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capital of $4, 600, and his estimate for the second year was profit of 464 per cent, exclusive of the improved value of his sheep. General Brisbin makes little allowance for casualties, but he asserts that with careful management the percentage of loss from accidental causes is generally so slight that it may be disregarded. In conclusion, be re- marks "Alrnost any one can make money at stock growing, but it is one of the most la borious businesses out West, and no lazy man should ever think of trying 1t. A great many stock-grow- CTS fail, not because there is not money in it, but because they do not attend to their business; one drinks, another gambles, and third allows his herd to wander off and get lost. A man to make money in stock, like other businesses, must be sober and industrious, and when the storms come he must be brave and keep his cattle together and herd them even at the risk of his life. In time of danger the herder must never let go his grip, for if he does the herd is ruined and the labor of years lost. It Is life of exposure and hardship, and those who follow it industriously de- serve to realize large profits from their investments and labor"
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Across Africa.

Jules Verne once wrote an interesting story of the adventures of three imag- inary Englishmen in crossing Africa from east to west in a balloon. The difficulties of such journey, the writer thought, could only be overcome by voyaging through the air. But Dr. Emil Holub, an Austrian, proposes, in sober earnest, to undertake a much greater African journey, and that, too, without calling in the aid of a balloon. Dr. Holub intends to start at the Cape of Good Hop1 and penetrate northward through the interior of the continent until he comes out in Egypt. He esti- mates that he can accomplish the feat in three years, and that it will cost him 50, GOO horins to do it. As he has only 5000 forins, the Vienna Geographical Society has undertaken to raise by sub- scription the remaining 45,000 forins. If Dr. Holub succeeds in his undertak- ing he will have better story to tell the world than any that the French sci entific romancer ever invented.
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HOW TO MAKE COFFEE.
Roasting the Bean and Preparing
 the FaVorite Drink at Home.

Select with critical discrimination the best of genuine Mocha, or, ill default of thls (for Mocha is really very scarce in our market), old government Java. Never buy it as roasted and ground in our stores. In these processes and in the keeping some of the finest of the aroma must necessarily be lost Roast your own coffee and grind your own coffee yourself Roast it ill an iron or other stew pan, which is thoroughly cleaned and secured after each using. It will serve greatly to retain the aroma to throw in Q piece of the sweetest of butter about the size of chestnut When this is melted it will throw around each particle of coffee thin, buttery film, which will do much to prevent the escape of the delicate coffee bouquet. Keep stirring constantly. Allow to re. main until the coffee is a fine, rich brown, but not until it browns to any blackness. Grind to small grounds, but do not make the very common mis. take of grinding to 0 powder. Place these grounds in an earthen, or at least porcelain-li lined bowl. Cover with boil. ing water. Set on warm place on the stove, but not hot enough to make il boil, and allow to infuse for half m hour. Now strain. We have now an exquisite coffee favoring. A very deli cate coffee favoring may be obtained by another process, as follows:-Roast and grind your coffee as directed ill [ previous recipe. Now reduce to grounds and throw these grounds directly into the cream before it Is set on the fire Now, by the time the cream is heated up to the boiling point, the whole mass will be pervaded by Q very delicate coffee bouquet. Of course the cream must be carefully strained before you proceed to freeze. It will strike the housewife at first reading as simply in. credible that the full aroma of the coffee berry can be extracted without any ap. plication whatever of fire. The OK. pertinent will delight as well as surprise all ladies of intelligence and taste who once put this to the test. The cold process was first devised simply with ( view of preventing, as far as possible the escape of the aroma of the coffot berry, which is as volatile as it is deli. cate, and all ordinary processes more or less sacrifice. Take five ounces O. best Mocha or old government Java roast and grind to coarse powder il q way laid down in the previous recipe
 pour the grounds into q glass bottle ol decanter; pour on sufficient quantity of cold water to cover the coffee, stol the bottle or decanter close, set in warm situation for thirty hours; nov filter the infusion by passing it througl some fine lawn or plotting paper placed on glass funnel, or strain througl mu-lin. This process has been triet with hot water as we'll as with cold, and while it contradicts prevailing i'm pression to say so, this still remains thC fact-that the cold water produces in best result. Let each housekeeper tr, both the hot and cold water process and decide for herself which resul gratifies her the most.
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It Went Of.

