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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

The two hundredth anniversary of
the introduc,iof yf printing
into the midd., colonies of North
Amenca w"s celebrated last week. In
lecture delivered by Rev DE-.
Boardman in Philadelphia the speak
er erred to the power of the press
in these words:
The great educator and inhuencer of
the American people is the American
newspaper-the perennial aud ubiqui-
tous newspaper. To-day there are
many thousands of newspapers in the
United States in 1885 there were bu'
two little periodicals. The newspaper
is the censor of America, welding far
greater power than the most famous
human conquerors and dictators of
which history tells. 1t is our pride
that we have so many great editors,
men who are brave enough to censure
the wrongdoer and who are quick to
praise deserving merit. They exer
else their great authority for building
up and not for casting down. But
they are not all faithful to their
high trust. There is too much of cater
ing to morbid tastes too much intrus-
ion into the privacy of the family too
much printed to tickle the diseased
palate of the scandal-lover. There is
too much news that is not news, and
if it is news it had better never have
become news. 1t is said, the people
demand it. 1t is the duty of the
editor to marshal the people, not to
follow them. If this sort of news
must be printed, let the scandal col
umn bear this label at the head BE.
ware Deadly Poison = Journalism
moulds public opinion and when the
press shall stand up always for the
right, then will the newspapers be the
bright harbingers of the millennium" "
The truth of this is shown by the large
circulation of so-called Sunday news
papers, many of which are filled with
sensational matter unfit for the public
avp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Judge Krickbaum went to
Butler last Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Krickbaum's mother, who was up
wards Of so years old.
Mr.. John Ashelman is complaining i'll at
this writing.
Philip Fox, citizen of Fishingcreek,
died very suddenly last week, aged abou,
70 years.
The protracted meeting at Unmin pre-.
crosses with undated interest, The
indications are that a large number will
unite with the church.
Rubber boots were never in better de-
maud than this season of wet snow and
mud
We used to have an excellent band-we
have yet, but we have not heard toot
since the fair.
We congratulate the COLUMBIAN for its
promptness. Heretofore the people along
the creek received the paper on Thursday
night, and we on Saturday or the following
Tuesday. Now it arrives at Cambria sew.
eral hours sooner than at Benton.
PUZZLE
My 6, 8, 4, 8, II, 12, is prison keeper.
My 10, 2, /, 8, II, 12, is an instrument
used in ascending or descending.
My 10, 8, Z, is rule or decree,
My 3, 4, 8, 10, 9, is mansion.
My whole is noted Professor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
Philadelphia Markets
CORRECTED WEEKLY.

FEED-Western winter bran, spot, Is "a 1880
Spring 1850
steLOUR--Western extras 8. O@ ais; Penn
FAMILY, 400 "a 425 Ohio clear, 4b0 Ia 4SIk winter
patent a2o % 55Ji Penna roller process 4.37 .
MHEAT--Pennsylvania red, No. l, LOi4 i.OlK.
RlE-fO.
CoRN.-No. 4, 40 @ A. No. 3, a, No. 2, bsk.
OATS.-No. white "a 40 No. 2, Al
HAY AND STRAW Timothy--Choice Western
anu anu New York, 10. fair 10 good Western and
New York 1870 "a 10. medium Western and New
York, 10. "a l5: cut hay as 20 quality la "a co.
rye straw ~, Wheat straw, TO- oaC straw
EGGs.-Pennsylvania "a western 26
BUTIER-Pennsylyan creamery prints SO
creamery Extra 30 "a 81, Western Dairy, I "a l2.
10. y"
DRESSED POULTRY. Chickens, lee Turkeys
10. ducks em A..
rGIA1oEs Early Rose, 55 "a co. Burbanks, So
90; hions, 2'0O "a ss1 per bbl. Tor yellow, 200
APpLEs. Fancy fan eating, sI.75 per bhl
Greenings i.50. Baldwlns LEO.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

A new discovery in gas has just
been made in Knoxville, Tenn, by John
Watt, of Vicksburg, and a man named
Merrivile, of Philadelphia, by which
the caibon and the hydrogen or the gas
can be separated by an automatic meter
from thu same pipe and usel Tor heat
ing and lighting purposes.
The discovery was made while the
men were experimenting with water
gas. 1t is asserted that the process
makes the manufactured gas nearly as
cheap rs natural gas.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

There was pretense made by the
supporters of James G. Blaine in the
last Presidential campaign that his
election was necessaryfor the sake OF
a more vigorous foreign policy. Now
that the Democrats are adopting meas
ures for the establishment of an eff
cient navy tina. will enable the United
States to pursue vigorous course on
foreign questions, some of the Repub-
lican organs are afraid that q recon.
struction OF the navy sis calculated to
sap the foundations of national prosper.
ity." 1t is evident that the Blaine
politicians intended to be vigorous
on y with their mouths in dealing with
foreign nations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
NOTICE TO TAX COLLECTORS.

