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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

II also suffered intsnssly from femsls
trouble.
but was not benefited. No two Of uAs doc
tors diagnosed my case the same.
"One day my husband noticed an artiels
regarding Dr.. Williams' Pink Pills for Psis
People IN the newspapes, and induced m
to Try the pills.
II began taking them, bot experiences
no relief until had used the sixth boz.
continued taking them and after usi.g
eleven boxes was greatly bsnefited.
II was also tfoublsd with nervous pfss-
tration and nambnsss Of my right hand a.a
arm. My hand hurt 20 at times, tinglink
and burning, that I could hardly endsss
the pain, bot that has an passed away.
"Inow know what II means to eat 2us1
meal without suffering Afterwards, and sa-
JOY good nights rest.
II am again able to do my work, an1
have done more this summer than In ali the
last four yeafs pot together.
~ feel safe In saying that 1t Is a1l due b
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peopi.,
and consider II my daty to let people know
what these pills have done for me, a. 4
may be the means Of relief for others who
arc suffering"
Diseases strange to physicians symp-
toms that dsfied diagnosis, have suecunbed
to the potent influence Of Dr.. Williamf
Pink Pills for Pale People. DrugKih
everywhere consider them to be one Of tn
most valuable remedial agents known b
science.
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When you want to look on the
bright side of things. use
SAPOl 10
of the burden imposed by the State In
the shape of taxation"

of the burden imposed by the State In
the shape of taxation"
To question 2, eyes"
To question 3, "Yes."
To question a, "Yes. One of the
most important duties of a State is
the maintenance of the school system. "
To question S, eyes"
Ambrose d. Goldsworthy, Repub-
lican, replies: "In answer to the
questions submitted I have no hesi,
fancy in giving to each and every
question an emphatic affirmative.
John Ewes, Prohibition, answers /:
To the five questions submitted to
Legislative candidates, 1 can reply in
the affirmative, l heartily approve
them"
]. Harry Eisenhower, Prohibition,
answers: :. To question I, 81 always
have, do now, and wiH, favor equal
ization of taxation"
To question Z, 81 have, do now,
and will"
To question 3, 81 have, do now,
and will"
To question 4, 81 will help to
maintain, and will go further, will try
to make its distribution more effective
and certain"
To question S, 81 have always op-
posed the multiplication of needless
Offices and officials"
H. H. Brown,
VIM. BIDLEMAN,
B. F. BATTIN,
Legislative Committee of Pomona
Grange No. S.
VIM. ]. BIDLEMAN, Secretary.
October II, 1898.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
Looking to 1900.

The Republican Machine is striving
hard to keep all Republicans In line
for the Machine ticket, headed by Mr..
Stone. They urge that unless Stone is
elected the country will go Democratic
in 1900, and point to the fact that
each time Pennsylvania has elected a
Democratic Governor a Democratic
President followed two years later. If
the fate of the Republican party, as a
national party in 1900, hangs on as
slender 4 thread as the result in this
state this fall, then its principles can
have but feeble hold on the sympa-
thies of the people, and it ought to go
down In 1900 as we'll as this year. If
Pennsylvania must continue the prey
of plunderers in order that the nation
may go Republican two years hence,
things are in sorry plight.
And, by the way, if our Republican
friends are correct-if it be indeed a
truth, that if Pennsylvania goes Demo
cratic this year, the country will 60
Democratic in 1900, that fact of itself
ought TO be a sufficient inducement to
every Democrat to come to the polls
and vote the straight Democratic
ticket.
Our opponents blunder. In seeking
to help themselves they are helping us.
In striving to keep Republicans
straight they are furnishing the
amplest reasons why Democrats should
remain straight.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
What One Did Another Gan DO.

