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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10
A Mistake was Made.

A young lady gave "her young man"
a beautifully worked pair of slippers, and
he acknowledged the present by sending
her his picture, enclosed in q handsome
frame. He wrote note to send with it
and at the same time replied angrily to
an oft-repeated Gun for an unpaid for
suit of clothes. He gave boy ten cents
to deliver the package and notes, giving
explicit directions as to the destination
of each.
1t was boy with freckled face, and
he discharged his errand in a manner
tnat should give him a niche in the tenn
pie of fame.
The young lady received note in her
adored ones handwriting, and flew to
her room to devour its contents. She
opened the missive with eager fingers,
and read:
'I'm getting tired of your everlasting
attentions. The suit is about worn out
already. 1t never amounted to much, any
way. Please go to thunder!"
And the tailor was struck utterly
dumb when he opened parcel and dis
covered the picture of his delinquent
customer, with a note that said:
'When you gaze upon these features
think how much owe ycu.'
When the unfortunate Young man
called around that evening to receive the
happy acknowledgement of his sweet
heart, he was very ostentatiously showed
off the steps by the young lady's father.
San Francisco ChrOnicte.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10

A MAN WIrH HoRNs-One of the i'm.
migrant passengers landed at Castle
Garden recently. made sensation when
he took his hat off. His name is Leo
pold Daen. He is German peasant, a
gardener by trade, and As years old. He
came with his wife and child from Ant
werp. Mr.. Daen is gifted with two in
cipient but unmistakable horns-one
over each side of his forehead, Just
where the growth of the hair stops at
the temples. The horns are hard and
bony, and about an inch long. The skin
that covers them is unlike that upon the
forehead, in that it seems to be calloused
The horrs are not sufficiently developed
to 'come to point" being round and
knobby. The owner of these appen-
dages seemed to be very proud of the
attention he attracted, and occasionally
lowered his head and made feint to rush
upon the crowd that surrounded him,
like a billy goat. The protuberances
began to appear when he was years
old, and reached their present develop
ment when he was 20, since which time
they have not perceptibly grown, Mr.
Daen was plainly in doubt whether to 90
West in pursuit of his calling as gard
ener or yield to the solicitations of his
friends to become the leading attraction
of dime museum. He was hesitating
between the two horns of the dilemma
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ON and after Monday. Dec. 10, 1881. tho g..
the Phi ade rh'a Erie Railroad Division VIII liIsl ~
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Salt for Animals.


1t is well known that herbivorous ami
mails are fond of common salt, and this
is true of wild animals as well as those
domesticated by man. Carnivorous ami
mails, on the other hand, either have no
liking for salt, or show a positive aver
sion to it. Cats, for example, will rarely
touch salt meat. The difference is not
easily explained. The blood of both
classes of animals contain a certain
amount of soda salts, but the quantity of
soda in vegetable diet is not necessar-
lily less than il one of flesh. A German
experimenter, Herr Bunge, has been the
flrst TO suggest q plausible solution of
the enigma. A vegetable diet furnishes
twice as much potash rs flesh diet does,
and it occurred to him that the greater
supply of potash must be attended with
greater waste of soda To test this
theory experimentally he put himself
upon perfectly uniform diet of beef,
bread, butter, sugar and a small quantity
OF salt. When, by daily analysis of the
urine, he found that the quantity of so la
and potash excreted had become CON
stant, he proceeded to take such dose
of potash of salts during the day rs
would raise the amount of potash in his
diet to level with that daily consumed
by a herbivorous animal The result
was an immediate excretion of chloride
OF sodium in the urine, the amount being
increased three-fold, Much potash was,
OF course, also passed. The experiment
was repeated at various times, employing
different salts of potash, in every case
producing an immediate excretion of
soda. Bunge believes that this tendency
OF potash to produce a great waste Of
soda in the system is the cause of the
desire shown by herbivorous animals
for common salt. Their vegetable diet is
generally very rich in potash, and they
instinctively seek an additional supply of
soda. Soda does not seem to be an es-
sential ingredient of plants, but it is Ger
tainly indispensable in an animal econo-
my. In the muscle and in the blood
corpusces potash is an essential constit-
uent; but in the fluid portion of the
blood, potash is injurious, and if injected,
even in small doses, it produces death.
Soda salts, on the other hand, can be in
Jected with safety, and their presence in
the blood is essential to the combinations
OF vital procc sses.-JournM of Chemis-
try -.-.. -
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lie Chose the Least of Two Evils.