An Act of the Legislature and approved June ed,
1881, (see Pamphlet laws, page 45l requiring tax
collectors, tow ship and borough officers, to make
return OF seated and unseated lands upon which
no property can be found from which to make
taxes to the County Commissioners, on or before
the first day OF January next, with sufficient de-
scriptiOn by boundaries or otherwise OF each sepa-
arate lot or tract and about the quantity OF the
same. Those who fail to make returns by said
day Will be held for such loss. Taxes so returned
become lien against the property so returned.
We have blanks on which these returns are to be
made and will furnish them upon application OF
collectors &c. JOHN b. CASEY,
Comrs' office, oct. 30, 'S5, St. Com'rs Clerk.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
Dec 11-6w
A DMINISTRATOKS NOTICE.

EsTATE OF JOHN SPRINGER, DECEASED.
Letters OF administration on the estate Of Johr
Springer, deceased, late OF lIemloCk township Col
umbla county, PENNSYLVANIA, deceased have beer
granted by the Register OF said county TO the un
dersigned Administrator All persons having
claims against the estate OF the deceased are re-
Quested 20 present them for settlement and those
Indebted to the estate to make payment to the un
dersigned administrator without delay.
PETER S. BRUGLER,
Administrator with the will annexed
Post ofllce, Buckhorn, Col. Co, Pa nov 13-6w'
Residence IIemlOck township, Col. Co., Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

The remaining copies of the History
of Columbia County a book of GOO
pages illustrated and bound in cloth
will be closed out at $l.00 each, 25
cents extra by mail. For sale at the
COLUMBIAN Office. Bloomsburg, Pa.
If.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
A UDITOR's NOTICE.
ESTATE OF MOSES gvERyrr. pRop.sr

ESTATE OF MOSES EyERETT, DECEASED
The undersigned auditor appointed by the Or
phans' Court OF Columbia county, 10 passu on and
dispose or the exceptions iled 20 the account of i
Howard Kline, administrator OF the estate Of
Moses Everett, deceased, and tO distribute the
Iuhds IN lhe hands OF the said administrator as an.
pears on MS ilnal account, TO and among the par
Ties entitled thereto viii attend 10 the duties of
ms appointment at his once In Meyers building
day OF January, A. ID. 1886, at 10 o'clocg in ihe
forenoon, when and where all parties intere led
are requested 10 present their claims before thC
In upon the said fund.
o..., WM. CHRISTIAN,
pec ioth 90 Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

ESTATE or MARY FoRNwALD, DECEASED.
Letters OF administration on the estate or Mary
Fornwald, late OF Catawissa township, Columbia
county, PENNSYLVANIA, deceased have been grant
ed Administrator. All persons having claims
against the estate OF the deceased are requested
ed TO the estate 20 make payment 10 the UNDER
signed administrator without delay.
MICHAEL +. EYERLY,
Dec 1S-6w Administrator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
Dec 1s4w
NOTICE.


Letters testamentary on the estate of Angelina
MacDowell deceased, late OF Scott township Col.
county, Pennsylvania, have been granted by the
Register OF said county to the undersigned execu
tor. All persons having claims against the estate
OF said decedent are requested TO present them
to make payment to the undersigned without de-
lay civilian MCDOWELL
w. l4th Street. New York,
Dec l1-6W Executor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

The remaining copies of the History
OF Columbia County, book of 600
pages illustrated and bound in cloth
will be closed ont at S1,00 each, 25
cents extra by mail For sale at the
COLUMBIAN Office. Bloomsbury, Pa
tf
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

