THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. ) J For ' Baby, The young mother thinks, when the ha (jKnpleteu the baby garments that are to lathe the little form. But she is not all teady for baby's coming, unless she has Add something more for the baby than Merely to prepare his clothes. Many a TOung mother who goes through hours If paia and suffering wonders why it was aot possible to prepare in some way for fee baby's advent, and to avoid the agooy that seemed almost unendurable. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the ne medicine for women which prepares tbetn perfectly, both for the burdens and pleasures of maternity. It prevents the morning sickness from which so many Vomen suffer. It strengthens the whole tody, so that there is no nervousness nor njtlety. It promotes a healthy appetite ad causes refreshing sleep. It gives the Mother strength for her trial and makes tj baby's advent practically painless. Healthy mothers have healthy children, and it is the general testimony of those who have used Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription as a preparative for mother hood, that the children were healthier ad happier than those born after months of mental misery and physical anguish on the part of the prospective mother. Sick and ailing women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter absolutely without fee or charge. As chief consult ing physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. R. V. Pierce, assisted by his staff of nearly a score of physicians, has in the past thirty years and over treated anil cured more than half a million sick and offering women. The testimonials of these cured women are on record. A large number of them were cured when doctors had pronounced a cure impossi ble and after enduring years of useless suffering. Let no sick women hesitate to take ad vantage of Dr. Pierce's offer, but write at once and so secure the professional ' counsel of a specialist in the diseases of women, entirely free. All correspond ence strictly private and sacredly confi dential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. Hopod for Doath. For the sake of poor suflrring mmrn, I feel It my duty to inform you of the great benefit your medicine hag given me," writci Mrs. Ciillie Bowles, of Watts, Iredell Co., N. C. "I was in a most miserable condition when I wrote to you. 1 had uterine disease so bad I could scarcely walk and sulTered such dreadful misery I hoped to be relieved by death. You wrote to rue to lake your ' Favorite Prescription ' and I have taken eleven bottles of it, and two of your "Pleasant Pellets.' I am entirely well and feel like a new woman. I feel thankful to God and to Dr. Pierce for the blessings I now enjoy. I have a fine big boy, two mouths old and never got along- as well in my life. I can't praise yuur medicines enough." Very Thankful. "I wilt he very glad to say a few words for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription," writes Mrs. P. 3. Douglas, of Mansonville, Brome Co., Quebec. "During the first four months when I looked forward to becoming a mother I suffered very much from nausea and vomiting and I felt so terrible sick I could scarcely eat or drink any thing. I hated all kinds of food. At this time I wrote to Dr. Pierce and he told me to get his Favorite Prescription' and a bottle of 'Golden Kedlcal Discovery.' I got a bottle of each and when I had taken them a few days, I felt much hatter, and when I had taken hardly three parts of each bottle I felt well and could eat as well as any one, and could do my work without any trouble, (I could not do any thing before). 1 feel wy thankful to Dr. Pierce for Ins medicine nnd 1 tell all who tell me they are sick to get these medicines or write to Dr. Pierce." