NATION'S GRATITUDE
AMERICA'S HOMES FOR ITS OLD AND
MAIMED SOLDIERS.
It la to OrnerHl Winfleld Scott, the Hero
of the AlexioMQ War, l bat We Owe the
Real Initiative In Thla Work Where the
Heroes or Our Wars Life.
The pension rolls attest to the last
ing gratitude of the American people,
tor on the roster of the nation's tame
are not alone the men who suffered in
the civil war, but the widows and
daughters of revolutionary soldiers,
now less than half a score, those of
the heroes of 1812, and many a name
that was Tamouß In the war with Mex
ico.
Nor Is this the only evidence of the
nation's gratitude, for throughout the
country are palaces of comfort and
ease, where the heroes of our wars live
out their declining years as wards of
the states and the nation. Our Sol
diers' Homes form a study In gratitude
which surpasses In Interest even the
story of Lea Invalides of Paris, of the
Soldaten Helm of Berlin, or thoBS of
Kllmalnham and Chelsea, for they are
as extensive as the nation and as deep
hearted in spirit as Is the thankfulness
of those who toll that the aged war
riors may know no further sorrow.
It is to General Wmfleld Scott, the
hero of the Mexican war, that we owe
the real Initiative in this work of grati
tude. Like all great soldiers, his
heart was with his army, and their suf
ferings and trials appealed most
strongly to his noble nature. It was
at the close of the Mexican war that
the tribute extorted from the City of
Mexico for himself and his soldiers,
was placed by him to the credit of a
Soldiers' Home. The draft for one
hundred thousand dollars was endors
ed by him as follows: "The Bank of
America will place thewlthin amount to
the credit of the Army Asylum, subject
to the order of Congress."
But Congress was slow to act and
not until 1851, when the nation itself
demanded immediate action were
homes provided for those who were
left from the three hundred thousand
and more who had fought under Wash
ington, and from the half million who
had been under arms in the war of
1812. The act of Congress provided
for a National Home at Washington,
hut as the people would brook no de
lay temporary homes were founded at
New Orleans, at Greenwoods Island,
Mississippi, and later at Harrodsburg,
Ky. But the bulk of the Scott fund
went toward the purchase of a five
hundred acre tract three miles north
of the national capltol. And upon it
the government has erected many
splendid structures, more than suffi
cient to accommodate all who have ap
plied. Since its foundation nearly
eleven thousand veterans have been
admitted and to-day its walls give
shelter to over seven hundred old sol
diers, almost all from the regular
army. The rules of admission to this
and all the branch homes are simple
in the extreme. For the main home
they read as follows:
1. Every soldier of the army of the
United States who has served, or may
serve, honestly and faithfully, twenty
years in the same.
2. Every soldier and every dis
charged soldier, whether regular or
volunteer, who has suffered, or may
suffer, disability by reason of disease
or wounds incurred In the service and
in the line of his duty, rendering him
incapable of further military service,
if such disability was not occasioned
by his own misconduct.
8. The invalid and disabled soldiers,
whether regulars or volunteers, of the
war of 1812 and of all subsequent wars.
The branch homes are as follows:
Central branch, Dayton, Ohio; North
western, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; East
ern, Togus, Maine; Southern, Hamp
ton, Virginia; Western, Leavenworth,
Kansas; Pacific, Santa Monica, Cali
fornia; Marion, Marion, Indiana.
These homes, which together form
"The National Home for Disabled Vol
unteer Soldiers," have cared for nearly
30,000 veterans, and now have within
their walls nearly twenty thousand.
The rules for admission require an
honorable discharge, disability which
prevents earning a livelihood, and no
veteran drawing a pension of 316 or
over is eligible, except by vote of the
board of managers.
Yet these are but a few of the
homes, for in twenty-Blx cf 'he north
ern states separate institutions under
state care provide shelter for the vet
erans, and most of the southern states
have similar homes for the care of the
ex-Confederate veterans, some of the
latter in charge of private organiza
tions.
Over 1,200 Inmates attest to the
gratitude of New York in the magni
ficent home at Bath. As many are
provided for in the Quincy home, Il
linois and In that of Ohio at Sandusky.
But perhaps tho most elaborate is that
of lowa, at Marshalltown, which, while
ft contains only about 500 Inmateß, is
arranged to accommodate more than
double that number.
In fact all the homes are able to
accommodate many more than are now
Within them, for it was realized by the
managers that the veterans of the civil
war are growing silver-haired, and
yearly more are knocking for admis
sion. And as they enler they find
each year some new comfort, some new
' addition to the thoughtfulnees of the
nation. All of the homes, state and
national, are splendidly equipped. The
Immense grounds in all of them are
beautifully laid out, the garden plots
being cared for by the old veterans.
