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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
The Brahman's Terrible Mistake.

Some shocking tragedies have oc-
Cured in the Sibsagor district of India.
A travelling honarie jeweler arrived
late one evening at the house of a
Brahman with whom he had slight
acquaintance, and displayed his wares.
The Brahman, after making some pur-
chase, offered to put hun up for the
night. The offer was gladly accepted,
and it was arranged that the jeweler
should sleep on the floor in room oc-
cupied by the Brahman's son,the Brah-
man and his wife occupying the other
room. While preparing to turn in the
honarie heard the sharpening of doa,
and fragments of conversation being
carried on between the Brahman and
his wife.
Suspecting foul play, he induced the
son to change places with him; and,as
soon as the former WAS asleep, placed a
dummy composed of clothes on the
bed, crept quietly out, AID ascended a
tree at the back of the house. In
about half an hour he heard the doa
doing its work, then exclamations of
disappointment at finding no plunder,
shortly afterward followed by cry OF
anguish at the discovery of the mis-
take the murderer had made. From
his place of concealment the jeweler
then saw the Brahman come under the
Tree with a hoe. Here he dug grave,
in which he buried the body of his SON
At early dawn the jeweler descened
| from his hiding place and gave infor-
| nation at the nearest thauna. The
police found the body under the tree
and arrested h Brahman.-- 50
James Gazette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
How TO Milk q Kicker.

About two years ago | purchased
what was represented to be first class
COW but on getting her home and
making an effort to milk her | ascer-
tanned to my sorrow-that is, when |
lay on my back--that she was first
class kicker. In order to save myself
from loss | had to devise some way of
overcoming this unpleasant habit, and
| succeeded so well that | wish for
others benefit to publish my erper-
ience.
The COW is first tied fast by the
head, in the stable. Now take strap
that when buckled together will form
a circle of about eight inches, step by
the side of the COW, bend up her right
fore foot till it touches the body and
slip on the strap over the knee to hold
it in this position. The COW is now so
fixed that she is helpless, and it is i'm
possible for her to kick, But to re
lleve her, SO that she may stand at
ease while being MIXED, now take q
small rope of sufficient length, and
with a slip knot bring ii around both
hind legs above the gambrels, draw the
rope tight and make it fast to some
thing in the rear then let down
the fore foot by taking off the strap.
The COW may struggle little at
first, but will soon give up, and you
can now milk in safety. After a little
practice the strap and rope can be ad
iusted in a minute or less.-Cor. ~ y
Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
Plums in the Poultry Yard,

Every farmer who has tried 1t is
sure that plums in the poultry yard are
preserved from curculio. The shaip-
eyed fowls perceive every emerging
beetle and snap it up without single
failure. 1t is the natural habit OF
these insects to mature in the soil un.
der the trees where the egg infested
plums have fallen. When the newly
hatched Larvae emerge from the fallen
fruit, they enter the ground and there
pass through the pupa stage. When
the young matured beetles leave the
ground they do not fly, but proceed di-
rpctly to the trees and crawl up the
stems on to the branches in search for
the fruit. If any obstacle is found,
the beetles will fly, but not otherwise.
AS soon as a hen observes a grub in
the soil, ii proceeds to search for more,
and other hens soon engage in earnest
competition for their grub, so that the
soil is thoroughly scratched over, and
not one curculio escapes. This is the
way in which the fowls deals with
these insects in the spring. In the
summer and early fall, the small plums
which drop are swallowed whole, tht
larger ones are picked to pieces and
eaten, and if one larve escapes these
risks, it is apt to be taken in the act OF
leaving the fruit or wriggling through
the soil. SO that there is certainty
that the pests are really discouraged
and destroyed by the fowls, and thai
the combination OF poultry yard and
plum orchard is a mutually serviceabl'
one. The writer has tried it for sew
eral years, and while it does not Who'll
" free the trees from the curcullos, ye
it reduces their numbers so much, tina
there are not enough of them to do ~
much pruning of the fruit as Is desira
BILE. For when Z year old greer
gage produces six pecks of plums, 1t i
certain that a few more could hav
been spared for the curculio.--Ne'
York Tines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBI
Possibilities Of Farmers.