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send ai one-cent stamps for book in paper cover, tw 31 stamps in cloth binding. NOW LOOK OUT I "Take care of yourself," say our friends, 'Til try to, we answer. W do take a little care, yet in spite of warm clothes, rubber . md mackintoshes, an army of people were bowled out by pneumonia and other lung nd chest diseases lost winter. They caught cold, neglected It, let it fix upon them, were torn by coughs, choked by inflammations and congestions, wanted by fever, tired out by pain and then gave up the fight. The hour you realize that you have a cold on the chest, place a Benson's Porons Plaster where the pain or oppres sion is felt. If you think two are needed oaks it two. Ho harm if you were cov ered with them. They act quickly and prevent the engorgment of blood in the organs. In this way with ordinary eau ion as to exposure you will break up the :old and avoid a serious sickness, JNo ithtr applications, or any other form of treatment, will accomplish this as certainly i&d speedily. Benson's Plasters have a dig. ' inot and positive action and are curative to is highest degree. Use them with the same confidence for coughs, muscular rheuma ism, the grip (back and chest) and all sim- lax ailments. Women , who are chief suffer- from cold weather complaints, should teep these plasters always within reach. Jot thi genuine. All druggists, or we will repay postage on any number ordered in h United Stutea on receipt of 2.ro . each. Seabury A Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.Y. KiimiliasInK ThliiKu, ' ilarkins A woman uhvays takes off 1 few years when she ives her age. Uarker That may be; but nh tukes up for it by adding a few years . hen she gives Ihe age of her friend. Boston Transcript. OdoruuN Comparison, He You can never tell how much 'fe there lb in u man until he gets .armed up. She Same way with cheese. Yon ;ers Statesman. Oil 1 1 J III. IliUvbnnd How long is it since I've been to church? Wife Do you mean to say you've forgotten our wedding day? Brook lyn Lift. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. (ntnhle Kvrnta of the Week Ilrlrfly and Terarlr Told. France bus decided to have a xhlblt nt the St. Louis fair. largp Governor Taft was reported as doing well nfler nn operation In Cincinnati. More eni'thqtinke kIiccWh have oc curred nt. Shaniflkn, in Russian Trans cnuensln. The Chinese government Iiiir protest ed OKnlnst the re-eimetnient by the United Slates of the exclusion law. Tnrnilnr, Marrh 11. Anxiety Is still felt for Cecil Rhodes by his ph Hlclnns. A woman mid her nine children were bin tied to dentil nt Matane, (Juc. The Kllr.11 Davison Jlonxe at VnsKar, the gift of John D. Rockefeller, was opened. Federal olllclulu nt Knoxrllle. Term., were licensed of violating the civil service law. The Hon of Dninad Mahtmid Paslm, the sultan's brother-in-law. were sen tenced by default to life Imprisonment. The K. 1. Dupout de Ncinotirs & Co.'s powder plant, five niilpH west of Keo- 1 kuk. In., was badly diiimiKcd by nn ex ! plosion. Two men were killed outright. and u third will die. Momlu), March in. An outbreak of cholera was announc ed from Mecca. Sealing crews numbering nbotit .1.0(H) men ure on n strike nt St. John's. N. F. Forty-two of the law wholesale dealers In paper in New York city have formed 1111 orKiiniziitlou. Colonel W. F. Cody, "Hiiffiilo Kill." Is getting together n company of 5.0(H) Swedes whom he will take to Klg Horn valley, in Wyoming, as colonists. A three story frame house was mov ed from Greenwood to Itennr.tiis, in Delaware, twenty miles, while the family remained In the building. Mrs. Mary Johnson of Louisville, Ky has Just been married for the sixth time. Two of htr husbands are dead, two more divorced and another Is In prison for bigamy. Snliirclny. Mnrch M, Fire at Hudson, X. Y., caused a loss of $120,000. The French senate passed the ship bounty bill. King Kdward laid tlty foundation for the new Itoyttl Naval college ut Dart mouth. The court of appeals upheld the in dictment against Police Captain ller llhy of the New York force. A New York miuarium turtle awoke and ate a tish breakfast after sleeping foodless. for thirteen mouths. The Hev. Dr. Joseph Parker rebuked King Kdward for brewing beer and violating the Knglish Sunday. Friday, Mnrcli 7. Four steamers were fast in the ice in Xewburg bay. Two fishing schooners were wrecked on the Xew Hampshire coast. No lives were lost. The steamer Alexandria, ITamburg Aniericnn line. Is to convoy the kaiser's new yacht to Hamburg. Ostium Pasha has been condemned to death. It Is said the sentence will be commuted to life Imprisonment. The Metropolitan Street Hallway company of New York has announced a system of pensions for superannuat ed employees. The