First and final account OF NJ. p. Lutz, assignee
OF c. b. Brockway.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the court
or Common Pleas OF Columbia county, to pass upon
thu exceptions filed 10 said account, and make
distribution OF the fund In the hands OF said asst
gnee, arising from the sale or the real estate and
personal property, and from any other property
real, personal or mixed, to and among the parties
entitled thereto, Will sit at his office In Blooms
burg, on Tuesday, January i2th, 1885, at 10 O'Clock
a. m when and where all persons interested will
attend and present their claims, or be debarred
from any share OF said fund.
j. b. robson,
Dec 1S4w Auditor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18

silk Dress Patterns.
Cloth Dress patterns.
Ladies Coals and Circulars.
Ladies wraps.
Childrens' Coats.
Fur Caps, Cares and Collars.
Real Beaver Muffs.
Seal Hats and Caps.
Ladies and Misses muffs
Children,' plush Hoods.
Blankets, blankets.
Wool Hoods.
Gloves in kid and cashmere.
Towels and napkins.
Table linens, Crutnb cloths.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
A UDITOR,S NOTICE.

4 UDITUK'S NUTIUE,
IN the matter OF the sherlfr's sale OF real estate
OF David y. Brown.
The unders gned auditor appointed by the Court
OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county 10 distribute
money In court arising from said sale, to the par
ties entitled thereto, Will sit at his once In Blooms
burg on saturday, Jan. 9th, 1856, at O'Clock In
the forenoon TO perform the duties OF his appoint
ment All persons having claims against said
FUND must appear and prove the same or be debar-
red from coming In upon the fund.
CHARLES c. BARKLBY,
Dec lS-4W Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
Dolls! Dolls !

DOlLSs EDOEHS
Sewing Stands and Sets.
Fancy Baskets.
Smoking sets, ash receivers.
China cups and saucers.
Bisque Figures.
Fancy Brass Goods.
Dressing cases. nice line.
Manicure cases.
Gcntlemen's Shaving Sets.
Whisp Holders.
Glass water sets. colorel
Fancy China plates.
Terry's Fine Scissors.
ladies shopping bags.
Toys, Toys.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-18
MARkET REroRTs.
BLOOMSBURY MARKET.
Wholesale. Retail.

Coal ON WHARF.
No 6 100; Nos 4 & 8 50. 20
Bituminus, 81.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
UNCLAIMED WEALTH.
Four Hundred Millions of Dollars In Rn-
gland Awaiting Claimants.

Four Hundred Millions of Dollars In En-
gland Awaiting Claimants.
There is an astonishing amount of un.
claimed money in England. 1t seems
almost incredible to people who are
continually on the hunt for fortune that
there should be heirs, heiresses, ard
legatees in this world by the hundred
who are blissfully unaware that riches
merely await their claim, but reports
show that there are millions of pounds
of unclaimed moneys. These unclaimed
moneys are mainly from unclaimed divi-
dends on Government stock; dormant
funds in chancery; army and navy prize
money; soldiers unclaimed balances;
estates reverting to the Crown; I'M
claimed dividends in bankruptcy; sur
plus assets of companies, and unclaimed
bank deposits. Under the first head
the causes may be numerous where there
are $50, 900 stockholders, and one means
of surplus accumulation is the non-pay-
ment OF fractions of apenny, the amount
in one case having reached total of
9143, 600.
The dormant funds in chancery
amount to about ESQ, 900, 600, increasing
at the rate of 100000 a year. 1t is
exceedingly difficult to get any specific
information relative to these funds.
| Possibly they are too valuable to the
Government, which has borrowed as high
as S40,000,000 from them for public
purposes. Great complaint is made
that there is not the proper effort made
to give these various unclaimed moneys
publicity, the soldiers unclaimed
balances, for example. being published
only in an obscure gazette of very
limited circulation.
A more honest attempt to find the
persons to whom these moneys lawfully
belong would no doubt very considera
bly, diminish the several funds, and it i:
pity, if it is not crime, that earnes
proceedings are not had to give fire.
quent and real publicity of the claims
that might be made. Such mattel
would be speedily remedied in thii
country, ~ Chicago later Ocean,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
WHEAT AS A CATTLE FEED. /,
The Way in Which Some Colorado Ranch-
men Are Turning it Into Beef.

