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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-31
A Cleanly Dairyman.


AS an example of what absolute
cleanliness means, The Dairy has tho
following, contributed by an Iowa cor
respondent
at is said that IL il ss hard to bo
clean as it is to be good. Well, l think
il is not hard to be good, even for a
dairyman, il he only does as he would
be done by, and just as easy to be
clean This is my way. AT o'clock
| am in the COW stables. The feed
prepared the night before is put into
the feed boxes, which are first cleared
Of all remnants of former feed, and IL
sour, they are secured out with water
and broom. While the COWS are
eating, they are thoroughly carded and
brushed, as we'll as any well-kept horse
is and all over from head TO switch.
The udder is sponged II necessary, and
wiped with clean towel, and not a
dirty rag. The cutters are then olean-
ed out; and the stalls common road
broom being used, to finish after a
broad scraper which draws the manure
down to the trap-doors in the cellar.
The floor and gutter are then Uttered
well with sawdust, when we have no
straw For fifteen cows this takes an
hour. Then l go to breakfast. AT
half past six the COWS are MIXED, and
each mixer has overalls and an
apron made of striped ticking, with
which he can milk in bis Sunday clothes
and slippers, if he likes and any lady
may 90 in with silk dress on and not
hurt it. AS the milk is drawn it is
strained at once into the deep pals
which stand on the platform and are
kept covered; the milk pals have strain
ers and double strainer is kept in the
deep cans, so the milk goes through
three strainers. But this is not really
necessary, as would oheerfully drink
a glass Of milk direct from the COW as
| milk it. But out of consideration for
my customers, who buy my butter and
milk, l put the milk through three
strainers. As soon as the deep pals
are full they are closed and carried to
the milk house and handed to the per-
son who sets the milk in the pool or
the creamery, or, if it is put into shall
low pans, strains it once more. Now,
there is nothing hard to do about this.
1t is so easy after having begun IL and
got into the way of it, that 1t would be
hard to stop it. And l don't see how
easy it is to be cleaner than we are in
our dairy
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Wabash, the Racing Calf.
Philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times
Wabash, the two year old calico calf
that is credited with a mile racing re-
cord of 2 30, was brought to Philadel-
phia recently by his owner, Col. Charles
j. Burns, of Evansville, Indiana. Wa
bash has won several races off the reel
this summer and was only beaten once.
On that occasion he fell down. At
Bradford park, he easily beat J. G.
Mason's blk. g., ''The Major" mile in
2:20. After the race Col. Burns de-
clined to accept an offer of $l,5OO for
his fleet. footed bovine. The calf is
nearly thirteen and half hands high,
his legs are like those of giraffe and
his horns are tipped with nickel plated
knobs Colonel Burns bought the calf
when yearling from an Indian farmer,
who was. driving the split-hoof trotter
to sulky and beating all ordinary
roadsters with ease. The calf is of
plebeian blood and was bred, raised
and trained by the farmer. Colonel
Burns intends exhibiting the speedy
beast on all the trotting tracks in the
country. Hitched to light wagon
kWabssh trotted in Belmont park and
was sent around the track several
times.at three minute gait. The calf's
wind and lungs are perfectly sound and
his owner says he has driven him forty
miles day without making him. turn
a hair. Although Wabash trots fast
and steadily in harness, he is much
speedier than running under saddle.
To show the calf's speed he was sad
died and mounted by al15 pound
jockey, and Mr.. Horizons b. m. Clorin-
da with record of2:24, was started
against him. Clorinda went away in
the lead when the word ego" was
given, but Reilly, the jockey on the
calf quickly clapped spurs into its, sides
and with below that was heard a
mile off Wabash hoisted his tail like a
jackstaff and set sail after the trotter.
The crowd of horsemen present at
once saw that Wabash had mixed
but fast gait that is peculiar to himself.
When on the back stretch his legs
seemed to sprangle out on all sides at
once, and he bowed his back like a
bucking broncho and blew a cloud of
steam out of his nostrils. Colonel
Burns proudly waved his hand towards
him, and said to the crowd on the
quarter stretch snow, you all watch
that critter hump himself" II "hump-
ing" meant believing until the aston.
ished Clorinda bolted acrosSthe track
and stood trembling against the out
side rails, Wabash certainly did what
the Colonel expected. Wabash came
along like locomotive, passed the be-
wildered mare and was loping into the
home stretch before timorous Clorin-
da's driver could induce her to trot.
Wabash won by an eighth of mile and
was cheered by every spectator except
MIR, Horton, who rythmically said to
his driver swell, don't it beat
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AND DEMOCRAT BTIOOMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA.
vital Omestionsil

