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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
Devon Cows tor Butter.

We have been looking over reports
of what Devon COWS have just been
doing in the butter line among us,
and find that nineteen of the cows
have been producing from Is to 20
lbs. OF. each of best quality of but
ter per week. Considering their me-
dium size and economy of keep, these
are great yields but in years gone by,
there are records of still larger yields,
nearly equalling those of the most
famous Jerseys of the present day.
The Devons, however, not only excel
in the dairy, but in several other re-
spects. They are very superior work
ing oxen, have quicker step and
greater endurance than any other
breed, and are the most powerful of all
for their size. When fattened, they
turn out choice quality of beei
Thus we see that they are a most ex-
cellnt general purpose breed-good in
the dairy, for work, and for the sham
bles. The only other cattle that can
be compared to them in uniting so
many superior qualities are the Red
Polled Norfolk and Suffolk, which, in
fact, are hornless Deyons
The Devons have been much neg
lected by the public for twenty years
or so past, both in England and in
America; but attention is now awak-
ening to their great merits, and we
have no doubt they will soon come
into as high favor again as formerly !;
for, aside from their Poled congeners,
no cattle are so profitably bred and
raised on light pastures, and hilly,
rocky districts.
AT public sale of eighty.six lots of
Devons the past year in England,
they averaged $3.50 each. One COW
of these sold for S625, and bull for
1915, while calf brought 80 guineas
(S25O These are about 25 per cent
higher prices than the average of any
herd of either Guernsey, Jersey, or
Ayrshire cattle sold for in England in
the year 1882. We can learn from
this the appreciation of Devons IN
their own native land.
AgricuIturist for Moy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

HONESTY REwARDED.-The hunts
man of a well-known English pack re.
turned home lately by rail in third
class carriage in which were already
five men, and, as he entered, seeing a
parcel of thin papers on the floor under
the seat, he picked them up. Looking
at them and then at his companions,
he asked if any gentleman had lost a
bundle of papers. Each man said
"No," and the huntsman handed the
bundle to the station master, saying,
'As they seem TO be bank notes, | had
better leave them with you" The
men agreed that he done right; but
after a time, one began to feel his
pockets, and with many imprecations
on his stupidity announced that he
had lost bundle of notes received
that day at market. A discussion en-.
sued as to what was to be done, and it
was agreed that the best thing was
for the owner to get out at the next
station, take hack and 60 back as
hard as he could. As the victim hur-
ried off, the huntsman laughed a quiet
laugh, and said 81 thought there
would be one rogue out of six men.
1t was a bundle of play bills" ...
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
0ultivating Celery.

Celery is one of the most agreeable
an wholesome plants grown in the gar
den. 1t is generally claimed that it
has quieting effect on the nervous
system, and celery boiled in milk
is recommended as remedy for
rheumatism. AT any rate, celery is a
good thing to have in the house, and
every farmer should make it a point to
have good bed of it, The Ameri-
can Agricult,wiSt has the following
suggestion in regard to its cultivation
THE old method of setting celery at
the bottom of trench is still occasion
ally followed, either by gardners who
have done this in the old country, or
10y our own people. who have not learn
ed the better wayrof planting il on the
surface. Celery is one of the plants
with which little is gained by hurrying;
it will not grow rapidly until after mid
summer, when we have the favoring
condition Of warm days and cool, dewy
nights, and our most exerienced gar
deners do not set out the main crop
until the next month. Market garden
ers grow celery as second crop, to
follow an early one, for which the soil
has been well manured if this cannot
ba done, then the soil must be well eh-
riched before planting. 1t rarely pays
to raise celery plants in private gar
den, if one is where they can be pur-
chased In buying plants select those
that look strong and stocky, a acondition
procured by proper cutting back their
leaves while in the seed bed The
plants are to be set in the rows, four
feet apart, and six inches distant in the
rows they require careful planting,
and should be no deeper in the ground |
than they were originally in the seed
bed, In all transplanting, it is impor
tant to have the earth closely in contact |
with the roots of the newly set plant /; |
this may be done going along the row |
and pressing on each side of the plant
with the foot, or by carefully crowding |
the earth down with the hands as each |
plant is set. If cloudy time cannot
be selected for planting, then do the
work towards evening, and give a
thorough watering. The plants have
nothing further done to them until
September, when the leaves are brought |
to an upright position, and the earth is
drawn around to hold them there. In
the meantime the celery has nothing to
do but to grow, in which it must be en-
couraged by hoeing or cultivating Of
ten enough to destroy all weeds and
keep the soil loose, taking care in these
operations to not throw any dirt into
the heart of the plants.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
Cures for Sleeplessness.