Apropos of the Gainsborough hat at
the theatres, John Brougham used to
tell a story about going to the Olympic
Theatre in London on one occasion when
Bateman, who sat IN front of them,
kept his hat on because of the draught
coming in from the door. Presently a
man behind him touched him on the
shoulder saying; II beg your pardon,
sir, but will you take off your hat; | can
not see the stage" "Certainly, certain,
ly," said Bateman. lie took his hat off
and ran his fingers through his bushy
hair-you remember what lot he had
so that it stood up about six inches
A moment later the stranger touched
him again, saying; 81 beg pardon, sir;
but pray be so good as to keep your hat
on.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10
GREAT GERM DESTROYER.
D1RBl'S
PROPUYLACTIG FLUID |
SMALL PoX
ERADIcATaD


Contaglon destroyed
Sick Rooms purified and
made pleasant.
Fevered and Sick persons
relieved and refreshed
by bathing with Prophy.
Tactic, Fluid added TO the
water.
Soft white Compilations
secured by It's use in
bathing.
Impure air made harm.
less and purified by
sprlnkling DarOy's Fluid
about.
To purify the breath.
Cleanse the Teeth, Il
can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Eryslpelas cured.
Burns relieved instantly.
Scars prevented,
Removes all unpleasant
odOrs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10
rhc Floating Homes of Bangkok,

Boats are the universal means of con
vcyance and communication, and boa
thus becomes necessary adjunct oi
every persons household to its dex
trous use every child is trained men
women and children are equally accus
toned. Perhaps the most common form
Is stout skill about twenty-five feet
long, turning up very shapely and high
behind, like Venetian gondola. 1t is
broad in the beam, aud two-thirds of its
length is housed over, leaving little
flat deck in front, and a still smaller one
behind Behind stands the husband and
skulls; in front stands the wife, rowing
and using boat-hook to help their way
through the crowds. The front of the
boat is used for business, passengers or
cargo. The rear third is given up to
family and domestic furniture.
For, incredible as it may seem, we
soon see that each boat is the home of a
family, father, mother, girls and boys
who are born there, live there, and die
there. In the daytime the children and
the furniture are crowded into a space
not over four feet square; at night they
can spread out over greater surface.
looked into these homes with attention,
and never could enough wonder or ad-
mire how closely all was packed, without
seeming to jostle or painfully crowd.
Also that the children lived SO happily
and contentedly in space no greater than
large sized Saratoga trunk.
IL 10 Con4 tL,s Al
year old children in Bangkok river who
have never walked over twenty feet in a
straight line, in short, who have never
been on land. But then, when they
come in proximity to boats whose little
inmates they know, they would-boys and
girls from to l2-jump out of their
boat house, and dive and swim away to
visit aud gambol around together now
tree in the water, now hanging to the
boats side or sitting astride of the scul
oar. And friend tells me that he has
seen them in their visits take with them
baby, to whose shoulder mother has pru.
IDENTITY attached a hollow gourd, or other
light float, to insure its safety.
In minor excursion up a side canal
l found myself at the city residence of
the prime minister-whose name | have
not now time to write out in full. ran
my boat all around through his pleasure
grounds, and wondered whether the
worthy old gentleman considered that he
was living on land or in the river. In one
part of his aquatic elysium saw magni-
ficent specimens of the victoria regia,
whose leaves, round like a platter, were
over two yards in diameter. Their rim
was sharply turned up in ledge an inch
high, and on the raft thus formed were
settled, quite home like, a family of
frogs. They, too, seemed to fall in with
the humow of the country.-[ Prof. II.
a. Ward, in the Rochester IN. W
Democrat.
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An item is going the rounds of IN,
press recommending, as an economical
iced Tor working horses, three quarts of
oats IN the morning, the same at noon.
and two quarts of corr meal at night,
with hay.
Economy in feeding is not limited 10
the iirst cost OF the feed necessary 20
keep horse alive If it were, the feed
named might possibly be rated as "eco.
nomical." But economy demands that 4
horse shall be so fed as to enable him to
do full days work every working day
without impairing his health, constitl
ton or general efficiency. Of course il
makes a great difference what n horse is,
and what he is expected to do, in settling
the amount and quality of the feed necl
essary to his healthful and economical
support But it may be set down as a
rule that no average work horse can ha.
bitually do an average days work and
maintain healthy working condition
upon the feed named In the first place, it
is insufficient in quantity; but its quality,
as administered, is even more unsatisfact
ory.
have no intention of "going back
on oats as horse feed They are admit
ted on all hand to be The feed par excel
tence for young colts, idle horses and for
light work. But corn meal, as a separate
ration, is never healthful horse feed.
This is not merely an individual opinions;
1t is the conviction which has been
forced upon almost every observing
horseman who has used it. The almost
unanimous testimony of such men is that
1t is ''too heavy or ''too heating" If
the six quarts of oats and the two quarts
OF corn were mixed and ground together,
the feed would be much more rational,
though scarcely sufficient in quantity.
A farmer of my acquaintance who
works four horses, and generally keeps
as many more, and has made a good
deal OF money on horses, first and last,
has by his own observation and exper.
ience reached almost precisely the same
conclusions. He raises large quantities
OF oats, but never feeds them clear to
work-horses. He says they are not suf-
ticientiy heavy feed for the most salts
factory results. On the other hand, he
would not feed corn meal az all unless
largely extended with wheat.bran or
some other light feed. He has known a
single ration of corn-meal to do very
great injury to horse. He is an advo-
cate of good feed, and enough of il, for
both man and beast, as matter of prin.
ciplc as well as of self-interest, and his
success in life justifes his practices
My own experience is that unground
corn is much safer and more economi-
cal feed for work horses than meal Dent
corn fed on the cob, or in fiat box, so
that the horse can get only a small
mouthful at a time, or in box with u
quantity of clean corn cobs in the bot.
tom of it, is fairly well ground by most
horses, and "fair to good" feed. As
ordinarily sold bushel of fifty pounds
OF meal costs as much as the bushel of
fifty-six pounds of corn: and I much
doubt if there be any more waste in the
use of the corn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10