Ask the most eminent physician
VI any school, what Is the best thing In
the world for quieting and allaying ali irri
taiion Of the nerves and curing all forms
of nervous complaints, giving natural,
childlike refreshing sleep always?
And they Will tell you unhesitatingly
Some form of Hops2"
CHAPTER l.
Ask any or all Of the most eminent ply.
sicians
what is the best and only remedy that
can be relied on TO cure all diseases of The
kidneys and urinary organs such as
Brights disease, diabetes, retention or in
ability to retain urine and all the diseases
and ailments peculiar to Women
And they will tell you explicitly and
Ask the same physicians
"What Is the most reliable and surerst
cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia; con.
stipation, indigestion, biliousness, malarial
fever ague, &c." and they will tell you
Mandrake or dandelion /"
Hence, when these remedies are combin-
ed with others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such
a wonderful and mysterious curative power
Is developed which is 80 varied in its opera
tions that no disease or i'll health can pos
eioiy eAlsI or resist lts power, ana yet II
is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weak.
est invalid or smallest child to use.
.., ... CHAPTER II.
"Patients
almost dead or nearly dylng''
For years, and given up by physicians Of
Brights and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs called consump-
tion, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefuness and various diseases peculiar
to women.
People drawn out Of shape from excruci-
ating pangs of Rheumatism.
lnflamatory and chronic, or suffering
from scrofula
Erysipelas
salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia and indi:
gestion, and In fact almost all diseases frail J
Natute Is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Btters, proof of which
world. I
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Vanderbllt's Widow.
AN ALLEaED REASON why SHE HAS
NEVER MARRIED---A CASE IN
wnIcu THERE is roo Mucu
MOruEsIN-LAw.

81 heard piece of entertaining So
ciety gossip the other day about the
Vauderbilts,' says a correspondent of
the Boston Traveller, "and its truthful
ness is vouched for by gentleman
who is acquainted with the parties As
wi II be remembered Commodore Van
derbilt was married twice. His second
wife was Mrs. Elliott, a divorced wo.
man. whose husband is still living. Her
maiden name was Frances Crawford,
and she was at one time the belle of
Mobile, Ala, where she was born and
for years lived with her mother She
was wooed and won by James +. Elliott,
who is now, | think, resident of Dsl-
las, Texas
-ss-"After marriage Mrs. Elliott was ,n.
willing to leave her mother, and at
first the married pair lived at the wifes
home. 1t was not long before Mr.. FL.
liott found out that he had very bad
attack of mother-in.law. He was bull
lied aud every effort was made to make
him feel that he was an inferior in the
household Being a gentleman Of
spirit and wealth, it was more than he
could endure, 50 finally he made his
issue fairly but firmly. He prepared a
home for his wife, and told her to come
and live with him.
at was sharp, bitter struggle, but
contrary to the usual course of such
events the wife preferred the mother to
the husband. A divorce followed.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt afterward
met Mrs, Elliott and was conquered.
Now comes the strange and interesting
part of the narrative! After Wander
bilt's death the widows heart warmed
toward her first love. She had millions
he was comparatively poor man. Ne
Rotations were entered into, and Mr..
Elliott visited New York He saw
Mrs. Vanderbilt and had pleasant
interview but he observed that the
mother-in-law, who had separated the
young couple years before, was still
alive and in,vigorous health.
"He came to Washington and con-
suited with an old and trusted friend,
laying the facts Of the case before him,
and saying that enough had transpired
in his visit toVhe metropolis to satisfy
him that he could marry Mrs. Wander
bilt if he chose. This was the result
of his pleasant interview. His friend
told him frankly that from worldly
standpoint it would be great advan-
tage for him to marry the old commo-
dore's widow, but that was one of those
cases where every man ought to be his
own judge without outside interfer-
ence.
"Mr. Elliott thought the matter over
carefully for some time, and finally
made up his mind that he would not
again risk an attack of "too much
mother in-law," SO that now the for
mer husband is in Texas, while the
widow is in New York with her mil
lions. This explains why Mrs. Van
derbilt, young, handsome, accomplished
and wealthy as she is, has not married
again"
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Couldn't Slap Him.