There is a form of wakefulnesss
which is a somewhat frequent expert.
ence with persons engaged in active
work. A man who has been busily
engaged during the day in his usual
avocation retires, let us say. at about
10 or IL o'clock, feeling quite sleepy.
After period of slumber, perhaps of
two or three hours, he finds himself
wide awake at about 2 O'Clock in the
morning. There is nothing particu-
larly burdensome on his mind no men
tai anxieties perplex, no physical pains
disturb him. His only annoyance is
the consciousness that hard days
work is before him, and that his busy
brain ought to be at rest. After toss
ing about for an hour or more in vain
attempts to court sleep, he drops off
toward morning into disturbed and
broken slumber, and rises at the usual
hour with sense of having been de:
frauded by nature of one of his rights.
So long as this is rare or occasional
experience it need not attract attention.
When, however, it becomes habitual,
when sleep is regularly broken by pc.
riods of wakefulness more or less pro-
louged, and especially when these peri
ods come TO be accompanied by ankle
ties and worrying, the symptom is more
grave. 1t may betoken serious impair
ment of the nervous system If allowed
to continue. a 2 a ~
What may be done by the person
on awakening during the
night, in order to again induce sleep
The expedients at our disposal it must
be admitted, are exceedingly variable
in their efficacy, but most of them are
worth trying. A cense of drowsiness
is sometimes easily induced by getting
up and standing by the bedside until
one feels almost chilly and the bed is
sold. Another expedient is to wash
The head, neck and upper part OF the
body in cold water "a lower tempera-
ture Of the skin inducing probably a
more active circulation of the blood to
he surface and away from the nervous
centers. I have found a bit of dry |
bread thoroughly masticated and eaten
at this time to act almost like charm
IN some cases. by drawing blood from
brain to stomach, and thus securing
sleep. Anything which serves to de-
ract attention from ones self and sur
may occasionally avail
'uch as saying the alphabet, counting
one's respirations, repeating the multi
,lication table and multitude of sim,
lar expedients. An ancient monkish |
receipt for wakefulness was to "count |
your beads. y" 1t is good advice yet.
There are no better aids to repose than
! good conscience and mind at peace.
-La,cs of Life,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

Jefferson Davis estate of 500 acres
at Beauvior, Miss, is now mainly de-
voted to grapes and oranges. He told
a recent caller that the neighborhood
was equal to anything in Florida in
natural advantages for winter resort.
He mentioned several points on Missis.
sippi sound as affording rare chances
for capitalists to make money by
erecting hotels, They get the benefit
of southwest winds that almost con-
tinuously float over the WATER" he
said, ''and back of them are thousands
of acres of pine forests, the odors from
which are strengthening to weak lungs.
The fishing is excellent, the bayous
swarm with geese, duck, and brant,
and the forests would yield to the
sportsmans skill plenty of wild turkey,
quail, and deer Mr.. Davis thinks
that, considering the circumstances,
Mississippi is doing very we'll in the
way of progress. She produces more
cotton than any other State, she has
cotton and other mills employing
about 10000 hands and $7,OO0,O0O in
capital, her free schools number 5000,
and in every way way she is getting
wide awake.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
A New Way to Keep Apples.

DIR. Hexamer says that some years
ago, when he had more apples than he
could store, he hired a cellar of a
neighbor, and put in several hundred
barrels. When he came to take them
out he found water in the cellar three
or four feet deep, and concluded they
were dead loss till he examined them.
Some weeks afterward he found them
in an excellent condition, better than
those which the water had not reached.
The result was ascribed to the low
temperature and exclusion of air, to
which we would add uniform degree
of cold, and freedom from the fuctua-
tions caused by air currents. We sup
pose the water was near or at the
freezing point, An objection to this
mode of keeping apples is the diff
Guilty of putting it into practice to any
eXtent.-COu,,try Gentleman. L
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
The FIRST Elephant.