AT the mobiles school in Toxic, Japan,
is physical map OF that country 800 or
400 feet long, in the court behind the
school building This map, or model, is
made of turf aud rock, and is bordered
with pebbles, which look at little dis
tance much like water Every inlet,
river and mountain is reproduced in
this model with a fidelity to detail which
is simply wonderful. Latitude and
longitude are indicated by telegraph
wires, and tablets show the position of
cities. Ingenious devices are employed
in Illustrating botanical studies also. For
example, the pine is illustrated by a
picture showing the cone, leaf, and dis
sected flower, Set in a frame which shows
the bark and longitudinal and transverse
sections of the wood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10

BIRDS AND NENrRILoQUIsM,-M
birds, according to Mr.. +. T., Fish, ap-
pear to possess powers of ventrioquism,
A cuckoo, not a rod off, can make his
voice appear TO come from a furlong
away; the thrush, singing from low
perch, seems to be in the tree Tops the
vesper sparrow and field-sparrow on the
road side fence, as if singing from dis
tant field. The robin has a similar
power of throwing its voice, and the
cat bird can sing in loud, yoluble
sound or in a low, soft, sweet, and ten
der warble. The oben-bird, the small
est of the thrushes, singing from a
distance, can throw its sharp, ringing
notes in such way as to cause the
the listener TO believe that it is almost
within reach.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10

HORSE PoMTs.-All agree, says writ
or in the agricultural Gazette, it is
action in the horse that sells. This is OBJ
tanned when we have the complemental
power in the muscle, the greatest lever
age from the bones, and quality in the
tendons, health in the ligaments, and
truth in the disposition of the limbs, We
adjudicate on the horses headquarters
as whole. All horses with any preten-
tions to quality or family possess length
and straightness from the hip TO the
tail. This is especially graceful and
.orizontal in the thorough bred
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10

A correspondent writes to US TO know
which in our judgement is the safest
seat in case of railroad collision, as he
wishes to settle controversy with some
friends. From a long and painful study
in this matter, and calling TO our aid a
ripe experience, we would say, without
fear of successful denial, that the safest
seat in case Of a railroad collision is the
top rail of a reliable fence about four
miles in northwesterly direction from
the collision.-Ldranlie BOODlerang.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-10
RAIL ROAD TIME TAB
WIN TER TIME TABLE

DENNsYLVANIA RAILROAD. pm
Il DELPHIA 4 ERIE X. II. DIVISION "ilA
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-20
PRoGR A MIND
OF
Grand Fete Champetre
10 BE GIVEN FOR
The Benefit Of the Catholic Church
AT
DeFranCis Garden,
ON The
H;gss22! "A! 23'iAsg,
REFRESHMENT TAKLE.