A citizen who was preparing to take the war path against small game, asked permission to leave his shotgun in an Owego tobacco store for short time.
 "Yes, of course" replied the tobac- conist, "but I have fear of such things and I want you to be sure it won't go off"
 The owner took the caps of, stood the gun in a corner, and said:
 eff that gun goes off I'll buy you about dozen ducks"
 He was absent about an hour and re- turned to find his gun gone.
 1T told you so," said the tobacconist -" I know it would go off,"
 "No!"
 "Yes, it did"
 "Why, how could it?"
 "Constable took it off on levy r was the calm reply.
 Such was the fact, and the irate owner went off after the other offs, swearing that he would knock some ones heac off
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THANKSGIVING.
BY CHARLES POLLEN ADAMS.

Within garret, cold and forlorn, A group is gathered, Thanksgiving morn. Father and mother, with children, three; One but Q babe on it's mothers kneo. Haggard and pale is the fathers face, Where lingering sickness has left it's trace; While the careworn look, on the mothers brow Tells Of the sorrow upon her now. Hungry and faint, for want of food, With scanty clothing no coal nor wood "A broken table 6 bare, pine floor What have they to be thankful for2 Thoughts like these to the parents come, While sitting here, in their cheerless home. The children nestled upon the bed A fragment of carpet over them spread Are blind to their parents mute despair, And the little girl, with pitying air, Says: "What do poor children do, wonder With no warm carpet to puddle under? No papa nor mamma to give 'em bread, An tuck 'em up when they go to bed" Teardrops start from the fathers eyes; Prayers from the mothers lips arise
 
 Footsteps fall on the creaking floor; A knock is heard on the chamber door. A bluff Good morningr their query brings And, "Sambo, you rascal, fetch up the things !! While the 'Squire's darkey, with cheerful grin Food and clothing brings quickly in. "Lord bless you, mum why, who a-knowe, That folks lived up in this ere abode? Taint fit fer barn, n, ez I'm a sinner, I'll take you all to my house to dinner. I'll find you work, when you're strong and well And better place than this ere to dwell" And the Squire paused, while tear arose And dropped, unseen, on his ruby nose, As the baby boy, with happy look, A rosy apple from Sambo took. And tho children gathered, with eager eyes, Round the platter of doughnuts and pumpkin
 pies;
 While the grateful mother could only say, "Truly this is Thanksgiving Day!"
 -Det,'ou Free Press.
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A NECESSARY PURCHASE. -"WeH, I bought horse to-day" said young married man yesterday to an intimate male acquaintance.
 "A horse What in the world are you going to do with horse?" was the inquiry.
 "Oh, my wife said she'd have to have one," said the Benedict,
 "Clothes horse ?" "Yee."
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To Get Large Yield of Rich Milk.

The Farm, published in England, confirms our own experience in feeding milch COWS with bran. If large yield of rich milk is desired, says tho writer, give your COWS, every day, water slight Iy salted, in which bran las been stirred at the rate of one quart to two gallons of water. You will find, if you have not tried this daily practice, that your cows will give twenty-five per cent. more milk immediately under the effects of it, and will become so accustomed to the diet as to refuse to drink clear water, unless very thirsty.
 Prof. J. w. Sanborn, superintendent of the college farm, Hanover, N. H., reports experiments in feeding COWS, giving full details of weights of each kind of feed, of milk and butter yield, and the weights of the animals at the beginning and end of each period. In summing up he says: "Meal will make more milk than bran, no longer hesi- tate to say. The change in the butter product is remarkable; in changing from meal to bran there was Q loss of 17.7 per cent. in the butter-producing capacity of milk in changing from bran to meal there was gain in the butter producing capacity of milk of 21.8 per cent" The results in weighing the COWS form an exception to previous ex- periments, bran and middlings keeping weight better than meal in this expert ment. Is it chance result" asks the professor, Cor is 1t due to well defined causes? I will not discuss it., he an swers, "but observe that it was not the season of the year when a COW needs Q carbonaceous food to maintain auimal heat; also the grass of our pasture was Drowned, and in different condition from June grass or properly out hay"
 LOVE AND POLITICS. sisters at Lackawaxen, Pa., were engaged to marry two brothers, and the double wedding was to take place about the holidays. Just before the election, one of the girls asked her lover to take her to Republican meeting, but he being 8 Democrat, refused She appealed tc his brother, Republican, and he ac companied her. The sister who re mained at home and the Democratic brother, finding their political sympa thies in accord, agreed to break up tn, previous arrangement and become mar and wife. The idea met with favor al around, and the wedding will take plac' accordingly, each of the four taking
 different mate.
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OUR LARGE CITIES. population of the cities as returned for 1880 is as follows: New York, 1,209,561 Phila- delphia, s46, ,9S0; Boston, 363, ,93S; St. Louis, 333, ,577; Chicago, 503, ,29s; Gin. cinnati, 255,SOS; Pittsburg, 153, ,SS3 Baltimore, 340,O00 (not official); New Orleans, 216, 1859 Buffalo, 164, ,766,
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HAVE A FIXED PURPOSE.

