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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31
Profits of Farming.

People who think farming is a poor
business for young man to engage in
do not always figure correctly. 1t is
true, as compared with the successful
merchant or speculator, the profits look
small. Ambitious young men, in hot
haste TO be rich, consider the slow pro-
cess of making money by the growth
of the soil far toe dilatory. Allowing
the farmer to take out Of his produce
reasonable wages, as compensation
for his labor, and his per cent. of profit
on his land, implements, etc, will not,
probably, exceed three per cent. per
annum. "That is very poor bust
ness" says the merchant and the bank
er, Il expect to make fifteen or tweu-
ty per cent. on my money! Let us
look little into this fifteen or twenty
per cent.
Every man cannot be banker, or
merchant, simply because if nobody
tills the soil, the merchant will have no
one to buy his goods, or the bank to
borrow its money. Every one has not
the capital to set up store, or bank,
and therefore he who commences, fire.
quently does it by borrowing and pay
ing interest, six, eight, ten, or perhaps
fifteen per cent.
We do not propose that every young
man should try farm either Farm
ing requires special qualifications, the
first of which is good constitution !;
the next, good judgment. He also re-
quires capital but the above qualifi.
cations constitute the principal part of
il.
II is found by statistical data that Of
SO many merchants who count upon
sudden wealth ninety-seven out of
every hundred fail in the course of their
lives, and became bankrupt This pro
cess is by no means an agreeable one
to go through, Only seven out of
every hundred die rich. With most
men the principal object in acquiring
money is to leave something The
farmer may not be able to die rich /;
must be content to live comfortably,
and to die in comfortable circum-
stances. But to return to the pro-
fits.
Suppose it is only three per cent
that is. he has tract, say one hundred
acres of wild land, that cost $500 per
acre, and the clearing Of one-half of it,
$1,000; his buildings, implements,
stock, etc., Sl,500--in all S2.500 or
$4,000. After paying himself wages
and supporting his family, he makes
three per cent. on his investment, or
800. This does not look very impos-
ing, but this little sum he can loan at
ten per cent, making it 800 and add
ing the next years profit, there is $3.50;
loaning this the third year, it swells to
$297 and by the time his children
grow up, there is quite snug little
sum salted away for them.
The farm all this time is increasing
in value, and more than likely by the
time bis first born is of age, it is worth
$50 per acre or $4,000. His merchant
friend is probably, by that time, twice
that sum worse than nothing.
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THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BT TOOMsBURG COLUMBIA

nhg Hfor the working class. Send 10 cents for
HIll llpostage, and we Will mall you Jree, royal
huA8valueble box OF sample goods that viii put
-. you In the way OF making more money IN a
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only. The work Is universally adapted to both
sexes, young and old. You can easily earn from
10 cents TO 50 every evening. That all who want
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offer TO all that are not well satisfied we Will send
u To pay for the trouble OF writing U.S. Full part-
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made by those who give their whole time TO the
work. Great success absolutely sure Don't delay
start now. Address STINsoS & CO., Portland,
maine. nec .1-1
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Adyertising Cbeatsiii

at has become so common to begin an
article, in an elegant, interesting style.
Then run IL into some advertisement
that we avoid all such,
"And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bittcrs in as plain, honest terms,
possible,
"To induce people
"To give them one trial, which so proves
their value that they will never use any.
thing else"
'The Remedy so favorably noticed In all the
Religious and secular, is
"Haying, large sale, and is supplanting all
"There is no denying the virtues OF the Hop plant,
and the proprietors OF Hop Bitters have shown
great shrewdness and ability
IN compromising medicine whose virtues are
so palpable to every ones observation
DID SHE DEP
"She fingered and suffered along, 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"
'lndeed Indeed I"
How thankful we should be for that
medicine" -
DAUGHTERS MISERY.
Eleven years our daughter suffered on
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 rs Hop Bit
ters, that we had stunned tor years before
using it."-The Parents.
FATHER Is GETTING WELL.
"My daughters say.
How much better father is since he used
Hop Bittors."
''He is getting well after his long suffer-
ng from disease declared incurable."
"And we are so glad that he used your
Bitters."-A Lady of Utica, N
,sF None genuine without bunch of green
hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
sohous stun With "Hop" or "Hops" In their name.
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He died this morning.