American liner Wneslnnd collid ed with the Krltlsh steamship Har monldes and sank off Holyhead, Wales. Two lives were lost. One thousand men and boys went on strike at the Natalie colliery, operated by the Shaniokln (Pa.) Coal company, because of the bimonthly payment law not being strictly observed. Thursday, March l. Leonard Lewisohn, the "copper king," died in London of pneumonia. General Robert H. Carr, who helped to capture John Krown, died in Uultl morc. An attempt nt revolution in Servla has failed, und the leader has been killed. The barge Cardenns, lost In a storm Inst month, has arrived at Newport News, Va. A congress of French miners litis de cided upon a general strike for an eight hour day. The vault of the First National bank of Montgomery, I ml., was blown open and robbed of $10,000. ninaplit-iner Stricken f)uml. P.ALTLMORK, March 12.-John Kel ly, forty-four years old, according to a statement made by his wife ami sup plemented by a statement written on a sheet of paper by himself and present ed to Justice White of the Northern district police station In this city, was suddenly stricken dumb while cursing and blaspheming. Tho prisoner, when brought before the justice, laboriously made all his statements in writing. Mrs. Kelly told Lieutenant Dcmpsey that in the midst of his cursing and blasphemy her husband suddenly chok ed and trembled all over as though he had a chill. Then he tried to speak, but could only choke and groan. Iln pt lcl In the Jorilnn. MIDDI.KTOWN, X. Y Milrch 10. Word has reached here that Cornelius Van Xess.-the octogenarian millionaire of Port J er vis, formerly of New York, has been baptized In the Jordan river by the Rev. William K. Hall of New burg, X. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness sailed on the steamer Celtic for a trip to the orient, his desire being to grati fy un ambition of years to be baptized in the Jordan. Tin 11 1 h Islund Hale ltnllflid. COPENHAGKN. March 12. In com mittee of the whole nnd In executive session the folkething voted by a largo majority In favor of tho ratification of tho treaty providing for the sale of tho Danish West Iudlan Ulunds to the United States. WHAT THEY SAY Extracts From Various 3ouree, Indi cating Democratic Opinion Regard ing Questions of the Day. There are times when such a subject as tho tariff cannot be boxed and put away, with orders to everybody to keep handa off. The time Is past when that sort of policy is carried out sim ply by issuing orders to that effect. Boston Record. "We favor an Immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give the Filipinos, first, a staple form of gov ernment; second, independence, and, third, protection from outside Inter ference, inch as has been given for nearly a century to the republics of Central and South America," Kansas City Platform. The Democrats of New York had an able and stnlnlesg candidate for mayor, yet he was defeated because he was held responsible for Tammany's sins. The Republicans of Philadelphia, on the contrary, stood by and elected Quay's ticket, composed of his known tools and satellites. In the face of such exposures of official villainy as would have paralyzed any other community on earth pretending to be civilized. It would thus rppear that the premium on rascality in the Republican party Is as great as the discount on It in the Democratic party. Indianapolis Sen tinel, Every American soldier who dies or gets killed In the Philippine contest dies a martyr to the greed and avarice of commercial Republicanism In this country. The boys in the field are loyal, true, faithful and patriotic, but the star chamber proceedings of the Republican speculators that Induced, or rather commanded, the lamented McKlnley to get this country in Its present pitiable plight, if examined into with the calcium light of truth and righteousness, would blanche the cheek of every American citizen with shame. No wonder a national Re publican convention would hiss out a resolution expressing sympathy with the struggling Boer republic. Ramsey (111.) News-Journal. A Republican paper points to the fact that Mr. Uryan Is building a house (not so expensive na the Republican paper reports, but still a good house) as evidence that he Is getting "his share of Republican prosperity." It