"Resolution," says prominent writer,
"is omnpotent." And if we will but SOL
emnly determine to make the most and the
best of all our powers aud capacities; and If
to tn is end, with Wiberfurce, we will but
"Seize and improve even the shortest inter-
walls of possible action and effort" we shall
find that there is no limit to advancement.
Without this resolute and earnest purpose,
the best aids and means are of but little
worth but with il even the weakest are
mighty Without it, we can accomplish
nothing; with it everything. A man who
is deeply in earnest, acts upon the motto of
the pickax upon the seal Either | will
find away or | will make one" He has
somewhat the spirit of Bonaparte, who, when
told that on the eve Of battle that circum-
stances were against him, replied, "Circum-
stances | make or control circumstances,
not bow to them In self cultivation, as in
everything else. to think we are able, is al
most to be so to resolve - attain, is often
attainment
Everything are the means of progress, if
we have hut the spirit, the fixed purpose to
use them. And if like the old philosopher,
we will but take as our motto: Higher
forever higher we may rise by them ALL
He that resolves upon any great end, by
that vely resolution has scaled the chief bar
rier to it and so he WHO seized the grand
idea OF self.cultivaliou, and solemnly re.
solves upon it, will find that idea, that res
olution burning like living fire within him,
and even putting him upon his own improve
ment. He will find it removing difficulties,
searching out or making means, giving cour-
age for weakness, and strength for dispon-
dency and like the star in the East to the
wise men of old, guiding him nearer and
to the sum of all perfection. If we are but
fixed and resolute-Dent on self-improve.
mcnt, we shall find means enough to do it
on every side, and at every moment and
even obstacles and oppositions will but
make Us like the tabled Spectre. ships,
which sail the fastestIn the very teeth Of the
wind -
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THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XIV, NO j.
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL XIV, NO. b

all the world beside to hold you for one mo.
ment io my breast to press your soft lips to
mine but once again"
She had stolen from the shadow; she crept
toward the bed; she outstretched both arms
toward him, as a m other might seek to clasp
once more her lost child; snd st Il something
he'd her back from the bosom where she
longed to nestle
Again he spoke, and this time he uttered
only her name Ruth, Ruth, RUTH" but
hot tears were in his eyes, and they broke
the spell which kept her from him. The
coarse cap lay on the ground, the golden
hair fell over her white forehead in gilt.
tering masses, aud with a low, tremnlous
cry she cast her arms about him, pillowed
his thin cheek on her bosom, aud gave back
to Charley Campbell the quiet heart he. had
so well deserved to lose forever.
He has it still, and it is very dear to him,
so dear that | believe no words could tell its
value. Since the hour when the words were
spoken which united them fJrever, each has
trusted in the other to the uttermost, and
there are no happier people in the whole
length and breadth Of the land than Charley
and his uuiet Ruth"
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Chief Justice Ryan Of the Wisconsin
Court of Appeals is in perfect ply
health, but he imaglnes that be is hopelessy
i'll, and all efforts to persuade him out of his
delusiou have failed. He was to write de-
cison in test case involving the validity of
option contracts, and as it will affect the en-
tire system of the grain trade in the State,
it is awaited with great anxiety ; but the
hypochondriac refuses to work, and his broth
er Judges of the Court Of Appeals are re-
luctant to take the matter out Of his hands.
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PRESENcE OF MIND AND COOLNESS

Presence of mind and coolness are rare
things in woman, and should be appreciated.
A southern lady, while preparing to retire
for the night, thought she saw the eye Of
full lepg h portrait of Washington wink
She had heard Of burglars hiding behind pict
ures, but she did not scream and faint. She
took off her diamonds and opening a drawer
as if to put them in it, took out a revolver
and quickly discharged six shots into the
head of thu portrait, and the servants rushed
in and found there was no burglar there, and
the $1,000 picture was spoiled for nothing
Presence OF mind and GOODNESS don't want tc
be accompanied by two much imaguation.
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POetical.
THE TRUE STORY OF A STORM.