The Way in Which Some Colorado Ranch-
men Are Turning it Into Beef.
Wheat will be fed to stock this year
very much more generally than would
appear from ordinary observation. 1t
is healthy and productive of good re-
suits when led, from cattle down to
poultry. When chopped andfed to beef
cattle, for instance, it will cause them to
put on flesh rapidly and thus return
two-fold in comparison with the ordi-
nary market price for wheat Occa-
sionally farmer will be found who
AYERS that he can raise wheat profitably
at ninety cents q hundred. 1t will be
seen, however, that such men have large
ranches, and raise, in most instances,
nothing else in any quantity. For an
ordinary farmer, then, it is much more
remunerative to feed wheat than sell it
at the price we have quoted. An ex-
change says regarding this: ga more
pressing point for farmers to consider
just now is the utility of making use Of
a great deal of their wheat crop at home
for stock-feeding purposes, instead of
pressing it on the market under the dis
advantageous circumstances now exist
ing. Wheat meal may be made an adj
mirable substitute for oil cake in fatten-
ing cattle and sheep; hence those
farmers who have been accustomed to
make heavy OUTLAWS in the purchase of
oil cake for winter feeding of stock will
act imprudently if they do not abandon
the system this year and fall back or
their heavy stock of home-produced
wheat as a substitute. Wheat meal is
reckoned even better than barley meal
for pig feeding, and it would be econo
my to keep back nothing but tail barley
for pig consumption this season, mar
keting the whole of the head corn anC
making use of wheat largely for the pro
duction of pork. Prices Of store pigs
have been low for some considerable
time and remain so at present. Farmers
of an enterprising turn will take advan
tage of this circumstance by buying
largely store pigs and converting then
into pork, chiefly by the consumption o
wheat meal.
In some instances the ranchmen hav,
organized and purchased feed mill, a
in the case of the Platte Valley Grange
with results beneficial to all concerned
| Wheat turned into beef is more protita
BILE than when sold to the millers, and
this being SO, it requires no Solomon t,
decide as to the best manner in which tt
dispose of it.-CoJorGdo Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
Valuable Training.

Many city man will always be thank
full that he was born a farmers boy.
Life on the farm has a benefcent effect
on the character which cannot be at
tanned elsewhere. Work is ennobled by
the motive behind it, and every man
may find something in his work, how
ever humble it may be, which is worth
his best thought and energy. There is
abundant evidence in everyday life to
show that the best strength comes from
the boys and girls raised in the country.
The population of the great cities are
recruited from the country, hence the
character of the people in those cities
depese1s largely upon the character and
training received in the country. Habits
of thought and observation, especially
concerning the objects in nature, are
important in the building up and de-
yelopment of character. There are many
odd moments which may be snatched
from actual labor on the farm and de-
voted to thoughtful subjects which tend
to build up and broaden the individual
IA, Z. Herald,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
FARM AND FlREsIDE.


Remove fiower-pot stains from win.
low sills by rubbing with fine wood
ashes and rinse with clean water.
The potato crop of the two eastern
shore counties of Virginia is estimated
at 100000 less than last years, on
account of the drought.
--Cotton-seed meal should not be fed
to young calves, but for adult stock one
hundred pounds of cotton-seed to eight
hundred pounds of corn meal, or other
ground food, is fair proportion.-1rOy
Times.
Lettuce is so hardy plant that
even in the Northern States little
should be sown late in fall and the beds
lightly covered. 1t will be week or
ten days earlier than that sown in the
spring.
1t is. well to have one or two late
matches of chickens. With a warm
place during winter they will be ready
to begin laying early in spring and viii
continue laying later III summer than
those which hatch earlier, thus insuring
eggs during a longer season.-M 4
Herald.
Delicious filing for pie is made by
stewing some prunes until they are very
soft, remove the stones, sWeeten to your
taste, and add, for pie, the well-beaten
whites of two eggs; beat with the prunes
until they are thoroughly mixed. Bake
with two crusts, or if you can get it, use
whipped cream in place of the upper
crust.-N Y. Post.
Al M. -
the New England Farmer that he had
'.fully solved the problem of how to
| keep butter sweet for an indefinite
period, by taking it from the churn in
| the granular form, and after rinsing it
sufficiently in water or brine, packing it
in firkins in strong brine without any
working whatever.
-Squashes need to be kept from
freezing in place dry enough to be
free from the moulds and fungi which
attack and cause them to rot. Some
| families have such storage in cham
| Der. Others make shelves in the upper,
lighter and dryer parts of the cellar.
| Larger growers have special houses, or
rooms prepared with stove heat for
damp and cold weather, and fitted with
| shelves and alleys between so that every
squash lies within reach of inspection.
Toledo Blade.
Boiled Indian pudding is improved
for some people if suet is added to give
it richness. Chop quarter of pound
of beef suet very fine, add an equal
quantity of sugar, one teaspoonful of
ginger, half teaspoonful of salt, enough
| sweet milk milk TO mOiSten the meal
and teaspoonful of baking powder, or
about a cup of sour milk anda teaspoon
full of soda. This should boil in bag
for at least three hours, and be served
hot with wine sauce.-N 7, Post
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
CONCERNING PATENTS.
Information on a Topic in Which Every
Person In the Country IL Interestnd