American tramps will be pleased to
learn that the English custom of eating
five meals in day is being introduced
into this country. The news may not
be SO great to the farmers poultry, how
ever
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31

An undertaken came into the house
looking Respondent, and presently tears
sweled into his eyes.
What is the matter 7 asked his
wife. Something gone wrong at the
office
You knew that DR.. b. had been sick
for day or two7
Yes
He died this morning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31

Which is the most costly, horse or
a bicycle The first cost is often about
the same the difference afterwards
depends on the relative price of arnica
and oats.
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Jas. ii. Mercer will refund the price
paid if Ackers Blood Elixir does not
relieve any skin or blood disorder. A
new, but thoroughly tested discovery.
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Jas. II. Mercer distinctly states that
Acker's English Remedy has and does
cure contracted consumption. Ask for
circular. An entirely new medicine,
guaranteed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31

Two ounces of soda dissolved in a
quart of hot water will make a ready
and useful solution for cleaning old
painted work preparatory to repainting.
This mixture, in the above proportion,
should be applied when warm, and the
woodwork afterward washed with wa
ter to remove all traces of the soda.
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Jas. II. Mercer states that indiges-
ton prepares every one for disease, but
guarantees Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets
to cure all forms of indigestion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31
Tuesday, November 4, 1884

fed electors OF Columbia county that a general
election will be held on
Tuesday, November 4, 1884
being. the Tuesday. next following the first Mon
day OF said month) for the purpose OF electing the
several persons hereinafter named, to-wit:
Thirty persons for electors for President and
Vice President OF the United States from the State
OF Pennsylvania.
one person for Congressman -at-Large.
One person for Congress from the nth Congress
Slonal District
Two persons for Representatives OF Pennsylva-
MIA.
One person for Parliamentary and Clerk of the
Courts OF Columbia County.
One person for Register and Recorder OF Colum-
ba county.
one person for Treasurer of Columbia county.
Three persons for commissioners OF Columbia
county.
Three persons for Auditors of Columbia coun-
ty.
l also hereby m AXE known and give notice that
the places OF holding the Aforesaid election In the
several wards, boroughs, districts and townships
within the county Of Columbia are as follows, viz
Beaver township, at the public house Of Potter
Smith.
Benton township, at the public mouse OF Hiram
Hess, I'm the town OF Benton.
East Bloom, at the Court House, In Bloomsbury
West Bloom, at the Court House, in Bloomsbury
East Berwick, at the little oflice OF Jackson &
Woodln In the borough OF Berwick.
West Berwick at the onice OF w. j. Knorr, in
the borough OF Berwick.
Borough Of Centralia at the public house OF VIII
liam Peifer
Briarcreek township, at the public school house
near Evansville.
Catawissa township, at the spublic house OF W
A. Ietter.
Centre township, at the school house near Lafay-
ette CreaSy's.
North Conyngham District, at the school house
near the colliery of John Anderson & Co.
South Conyngham District, at the house Of Mrs
Thomas Monroe.
Fishingcreek township, at the school house near
G. B. Whites.
Franklin township, at the Lawrence school
house.
- Greenwood township, at the house of !. D.
Patton.
Hemlock township, at the public house OF Chas.
Ii. Dietterlch, in the town OF Buck Horn.
Jackson township at the house OF Ezekiel Cole.
Locust township, at the public house OF Daniel
Knorr, In Numedia.
Mifiiln township, at the public house OF Aaron
Hess, In the town OF Miflinville..
Madison township, at the public school house
Mt. Pleasant township, at the Millertown school
house.
=. LaycocI, at Rupert
Main township, at the public house OF Jeremiah
- Foarlngcreek township, at the house of Samuel
Miller.
orange township, at G. Heckmans hotel in Or
aDgeville.
Pine township, at the Centre school House,
Sugarloaf township, at the house OF Norman
Cole.
West Scott at the public house OF +. C. Fred
erici, in Lghtstreet.
East Scott township, at the public house OF
Jacob Miller, In Espy.
At all elections hereafter held under the laws OF
this Commonwealth. the election polls shall be
opened at seven O'Clock In the forenoon, and
shall continue open without interruption or ad-
journment until seven o'clock In the evening when
the polls will be closed.
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7 AMEG REILLY,