Things noated away ana the day turned dark,
And papa wasn't at home, you know;
And we didn't have any dove and ark,
Or mountain where we could go,
Like they used to have some other year
That time when the other flood was here.
Then the wind kept blowing the oak tree down
(rhe Lord didn't know about the nest)
And thought the world was going to drown.
Did Louis tell you the rest?
Wen, II he dldn't-weil, then-well,
gucss-Somebody will have to tell.
"Now this was the way: one other night
q wish that Louis had told you them
When the moon was red-why we had a fight
About one Of Homers men
THAT Is the reason we didn't speak
He said that Hector wasn't Greek
"But thought 1t wouldn't do to die
And not say even one single word
To Louis b,fore went to the sky!
So told him about the bird,
And the other birds out there In the nest
That the mother hadn't even dressed
"If It hadn't been for the rain you see,
We never could have been friends again.
And who would have to play with me
II 1t hadn't been for the rain?
And Louis said he was glad 10 speak,
But he thought that Hector wasn't a Greek :"
--Apra Wide Audke.
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A Good Housewife.

The good housewife when she is giving
her house its spring renovating, should bear
in mind that the dear inmates of her house
are more precious than many houses, and
that their systems need cleansing by purify
ing the blood, regulating the stomach and
bowels to prevent and cure the diseases aris-
ing from spring malaria and miasma, and
she must know that there is nothing that
will do it so perfectly and surely as Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of medicines.
See other column.
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GEORGE.
ANSWERS TO LAST PUZZLES

Numerical ERigDla Boston tea a.party.
IranPositions.-l. Superior. ?. Hudson,
3, New Orleans. 1. Haddock.
Syllable Pu--ls.-Pig,e.on
Iro5lcm-- Five aud one.fourth cents.
Letter Changes i, Bight; fight, hight,
light, night, right, sight, tight, ,. Cat.
fast, last, mast, vast, g. Bun fun, gun,
nun, pun run.
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OUR PUZZLE CORNER.
CONDUCTED By W. II. EASTMAN.


Contributions of original puzzles are So
licited from every reader Address all COM
munications relating TO this department to
w. Fl. Eastman, Auburn, Me
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
am composed Of thirteen etters.
My 3, 3, l is IA nickname.
My >, /, 6 is to be i'll.
My 9, 10, II is a measure of surface.
My I, s, II is the lair of certain wild beasts.
My l3 is in formidable.
My whole is the name of a popular Eng
lsh novel.
UNCLE CLAUDE,
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BLANKS.

Annex a letter to the first word to form
tbs second.
By hi, exposure the - count was
covered with confusion and.
,. We - OF sad all ictions of the -.
g. a few hours after being - the child
was - by the nurse to the river.
t. ! - the man his time.
8. Wow -- is it to Hampton, and what
is the --,
UNCLE CLAUDE.
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DROPPED LETTERS.