Information on Topic in Which Every
Person In the Country is Interested.
The United States Patent Office, as
rule, rarely refuses patent for any de-
vice that has not already been patented.
Although the law provides that any de-
vice offered for patent should be new
and useful, yet there are thousands of
articles patented that are certainly not
new, although the doubt of their useful
ness may be waived. To procure a
patent, an inventor, or one who claims
to be an inventor, files specification
and drawing of his alleged invention,
which he may possibly have copied from
some old book or device long in use,
and presents these to the Examiners,
who pass upon it. A Patent Office Ex-
aminer is not necessarily an expert, for
he is appointed more from political
motives than from any other qualifiea-
ton, and as the fees of the office are the
most considerable object the patent is
granted as matter of course The
consequence is that a deluge of worth
less patents and a great many fraudu-
lent ones are spread like flood over
the country, to the great inconvenience
of the public. II is in this way that
thousands of articles of domestic use
and of use in agriculture are patented,
Notwithstanding that they have been in
service for scores of years, and those
persons who have been using them for
q long time are threatened with claims
for royalty, or suits at law to enforce
payment if the claims are objected to.
In such cases there is mol help but to pay
the small sums demanded, although in
the aggregate these amount to millions
of dollars every year. A patent costs,
in all, about $50, and this is all the out
lay required to give an unprincipled
person the power to tax the public at
his will. The patent system has been
no doubt of inealculable value, but this
irritating and injurious defect in it has
grown to such proportions that the
whole system is suffering in popular
estimation. Probably change win be
effected very soon and relief viii be af-
forded. IN the meantime patience
must be exercised, although it is hard to
be patient With such al eViL--Nee York
gtHs6s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-01-08
A NARROW ESCAPE.
The Struggle Between a Man and Zero
cious Panther.

The Struggle Between a Man and Zero
cious Panther.
A Bombay shikaree narrates how he
once actually fell into the claws of
panther, and lived to tell the tale. After
describing the incidents of the hunt up
to the time when the beast broke cover,
he says:
81 had to wait until the panther was
within few feet of me. and then put
my rifle down to his head. expecting to
roll him over like rabbit Gas Ihad sue
ceeded in doing on other occasions),
and then place my second bullet pretty
much where l pleased. To my horror,
there was no report when the hammer
fell. The next moment the panther,
with an angry roar, sprang upon me.
Hanging on with the claws of one fore
paw driven into my right shoulder and
the other round me, he tried to get at
my head and neck, but fortunately pre-
vented this by raising my left arm.
which he instantly seized in his huge
mouth. shall never forget his sharp,
angry roar, the wicked look of his green
ish yellow eyes within six inches of
mine, the turned-back ears, his fetid
breath upon my cheek, and the feeling
of his huge fangs closing to the bone
through my arm above the elbow.
Il endeayored, by giving him my
knee in the stomach, to make him let
go. Those who have ever kicked cat
can imagine what little effect this had
1t was more like using ones knee to q
football than anything else. The pam
Their, with roar, gave a tremendous
wrench to my arm, hurled me some five
PAGES down the side of the hill prone on
my face, bringing my head in contact
with tree. Stunned and insensible,
lay some seconds on the ground, and
the brute, thinking me dead, fortunate
~ did not worry me, but, passing over
me, went for the retreating police con-
stable who had brought me into the diff
fculty. remember, when l came to,
raising my head from the ground, lean
ing my head against the tree, and
smiling with a certain feeling of grim
satisfaction, when my eye caught the
retreating form of the constable and the
pursuing panther down the hill, and /
thought the policeman's turn had come.
1.-THE civil surgeon of the station
probed the teeth-wounds in the arm, and
found that the one at the back of the
arm ran right to the bone and was an
inch and half deep. The two wounds
on the inner side, in or close to the BIZ
eeps, were one an inch and quarter.
and the other an inch deep. The claw
wounds on the right shoulder were not
serious, and had fortunately just missed
the large artery near the collar-bone.
injury to which would have resulted in
rly bleeding to death in a very few min
utes.-Tfmes of India.