|. They have ten votes to seven of
all other occupations.
2. They have enough to carry any
election.
8. They can effectuslly put an end
to the extortions of railroads, which
take one bushel of every two the far
mer raises.
4. They can put ten farmers in
Congress and the State Legislature for
every one they now have.
s. They make their own laws in
all the States.
6. They can secure the same pay.
ment per hour for hand work that is
demanded by brain work.
Z. They can have all the comfort
and luxuries now enjoyed by the class
es which prey upon them.
8. They can combine themselves
into compact body.
9. They can cooperate, can stand
by one another, aud If they do so can
rule the world--or
10.-They can continue to be the
dull drudges they have been, the
prey of every cunning politician, law
yer and speculator in the land.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
Value Of Holstein Cattle.

The Holsteins continue to rise in fa-
vor as they become more widely known,
and their many excellent qualities are
certain to recommend them to farmers,
especially where dairy products are
much of an object. A writer in the
Charlton, Iowa, Dairy Farmer says
that many Of the half blooded heifers
give from 35 o 40 pounds of milk per day
as two-year olds, and that when fully
matured the same animals will produce
from 40 to 20 pounds per day. In rails
ing grades, he prefers to use COWS
crossed in Shorthorn blood, and it is
not strange that from this combination
animals of rare practical excellence
should be produced, for the Shorthorns
themselves have dairy qualities Of the
highest order which it only needs lit
Tie patience TO develop, and union of
the two bloods in almost any propor-
ton could not well be anything but
satisfactory in the dairy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
To Examine a Horse.

a good horse viii always show well
standing at rest. The man sho wing a
horse for sale who keeps the animal
constantly stepping about to show off,
is to be looked upon with suspicion.
The time to examine horse is when
he is at rest 1t is then that his weak
points will be seen. If the horse ''fiies
up" at some object on the ground,
nearsightedness may be suspected. If
brought suddenly into the light, from a
dark stable, and the light oppresses
him, his eyes are weak. His gait and
speed should be tested by actual ser
vice. AT rest, if the horse is sound, he
will stand square on his limbs, without
moving any of them, the feet being
placed fiat on the ground, and all his
legs plump and naturally placed. II
one foot be thrown forward, with the
toe pointing to the ground and the hee
raised, or if the foot be lifted from the
ground, and the weight taken from it.
disease or tenderness may be suspect
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
Cherry and Pear Tree Sings.


We are asked for means to "cure or
kill' this pest of the pear and cherry
tree. This creature appears upon the
tree in june and July. It is a dark
green, Shiny thing, that is so unlike
a caterpillar in general, that is called a
slug. 1t is nearly half an inch long
when grown, being the largest before
and taperiug behind. They look some
like tadpole. The head Is concealed
under the forepart of the body, and
when at rest the tail is somewhat turn
ed up Their color is a dark blackish
or bottle green. Wherever they move
they leave Shiny trail They feed
upon the pulpy part of the leaf, and
leave it but single skeleton. A large
number will often be found upon a
single leaf. Consequently they do
much damage to the foliage, and cause
leaves to push out from the buds pre-
pared for the uext season.
When their number is very large
they give off a very unpleasant odor
which can be noticed a considerable
distance from the trees. In about
twenty-six days they complete their
growth, and after their final molt, they
appear no longer in their slug charac-
acter, but as clean caterpillars. They
then leave the trees and 60 into the
ground, from which they come in about
sixteen days as fly. These flies lay
their eggs in the skin of the leaf.
1t has been found that it the air
slaked lime is sprinkled from perfor.
ated tin vessel, or from bag Of some
open fabric that can be attached to a
pole, it will prove very effective. Some
affirm, however, that dry road dust
will do Just as well, as The eff ct oI
either lime or dust is only mechanical
But this is hardly true. The dust
might make the slug very uucomfort
able for awhile, but when it shed it,
skin it would get rid of the dust. Bu
the lime would kill the slug. White
hellebore would be good. Be carefu
to get the white hellebore Black bel
lebore will not answer 1t will be nee
essary to handle the powder carefully
for 1t excites violent sneezing when /
gets into the nostrils.
The powder may be sifted dry OF
the trees, but would be great deal o
trouble to apply it that way, and be
sides it would likely cause the sneez
ing to which we have referred. Plac
the powder in water at the rate o
about heaping tablespoonful to
quart of water Have the water boil
ing, aud stir thoroughly while putin,
in the powder. Turn this mixture int
pail or more of cold water, and ap
ply with garden hose. Wet the tire
thoroughly. In few days repeat,
there are any slugs left. 1t is certai
that the slues cannot eat this poiso
and live. If they get it they will di,
The rain will wash off the poison s
that there will be no danger in eatin
the fruit Western Rural
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
The Child.

