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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-03-06

Here are some items about Saline
and Mcpherson counties which might
be interesting to our eastern friends /:
gregating only 421, 600 bushels IN 1876,
while Mcpherson county alone pro-
duced 1,O22, 28S bushels. The SIX
New England States produced only
981, 500 bushels Of wheat 10 1875, OF
less than Mcpherson alone IL 1871, OF
the county Of Saline, whose product
IN 1877 aggregated ], $40, ls8. Another
fact Only q states In the Union pro-
duce e. much wheat as the county Of
Mppharaou.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,

That every person excepting Justices OF the
Peace and Aldermen, Notares Public and Per-
sons In the militia service OF the State, Vino
shall hold or shall within two months have held
the United States, or OF this State, and city or
corporated district, whether commissioned
Ofcer or otherwise, subordinate oncer or agent
who is or shall be employed under the Legisla-
state, or OF any city or Of any Incorporated dis
trict, and also, that every member Of Congress
and OF the State Legislature, ana OF the select
or common council or any city, or commissioners
OF any Incorporated district, are by law incapable
or holding or exercising at the same time the
office or appointment OF Judge, Inspector or Clerk
OF any election OF this Commonwealth, and tnat
no Inspector, Judge or other onicer Of such elec-
tion shall be eligible TO be then voted for.
The Inspectors and Judge OF the elections shall
meet at the respective places appointed Tor
holding the election In the district TO which they
respectively belong, before seven O'Clock IN the
morning, and each OF said inspectors shall ap-
point one clerk, who shall bea qualified voter OF
The quallfied voters Of the several districts in
this county at all general, township borough and
special elections, are hereby hereafter author-
written, or partly printed and partly written,
seyerally classified as follows: One ticket shall
embrace the names Of all Judges OF Courts voted
FOR, and labelled, outside, "Judiclary;" one
ticket shall embrace the names OF all tho State
oflicers voted for and TO be labelled "State;" one
ticket SHAH embrace the names or all county
oficers voted FOR, including the ofice OF Senator,
ana Memoers OF Assembly, II voted for, ana
led County !" one ticket shall embrace the names
Of all township ofcers voted for and be labelled
"Township !" one ticket shall embrace the names
of all borough Officers voted for and be labelled
And each class shall be deposited IN separate
sept@u shern.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
The Old Folks.

Do the young people ever think that
they will be old; that they will soon
feel that the grasshopper is a burden
and fear is in the way Only few
short years ago that aged man and fee
BILE woman were young, strong and tull
of life their loving hearts were gush'
ing with tenderness and care for the
little ones who now stand in their pla-
ces. Do not jostle that aged couple
out of your pathway, but rather lift
them with tender care over the rough,
declining road. You may have for
gotten how carefully they kept your
tender feet from stumbling, and with
what care they watched your advanc-
ing steps. But they have not forgot
ten, and the time will come when you
will be forcibly reminded of it, by the
love you have for your own little ones.
Will they hand you the same bitter
cup to drink that you put out for that
aged father and stricken motherl Yer.
lily "with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again"
Think of the anxious days and nights
your mother has watched by your sick
bed rememember her loving care I;
her patience and long suffering with
your freti, ness, and then let the blush
of shame dye your brow, that you
should be impatient or unkind to her
low that she is old. Old folks are
such trial Yes, they know it they
feel it aid so will be such a trial to
your children in the days that will
surely come ay, and you will remem-
Der tool
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

DIsApPEARANCE OF LIE BUFFALO,
1t was only in 1870 that a writer in
Harper'S Magazine laughed at the
fears of the Indians that the buffalo
would soon be exterminated and de-
clared such fears to be groundless. To.
day, less than fifteen years from that
date, the buffalo has practically disap'
peared from this country, and a few
small herds, one on the Pecos River in
Texas, and two or three in the extreme
North, are all that remain of the mil
lions of decade ago. Even these are
surrounded by an army of butchers
who slaughter them as ruthlessly as
though they were vermin and their
speedy destruction was imperatiyely de-
manded. d.-Harpers Weekly,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
The Penalty for Marrying Minors.