REFRESHMENT TABLE.
lce,Crcam, No. by Mis-. Bcckham and
Miss Lizzie Egan.
Ice Cream, No 9-Mcsdames Corn b. and
Cook.
Lcmonade-Miss Maggie Riordan and
Mrs. Montlord.
supper Table Mcsdames Null Hribelin,
Clcal Walker and Cron.
Fancy 1ablc-Misscs Mary Bailey,
Thompson and Rntan.
Flower IIoWcr-M Miss Gertrude carroll
Fish Pond Misses Annie and tuIia
Shclb.
Grab B,g--Mis4cs Mary Fuck- and Linda
Shelb.
Gypsy Tent-Miss Nina Carroll
Ear and Cigar,-Anthony Boyle.
Soda WatcI--'Iripis and Paul Daura.
Champagne punch-Georgc Bond and
GC"'ge Cook.
Candy Making Red lIot--Chas. Trips,
yurING
!. For the prctric.t little CIR; prize, "a
beautifully dressed doll donated by Mrs.
Walker
2. For the most popular yOurg mdl
prize, silver cage with u 1.-Two caiiarv, dn-
mated by Barney Frlihakr.
3. A beautiful iircman's silver trumpet
Tor the hrnvcst fireman, donated by the
least committee.
I For the most enterprising merchant;
priZ', two beautiful oil paintings, donated
tN Frank St inCr.
= For the ugicst man; prize, tin ears.
10 BE RArrLED.
/. a handsome pin cushion. donated by
Miss Minnie Roper, to be ruilird by NJ IS
Minnie
J. Grand Pacific cnkc. donated by Mrs
l,oprr; Wlll'd by Miss Gertrude Crroll.
:. Ban ucw rhuru, donated by Whacn
and James; lailiud 10y Miss Maggie Riur,nn.
!. silver cake stand. donated hy Mrs
WnlkrI rallied by Miss Florence Carroll.
o. Perfume ease, donated by Or. liam
lett, rallied by Miss Nina Carroll.
= & China set, value Slb, ~ pieces, do
mated 10y Mrs. Hugh and Ed Thumps' n
ratllrl by Miss Emilia Av 1.-The.
Z. A handsome wreath OF zephyr How.
crs, donated by Misses pardu; ratified
by Missc- Ptrio.
bouquet holder, donated by ".
Raglnnd, rallied nyM ssrs Kern and Mooic
. Silver pickle sand, presented Icy NJ 81.
Emf Ia Avcilhr, ~ illcd by Miss,ldn Sparks.
Doors open At 7 O'Clock p. m. Admit
lance u cents; children urd + y wears iIcC
Grand concert to be- given 10y the Cath
Ollie choir. Brass band viii be IN Attru.
dance. All invited to attend.
4 soliciting committee will call on Fri
day for subscriptions, trusting 10 the LID.
crullty Of all. Nl7it
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-20

j. NJ. Robertson Esq, OF Meridian, is in
the city.
MIR VIM. Edmund, came into the cry
yesterday.
Mrs lIortensc IIogpn, mother of Alder
man Hogan s,wc regret To hear severely III.
Mis-. II Gmmhurg OF New Orleans, /,
in the city, at the residence OF Mr.. a.
Block.
Mr.. VIM, Caruthers, OF Los Angeles.
California. !. visiting his brother A, O..
Caru hers. Esq.
MI Hadlcy Roberts, who ha5 b, Tn
rrr. ding for some time past with q spell
of malmial fever, was in the city yv-t"r
day.
MI J. n Conger, at Oneida, Illinois,
and brother II. +. ami Il. ID. Congcr. l. in
thu city nna visit ami prospecting Ton -
sheep ranch.
Mr. n. C.. k.nnanl, who ha, been tray
cling the last ycnr for Sparks, Mallory ~
Allen, has accepted IL situation with Lass
Ing, Solomon ~ 60.
MIR. Dick Davis returned from l.ampasus
yesterday, inpru, cd In health and reports
the WAcuitcs who ARE yet lingering At the
Springs as enjoying themselves, DE-,
Moore and family and STARK West and
Miss May West will return Tuesday. Miss
Ella Frazier will also return with DR.
Moore.
MIR. G. NJ. Boyintou, OF that excellent
paper, the Hamilton Herald lrft Tor his
home yesterday morning. The husin, IS
men OF llico have Offered him ilattcrlng
Inducements To move the Herald, and lie
is now considering the proposition. should
he decide To do so tlcO win secure "A valu.
able acquisition.
Miss LuCe Howard, of Tuskcgce, Ala.
bama, who has been visiting Miss Belle
EdmOnds and other friends In he city for
several days past, started on her r,tun
home yesterday by way al the Texas and
st Louis road. She is niece OF Senator
Morgan, OF Alabama, and a young lady Of
more than ordinary accomplishments, and
during her stay here made many friends,
whe will rogrlt that her visit could not he
prolonged
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-20