A correspondent writes : "The first
elephant on exhibition in New Eng
land, and said to have been the first in
the United States, was killed at Alfred,
Me, in the year 1927, about one mile
west from the village, in a piece of
woods near the Round Pond, so called,
on theroad leading to Dover, N. III,
A man by the name of davis had an
alteration With the proprietor of the
menagerie the day previous, while on
exhibition at Alfred, and sought re-
venge by shooting the elephant. The
affair caused a great sensation at the
time throughout New England. The
locality is known and pointed out to
this day as the spot where the elephant
was killed"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
Feed the Grow and Save the Corn.

The only complaint that farmers
ever had to urge against the crow was,
that it would pull up the young corn
sprouts just after they make their ap-
pearance above ground. While we
freely admit that it is guilty of this
pilfering, it still, with the ordinary
protection we can give the cornield
for two weeks, does the farmer a deal
yea, five times-more good than
harm in the destruction of the myriads
of injurious insects which we must
give it credit for. But there is way
"a very cheap and simple way-by
which this useful bird upon the farm
can be befriended, and at the same
time we can be protecting the corn
field against its depredatons. 1t must
be remembered that the crow never
eats grain of any kind 'ojthom being
soaked or made soft, and this is the
reason why it pulls up the young corn
sprouts to get at the pulpy grain ad-
herring to the root. Well, this fact
being remembered, we will soak half a
peck of seed corn in water for twenty
four hours, or until it becomes quite
soft, and scatter 10 Ooer tie aN0j1ing
fields, where it will be found by our
black friends and repeating this
once or twice, or as often as may be
necessary, we will find that the planted
corn will be wholly undisturbed
This will require very small amount
of labor aud an expense of perhaps
not over half dollar, while at the
same time it will save other and more
troublesome aud costly arrangements
for protecting the cornfeld, pre-
serve valuable insect destroyer, and
secure to us the companionship of
wary, glossy, useful, domestic bird,
one of the most pleasing and desirable
members of the winged fauna of the
country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
Cultivation Of Orchards.

Cultivation is very beneficial to
young orchards A young orchard
set in grass land and left to take care
Of itself, will make very slow growth,
if indeed large part of the trees do
not fail TO glow, and. after few years
die, as is generally the case Before
setting a young orchard, the soil
should be brought into fine, rich con-
dition by cultivation and fertilization
The trees should then be carefully set
and the soil kept well cultivated and
frequently fertilized for several years,
or until the trees have attained size
of three or four inches in diameter at
the butt Then, if desirable, the land
may be seeded to grass aud pastured
with sheep, being top dressed occasion
ly whenever the trees are found not to
be growing as fast as they should.
The terminal branches of thrifty grow
ihg trees should make an annual
growth of from eight to twelve inches.
If they make only three or four inches
growth each year, the trees evidently
need fertilizing The trees must be
kept thriftily growing from the time
they are set until they come into full
bearing, and in order to keep them
thus growing it is necessary TO cult
vate and fertilize them for several
years after they are first set. Col,
Marshall Z. Wilder, a good authority
upon matters pertaining to fruit grow
ing, once said in discussion before
the Massachusetts Board of Agricul-
ture: "In word, until orchards are
ten or more years Of age, no crop ex
cept vegetables should be permitted TO
occupy the ground; and then if grass
is grown, the land must be regularly
manured, so as to sustain both crops
injury to either, if such
thing be possible. e.'--N H. Farmer.
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KALsoMINE.-Eight pounds of whit
ing and one quarter of a pound of
white glue make the right proportion.
Soak the glue over night in cold water,
and in the morning heat till it is per-
fectly dissolved. Mix the whiting with
hot water, stir the two thoroughly. to-
gether, and have the wash the consis-
tency of thick cream. Apply warm
with kalsomine brush, brushing it
well in and finishing it as you go on.
If warm skim milk is used instead of
water, the glue may be admitted. Be
fore the wash is applied all holes and
crevices should be stopped with plaster
of Paris mixed with water. Colors to
tint the walls may be procured at any
paint store. If zinc white is used in
stead OF whiting, it will last for years.
The first expense is more, but the in
vestment pays. Use first sizing of
white glue.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