Under the laws of Pennsylvania a
marriage between minors is valid. III
celebrated, however, without the pub
lication of the banns one month in ad-
vance or without the consent Of the
parents or guardians of the minors so
marrying, the minister or magistrate
officiating is subject to fine of fifty
pounds, colonial money, amounting to
S133.33 of United States money. The
fact that the preacher or magistrate
may have been deceived as to the age
of the contracting parties is no defense.
This act, approved Feb biuary IA, 1929,
was supposed to have been modified
by an act approved June 2, 1871, so
that persons solemnizing marriages of
this kind were released from responsi.
bility unless they were fully aware that
the parties were minors.
A decision of the Supreme Court Of
the State, recently handed down at
Pittsburg, holds that the old colonial
law is still in force The case was
taken up from the Franklin County
Court, the couple who were married
contrary to law residing in that county.
They were respectively seventeen and
sixteen years OF age. The mother of the
groom was alive, as we're both parents
of the bride, none of whom had consent
ed to or were aware of the projected.
marriage. 1t was proven at the trial that
the preacher had been deliberately de-
ceived by the eloping couple and the
defense was based upon the act of 1871,
which was supposed to release the par
ties celebrating the marriage where the
celebration did not take place in wilful
violation of the original law. Both the
lower Couit and Supreme Court held
that the minister was responsible and
subject to the fine.
This decision should be borne in
mind by every minister and magistrate
in the State. The practice of marry.
ing everybody applying has become
far too prevalent and not few of the
divorce cases in our courts are directly
traceable to these hasty unions between
persons who should never have been
allowed to marry. 1t may seem
hardship to hold these persons respon-
sible when they have been deceived
but as they are not compelled to marry
anybody, they can insist, as a matter
of self-protection, on indubitable proofs
of the right of the parties to marry
who present themselves as candidates
for Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

The Imperial Government of China
has come to decision of great impor-
tance-that, namely, of sanctioning
in principle the introduction of rail-
ways into the country. The Empress
calls upon the great functionaries of
State to submit plans for the construc-
ton and management of strategical
and commercial lines. Proposals were
accordingly made by the Viceroy Ii
Hung Chang and other representatives
of the progressive school, to be carried
out on the conclusion of definite trea-
ty with France. Ii Hung Chang is
now convinced by experience that the
public work requiring organization and
financial accuracy can be undertaken
by the Chinese themselves. Conse-
quently, the railways must be construc-
ted and managed by skilled foreigners.
But the Government has natural
dread of the inroads of foreigners, and
is unwilling to assign them rights over
the soil of China. There, will, there.
fore, be a strong disinclinatlon to grant
concessions, and the railway problem
will probably be solved by the Gov.
ernment itself assuming the response,
bility of making State lines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
ODD ITEMS.

There are 1850 languages or dialects
spoken on this globe.
Rum is made from sweet potatoes in
Louisiana Seven barrels of potatoes
yield barrel of rum.
A negro whose age was stated at
l13 years voted at the recent election
in Abbeville, Ala.
A Virginia lady, 80 years of age, at
tributes her longevity to the use of
strong coffee, of which she drinks a
dozen cups daily.
The first tame cattle were brought to
America by Columbus in 1493. They
were first imported into Virginia
in 1907, and into Massachusetts in
1924.
Alcohol was known to Raymond
Lully in the thirteenth century, and
was manufactured in France early in
the fourteenth.
One company has invested recently
in 81 900 acres of land in Texas, an
other in 100000 of bottom laud in
Mississippi, another in 100000 acres
in Florida. These are but repeti.
tiops of what has been going on for
several years and promises to be ser.
ious evil.
A delicious sauce is made of one egg
beaten with one cup of sugar. This
may be done sometime before dinner
when it is time to serve the sauce, pour
over the sugar and egg half cupful of
boiling water; flavor with lemon or
rose.
Spiced beel, which is delicious when
cold and sliced thin, is easily prepared.
Choose piece with less fat than You
wish to have in roast boil this
until tender in water in which you
have put salt, pepper, celery seed and
clover; the amount to depend on your
taste.
A candle arranged so ms to burn at
a uniform rate, and affixed to delicate
balances, shows no change in the rate
of consumption of wax when burned
in the full blaze of the sun or in the
shade. Precisely the same plumber of
grins of the solid material are chang
ed in and out of sunlight in given
time.
The sun never sets on the British
Empire, nor does it on our Republic.
1t shines on Alaska when not shining
on other of our possessions. We have
avalanches of snow in Colorado and
Utah, bowling blizzards in Montana
and Dakota, fruit trees in bloom in
Texas, strawberries in Florida, snow
drops in Massachusetts, and wheat knee
high in California.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
Owls.