1t should never be forgotten that the
child some day will be free agent. If
his whole life now is strapped down
and checked off, and labeled with "or-
ders' and warnings and stake notice
and threats of penalties, he may obey
from fear and by force, but his will
and his power of self control are weak
ened. Such a character is usually
mos. helpless before temptations in af-
ter life. We are too apt to overlook
the fact that it is not the present ur-
gency that is of most Importance, after
all; it is the building up of character
that is to be the long, lasting result of
to-day's battle, not the mere striking
of the flag and surrender of the sword.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
How to Make Cheese Digestlble.

Cheese is among our most nutritious
foods. It. contains many elements for
sustaining life, and people who can eat
it 6ud it nourishiug and healthfal; but
everybody cannot eat cheese. Men
who live in the open air and work
hard can digest it but the great bulk
of the people VINO live and work in
doors can only partake of it as a relish
at the end of dinner, or as an accom-
paniment to their desert of pie. Yet
twenty pounds of cheese contains as
much nutritious material as a sheep OF
sixty pounds weight, aud it has the
same value as practical nutriment If
only 1t could be easily digested. a
distinguished English chemist suggests
remedy for the indigestibili,y Of
cheese. 1t is to add the bi-carbonate
of potass to cheese. He prepares the
dish as follows Cut the cheese into
shreds, CRATE or chop it up like fine
sue,. To every pound of cheese add
a quarter of an ounce of bicarbonate
of potass. Put the resulting mixture
into a pan with three times its bulk of
water or four times It's bulk Of cold
milk and mix well. Put the saucepan
on the fire and let the MIXTURE simmer,
stirring all the time until the cheese is
melted, which does not take long.
Turn out into dish, and the result is
nutritious mixture, which thickens
like custard in cooling. This cheese
Gu tard may be eaten with impunity by
persons whom small piece of ordinary
cheese would sicken. Cheese treated
in this way is recommended for sea
voyages to he used instead of salt junk
1t prevents scurvy, and is a great saw
ing in bulk compared with other food
IL is the absence of the potass from
the ordinary cheese as wei, as salt
junk which makes them unwhole
some.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

After George Washington had cut
down his fathers cherry tree, his
mother thought the wood might be
used for fuel, and it was accordingly
burned and reduced to ashes. Not
long after, Mrs. w. wished to make
some soap, and took the cherry-tree
ashes, but all her labor was in vain, for
there was no ly(De in the ashes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

From the records of observations
made at thirteen Prussian stations
since 1878, Hrof. Muttrick has deter
mined that forests exercise positive
influence on the temperature OF the air;
that they lessen the daily variations of
temperature, and more in summer
than in winter and that the temper
ing effect of the leaty forest is in sum
m n greater than that of the pine for
est, while in the winter the pine forest
has more influence than the disfollaged
forest
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

In Mexico there is a petrifed forest
covering 800 acres. The petrified
s jumps, limbs, and, in fact, whole trees
lie about on all sides; the action of
the waters for hundreds of years has
gradually washed away the high hills
round about, and the trees that once
covered the high table lands now lie in
the valley beneath.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
Founder IN the Feet.