What the Democratic Reform Gov
ernor, Robert E. Pattison, did for the
State, the Democratic Reform Gov
ernor, George A. jerks, will do, il
elected. Pattison saved the State
millions in money, and his mere pre-
sence was complete checkmate OF a
myriad of Machine formulated steals.
When Pattison was last Governor,
I89I-94, tine revenues of the State
were very large, much larger than
ever before. The total for the four
years was nearly $4,000, 900. The
State got, to swell them, $I,684,7II
from the United, States, a return OF
the direct taxes paid by the State
during the war, and close 10 million
of dollars from the sureties of Bard
sley, the defaulting Philadelphia City
Treasurer.
Had Machine Governor been in
Office, this money would have been
stolen or squandered. The schemes
were fully mapped out, but they were
withheld from fear of the veto of
Pattison, to be put through in 1895
or 1897.
Instead, they were used to increase
the school appropriation, for the first
time, to the $4,000, 900 annual figure,
to redeem nearly million and a half
of the States bonds, and to leave a
real surplus of nearly $4,000, 900,
which the Hastings Quay administra-
tion has, in four years, changed into a
100000 deficit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

..Rsmember." said the good man.
~that there are sermons in stones"
-Eot in those that you run against
With your bike" retorted the cynic.
and tho argument was. necessarily. at
an s%t.-CssteagS News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

Higgins Hall-Have you heard that
empty box story?
Rustic Bridge-No.
Higgins Habits Just as well you
haven't; there's nothing In it.-Chau-
tauqua Assembly Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
AUDITORS NOTICE.
Estate OF Matthias Kindt, decd.


The undersigned Auditor, appointed by tho
Orphans Court OF Columbia county, Pa, 20
make distribution OF funds in hands OF admin
tstrator, as shown by his second and partial ac-
will sit to perform 1.-THE duties OF said appoint
ment, at his office, in Bloomsbury, Pa on Sat-
urday, November 18th, 1888. at 10 O'Clock a. M,
tend, or be forever debarred from any share OF
said fund. WIN. H. SNYDER,
Oct. q, 1888. Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
What do the Children Drink? 4?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
Grain.O1 1t is delicious and nour;sh.
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain.O you give the children
the more health you distribute through
their systems. Grain.O is made of
pure grains, and when properly pre-
pared tastes like the choice grades of
coffee but costs about I the price. All
grocers sell it. I5c and a5c.,
1o.Ia-4td
VOTE FOR POLK FOR
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Estate or J. n. G. Rdnck, deceased.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the Or
phans' Court or Columbia County to pass upon
the first and partial account OF Charles W. Dow
son, executor OF the last will and testament OF
j. M. C. Ranck, late OF Scott township deceased,
and report thereupon, will sit at his office,
Room No. 4, Lockard Building, Bloomsburg, re.
on Friday, october 2Sth, at ten o'clock a. m. 10
perform the duties OF his appointment, when
W. II. hAGILL,
1p-8-tt. Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
Troubles Ofa
Pastors Wife

This aOoman aOas Peculiarly aAaed; bhysi1ans could
do nothing to relieve her, yet she en,ed a simple
~ay. She no00 sends message to suffering humanity
aUhacA should be Aelefnk
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27
Federal Patronage Sold by the Qua!
Machine.

You can use the Federal patronage
for what it is worth. Your district
being Democratic, all patronage under
Republican administration would be
controlled by tine United States Sen
ators.
M. S. QUAY to Hon. D. R. HORNE,
Allentown, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-27

VOTE FOR LITTLE FOR
JUDGE.
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VOZE FOR POLK FOR
CONGRESS-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05

The most remarkable thing about Mrs.
Nellie J. Lord, Of Stafford Corner, N. H.,
is that she Is alive to-day.
No one, perhaps, is more surprised at
this than Mrs. Lord herself. She looks back
at the day when she stood on the verge Of
death and shudders. She looks ahead at
life Of happiness with her children, her hus-
band and her home with JOY that only
mother can realize.
Mrs. Lord Is the mother Of three children,
two Of whom are twins, until the twins
came nothing marred the joy Of her life.
Then she was attacked with heart failure
and for year was unable to attend to the
ordinary duties Of the home. In describing
her own experience Mrs. Lord saysi
al had heart failure so bad was often
thought to be dead.
with this had neuralgia Of the stom-
aeh so bad 1t was necessary to give me
morphine to deaden the pain.
Sometimes the doctors gave me tenn
porary relief, bot IN the end Il seemed as Il
my suffering was multiplied.
"Medieine did me no good and was bot
an ,aggravation.
II was 50 thin my nearest friends failed
to recognize me.
"No one thought would live.
II was in despair and thought that my
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05