Sen ~ s-a'o i-tr.i-g.e,
a n h-u 20 w.e-a.d AR,
Gag fl OF - way -g-s,
T-r-I-h h with O. We -h.y -er.
VT h cp f re b-t e.
My e % = % h.a-i g i e.,
A-d IL t-n-r-l ap b. with .i-e-
O te -u-e wis f .e-v
H-p-y -o.r o, wr-s "A. u-v-r
HI t--r .e-t-o- ma i-g lie;
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A III w-r-l n he W l-y.!
q l-' h-u-'. Ice -h-n-n- hahn ;,
J-ti-g e. t-e ice f ie;
R--'n or h week O. s-r.o.
Coon d -i-h IA ct s-b-i.e
MELANCTuoN.
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DR. Browning, c 4 c Cordial i destined
to be the standard medicine for coughs, colds,
bronchitis, hoar'eness, sore throat. Group, IN
fuenz', whoopiug cough, asthmatic cough,
cold in the head or bowels, and for the re.
lief Of consumption in all stages of the dis,
ease Price SOC. a bottle, All druggist,
have it, DIR. Browning, Propr., lll7 Arch
St, Philadelphia.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. p. Tustin (Supply)
Sunday Servlces-lu% a. IN. and 81 p. m.
PRAYER Meetine-Every Wednesday evening at ek
clock.
saais free. The public are invited TO attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Minster-Rev. o. D. s. Marclay'
SUNDAY Services-l0% a. IN. and N p. m.
i'raveT Meeiing-Every Wednesday evening at ~
clock. ,,,u ,,o,ooroo
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Minister-Rev. stuart Nit 2hell.
SUNDAY Services-l0% a. III. ana 81 p. III
PRAYER Nee ing-Every Wednesday evening at6H
Seal Seats free. No pews rented. strangers welcome
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rev. W. Evans.
Minister-Rev. L. II. Iocum.
sunday Services--l0E and 81 p. m.
BIbie ClassHEverv Monday evening at 6X o'clock.
Young Mems Pra, er Meeing-Every TUESDAY
i' General PRAYER Meeting-Every Thursday evening
O'Clock.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
pastor-Rev. W. e. Krebs. .
Residehce-Corner 4th and Calharine slreets'
sunday services-lOH a. IN. and p m
SUNDAY Schools a. m.
PRAYER Meeting-Saturday, 7 p. m.
All are invited There is always room.
ST. PAULs CHURCH.
Rector-Rev L. Zahner.
sunday Services-1O% a. M, N p. m.
SUNDAY School, a, m.
First sunday In the month, Holy communion.
Services preparatory to, Communion on FRIDAY
evening before the st sunday in each month";
Pews rented; but everybody welcome.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rev A. l.. Reeser
Minister-Rev. George Hunter ... ,,,,,,uo,,
sunday Service-2 p. m. in the Iron street Church'
PRAYER Meeting-Every sabbath at 2 p III.
All are invited. All are welcome.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. ,,,,,
Meets in 'the little Brick church on tne hlii, -.
Known as the Welsh Baptist Church-on ROCK street
Regnlar meeting for worship, every Lords day ar
seats rree and the public are cordially invited to
attend
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

NenrIv adj ertisements pay able quhIItIIy 7, ~
dent advertisements must be paid iOf OeiUIeiho'''
xcept where parties have accounts
legal two DO lar pet ,v,
without reference 20 length. -.
Executors, Administrators and Auditor n9'icSf no
transient or Local notices, twenty cents ahp'
regular advertisements hall rates, .,,. nm.
Cards in the "Business Directory cOiunh' O'
dollar per Yearfor each line.
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BIoomsburg Official Directory.

President OF Town Council-I S. KUHN.
Cierk-Paul 4. Writ.
chief OF Police-D. Laycock.
president of Gas Company-S. Knorr.
Rloo nsburr banking Company--John A. Funston,
Resident H. II. Grotz, Cashier, John Peacock, TEL
er.
FRS National Bank-Charles X. Paxton, 'resiueh'
. P Tustin, Cashier. r
Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan
Lssoclation-E. II. Little, President, G. w. Mlier'
BoomSburg Building and Saving Fund Association
-Wm Peacock, President, j. u. Robson, secretary
RloOmsburg Mutual Saving Fund Assoclalloh-J'
HroWer President p. E. Writ, Secretary.
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Remember The only perfect proprieta-
ry medicine as Blood Searcher' is that
bearing the name of DIR. Lindsey, and which
may be had from druggists.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
roR PRINTING!
pIumba County Official Directory

President tJudge-William Elwell. Co.,.
ssnciote Judges-I. Krckbaum, f. l.. Shuman
bso,honotary &c.-Wnliam Krickbaum.
fnurt Stenographer-S. n. Walker.
ReTister Recorder Williamson v. Jacooy'
|ntstrict Attorney-Robert X. Little.
U. II Ent.
1rve or-Samuel Neyh1rd.
Eraa surer-U A. Sweppenhelser. ,
stephen Pohe Charles Rchart'
u. Herring. , , ~ ,...
fon rnlssloners' Clerk-J. u. casey. - N ca
hOltz. - ~, pa,n,rs ,r,ooaore w
tpounty erintcndcnt--Willam II. Snyder.
Rloon Poor rDistrct-Directors-R. S. Ent, Scout
fm. Kramer, bloomsbury and Ihomas heece'
Mott,
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TRANSACTIONS.

! am tardy; transpose and am nara.
tive OF incident; transro,e again, and am
piece Of foreign money.
GEORGE
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rRnBLEM.

II tnis and that and half of this and that
RI AL eleven, what i, thus AN that?
A. b. c.
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l. there a man with soul so Dead who
hath suffered the mi,eries Of a cough or cold,
yet neglected to try Sellers Cough Syrup?