The Country Gentleman, in re-
sponse to request from correspond
ent for a cure for horses which have
contracted the habit of pulling at the
halter, says: "Take sufficiently long
piece of half inch rope. Put the CEN
tire of it under the tail like a crupper,
cross the rope on the back and tie the
two ends together in front of the
beast snugly so that their is no slack,
other wise it would drop down on the
tail. Put an ordinary halter strap or
rope through ring in the manger or
in front of the stall and tie it fast in
the rope on the front of the breast I;
then slap his face and let him fly back.
He will not choke or need telling to
stop pulling back. Let him wear, it
awhile, and twice or thrice daily scare
him back as suddenly and forcibly as
possible After one or two trials you
will see that he cannot be induced to
pull back" ....
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

a funny story is told of the wife OF
one OF the most noted Admirals of the
country. The lady is society WON
an, and she prides herself on her re-
membrance of people. She always
endeavors to make herself agreeable,
and is as pleasant to strangers as
though she had known them for years.
A year ago meeting Commodore Blank
at a dinner table, she said, "Why, my
dear Commodore, | am so glad to see
you! How is your wife 7"
"She is dead, madam was the blunt
reply.
OF course the Admirals wife apollo.
gized for not knowing what should
have been a well-known fact-aud a
fact which she had in reality heard but
had forgotten.
The other day this same lady met
the same Commodore at a party. She
was apparently delighted to see him,
and, in the start of their conversation,
she said Snow, Commodore, want
you to tell me, how is your dear wife p
She was thrown into surprise and
CONSERVATION by the reply, "Madam,
she is still dead
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

CEMENr,-Litharge and glycerine
mixed together to the consistency of
thick cream or putty is valuable ce.
ment for needing stone jars, for aquar-
ium purposes, for stopping leaks in
seams of tin pans or wash boilers, to
fasten on lamp tops, tighten loose
joints of wood or iron, loose boxes in
wagon hubs, and for great many 9TH
er things. The article should not be used
until the cement has hardened, which
will require from one day to week, ac-
cordlng to the quantity used. This ce-
ment will resist the action of water,
cold or hot, of acids, and of almost any
degree or heat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18
A Warning to Pensioners.

The Commissioner of Pensions has
issued circular warning pensioners
and applicants for pensions that un-
scrupulous persons are travelling
throughout the country claiming that
they are authorized TO represent the
Commissioner of Pensions. No spec.
ial examiner or other person employed
by the Pension Office is authorized to
receive money, either as fee or expen-
ses, aud all examiners are provided
with certificates bearing the signature
of the Commissioner Of Pensions and
the Secretary of the Interior
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

CoFFEE FOR PLANTS "A lady of
San Francisco lately received some
plants from Mexico, and with the
plants came the advice to fertilize them
with waste coffee and coffee grounds.
This was done, and the results were so
satisfactory that the same treatment
was tried on roses, and the result was a
healthy and vigorous growth and more
and better flowers and of richer colors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

To WASH HAIR BRUsHEs.-It is best
to clean two at time, in this way:
First comb them well to remove the
loose hair or dust, then dip bristles only
in very warm water, sprinkle each brush
with plenty of powdered borax and rub
the two together; after they are thor
oughly cleansed have pitcher of hot
water and pour it over the bristles.
Keep the back of the brushes as dry as
possible. Shake the water well out and
dry quickly in the sun. Brushes wash
ed in this way will retain their stiff
ness
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

AT rare intervals those peculiar peo-
pie that give way to a weakness for
surprise parties receive their Just re.
wards. When these phenomena occur
it is the surprise party that is surpris-
ed In Tohickon, Bucks county. a few
days ago, score of these people re-
ceived a surprise that will last them
until new minister moves into the
neighborhood and gives them a chance
for another exhibition of their mild
form of insanity. While indulging in
n banquet at the expense of meek
and inoffensive neighbor recently, these
people fell through the floor into the
cellar, carrying with them stoves, ban
quoting tables, furniture, a piano and
two hat racks. 1t is expected that
some of them will recover from their in
jurles in time to give another surprise
party to pay for the damages.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