sword Is laid aside until his ship needs
him. Then the chaplain and paymaster
alike may stand by their country on deck
slippery with blood. A chaplain in our
navy ranks as a lieutenant. This entities
him to regulated shore privileges, and,
though he has no so called ship duties, he
may bo called upon at court martialing OF
in similar emergencies. After long and
faithful service the chaplain may be pro.
NOTED to the rank of commander, which
corresponds TO the rank of lieutenant colo,
mel in the army.
The pay of Chaplains when at sea Is SO,
500 year, on shore SO, 900 and while on
leave or waiting orders 81, 900. But the
chaplains are liable, in amounts according
to rank, for expenses Of mess and for en-
tertainment. The mess bill will run from
S25 to $50 per month, according as the
ships officers live.
The chaplain is regular government
officer. To enter the navy he must file his
application with the department in the
same manner as would man looking for
a postmastership. His creed does not en-
ter into the question. He Is free to use
any form of servioe-that of the denomi-
nation to which he belongs As matter
of fact many ohaplsins use the Book OF
this. 1t is well adapted for the purpose,
and Methodists, Presbyterians and Others
often turn to 1t as an available supply OF
| q very apparent need.
OF our "a chaplains ten are Metho.
dists and the remainder are Episcopalians,
Baptists, Roman Catholics, Presby yterians
and Disciples of Christ. A high church
| Episoopalian naval chaplain makes the
| ri haf Ia
priests make the most acceptable chap
lains. They are In touch with naval life,
for some reason, They are men of the
world, and they appeal to the crews where
80 or 40 per cent are Roman Catholics.
| Moreover, they have no home ties to bind
them.
There is no more trying life of which
one can conceive than that of q navy chap
lain. The navy chaplain must be ooura'
geous, physically and spiritually. He ought
TO be prepared TO handle o outlass. He
must restrain himself from the least sus,
| pioion of wrong, night and day. He must
be an example to men and officers.
| He 10 under the eye of the officers and
Drew at all times, and suspicion Is fastened
ON him very quickly. The men with
whom the chaplain is thrown have a diff
ferent way Of thinking. Life on shipboard
means plenty Of moral freedom, which
will pass uEnoticed among tho men them
selves, but tho chaplain must beware OF
all license, He must know where to stop,
He must know how to unbend, but he
must not pass tho breaking point.
The chaplain Of todny1 triyes to put him
sell in perfect sympathy up forward-with
the crew-accounting himself unworthy
to cater merely to the officers. He messes
with the wardroom officers as of old and
enjoys their company to the full, but he
appreciates keenly the power for good
which the naval chaplain has in his hands.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05

days were numbered. My mother Brought
me DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and the first box made me feel better. I
continued the treatment and to-day | am
well.
when ! commenced 10 take the pills |
weighed 120 pounds; now / weigh J46
and feel that my recovery Is permanent.
81 owe my happiness and my health to
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. My husband
was benefited by them. have recon-
mended them to many Of my friends and
will be glad Il any word Of mine will direct
others to the road Of good health"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
have cured many cases OF almost Samdaf
nature.
The vital elements in Mrs. Lords blood
were deficient The haemoglobin was ex-
hausted. She was unfit for the strain she
was compelled TO undergo. Her nervous
system was shattered and her vitality
dropped below the danger point.
A collapse was inevitable.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured her BY
supplying the lacking constituents Of health
by filling the veins with blood rich In the
requisite element Of life. The heart re-
sumed its normal action; the nervous sys-
tenn was restored to a state Of harmony.
and the neuralgie affection disappeared.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold BY
druggists everywhere, who believe them
to be one OF the most efficacious msdicinss
the century has produced.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05
A RANGE FINDER.