may be Interesting for the Republicans to know that the house la being built from the proceeds of the "First Bat tle," which was published immedi ately after the election of 1890, and be fore the Republicans began to boast of prosperity. Republican policies have not benefited Mr. Bryan except In the sense that a physician Is In debted to sickness for his Income. Re publican policies furnish Mr. Bryan texts for editorials and speeches. Bry an's Commoner. One hundred and twenty-five years after the Declaration of Independence was made by the thirteen colonies against Great Britain and denying the right of Great Britain to tax the col onies without giving them represen tation, we find the same colonies, now a great power, enforcing the same doc trine upon the Porto Ricans and Phil ippines as the British government at tempted .to fasten upon tho colonies one hundred and twenty-five years ago. The taxing without representa tion did not succeed then, neither will it now. A greater outrage has never been attempted by the American peo ple, and the party which is responsible for such an outrage will yet have to answer for it to the liberty-loving peo ple of this country. Blossburg Adver tiser. The depths of national infamy are sounded by the order of General Bell applying Weyler's policy of reeoncen tratlon In all its details to the Fili pinos of Batangas province. Nothing in the history of modern warfare ex ceeds the ferocity of General Bell's in structions to American officers to "make the people want peace, and want It badly," supplemented by spe cific orders to regard the Insurgents as "outside the pale of civilized warfare." Four years ago the American people were in a blaze of righteous wrath against the Spaniards for their fero cious treatment of the Cuban insur gents, and they are even now stirred to Indignation by the reports from the British enmps in South Africa. That they tolerate with placid indifference the imitation of Weylerism by Ameri can soldiers In the Philippines is al most Incredible, but It is a deplor able fact. North American (Rep.). Congressman Hill, of Connecticut, who visited the Philippines last sum mer, has a poor Idea of them as a "stepping-stone" to the Chinese trade. He says that a foreign nation acquir ing the Bahama Islands would be aa wise In thinking it had got an entre pot to New York and Philadelphia as we are In Imagining that Manila gives ua an entrepot to China. ThU will be a sad blow to Senator Beverldge. For eign trade, in his mind, depends upon having a whole series of stepping stones across the ocean. His picture of American goods hop-skip-and-jump-lng over the Pacific one leap to Ha waii, another to Guam, thence to Ma nila, and from there right to Hong Kong was a beautiful work of the imagination, and it seems a pity to have it shattered. Mr. Hill, has, how ever, a good many prosaic facts to ad duce. Ho observes, for instance, that, In eotno cases, "the cost of freighting from Manila to the Chinese cltiea lk gronter than from our own etfast to tho same points." In short, he ap plies a good deal of hard Yankee sense to the questions whether our Philip pine investment has paid, or is ever likely to pay, ar.d answers them both with a plump negative. New York Post (Rep.). SICK, WEAK, AILING WIFE Dr. Greene's Nervura la tlie Remedy Sure to Make Her Well. The man xvho has a sick wife has a great burden upon him, but his burden is light compared to that of his sick wife. She may not be sick abed, but she is ailing all the time she is weak, nervous, Irritable, nnd tired out. She is sleepless nights and wakes mornings feeling tired, without energy or ambition, discouraged, dragged out, and indescribably miserable. Her bead aches, her back aches, she cannot eat, is constipated, melancholy, and so nervous at born. No doctors have known just what ailed her. She was out of her mind most of the time and had constant pain inher side. She has hod spawns continually, from six to seven a month " She is the smallest child for hor ajre that can lie found. All medicines could do noth ing for her until I gave her Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, anil then she was cured In a short time. I rannot say enough hi praise of this wonderful medicine, it boa done to much for me and my