Arkansaw Traveller.
On railway train, just behind O
plainly dressed, motherly.looking wo.
man, accompanied by noisy boy, sal
two fashionably dressed ladies'. The
boy was given TO asking all kinds OF
foolish questions, and occasionally he
would whine like cub and twist him.
self around and fret
'Hf had hold of him for q minute
Id blister him till he couldn't stand up
said one of the ladies.
"Here then" replied the mothcrly
old lady, ''you may take hold of him.
II You want to slap him, slap him,
haven't the heart TO do it,
Excuse me- faltered the annoyed
81 did not think that you could hear
my remark"
"Oh, no harm done, for / know that
he is enough to annoy anyone, and il
may seem strange to you that do not
slap him, but can't. Once / had a
little boy that slapped. Every time
he would ask foolish questions or whine,
Id slap him. i was determined to
bring him up rightly, so that he would
please everybody. He was the idol of
my life and did so much want to see
him respected. Everybody said that
was a model mother and that my son
would be great man, and ! was so
iattered by these remarks that was
even more strict than ever with him.
One night just after had put him to
bed company came, and while we were
talking the little fellow awoke and be
gan to cry. | told him to hush, and
when / found he did not intend to
obey me, / went to the bed and spank
ed him. That's what I call discipline,
one OF the company remarked 'and l
assure you that in after years you will
not regret the strict measures which
you have adopted
"The next morning my little boy
was too sick to get up, and all day he
lay in bed. At night sent for ply
siciau, but before morning he was dead.
l don't think that there was a more
miserable woman In the world. I took
his little boots-boots which a few days
before had whipped him for getting
muddy-I put them on my bureau. l
could not bear to live in the same
house where both my husband and my
little boy had died, and moved away!
One evening, while walking along a
lonely street, ! saw little boy-a very
small boy--standing among some tall
weeds. l asked him where he lived,
and he plucked blossom and held it
out to me. asked him where were
his mother and father, and with curl
ous intelligence he replied that some
big men took them away in boxes I
knew then that he was waif, and /
took him home with me. In the night
he cried and got up and sat by the
fire with him and rocked him. He was
very delicate, but he was a light that
shone on my whitening soul. This is
the child, and he's wearing the little
boots that put on the bureau. You
may slap him but l can't. ...
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-31
How to Raise Big Crops,

1t has often been asserted by advan-
ced agrioulturalists that If wheat,
either spring or winter, is sown in
drills, far enough apart to admit of u.s.
ing a horse hoe between the rows,
both to keep down weeds and loosen
and aerate the soil, the yield might be
increased to marvellous extent more
than it now is in this country.
In proof of this, recent observing
and Intelligent traveller in Belgium
gives the mode of culture there and
the yield, which sometimes, with very
favorable weather for harvest, reaches
as high as l6O bushels per acre. This
is one of the most populous countries
in the world, supporting 4S1.71 persons
to the square mile, against 1892 in the
United States and 2l6.62 in Germany.
Winter wheat is staple crop there
on their highpriced small farms of only
an acre or two. The land is highly
manured in autumn, well narrowed
several times, and got into the best
possible condition, The grain is sown
in the fall in seed beds, very thickly on
the highest and best locations, where
it is not likely to be wlnter.killed, or
injured by any casualty, such as over
flowing or drowning out, Os smothering
under the snow.
In the spring the main fields are
again dressed up and marked out in
drills the proper distance. When the
wheat has grown sufficiently to be
moved, it is thinned out by being taken
up, separated from the thick stools,
and planted in the drills with tool
called a dibble, which makes hole
the proper detph, into which the wheat
roots are inserted, pressing the earth
tight against them with the foot. This
work is usually intrusted to half-grown
boys and girls, man sorting out the
wheat plants in order that those of the
same size may be placed together,
that the field may grow even and regu-
lar.
When the plants have commenced
growing, the soil is thoroughly and
constantly stirred, either by means of
hand or horse power. Every weed
and all foreign plants are destroyed,
and nothing but what is wanted, the
article itself, is allowed to grow. There
are very seldom any extensive failures
of crops thus carefully and scienti6cal-
ly grown. The yield is q quantity
never imagined or heard of in this
country, and the crop always and sure
ly pays the cultivator.
1t is asserted that such pains would
not pay to apply to crops in this count
try. But do we not 60 to the opposite
extreme Has it ever been tried here!
1t certainly would pay satisfactorily if
applied to choice varieties in small
quantities, about to be used for seed.
1t is certainly better to till one acre
and get crop now raised or four
acres, than to try the four and only
raise half crop, which is now 80 often
the case here.-Milliag World.
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Ashes VS. Vegetable Matter.
American Cultivator.