hgure. AT three miles a warship was
formerly a good target. At l2 it was
beyond reach. 1t is not beyond the reach
of the cannon of today. Rifed bores and
high power explosives have altered
things When the shot sped farther than
the eye could follow the guessing gun
ner was a blind man throwing stones
in the dark. He began to use the tele-
scope, but found that although he could
see it was still dark. Then some one in
vented the range finder and once more
he aims in broad daylight.
The range finder is mechanical in
strument made according to we'll known
principles of trigonometry. When in
telligently used, it tells the gunner ex.
aotly how to strike far distant warship.
1t is supplemented by carefully prepared
tables of calculations which take into
consideration such vital trifles as the
variations in the density of the atmos-
phere, the force and direction of the
wind, the curvature of the earth sur.
face and the rise and fall of the tide as
well as the exact fractions of second
in the flight Of projectiles, the speed of
the moving target, the elevation Of the
gun and the explosive force of the
charge. Nothing is left to guessworki
everything is figured out.
II the man with the slate and pencil
does his work properly and other con.
ditions are normal, the shot hits If he
reckons thai and and 2 make IS, the
shot goes wide. OF course range finder,
are not made absolutely perfect, but
they come so near exact accuracy that,
in comparison with the guesswork Of
the old gunner, they are perfection.
The basic principle Of range finders
is one that every student of algebra
knows by heart, 1t is the simple theo,
rem of finding the diameter of trian.
gle given the base and the angle Of the
sides. In firing coast defense guns the
man at the range finder gets his base by
having buoy anchored out at known
distance. His telescope, trained first Oh
the buoy and then on the target, give:
him the angle. The barometer gives the
atmospheric density and the thermometer
the wind velocity. With his slate and
pencil he does the rest.
On shipboard he gets his base line by
knowing the distance from his finder tc
the farthest point of the ship. Othei
conditions, however, handicap him Sc
verely in the contest with the mar
ashore.
With sescoast range finders such ex
act calculations are made of the time OF
the projeotile's flight and the speed and
course Of a moving target that an SOC
pound mortar shell, carrying enough
gun cotton to sink ship, may be drop
ped on the deck of ship five miles
away in spite of the fact that the shell
is in the air more than minute anG
the ship moves hundreds of yards after
the gun is fired and before the projeo
tile reaches her. An entire fleet Of
steaming armorolads may be destroyed
by the guns of batteries whose com
manders take aim aud fire without see
ing single ship and who know the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05