family. I' heartily advise everylwdy to take it." Do not fail to try this wonderful Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. You should specially take It now, for everybody needs nt this season this grandest of spring medicines. People have more confidence in it than in any and all other remedies, because it is the prescription of a famous regular physician and therefore perfectly adapted to cure, nnd because Dr. Greene, 101 Fifth Avenue, New York City, can be consulted at any tiuio frco of charge in reenrd to nnv case, whether von call or write. Not Rearntfal. "Don't you resent these cheap jest about the mercenary methods of Rome politician?" "Not a bit," answered Senator Sorghum; "not a bit. So longcs peo ple are laughing they are all right. It's when they begin to take the thing seriously that I shall get worried." Washington Star. Jraloii, rrrhnpa. Mr. Snappe 1 saw Peckman to-day and he was very drunk. Mrs. Snappe Well, there's some ex suse for him. He lost his wife Inst week. Mr. Sunppe I know, bnt a man ought to be able to celebrate without making n hog of himself. Philadel phia Tress. I'roapert of Relief. "Why, I couldn't begin to tell you half the things she has said about you." quoth Mrs. Selldom-IIolme, pausing ut last for breath. "I'm so glad!" exclaimed Mrs. Nex dore, with a joyful little gasp. Chi cnuo Tribune. Life Guards. The Life Guards are two regiments of cavalry forming part of the British household troops. They nre gallant soldiers, and every loyal llrnish heart is proud of them. Not only ihe King's house hold, but yours, ours, everybody's should have its life guards The ned of them is especially great when the qreaiest foes of lile, diseases, find allies in ihe very ele ments, as colds, influenza, catarrh, the grip and pneumonia do in the stormy month of March. The best way that we know of 10 Kuard ayaintt these diseases is to strengthen the sysiem with Hood's Sarsapardla the greatest of all life guards. It removes the conditions in which these diseases make their mosl successful nltack, gives vior and tone to all the vital organs and functions, and imparls a genial warmth to the blood. Remember the weaker the sysiem the great er the exposure 10 disease. Hood's tarsa parilla makes the svstein strong. The artist's mo lel should always be in good shape for work. Convince vourski f that F.ly's Cream ba m deserves all that has been said of it as a means of quick relief and 1111.1I cure in ob stinate cases of nasal catarrh nnd hay fever. A trial size costs but ten cents. Full size, 50 cents. Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Bros., 50 Warren Street, New York. Mt. Olive. Ark., May 17, 190!. Messrs. Klv Bros.: t'lease send me one bottle of Creton Balm, family size. I think it is the best medicine for catarrh in the world Very respectfully, J. M. Sciioi.tz. Some people are so fond of talking that they don't know the difference between con versation and a monologue. ai I 1 ll fhtaaimar m! .mi M V Don't t la tho top of yonr nllv nnrl nriu.i.un I...... d. JiocliifuKblonerhvuy. Hl'v.I mem ny mo now, quicK, bsoltiloly miro way-liy a iiiiii I'liuLjuif ui 4 ur.i llollued l'urulllno. lias 110 tuclo or oUor. J 1 air tight r. ml wM Troof. Ku.fHv p.iinl livl. useful In ailxxou oilier HAV9 uttoiir. t 111! l.it-.fV Villi tltriif'tlnrif ,lt.i orwli enUo, Bold everywhere, J.!adory blAMPAKD OIL CO. wizen times that she feels as if she should tiy. ene iccis just good for nothing and is tired all the time. How quickly will the woignt 01 her burden of disease be lifted if she will use that greatest boon to woman kind. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy I How quickly it will relieve her weakness, her nervous ness, her pains and aches, her hope less depression of mind and heart, and how speedily It will restore her strength, renew her vitality, vigor, energy, power, and the pulsing life which means happiness for women I Dr. Greene's Nervura ia indeed a blessing for weak, nervous, and de spairing women, for it use means to them health, Rtrength, hope, happi ness, and life itself I Mrs. James Roake, a well-known lady living at 145 Washington Street, Pccksklll, N. Y.. says t "About fifteen years ifn I was taken very sick. After win months I got over that, but have nrver been well aince. I have suffered terribly with pains in tho chest, bark, kidneys, and head. There was a disagreeable feeling in the .yea and I would lie very sick in the raoriiiiiK. My mind was always gloomy and I felt very low-apiritd. 