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A lawyer who can write poetry is
not necessarily legal-tender writer.
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PHILADELPHIA AND READING ROAD

4 ~ -'0
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER
TRAINS.
May10 1884
TRAINS LEAVE RUPERT As FoLLows(5UNDAY
KXCgPThD.
For New York. Philadelphia, Reoding PottsvllI
Tamaqua, &C., II, so O. III,
For Catawissa, II 80 a. 10. 6.l3 and lG.2S p. IN.
For Wiiliamsport, 636 H. a. IN. and 4,0e p. IN
For Lewisburg and Sunbury, 400 p. IN.
TKAlhs FOR RUPgar LRAYg As FOLLOWS, (suRDAY
BScEPTED.A
Leave New York, via. Tamaqua 800 q. 70. and
via. Bound Brook Route 7,45 a. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, $50 q. III.
Leave Reading, ll,S5 a. M, Pottsville, l2as D. IL
and Tamaqra, 1885 p. N.
Leave CatawlssG, 6,S0 Ills q. N. ana 400 p. III.
Leave Wiamsport 9,46a.m, ,4.05 p. tn and 6.l0 y. m
Leave Sunbury 4.19 p. IN.
LeWsburg 443 p. m.
Passengers 20 and from Philadelphia go throuh
without change Of cars.
J. E. WoOTTEN,
G. q. HANCOCK,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Jan. 10. lSSl-.tf.
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NENERAL ELECTION
PROCLAMATION.

/, JOHN MOukEr, hign Sheriff OF Co
lumbia county, Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania,
do hereby make known and proclaim to the quail
fed electors OF Columbia county that general
election will be held on
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31

A country seattle milking stool.
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In effect May ieth, 1884. Trains leave sun
bury
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-03
The Phenomenal Liar Beaten.

Until recently, says the ST. James Ga
Eeite, London, citizens of the United
States were unrivaled as manufac turers
of incredible stories. A year or two ago,
however, q mendacious Australian jour
nalist dealt cruel blow at this kind OF
American supremacy by inventing and
publishing minute account Of a pro-
cess by means of which mans ANNA
ton could be indefinitely suspended, the
vital powers meanwhile undergoing no
waste whatever; and now Japan sends US
q tale which for wild and eu6lime IN
tP1thtRiness probably exceeds Anything
that either America or Australia has
produced. According to the CORE
spondent of a Toxic journal, native
philosopher, living a. ITskoJSdi, has
discovered 8 method by which he
can at viii mRterializo his own
soul. This remarkable man, is,
SO it is asserted, accustomed, for
the amusement Of himself and his
friends, to take his seat toward evening
In large bamboo chair, aId to become
apparently unconscious. No sOODer has
his body lost all constituencies than there
Issues from his open mouth q faint blue
flame, which slowly takes form and as
sumes the proportion of q well-deVelOped
manikin of somo six inches in height.
This mnniI5in, who is the materializ. 4
soul of the philosopher, talks freely wi L
those present, and eats, drinks, writes,
aud, in fact, exercises all the functions
Of civilized and perfectly constituted
human being He dare not, however, SO
he is reported to declare, break contact
with the inanimate body Of his posses
sor; and on one occasion, when he was
fOrcibly removed and set upon a neigh-
boring table, the philosopher began to
gasp and struggle as if in the agonies of
death, whereupOn the manikin was
quickly replaced ON his masters head.
The correspondent processes to give the
names of Feveral Japanese gentlemen
who have more than once witnessed the
experiment, and be is wicked enough to
end his recital with solemn oath that
the whole account is strictly true.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-03
The ELECTORAL En-