In maqy of the homes the farms, look
. ad after by the old soldiers, give ap
preciable Incomes. At the national
boms in Milwaukee, the farm products
bave an annual value of 320,000, while
those from the Leavenworth home eas
ily sum un 315,000. Of course these
figures are trifling compared to the ex
penses of the institutions which In
Milwaukee sum up 3325,000
The libraries in all of the homes,
both state and national, are growing
annually. The Dayton home has
about 20,000 volumes while the other
Institutions average from 2,000 to 10,-
000. Papers and periodicals from
heme and abroad are on file in all of
the institutions .
The states and the national govern
ment care 'or its wards, it will bo
seen from all this, in no half-hearted
fushion. Yet many will be surprised
to hear that in Borne of the institutions
there are even cures for drunkenness.
It is safe to say that a considerable
percentage of these old veterans have
been impoverished by drink, and when
they arrive at the institutions they
are not considered as prison inmates,
but as men to whom the nation owes a
debt. Their weaknesses are condoned.
They are under discipline, of course,
but it is the discipline of the army,
not of the prison, and every reasonable
effort is made to cure them and make
the closing days of their lives as bright
and happy aa were their sunshiny be
ginnings.
A Remarkuble Carcei on Two Continents.
William Astor Chanler is a young
man of fortune ahd of leisure. For
tune and leisure are the twin clvllizers
of man. William Astor Chanler is
slbq an American whose education has
been uncontaminated by foreign travel.
The latter qualification is essential forj
to say nowadays that a man had seen
Europe or had taken a degree at Har
vard would be to imply that he was a
somewhat raw and athletic youth,
crammed with bookish learning and
out of touch with these Democratic
times. As Edmund Burke used to say
that an acquittal at Old Bailey was no
recommendation to office, so the fact
of man having dined with dukes or
having studied under an Eliot or a
Woolsey or a Norton, or to say that
he was turned out by one of our great
universities is too apt to convey the
Impression with the mass of people
that he is one of those enervated Amer
icana who love other countries better
than their own.
William Astor Chanler is not a man
of that stamp. He is an American
from the crown of his head to the solea
of his feet. He has a noble ambition, 1
and a spinal column around whlck to
build a great American. He will be
come one some day and la starting in
the right direction. Mr. Astor Chan
ler has already attempted the raising
ef a regiment and has offered It to the
Preslden to fight In Cuba. Owing
to the belief in Washington that thla
nation Is sufficiently indebted to its
rich men there seems no necessity for
Individuals to raise levies of armed
troops. Besides In Spain's case it re
minds one too much of calling out the
artillery to shoot a fly.
But nothing daunted this plucky;
young man has done the next best
thing—be has gone himself to the front
and has offered himself to General
Gomez. This shows better than the
offer to raise a regiment that Mr. As
tor Chanler is an exceptionally practi
cal young man.
For after all It Is not difficult for
any young man of means to collect a
regiment to fight any where Just now. 1
"To go where glory waits thee" is not
so much of a patriotic as an opportune i
Inspiration, particularly when one feels
that the glory will be all his own, and
that if he is not placed at the head of
the regiment he himßelf raises and at
his own expense the Administration
will be at fault. This Is the way peo
ple think whatever they say. There
was too much of this tactful system of'
trade and barter in the Civil War
the United States has grown too big
and dignified a nation to receive aid
from private individuals against Spain
except in the way of ordinary enlist
ment.
Mr. Astor Chanler undeterred by any
considerations nobly suspended regi- :
ment raising and resolved to do or die
in propria perßona. The country will
therefore watch thie young gentleman's
progress with renewed interest on the
staff of Gomez and with the army of
liberation In Cuba.
Nor la this Btep the first that he has
taken which singles him out for pub
lic notice. On coming of age he cut
loose from the crowd of gilded youths
of the Tenderloin who speak a modu
lated Cockney accent, and who after
their morning "bawth" devote the bal
ance of the day inditing billet doux,
or In selecting tho best matinees or
studying the records of the most at
tractive prima donnas. Mr. Astor
then organized a hunting trip In Africa
In 1892. He is the author of a highly
Interesting work "Through the Jungle
and Desert" which sheds light on the
dark, continent, and which caused him
to be elected a member of the Royal
Geographical Society. He knows how
to use a rifle effectively, and Is an ex
pert sharpshooter. He knows also
how to move a caravan or to pick a
tiger or to spy a Don at three thou
sand yards and send either to sleep
with enough of lead in his brain to
steady a passage over the river Styx.