1 had terrible numb spells, and would have to be rubtied some time before 1 could gt around. (Some of these numb spells were so severe my friends thought 1 would not recover from thorn. " I tried doctors and medicines, but rot no bottei. Finally I began the line of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, as my husband had barn moat miraculously cured by it. After using it a short time there was a most wonderful improvement. "I continued to Bteadily gam in every respect until I was cured of all those tnrribfe ailing. This wonderful medicine bad now cured my Imshand and myself of the most fearful nufferine, but this was not all. I now want to tell about my little girl. " She has never been well since she was HUMPHREYS' VETERINARY SPECIFICS A. A. FEVERS, 'onrtlon, Inflamma cuaES ( liona. Lung r,-r. Milk Fetrr. H. II.MMIAI. I.amrne.., Inlurlva, cukks) KhruiualUin. ?,Vl'K '' ""OAT. Qulnay. Eplaootle, CUKES j UUli-ltiptT. cuwLI WORMS B Gruba. K. E.rOl IIS Told.. Innurnr... InHamel cubes J Limns, I'lfuru-rnruiniinia. F. K. M OLIC, Hrllvarho. Wlnd.Blown, cubks I lliarrhea. Itywnii-ry. .. Preveuia MIMCARK1AGE. " 'hi! KIDXEV A BLADDER DISORDERS. I, I. )SKI niKKARER. Mange. Eruption., clues J I Irera, 4rrae, Farcy. J. K.)Rn ( OMin inV, Marina Coat. cures 1 liidiaeatiuii, bliiinaih Klauurra. ftlc. etch; Stable Case, Ten Speclflca, Hook, e., $7. At drumrlHta or wut prepaid on receipt of nrlce. Humphreys' Uedlelne Co., Cor. William a John Bta., New ork. Vrtekinaht Mamital Skst rliza, NERVOUS DEBILITY, VITAL WEAKNESS and Prostration from Over work or other causes. Humphrey' Homeopnthlo Speclflo No. SB, in ua over 40 yearaj, tho only successful remedy. $ 1 per viator apaeial package with powder, for $4 bold by Druitittau. or acut post-paid on ractlpl of prlc. HI IPIlHIItS'KSO. CO.,Cr.WUIIaa Jok. 81., Km fark March came in like a lmb, but thete is such a thing as a woll in sheep's clothing. One Short J'ui-f Ci.kars thk IIkao. Does your head ache? Have you pains over your eyes? Is ihe breath offensive? 1 hese are certain symptoms of Catarrh. Vr. Ag new's Catarrhal I'owder will cure most stub j born cases in a marvellously short time. If you've had Catarrh a week it's a sure cure. If it's of fifty years' standing it's just as effective. 50 cents 20. Sold by C. A. Kleim. 1 Tas IIomki.iesy Man is Uloomshuro, as well as the handsomest, nnd others are invited l.i call on any druggist and get free a trial boltle of Kemp's Balsam for the ! Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is guaran teed to cure and relieve all chronic and ' acute cough, asthma, bronchitis and con- Buiupituii. xiilc, 23 arm uc. 3 1304 Some people make mountains out of mole hills, and others just make a bluff. Fossil. 1'H.l.s. The demand is proof of their worth. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills are beating out many fossil formulas at a quar ter a box They're bettei medicine, easier doses, and 10 cents a vial. A thousand ail ments may arise from a disordered liver. Keep the liver right and you'll not have Sick Headache, biliousness, Nausea, Constipa tion and Sallow Skin. 100 pills in 25 ct. size. 31. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Cad hauits are as sticky as porous plas ters. To Mothers in Tims Town. Children who are delicate, feveiish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c Sample free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, I.eroy, N. V. 2 27041 Few girls would rather eat onions than be kissed. I.IKE TEARINU TIIK II EAST STRINGS. " It is not within ihe conception of man to measure my great sufforings Irdhi heart dis ease. For years I endured almost constant cutting and te iking pains about my heart, nnd many a time would hava welcomed death. Dr. Agnew's Cure for thu Heart has worked a veritable miracle." Thjs. Hicks, Perth, Out. 30 Sold by C. A. Kleim. It is better to have a good ear for music than a bad voice for it. OA8TOXIIA. Bean the Itia Kind You Hava Always Bought Signature uf iA8r BEN ION. Operations are suspended at the Pine Creek Oil Co 's