AILMAN,
of Juniata county.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
POR CONGRESS,
ALPIIONSUS WALSH,
of Sullivan county.
-c
"of Montour township.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM
of Bloomsburg.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
JAMES T. FOX,
of Catawissa.
FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK Of
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM H. HENRIE,
of Catawissa Boro.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
G. S. FLECKENSTINE.
ofOrance Township.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARMAN,
ol Bloomsburg
for representative, (North Side)
Wm. CHRISM AN,
of Bloomsburg,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
South Side.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
CHARLES B.ENT.
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
W. F. STOHNER,
of Bloomsburg.
BOYD TRESCOIT.
of MillviUe.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
CHAS. II. MOORE,
of P.loomsburt:.
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