American Cultivator.
A suggestive lesson may be derived
from the following simple experiment.
Upon one acre of land farmer plow-
ed in a quantity of corn stalks, while
upon another acre he spread the ashes
resulting from the burning of All equal
quantity of stalks. That upon which
the stalks were burned gave the best
start, but the acre upon which the
stalks were plowed in soon caught up
and surpassed the former, and finally
matured the better crop. This expert.
ment illustrates the difference between
mineral fertilizers and decsycd vege-
table matter or humus. The minerals
being in a soluble condition, soon made
themselves manifest in the increased
growth produced. AT first the buried
cornstalks had no effect upon vegeta-
tion except by increasing the porosity
of the soil and by admitting larger
supplies of atmospheric air to act upon
the constituents of the soil. When
the stalks commenced to decay, and the
minerals were not only liberated from
the stalks but also from the soil in con-
tact, when the corn which was planted
upon the stalks began to pull ahead of
that planted upon the plot. fertilized
with ashes. The value and efficiency
of the ashes would be sooner exhausted
than the vegetable matter of the stalks.
Again, where the stalks were used the
fertility of the soil would be increased,
because in all probability the nitrogen
contained in the stalks would remain
intact until liberated by their decay.
This substance would be in the form of
ammonia aud its compounds, that would
again be deoomposed before becoming
plant food. In burning stalks, although
all the minerals would be preserved In
che ashes, yet it is quite certain that
the nitrogen would be thereby expelled,
thus robbing the plants of the fertiliz.
ing properties of that valuable agent.
We should lave made such experiment is
before establishing theory, yet these
suggestions might easily be followed
out on other farms and by other farm
ers.
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Looking out the Back Door.

A friend of ours wished to hire a
farmer for wealthy neighbor, and we
mentioned one who was wanting an
engagement. Knowing that our friend
had been to see this farmer, we asked
the result His reply was, in sub
stance eyes, | went there went
around to the back door and came
away, knowing that he would not suit. "
The front doors of farm houses are
rarely opened. The back door is in
constant use, One need not go far in
any locality, to find the outlet of the
kitchen sink ending in sort of ditch,
which is supposed to carry off the
waste water. but which only allows it
to soak away and saturate the ground
near the back of the house. The sell
dom used front door is opened when a
small coffin is taken out. The minis
ter speaks of the mysterious dispensa-
tons of Providence They are not
all mysterious. Bad sink drains at the
back of the house are sure to bring ty-
phoid fever and other sickness. Let
the back door surroundings be looked
to. If nothing better can be done,
carry the kitchen wastes to cesspool
a distance away from the house, where
they can soak away far below the sur.
face. Prohibit all throwing out of
slops at the back door. The ground
soon becomes charged with matters
that ferment and breed disease. Where
pigs are kept, and that includes every
farm, there should be pail, to receive
all animal and vegetable matters and
daily emptied. Nothing of the kind
should be thrown out at the back OF
the house Where there is such dis
ease breeding sink spout as we have
mentioned, let provisions be at once
made to carry off the water to a cess
pool, and cover up the saturated ground
with dry earth. Let the back yard OF
the house always be kept scrupulously
neat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-08-31

SUBSTITUTE FOR MAHoGANY.-A An ad-
mirable imitation of and substitute for
mahogany, useful in fine manufactures,
is due to French ingenuity. The first
operation is to plane the surface of any
species of close grained wood until it is
perfectly smooth, and it is then rubbed
with diluted nitrous acid, which pre-
serves it for the materials subsequently,
applied These consist of one and one
half ounce of dragons blood, dissolved
in pint of spirits of wine, and one
third of that quantity of carbonate of
soda, mixed together and filtered, the
liquid in this state being rubbed, or
rather laid, upon the wood with a soft
brush. This process is repeated with
very little alteration, and in short in
teryal afterward the wood possesses all
the external appearance of mahogany,
When this application has been prop
erly made, the surface will resemble an
artificial mirror but if the polish, from
any cause or causes, becomes at all dull,
by rubbing it with little cold-drawn
linseed oil, the wood will be restored to
its former briliancy.
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ODD ITEMS.