works, above Register, for the present. Owing to much bad luck in breakage and other hindrances by floods, storms, &c, op erations will not be resume 1 until all proper repairs are consummated. Meanwhile faith in coal oil is not abating. The streams on both sides of us were rampant during the great flood, but we were too secure'y bound to terra firma to be moved by the mad torrents. The blizzard of las; Wednei day and Tnursday sifted snow into every crevice and our carrier could not make his rounds on those days. The elements are like co'ts. When tranquil and placid they are docile and easily managed, but when fright ened and excited they are dangerous and uncontrollable, an.l when running away the ravages and damages are beyond computation. The condition of the roads is re duced to the point to which there is neither sleighing nor wagoning. In spots 'the roads are muddy and in other spots full of snow drifte.1. Evidently an early spring is forth coming from the realms of a long winter. Our rural carriers will have a siege of tough roads while they.are break ing up. A daily twenty-mile trip will soon tell on horse flesh. Willie Ashelman is putting up a new bam this summer. The report that J. M. Lauderbach, of Wilkes-Barre, was drowned during the recent flood was contradicted last Sunday. He formerly lived at Dcnd ertown. Charged With Attempt to Kill Physician and Farmer Said to Have Shot ai Woman in Her Home Through a Window. Dr. Charles W. Fisher and William Singmaster, residents ot Lavelle, a farming town,' near Ashland, were arrested Friday and placed under heavy bonds to answer at court to a charge of attempted murder preferred by Stephen Heivert, who alleges that the defendants attempted to assassi nate him and his wife last Wednesday evening. The principal witness against the defendants was Heivert. It is said that bad blood has existed' between himself and Or. Fisher for some months past. They are neighbors. On Wednesday evening, as Fisher and Singmaster were passing Heiv ert's home, it is alleged that one of them drew a revolver tnd fired through the window at Mrs. Heivert, who was sitting at a table reading. The bullet grazed .her head, and fhe dropped over on the floor in a faint. Her husband, thinking she was dead, ran out and saw Fisher and Singmaster passing the house. He ac cused them of killing his wife, when Singmaster turned and fired two shots at him. He claims that Dr. Fisher also fired at him twice, but he was not hit. Heivert hurried into the house and found that his wife had revived. She has since been in a highly nervous and hysterical condition. The bullet that so nearly cost her her life was found imbedded in the framework of the door on the opposite side ot the room from which it entered. Neither Fisher nor Singmaster denied the shooting. Singmaster said that it was Fisher who fired the shot through the window. Fisher said that he fired at a dog and the bullet glanced through the window. Dr. Fisher is a phys'cian engaged by the borough of Ashland, and had charge of the small pox hospital main tained there during the past summer. Be Wanted to Die Numerous reverses and ill health combined to reduce the spirits of William Umstead of Washingtonville to such an extent that he decided to kill himself on Friday. Unbeknown to any one he entered the office of Dr HotTa who resides near by and securing some tablets of what he sup posed was morphine, he dissolved tnem in water and administered the dose hypodermically. It was discov ered that the tablets were cocaine and sufficient to kill a dozen men. By heroic measures the physicians saved his life. Still undaunted in his de termination to end it all, he slashed his wrist in an attempt to sever an arter. He was placed under guard Friday night and on Saturday he was committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Danville. Spring will no doubt see a big rush to the gold fields. Millionaires have been made in a single day as the result of some recent big find. From a claim that was about to be abandoned, one man took out $150,000 in eight hours. Many other rich discoveries have been made. CASTOR I A Tor Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ytf sfsJ? Signature of ULaJtt&icJ&tf, CDBA1
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