Washington, Deem Der 31.-Repre-
sentative bEcCoid intends to urge
the consideration at an early date of
his bill to provide for tho election uf
President and Vice-President for the
uneXp;red term in case of removal,
death resignation or inability of both
President and Vice President, and to
declare the officer who shall act as
Acting President adj i5lterinl. The bill
was introduced December. 10th and
referred to the committee on judiciary
Of which McCoid is a member. I he
measure provides that The electors APP
pointed from each State for the election
OF President and Vice-President shall
hold trusts as such electors and con-
stitue a college of electors for their
respective State, for the Presidential
terms of four years which power to
fill vacancies. In case of the removal
Dt the President and Vice President
for any cause, the SECRETARY of State
shall perform the ministerial duties of
the office of President Gd interim. and
shall Immediately issue proclama.
ton declaring a vacancy to have oc-
Cured, and appoutfng,a day not less
than thirty day thereafter, upon which
the college of electors of several States
shall meet for the electian of President
and Vice President for the unexpired
term. The bill further provides that
the same course Of procedure shall
be followed which under the constitu-
ton would be followed in an ordinary
year of Presidential election, except
that the counting Of the electoral vote
shall take place upon the second
Tuesday after the meeting and organ
ization next succeeding the regular
session of Congress, ualess Congress
be in session when such election
occurs; then such counting shall: take
place on the eighth Tuesday after
such election, Mr.. McCoid, in support
of his bill says It carries out the idea
of the formers Of the constitution and
insures for four years the continuance
of power eff the party eiecting the
two high officials. lie discussed the
measure with q numIer Of Senators,
and they. express themselves in
favor of it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-03
THE APPEAL FOR 1884.


The Appeal, having for forty-three. years
been recognized as the exponent of Southern
thought, Southern politics and Southern
industry, and shared the vicissitudes of the
Southern people, it is now participating in
their prosperity. Its increase in circulation
and business has been steady and uubroken.
1t has many more readers now than ever be-
fore in It's history, and it will be the aim of
the management to deserve a continuation
of this patronage by the publication of a
broad, full, complete, enterprising journal
commensurate with the growth Of the city
the prosperity of the South, and that shall
rank with the large and influential papers
OF other great cities. 1t has and will have
correspondents at all the important points
eontributary to Memphis; and it will use,
as it is now doing, the telegraph freely 70
its own special reports of all interesting
events. The year 1884 promises to be one
of the most important in this crowded and
eventful century. 1t will witness a Presi-
Dental election of unusual interest, and in
this great contest the Appeal viii be where
it has always been-the friend and advo-
cate of the Democratic party. The Appeal
for 1884 will present TO its readers daily a
faithful and full record of current events.
TERMS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-03
STATE NEWS.