CUTLAss DRILL ON A REVENUE CUTTER.
country understand and appreciate the
work that is done by the revenue cutter
service.
Alexander Hamilton, the great financier
of the post Revolutionary period and the
first secretary of the treasury, saw the need
of and organized the revenue cutter serv-
ice. This was in 1897. The service
then consisted of eight cutters, primitive
craft, the captains of which received their
commissions from President Washington.
Such valuable aid did these cutters rem
der the treasury officials and the customs
authorities at the various ports that the
service rapidly grew larger Now it num-
bers 36 modern ships. Most of them are
small, but few are as big and formi.
dable now that they have received their
new armament as the best of our unur-
mored cruisers
While the sec. etary of the treasury Is the
virtual head Of the service he leaves the
management of 1t to practical man. The
present chief Of the service Is Captain Q.
+. Shoemaker He has entire charge of
the revenue cutter division of the treasury
department, acting in conjunction with
the assistant secretary, who has charge Of
the customs division.
cutters were equipped with only a few
small guns EACH but now they are being
fitted or have been fitted with rapid fire
rifles of good size. Some Of them carry as
many as 200 men, and the crews are well
trained.
These cutters are being used as scout
and dispatch boats. They are fast, too,
their speed fangipg from 10 to 20 knots.
| Some of them are fitted with torpedo tubes,
which make them quite formidable.
The duties Of the revenue marine include
| protection of the customs revenue, assist
ance of vessels in distress, enforcement OF
laws of neutrality, of laws pertaining tc
| quarantine, of laws governing merchant
vessels, the protection of merchantmen
| from piratical attacks, the protection OF
the seal fisheries and seal otter hunting
| grounds in Alaska, of wrecked property
| of the timber reserve Of the United States
against depreciation, the prevention of II
| legal traffic in spirits and firearms in
| Alaska and of mutinies on board mer'
chant vessels, enforcing provisions of law
| in regard to the anchorage of vessels and
such other services as are especially direct
ed by TIE secretary Of the treasury.
The revenue cutters have participated
in all the wars of the United States except
the Algerian war, and while the action OF
the service in the nations defense has not
been separately chronioled its work has
always been timely and effective and it'
record honorable. In 1897 its vessels, ow
ing to the belligerent attitude Of France
were placed on strict war footing, and
during the troublesome times that follow
ed that year were unceasing and effective
agents In combination with the navy In
maintaining the dignity and position Of
the government On the cessation of hos
tilities the cutters resumed their function:
under the treasury department.
In the war of 1919 the revenue marine
force was actively employed in repelling
English invasion, and to one Of the out
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05
OUR BLACK TROOPS.
FOUR REGIMENTS OF GALLANT FIGHT
ERS AND GOOD SOLDIERS.

Indians Have wholesome Fear Of Them
and For Good Reason-Tbe Brilliant
Record of tho 'Fighting Ninth"-C Colo
mel Burt and His Command.
There are four regiments Of colored
troops in the regular army of the Unit.
ed States, two of cavalry and two of in
fantry. They are good regiments too
This is not sentiment, it is fact. It is
written so in the records of the army
department, and mighty little fiction is
inscribed there.
That the colored soldier is appreciat.
ed is shown by the sending Of the Ninth
cavalry to Florida and the Twenty fifth
infantry to Key West when it first be.
came probable that we should take a
hand in the Cuban muss. Both of these
are colored regiments and famous ones.
All the colored regiments are com.
manded by white officers, not that there
is any written regulation against col.
ored soldiers becoming an officer, fol-
there isn't; neither is there a oolored
army officer.
The Twenty. fifth while stationed al
Missoula, Mon, led the whole depart
ment in rifle practice. 1t is commanded
by Colonel Andrew Sheridan Burt. Col
onel Burt is hard fighter and is a de
soendant of hard fighters. Ancestry anG
long campaigning have combined tc
make him the soldier he is. He is de
scribed as a man of cool, deliberate
Judgment, firm decision, quick in actor
and noted for bravery among brave
men; a strict disoiplinarian, yet oonsid
crate of his men.
The Indian, by the way, fears tht
colored trooper more than any othei
mortal foe. For years the special aver
sion of the Sioux was the Fighting
NINTH" and to this day the braves o.
that tribe will run at sight of blacl
soldier.
The Ninth has mado an enviable rec
ord during the 30 years since it wa
organized in New Orleans. 1t has Tough
all the way from the Mexican border t
the Canadian line. The graves of it
members are scattered throughout tn
west, and the 600 officers and men VIII,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-05

ters-the Jefferson-is due the credit Of
the first marine capture of the conflict,
that of the British schooner Patriot, with
valuable cargo of sugar, while on her
way from Guadeloupe TO Halifax, June
30, 1919.
In the Mexican war eight revenue out
ters were ordered to proceed to the theater
Of operations, whore they participated al
the naval attacks on Alvardo and Tobascc
aud worked in unison with the naval
squadron.
During the civil war tho cutters were
actively concerned in conveying dispatches,
pursuing blockade runners and doing
guard and reconnaissance duty, watching
Confederate batteries and sharing In many
Engagements, o number Of which resulted
In bhe loss Of officers and men. Tie Har-
.iet Lane revenue cutter, fired the first
shot from naval vessel engaged In the
war