A field of $50 acres of peppermint is
being successfully cultivated at Waiver.
ly, Lowndes county, Miss.
The number of gymnastic societies
in Germany reaches the respectable
figure Of 245l, with 22l,4l7 men,
bers.
The small boy is deadly enemy OF
the steam fire engine, He claims that
it extinguishes the fire too soon,
Politicians are taking a long breath
for the coming contest. The whiskey
crop will be larger than usual this
year.
Mills Smith, of Green county, Va,
dropped dead just as he was raising his
hand to swear that his tax list was cor,
rect
Black eyed blondes are rare, but not
SO rare, perhaps, as blue eyed negroes,
one of which was just discovered at
Tuskegee, Ga. .-.
A Chattanooga COW committed sui
eide the other day by holding her head
under water and standing until she fell
over drowned.
A boy makes Providence Spiritual,
lists believe that with hia bare finger he
draws and colors pictures of flowers on
unprepared paper.
The city of Dallas, Texas, is said TO
be built over graveyard of masto.
dons, and for five or six years past ex-
cavations for buildings have seldom
failed to bring up their bones. A large
number of these mastodon remains were
unearthed recently, and some of the
bones were of enormous size .
Saving is too wasteful process TO
be used in the manufacture of veneer.
The logs are first steamed until they
are soft, and knife shaves off strips
as the thinnest tissue paper.
Valentine Geske, an insane convict
in the Ohio Penitentiary, devised a
novel method of committing suicide.
Obtaining large Iron spoon, he at
tempted TO swallow it, but failing in
this he forced il down his throat with
such effect that the handle broke.
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PURE INDIA TEAS.

Absolutely pure. They contain no spurious or ex-'
halsled leaves. No Chemicals or Colorlng Matter
used N ther preparation. Very valuable for mix
high percentage VI Extract. They are cultivated
under the supervision OF foreigners, upon the
most approved methods. The leaI ls Manipulated
BY machinery, giving uniformity OF appearance
throughout entire pluckingA They retain theIr
valuable qualities for an unusual length OF Jane
York. Agents OF the Calcutta Tea syndicate.
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ON 80 DAYS TRIAL.

THE VOLT NtC BELT co Marshall Mich, wi
send pR. uyE's CELEBRATED ELE TRO.vOi,.
TAlC BkbrS and ELECTRIC APPLIANCES on
trial f,r days to men (vOung or odl who nre af-
flctcd with NorvOu, Debility, Lost Vitality, and
Kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedyand COM
plete restoration OF health and manly vigor Nd
dress as above.--N. B.-No risk incurred as 80
days trial Ia allowed
Feb. pth-lyr.
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sWITHIN. q. sHORTLIDaE's

A CADEMY for Young Men and Boys, Media,
hPe4p., l2m. from Philadelphia School year opens
sept. ls Fixed price covers every expense, even
books, &C No extra charges. No Incidental ex-
penses- No examination for admission. Thirteen
experienced teachers, all men and all graduates
Special opportunities for apt students TO advance
rapidly. Special drill for dun and backward boys.
Patrons or students may select any studies or
choose the regular English, Scientific, Business
Classical, or Ciyil Engineering Course. Students
ntted at Media Academy are now In Harvard, Yale,
A physical and a Chemical Laboratory; nne
Gymnasium and Ball ground 1900 vols. added 70
Library IN iss3 Apparatus doubled In 1888 Ten
students sent 70 college In 1883. graduating class
In Commercial Dept In 1888. Media has churches
and temperance charter which prohibits the sale
cular address The Principal and Proprietor,
sWiTHIN q. .SHORTLIDGE, A. N. (Haryard
University Graduate), Media, Penn. aug saw
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A Western astronomer predicts that
big comet will shortly come Along
and knock the spots off the sun.
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There is no Baking Powder equal to The
RAILROAD TINE TABLE

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