Smallpox is subsidirg at Gadsden.
There arc two cases at Jacksonville,
but they are isolated and carefully
guarded.
A footing up of the amount Of
ih1ney expended yesterday, by, the
juveniles FOR lin Christmas horns
would present. no doubt, a startling
array Of figures. An estimate of the
number Of other hnrns taken would
be simply beyond the cai acity. OF a
lightning Observation-Disclosures.
4 Fhonas Harwoods son of James A .
Hdrw0od - president Of the Fruit
Growers Association, living in the
Fifth district. near the. asylum, died
yesterday evening at 5 o'clock after
Al short illness Of twenty-six hours.
of pneumonia. lie was thigty-four
years old aud blind. -B aianer. -
DR. J. 3. McFerrin has fully re-
covered bic health, much to the graft
fication OF a Iegior Of friends, who
hope that he may be spared tor many
years IL come. Tie Is once more ena-
bIed TO give-his time a..d attention to
The Southern Methodist Publishing
House, much Of the success of which
is due TO his earnest efforts. Ba,u.er.
A Milan special TO the Avalaneh
Of Dec 18th says; A house in the east
part of town occupied iby Frank
LOonevf(c) was burned Tonight about
10 O'Clock Lronsy's father, an old
man about 100 years old, was burned
to crisp. LOOney's family were at
church at the time The charred, 70
mains of the burned man were taken
from the fire after the lire had cooled
off 20 some extent.
Tennessee Notwithstanding lie lugubriOus
howls Of the protection organs secured three
chairmRnships in :he CARLISLE loItFv. All
three are impuTtant committees. Warner
Lewishurg' j. placed az the head of commit
Tee ON Mines and Mining. Casey Young is
set down for the head Of tbs committee on
Expenditures for the Interior Department
MeAEillip is at-tbe head of the committee Oh
Claims, the same position once held by the
lIon.JOhn NJ. Bright. This il. a we'll bestowed
tribute to their HONORABLE service in the
House and to the State of Tcnnessee.-WO ORD
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The BULLETIN Job office is one T
the bess TO be found in any country
town in the state. Il has recently
been remodeIed and improved and
is now IN condition to turn out in the
best style every grade of work in
that lire. Our prices viii be low
and satisfaction guaranteed in every
instance in both work and price-if
you want letter heads, note heads,
bin heads, cards, labels, blanks, en-
velopes, statements, visiting cards,
wedding cards, invita- tons, funeral
notes, tags, checks, programmes, dates,
dodgers, posters, or pamphlets and
book work, call at the Bulletin Office
and give US a trial. T.:
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A New Order of Things.

Every Intelligent planter knows that
within the, past few years a new era has
opened for the South, in the rapid and
profitable developments of its agricultural
and manufacturing resources. Its indus
tries have been multiplied and their vol
ume increased in such a degIee that a
new demand for motive power has
sprung UP, especially in such branches
of production as require light power to
take the place of the slow, inadequate
system of horse and mule power which
has prevailed for 50 many years.
The old methods are wholly unsuited
70 the new order of things, Of which In
creased production. larger profits, and
the adoption of improved processes are
characteristic features.
To meet this prevailing want, the
Bookwalter Steam ERgine has been pro-
duced, and is especially adapted-fo use
on plantations. for such purposes as gin
ming cotton, grinding corn, and many
other purposes that viii suggest them
solves to any one who desires TO keep up
with the new order of things and make
a profit on his product.
This Engine gives the maximum Of
service at the minimum of expense. It
has an upright boiler, constructed with
special reference to economy in fuel,
Gafety, durability, and freedom from
leakage. A defect frequently observed
IN upright boilers-namely the burning
out of tubes, and leakage at the point OF
insertion at the crown sheet-has been
carefully guarded against in the construc-
ton of the Bookwalter Engine. Every
detail Of its mechanism has been made
the subject Of diligent study and expert
ment, and it is offered to the public in
the full confidence, based upon its sue
cessful use by thousands of persons in
I'll parts of the country, that it meets in
the most perfect manner every require
ment of an effective, practical motive
power.
All working parts, including also
CRATES, bed plate, door and bonnet to
boiler, are made in duplicate, 80 that in
case of breakage the owner can get
new part and replace It without having
to go to machine-shop with the Engine
The aim of the makers of this well
known Engine, Messrs. James Leffel &
Co., of Springfield, Ohio, has been to
give perfect efficiency to the working
parts, producing. but few sizes and build
ing them in the most thorough mann0
in short, to combine effectiveness with
simplicity, durability and cheapncss.
Every boiler and engine is tested by
steam pressure to over twice the work
ing pressure, and run, before leaving
the works, to insure its perfect working
in the hands of the purchaser.
They are easily operated, and thar
they give the best of satisfaction is fully
proven by the fact that over three thou
sand Of them are in use i'll the United
States, many of them successfully driv-
ing cotton gins, cotton presses, cane and
corn mills in the Southern States. a
The manufacturers are always pleased
to furnish all information regarding this
Engine to any one asking for the Same