Mr. Chanler has roughed life enough
In Africa to beiome an Invaluable aid
In Cuba, while his superior intelligence
and his undoubted courage wil make
the young millionaire a favorite of
General Gomez and of the army. He
has suffered the pangs of hunger on the
Tang river. He has had yellow fever
In Daltcho Africa. He has been pre
sented at Queen Victoria's Court and
has danced cotillions with dusky mai
dens on the Jomblne Range. He has
dabbled with politics as a Par nel lite
sympathizer In Dublin, and in a word
he has seen life in many lands and un
der such varied vicissitudes as to make
him a general favorite and in all-roUnd
interesting type of American youth, U-
I lustrating Pope's line: /'.Worth tnakea
' the man and want pf ,
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Young Girls
Fading Away.
Symptoms thai seem like consumption; a lack of
blood; friends feared one girl would fall dead on the
street; restored to health by a sensible woman's
suggestion.
Many girls of Blitn year® seem to
have consumption, although they have it
not.
Their anxious parents and friends watch
them slowly fade away.
A death-like pallor, transparent com
plexion and listlessneas are signs of this
condition.
The body lacks blood.
Mrs. John Tanscy knows the meaning
of these symptoms, and the cure.
She lives at 130 Baker Street, Detroit,
Mich.
Her advice to mothers has been of great
value to her neighbors. She tells the story
to help others who are at a distance.
She said:
"When my daughter was sixteen years
old she began to waste away.
"Had I not known there was no taint of
consumption in the family I would have
believed her lungs were affected.
" She grew thinner and thinner every day.
She lacked only the hacking cough to show
all the outward signs oi consumption.
"Our doctor called the disease by an odd
name, which I learned meant simply weak
blood.
"No treatment seemed to do her any good.
"She was fading away before our eyes.
"1 was induced to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People, and the change they
made was almost magical.
"Before she had taken half a box there
was a great improvement in her looks, ap
petite and weight
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
England will arbitrate the Chile
and Argentine boundry dispute.
California's Straight-out Populists
have bolted the regular state ticket.
The National Division, Sons of
Temperance, is in session at Burling
ton, Vt.
Italy's senate adopted the Premier's
stringent measure to restore public
order.
Paris celebrated yesterday the fall
ot the Bastile with more than custo
mary gayety.
The Pennsylvania German Society
held its quarterly meeting yesterday
at Lancaster.
The battleship lowa will be the
first ship to enter the new Brooklyn
dry dock for repairs.
Falling coal crushed George Hill
inger to death in the Packer No. 4
mine, at Shenandoah.
Forty-five prisoners at the Ohio
State Reformatory, in Mansfield,
struck for tobacco rations.
H. B. Hollis & Co., of New York,
have bought out the Brooklyn & New
York Ferry Company.
Captain Clarence A. Steadman,
Ninth Cavalry, officially reported kill
ed at Santiago, is alive and well.
Robbers held up an express train,
blew open the safe and escaped with
their booty near Humboldt, Nev.
Charged with barn burning, Henry
Jones of Shippensburg, has been com
mitted to jail to await trial.
Australia's Chamber of Commerce
has sent to San Francisco congratula
tions on the success of the American
arms.
Italy has decided not to seize
Columbia's custom house to collect
an indemnity unless it is absolutely
necessary.
Knocked over by a dog into a tub
of boiling water, infant Michael Chis
ker, of Mahanoy City, was scalded to
death.
Caught in the big iron rollers at the
Cresent breaker, Sugar Notch, Lu
zerne County, John Kane was crush
ed to death.
President E. Benjamin Andrews, of
Brown University, has accepted the
superintendency of Chicago's public
schools.
Colonel Peter C. Haines, Corps of
Engineers, U. S. A., has been ap
pointed a member of the Nicaragua
Canal Commission.
The London steamer Ryhope was
sunk off the English coast in a colli
sion with the British steamer Edwin,
which had to be beached.
It is denied that the government
contemplates purchasing the Hygeia
Hotel and the Hotel Chamberlain, at
Old Point Comfort, Va.
The Elizabeth River, from Hamp
ton Roads, Va. to the Norfolk Navy
Yard, will be widened and deepened,
so as to accommodate big battleships.
President William H. Whitsitt, of
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky., has resign
ed, owing to radical views on church
history.
Great Britan has been officially
notified that Germans and Belgians
are supplanting British merchants in
California trade, because the British
do not study the local markets.
Being financially independent of
the late Senator Leland Stanford's
estate, his widow, at San Francisco,
Cal., has accepted a reduction of her
allowance from $2500 to $lOOO.