Owls were never an epeourian feast,
but Southey once had an owl roasted
for dinner, for himself and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wordsworth l give the sequel in
his own words:
"We agreed there could be no pre-
text for making owls game and killing
them as delicacies but if ever you eat
one, above all means try it boiled, with
onion sauce"
An omelet made of owls eggs is
said to be good cure for drunken
ness.
AT one time the workmen on the
Washington Monument were a good
deal annoyed to find that a plumb line
that reached from the top TO the bot
tom of the shaft was frequently med
died with. AT last it was found that
an owl had taken up its abode in q
part of the shaft that afforded a shelter
and in passing in and out it had dis
turbed the line.
An owl was once beguiled into a
Georgia conference meeting, intent in
securing rat which had run into the
room to escape so persistent an enemy.
Dazed by the light he sailed around a
few times and alighted upon the bald
head of an old man who sat directly in
front of the speaker. 1t is hardly
necessary to say what was the next
move; but the presence of the owl
may have called to the preachers mind
the presence Of Isaiah, who when he
foretold the desolation of Babylon, de-
clared that the house should be full of
doleful creatures, and that owls should
dwell there.
An owl once seriously disturbed the
mourners at n funeral at Beechwood,
Ontario. With tender care they had
placed the remains in a tomb, and
were turning away sorrowing, when
they heard moan that seemed to como
from the coffin. Hurriedly they broke
the casket open, only to find all quiet
within, and then it was discovered tina,
the noise they had heard came from
owls at the far end of the vault
Dodsley thought it worth his while
to write an ode on the death OF ar
owl, and Broomfeld made the bird the
subject of his muse. Many persons be
lieve that an owl will keep his eyes sc
intently fixed on a person walking
around him as to wiring his own neck
off, and it was not until some quick
eyed observer discovered that when
the owl had turned his bead half round
he whisked it back through the whole
circle with the rapidity of lightning
and faced again the person who wa
experimenting on him. PrOvidenc
Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

The following "points" are derived
from the experience of an English lady
of good social position, but limited
means, who for several years has been
taking "clients" in need of husbands to
watering-places during the season. in
ten years she scores twenty-three sue
cesses aud nine failures, this fisher of
men. 1t appears that dark girls go off
the best in Spring and Autumn, and
blondes at Midsummer; that the mar
ket is apt to be dull the beginning of
the season, and to grow brisk towards
its close; that very young, fair men
like brunettes the best, but veer slowly
toward their lighter sisters as the fair
men grow older, and the converse is as
true of very young dark men; that
brunettes almost invariably prefer fair
men, irrespective of age, and that the
prediction of blondes is commonly an
opposite one, that blonde girls work off
very i'll in raw, goldfish weather; that to
couple fair and a dark girl in walk.
ing, driving, etc, is generally, but not
always good policy, since the intended
victim sometimes falls in love with
each succession, eld ends by taking
neither; and, finally, that while noun
tains and lakes prove lively incentives
to Irritation at earlier periods, the sea
side was decidedly stronger in the way
of landing the fish as the leaves turn
and the days grow shorter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
YttaIOuestionsiiii



Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what is the best thing in
the world for quietlng and allaying all IT,
ritation of the nerves and curing ali forms
Of nervous complaints, giving natural,
childlike refreshing sleep alwaysp
And they will tell you unhesltatingly
"Scme form Of Hops n"
CHAPTERL.
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
Bright's 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
emphatically "Buchri &"
Ask the same physicians
"What is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia (;
constipation, indigestion, biliousness, NAL
aria, fever, ague, &C.," and they will tell
you:
Mandrake or Dandelioa !l!w
Hence, when these remedies are combined wi h
Others equally valuable.
derful and mysterious curative pow,r is develop
ed, which Is so varied In Its operations that no
sease or I'LL health can possibly exist or resist lS
power and yet II is
Harmless 10 the most frail woman, weakest In
valid or smallest child to USE
CHAPTER IL
"Patients
"Almost dead or nearly dying"
For years, and given up by physicians OF
Brights and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs, called consump-
tion, have been cured.
Wome, gone nearly crazy !lil
From agony OF neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar
to women.
People drawn out OF shape from excrucatlng
pangs OF rheumatism, infiammatory and chronic,
or suffering from scrofula,
Eryspelas
Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, and In fact almost all diseases frail
Nature Is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof OF which
Can be found In every nighborhood In the known
world.
None genuine without bunch OF green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pol
sonous stun with "IIop" or "Hops" in their name.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

l always thought Jane would do well
said Mrs. Lookahead, as she laid the
letter she had been reading on her lap,
and wiped her spectacles with corner
of her apron.
She said she would never marry a
poor man, and she has kept her word.
Indeed, said Mrs. Nearneighbor she
has made good match then?
She has that. Her last words to me
when she left home to visit her aunt
in Chicago were Mother, the man
marry must have wealth, or be in po'
sition to accumulate it rapidly. well
remember the words.
She has married a wealthy man,
then?
He is not exactly wealthy yet, he is
making fortune rapidly.
What is he barker, or broker OF
whati
He is the porter of Pullman car.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