A most beautiful and fragrant
growth for a window may be obtained
by soaking sea-sponge in warm
water and sowing in its cells the seeds
of outrageous grasses and wild flow.
ers, with here and there the delicate
fern and creeping wild berry, known as
the mocking strawberry, The hang
ing may be done by gilded rod or
ornamental lcords. The sponge may
be kept moist and distended by daily
sprinkling with blood-warm water.
The sponge thus treated is much light.
er, prettier and more surely verdant
than any other spring basket,-Na-
tonu Farmer. ffL .
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-05-18

nNn A Aw"ek made at home by the industri-
v ~ GUS Best business now before the
~ ! public. Capital not needed. We VIII
W ~ start you Men, women. boys and girls
wanted everywhere TO work for us. Now Is the
time. You can work In spare tlme or give your
whole time 10 tue business. No other business
VIII pay you nearly as well No one can fail TO
make enormous ply, by engaging aJ once, Costly
Outht and terms fr q, Money made fast, easily,
ad honorably Address TRUE Co, Augusta,
Maine. Dee 8, 's2-ly.
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N AND DEMOCRAT, BI IOoMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA
Advertising Cneats!!

| at has become so common to write the
beginning of an article In an elegant, In
teresting manner,
| "Then run IL into some advertisement
that we would avoid all such,
"And simply call attention to the merits
| of Hop I}ittcrs in as plain honest terms as
possible,
"To induce people
"To give them one trial, which so proves
their value that they will never use any
| thing else"
"fnE REMEDY so favorably noticed in
all the papers,
'lieligious and secular, is
"IIaving large sale, and is supplanting
all other medicines.
"There is no denying the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop
Bitters have shown great shrewdncss
"And ability
"In compromising medicine whose
virtues are so palpablc to every ones oh
scryation.
Did She Diea
"No!
"Shc fingered and suffered jaong, pining
away all the time for years."
"The doctors doing her no good;"
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bit
ters the papers say so much about"
"Indeed! Indeed" !"
"How thankful we should be for that
medicine"
a Daughters Misery.
Eleven years our daughter suffered on
II bed of misery,
"From complication of kidney, liver,
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility,
Under the care OF the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief.
"And now she is restored to us in good
health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bit
ters, that we had stunned for years before
using it," The PARENTS.
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Rather Is Getting We'll.

"My daughters say:
"lIow much better father Is since he used Hop
Bitters.n
Gle Is getting well after his long suffering from
n disease declared incurable"
"And we are so glad that he used your Bltters +"
"A lady of UtiCa, n. u.
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TIME TABLE

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. PHIL.
ADELPHIA & ERIE X. X. DIVISION Ann
CENTRAL RAILWAY.
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ID DHILADELPHAAN AND READING ROA
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER
TRAINS.

June 20, 1882.
TRAINS LEAVE RUPERT AS FoLLowstsUNDAY
EXoEPTBD.
For New York, Philadelphia, Reading Pottsville
Tamaqua, &C., II As IN:
For Catawssa II, l,46 a. IN. 4 Sc and T,2O D. m.
For Willlamsport, ,l6 $50 q. II. and 4,O6 o. m.
TRAINS ron RUPERT LEAVE AS FOLLOWS, SUNDAY
KxCEPTED.)
Leave New York, via. Tamanend 300 q. 10. and
via. Bound Brook Route Las a. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, 9,45 q. IN.
Leave Reading, 11,5b a. m, Pottsvile, 1880 p. m
and Tamaqua, 1875 p. m.
Leave Catawissa, 6,lO $40 a. m. and 400 p. m.
Leave Williamspor, ., am, 100 p. M and 80 D. M
Passengers TO and from New York, via. Tams-
mend and TO and from Philadelphia go through
without change of cars.
j. L. WOOTTEN,
- - General Manager,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
JAM 10, lsSl-tf.