FIRST Baptist Church--Rev. Il II Carroll
u. u services IT u a ni and 5 N y. IN
IT. Paul. Episcopal Church Rev. Is. A
Rosers, rector services II 4. Ia No night
seryi r-
Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. q r.
Giddiug,. pastor Services at Federal court
room. Preaching at Il a. m. sunday school
iJ1p IA
A.R Rev. A king and J. d Shaw nrs
both absent, the first In Bolton and the latter
In Austin. there viii be no sermons al the
second Street PRESBYTERIAN aud urn street
Methodist churches to-day. There are severed
other churches IN the city, but We are not
Authorized TO state whether or not services will
be held 10 any save tho,. mentioned above
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-20

Improved Iron lnviqor,,s,

The most perfect and satisbc,o..
binati"h known 10 the prot y,
which iron is combined. anil ~ o ny.
Is the success OF tins plcpnrutinn "
destined tu become. Wiilnui Wy
most popular Of all the iron to" Ta
In use. And We hesitate moi Ia M 1
that this medicine Is no srcrp, no'',
chcaply COTTON up cumpaunl I'm, \,
genuine constitutional rmpdy ~.
ing those alternative poWctS "a NY
to r-cupcrite aud inNi.urale tbe
system when broken down by Thai
diseasc commonly called apG \
known a dyspcpsllHnd nllrp.tio, 4
which nine tcnths ct all our n, G1,
mate, because when the diy,sirn
paired from want ul the mHunl -,
IL so important in the digestive an,
OF man, then it is tsut mi. .VIrm N
many lypes II u1llV called llsa,uss
las ltudr and sour >tumu. h. Wsls.]
mental exhaustion. impaired yimIt, /,
general prustrHlinn OF the who'll h.,
liver complaint, followed hy nipbwl
and all diseases OF the Ri uun, lUu
NEy and HLADpER, that produe, \,
fearful aches hnovn us rhrumgli.-
rilgia, hackachc and nervous pj
headache. And nil cOnslnpty;
weak females, who ave in sespi
good tonic to build mp their cong,t
cannot find, we honestly brleyea N
or a more certain rputr,iv an ss,,t
bottle is Suili, icnt to prove to w
wonderful medicinal proprriits6l
regularly according tu diCctlOg
your druggist Tor IMPROVED lROy 4
ORATOR, and DE -lIrc to take no
Price ~ per hottie Prepared oh
Tucker Il Willis, Waco, Texas.
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No,ice-..Budw ei.er I,cer

Is Tor sale TO customers by the following
DEALER.
E w. PEW.
JNO. WOiD. Avenue Saloon.
1T WILSON, 81 Charles saloon.
sol. LYONS, Commercial Saloon,
II. j. SMITH, Grocer.
JOHN CARSON, Carson's saloon.
BART MOORE, Grocer,
McCLELLAND HOTEL. BAR.
j. i. OAKLAND.
w. W. WHITAKER, Git Edge Saloon.
w. Ii. ROPER, Pacific Hotel.
JACOB KAHN. East Waco
KERkOw * NIGEL Palace saloon.
SIMON JOSEPH, Star saloon.
UNION HOUSE saloon.
NARROW GAUGE sdOOn.
The trade supp lied by l., A, Goldstnin
Wholesale dealer In lite liquors, Waco
Texas.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-08-20
THE ROTARY Pillow.
PrncticnI Tests which bring Ia
AgaI. the Front,

We are daily asked ques ions 10y anx-
iOus partles in reference to the Waco
Rotary Plow CO., aud being unable TO
snsw the same ourselves, we called
upon Major Hinchmnu, knowing we
could learn from him the true facts con
corning the same The Major states
that he has spent between $1,000 aud
5000 IN cash and months Of
valuable time experimenting wi h what
was known M the Foster Rotary pillow,
but 1t seemed to possess some bad fen-
lures which could not be overcome;
namely, heavy side draft aud the too
close proximity II the cutting wheel to
the tenn, the hitter defect endangering
both the team and driver. He fart or
statessthRt lRrge majority % the sub
ssrSbers To the stock never paid any.
brliing. Some paid 25 and others 80 cents
on the dollar Of the mount subscribed /.
Z and "a why FEW PAID uP IS PULL, as the
books OF the company will show. lie
claims to have advanced about three
thousand dollars over and above his
i paid-up stock, in endeayorinR to perfect
the Foster Plow, and tina he was forced
( to either stop at this point OF to go it
| alone. Bclieyi str ngly still IN the
merits OF the pillow, be purchased the