HoT Cross BUNs.-Into one and a
half pounds well dried -four
rub four ounces moist sugar; warm a
quarter of a pint of milk, not hot
enough to scald the yeast; make hole
in the middle of the flour, and put in a
quarter of a teacupful of good thick
yeast that Is not too bitter, or it will
taste in the buns; pour on it your warm
milk and mix about one third or nearly
one-half of the flour with it, leaving
the rest unmixed around the sides of
the pan. Set in warm place to rise
for three-quartels of an hour or an
hour When it has well-risen, melt a
quarter of pound of butter and mix
it with some milk ; let it be on the fire
until it is warm, then mix it with the
rest of the sugar and -four into a
dough. When mixed it should be rather
softer than bread dough. Put to rise
for a quarter of an hour and then
mould it into round balls, cut cross
on them, put them on buttered iron
plates, and then into a warm place, to
rise or prove when well-risen, bake
them in hot oven. If you wish to
have currants or carraway seeds and
spice in them, mix in either of these
when you add the butter and milk.
The spices to be used are equal guam
titles of ground ginger, allspice, cori-
ander and caraway seeds mixed to-
gether; put in as much of this AS you
think sufficient.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
AND DEMOCRAT, BIOOMsBURGE COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

Maturity of stock has been FASTENED
by good breeding. That is pig or a
sheep which matured at three years, or
a steer which was ready for slaughter
at five years formerly, is now ready for
the butcher at less than half these ages.
Pigs are said to be ready for pork at
nine months, wethers for mutton at
twenty months and steer at two years,
though it is feared that these claims
are greater than may be justly allowed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

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, 1884-10-17

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Portland; Maine. Dec 2l-ly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

Jas. H. Mercer will refund the price
paid if Acker's Blood Elixir does not
relieve any skin or blood disorder A
new, but thoroughly tested discovery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

JAS. II. Mercer states that indigee-
tion prepares every one for disease, but
guarantees Ackers Dyspepsia Tablets
to cure all forms of indigestion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17
~ ENERAL ELECTION
PROCLAMATION.


I, JOHN MoukEr, hign sheriff Of Co
do hereby make known and proclaim to the quail
fled electors Of Columbia county that general
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 &c. electors for President and
Vice President OF the United states from the state
OF Pennsylvania.
One person for Congressman-at-Larss
one person for Congress from the 11th Congres.-
slonal District.
TWO persons for Representatives Of Pennsylvo
p'a.
One person for Prothonotary and Clerk Of the
Courts of Columbia County.
One person for Register and Recorder OF Colum-
bla county.
One person for Treasurer Of Columbia county.
Three persons for Commissioners Of Columbia
county.
Three persons for Auditors Of Columbia couI-
ty.
also hereby make known and give notice that
the places OF holding the aforesaid election In the
several wards, boro1ghs, districts and townships
within the county OF Columbia are as folows, VIZ:
Beaver township, at the public house of Potter
Smith.
Benton township at the public mouse of Hiram
Hess, In 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 ofice OF jackson &
WoOdin In the borough OF Berwick.
West Berwick, at the oflice of W. j. Knorr, in
the borough OF Berwicl.
Borough Of Centralia, at the public house Of Will
liam PETER.
Brlarcreek township, at the public school house
near Evansville.
Catawissa township, at the Ipublic house Of W
A. letter.
Centre township, at the school house near Lafay-
ette Creasy's.
North Conyngham District, at the school house
near the colery Of John Anderson Co.
rs South Conyngham District, at the house of Mrs
Fishlngcreek township, at the school house near
@. B. Whites.
Franklin township, at the Lawrence school
house.
Greenwood township, at the house or l. D.
Patton.
Hemlock township, at the public house OF Ch, s.
II. Dietterich, in the town OF Buck Horn.
jackson township, at the house OF Ezekiel Cole.
Knorr In Numedia.
Mlniln township, at the public house of Aaron
Hess, In the town OF Mininville.
Madison tow ship, at the public school house
Mt. Pleasant township, at the Mllertown school
b. Laycock, at Rupert.
Main township, a. the public house OF Jeremiah
K. Longenberger.
Miller.
Orange township. at G. Hecxmans hotel In Or
angevllle.
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 LghtsIreet.
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 III the forenoon, and
shall continue open without interruption or ad-
J0urnment until seven O'Clock In the evening when
the polls will be closed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-17

A twelyeyear.old glr IN Nevada,
herself an expert shot, has opened a
shooting gallery.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-09

cont. Tho deposits made amounted TO $685.
Gal In 1880 and 1888, 400 In 1888, an Increase
on second.class matter mailed at this ONCE
was H,546.51 In 1880 and $17,S16.16 In
1883, an increase OF $13,270.62, or 900 per
lectod was "a, 69oin 1880 and "a, 200 In 1888, a
decrease OF 400, or 10 per cent. Tho number
OF pouches and sacks received, issued and
condemned was 461,O06 In 1880 and 10000
in 1888, an increase of 272,93d, or 80 per
cent. The number OF sacks and replnned
wooden labels handled was $50 In 1880 and
1,051 In 1888, an Increase Of 920, or 100 per
rent.