It is probable that several of the
gun boats and monitors, which have
been undergoing repairs at the
Charlestovrn Navy Yard, will soon be
on their way to Cuba to be ustd for
blo&aditig duty.
"She gained strength rapidly. Soon (he
wu in perfect health.
"Since then I have kept Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People in the house al
ways and have done much good with them.
One example i
"There is a young girl friend of my
daughter who seemed almost transparent.
"She was white and very thin. We were
afraid she would fall dead in the street
when she went out.
"I begged her to take Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale and finally induced
her to try them. They helped her won
derfully, probably saved her Hfe and re
stored her to perfect health. Now she is
recommending them to other young women.
"I earnestly advise mothers with grow
ing daughters to keep Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills always on hand as a household remedy.
Many women's lives are miserable be
cause such symptoms as Mrs. Tanscy's
daughter showed were neglected while they
were developing into womanhood. During
that period of rapid development the blood
needs the highest degree of strength to re
pair the tissues that are rapidly wasted.
These needed elements ate supplied by
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
The vegetable ingredients of these pills act
like magic in restoring strength to the mus
cles and roses to the cheeks of growing girls
or adults weakened by overwork.
An druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People. They cost 50 cents a boxi
six boxes $2-50.
Beduced Bates to the Seashore.
Low-Rate Excursion to Atlantic City, &c„
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
August 4 is the date of the next
low-rate ten-day excursion from Erie,
Troy, Bellefonte, Williamsport, Moc
anaqua, Sunbury, Shenandoah, Dau
phin, and principal intermediate sta
tions (including stations on branch
roads), to Atlantic City, Cape May,
Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon,
Anglesea, Wildwood, or Holly Beach,
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Excursion tickets, good to return by
regular trains within ten days, will be
sold at very low rates. Tickets to
Atlantic City will be sold via the Dela
ware River Bridge Route, the only
all rail line, or via Market Street
Wharf, Philadelphia.
For information in regard to speci
fic rates and time of trains consult
hand bills, or apply to agents, or E.
S. Harrar, Division Ticket Agent,
Williamsport, Pa. it.
Shake Into Your Shoes.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart
ing nervous feet and instantly takes the
sting out of oorns and bunions. It's
the greatest comfort discovery of the
age. Allen's Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous or hot, tired,
aching feet. Try it TO DAY. Sold by
alt druggists and shoe stores. By mail
for 25c. in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
Le Roy, N. Y. 721 4td
Beal Warm Weather Best and Oomfort.
There is a powder to be shaken in-
I to the shoes called Allen's Foot-Ease,
invented by Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,
N. Y., which druggists and shoe deal
ers say is the best thing ihey have ever
sold to cure swollen, burning, sore
and tender or aching feet. Some deal
ers claim that it makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. It certainly will cure
corns and bunions and relieve instantly
sweating, hot or smarting feet. Allen's
Foot-Ease costs only a quarter, and
the inventor will send a sample free to
any address.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Slnglev, late of Main Township,
deceased.
Notice is hereby Riven that letters of adminis
tration on the estate of John Slngley, late of
Main township, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned administratrix to whom a'l
persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to make payments, and those havlog claims or
demands will make kuown the same without
delay to
SARAH A. SINGLKY,
SNYDER, Atty. Administratrix.
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Office over First National Bank.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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twofflce Llddlcot building, Locust avenue.
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Office and residence, 410 Main St.,
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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Office over Farmer's National Bank.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M., 3to 5 and 7 toB P. M
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Eyes treated, tested, fitted with glasses
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Hours 10 to 4. Telephone ConneetHs
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FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
(Successor to B. F. Hartman
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Queen, of N. Y.. . 600,000 3,888,918 I ABYSM
Westchester, N. Y. 300,0MP 1,768,807 MCIEt
N. America, Phlla. 3,000,000 9,730,689 MMJEI
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(SUCCESSORS TO FREAS BROWN)
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
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losses promptly adjusted and paid
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Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Bloowuf*
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are settled and paid by one of their OWE
citizens.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
B. Stohner, Prop. C. F. Stohner, Assistant
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms. HOT
nfid cold water, and all modern conveniences.
The hotel has been lately refurnished,
CITY HOTEL,
W. A. Hartzel, Prop. Peter F. Rctdy, Mansg
No. 121 West Main Street,
STLarge and convenient sample rooms, bath
rooms, hot and cold water, and modern con
veniences. Bar stocked with best wine and
liquors. First-class livery attached.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
G. SNYDER, Proprietor,
(Opposite the Court House'*
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath
rooms hot and cold water, and all modeta
conveniences
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