The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-26
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lake rccreaJlOn WIN nSn pOle ana
gun sometimes.
Seed corn should be selected before
the stalks are cut.
A little oil-meai led daily will help
to keep up full milk flow.
In bee robbing close the hive so that
only one or two bees can enter at a
time
Have regard to morals in hired help;
bad people may contaminate the chill
dren.
When hopes have acquired strong
force and the seed is firm and brown,
they are fit to gather
Indigo was formerly cultivated as a
field crop in the south, but is now su-
perceded by the better paying cotton
crop.
A prominent alienist when asked
what was the leading cause of insanity
answered, "excess."
The owners of large stock farms find
it more profitable TO raise hogs that
grow rapidly rather than those that
fatten easily. Western pork, in conse-
quence, is becoming younger and lean
er.
In Mount Morris, Mich, q family,
believing its members to be bewitched
by an old woman in the neighborhood,
nicked the ears of all its pigs and COWS
to drive out the devils.
The latest evasion of the Prohibi
tory law of Iowa is to license brewer
les to manufacture for medical pur-
poses. In one county brewery has
hung a sign, "Manufactory of Alcoholic
A sample of American cheese in
London when analyzed proved to con
tain neither milk nor any of its deriva-
tives. Its chief ingredients were lard
and coloring matter. 1t came from
New York State.
In repairing the old Elliot block
house, in Maine, dccayed log wa,
found to contain many stone Indian a.
row heads and several bullets. Ac-
cording to the town record they must
have been embedded in the early part
of the last century.
The Bible Society has determined to
stop putting Bibles in railroad cars.
One of its officers said "Of thous-
and distributed, we believe but ten
were read, while three huudred were
10 mntilated as to be WORTHLESS, and four
hundred stolen"
Butterine is supersedlng oleomarga-
rine. Where the latter is made from
pure OK fat, the former is manufactured
from deodorized lard. A major part of
the butterine sold comes from near
Chicago.
1t would seem as if religion were
dying out in China, judging from the
fact that large number of temples in
Foo Chow are leased by the priesthood
to Europeans for dwelling or business
purposes.
japanese magic mirrors are in the
market. These are made of fine burn
ished metal, and when lightly breathed
upon disclOses geometrcal patterns,
landscapes, or faces. Their manufac-
ture is secret, but is believed TO con-
sist in Welding the pattern IN one kind
of steel or iron upon plate of diff
ferent kind. Cne which reproduced
faces, sold at Philadelphia for $llO.
The musical composition known as
an oratorio gets its name from ST.
Philip Neri. He, devout priest, in
the full tide of the Renaissance period,
with the aim of attracting young peo-
pie and keeping them out of mischief,
more especially on Sunday, gave at his
oratory, performances of original sacred
music, to which he gave the name of
oratorios. Many OF these early orato-
rios still exist.
Wood pavement is to be given up in
London, and the old McAdam system
restored. The former is said to have
not only failed TO realize the expected
advantages, but has led, according to
Prof. Tyndall's report, to serious affec-
tions of the eyes and lungs that is, by
continual watering, the wood became
saturated with street filth, and then,
under the influence of the hot sun,
gave forth pernicicus species of
dust.
In cosmopolitanism New York takes
the lead. In clubs, club rooms, and
club houses the following countries are
represented Japan, China, Cochin
China, Turkey, Russia, Norway, Swe-
den, Malacca, Hungary, Prussia, Aus
tria, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Belgium,
Brazil, Mexico, Poland, and Cuba. No
other metropolis approaches this re-
cord.
While any number of baronetcles and
bankers have become extinct, the first
baronetcy created survives and the first
London banker is still directly repre-
sented in the firm of Child 81 Co. Mr..
Francis Child, whom Pennant terms
"the first regular banker and father of
the profession in England started in
business in the reign of Charles ii.
The first baronet was the famous Fran
els Bacons elder brother.
The evening before Daniel Webster
died his physician repeated to him the
words, "Thy rod and Thy staff they
comfort me- and Webster replied, as
if in sympathy, but too weak to com,
plete the sentence, "Thy rod and Thy
staff-the-f cl-the-fact--I want. "
Here the matter rested as at first re-
ported. A Bostonian now gives what he
declares is the true account, as it came
to him very directly. Webster asked
whether he was likely to live till morn
ing. DR., Jetfreys, not willing TO give
a positive answer, repeated from the
twenty-third Psalm. Webster saw the
evasion, and in clear and rather se
we're tone said; Thy rod and Thy
staff THE fact, the fact want" IL,