The disease known as fever in the
feet, or founder, or laminitis, consists
of Inflammation of the leaves or lami-
noe which connect the horn of the hoof
with the vascular tissues of the foot
1t is caused by overfeedlng, when the
animal is hot, or anything which will
drive the blood into the extremities
and produce congestion. A large
quantity of blood circulates through
the feet, and as the horn holds the foot
in tight, hard box, which cannot be
expanded to conform to the pressure
of the blood, the pain ia intense, and
produces a general condition of fever
over the whole system. The disease
soon affects the whole interior of the
feet, and so results in navicular dis
ease, thrush, and contraction Of the
hoof tor want of nutriment needed for
the growth of the horn. When this
happens the trace of the horse is past
recovery. The treatment of the dis
ease should be undertaken at the first
appearance of it, aud as follows /: The
te, should be put in hot water, as hot
as the hand can bear; dose of one
quart of raw linseed oil should be Civ
en-. The fore feet should be kept
moist for few days, until the effects
of the fever have disappeared, and
healthy growth of horn takes place.
Afterward the frog should be left to
grow without cutting away, so that it
may press upon the ground and keep
the foot in healthy action. A horse
that has been foundered, and whose
hoofs have contracted and have sepa-
rated from the interior of the foot, can
never be cured, bat may be relieved by
feeding feed, boiled oats, bran and lin
seed. and cut hay, and avoiding corn
or musty hay or anything that wolld
tend Ia 'rOdace inflammation. -NelS
York Times
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

A Georgia fancier of Jersey cattle is
rerorted az expressing the opinion that
every slave freed in Georgia could
be replaced By registered Jersey cow
that State would in ten years g.
rome richer than it would be if the
Emancipation proclamation had never
been written.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

In the Chamber of Deputies at Paris
on the tenth, NJ. Meline, Minister of
Agriculture, spoke in favor of the bill
lately introduced raising the tax on
cereals and cattle He said other Eu
ropean powers hal adopted protection,
and France was, therefore, Obliged to
do likewise.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

Ex-Governor Smith, of Gereia, hav-
ing said that he had seen Henry Ward
Beecher dining recently was asked
whether the man of God seemed hear
ty. Hearty p replied the Georgian.
"Why if he had been at the miracle on
the mount there wouldn't have been
any basketfuls left
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

Russia makes annually 10000
wooden spoons for the Central Asia
market. The common grades ale made
from birch and poplar, and the best
qualities from lockwood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
IN DIVORCE.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS OF COLUMBIA
COITNTY.

Mary A. HILL by her next friend, William Iohey
VS.. Abraham Hill. sur libel In divorce.
To Abraham Hill, respondent above named !;
Whereas upon the bel OF the said Mary Hill
subpoena was issued out OF the said Court COM
manding you to be and appear at the next regular
term Of said Court to show cause why the said IL
bellant should not be divorced from the bonds OF
matrimony contracted with you; and whereas
that YOU could not be found in the bailwick OF the
Sheriff OF said county, whereupon an alias sub
D ena was awarded by soid court com anding
you to appear at the then next term OF said Court
to answer as aforesaid to which the same return
was made by the Sheriff. You are therefore re
qured to be and appear on the first day OF the
next term of said Court to be held at Bloomsbury
for said county on the first Monday OF May next,
A. D. 1885, to answer said complaint.
JOHN MoUREY,
mar 13u4 Sheriff.
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Loss ana Gain.
thhflEh u
~ was ste taken ,,l,,:tl sick a veal year ago

WIN DlnOuS l~Nti
"My doctor pronounced me cured, hut
got sick again, with terrible pains In my
back and Sides and got so bad
Could not move!
| shrunkl
From 22S lbs to 120 had been doc
toring for my liver, but IL did me no good.
| did not expect TO live more than three
months. | began to use Hops Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains
left me, my entire system seemed renewed
as IL by magic, and after using several bot
ties, am not only as sound as sovereign,
but weigh more than | did before. To Hop
Bittcrs | owe my life." II. FITZPATRICK.
Dubh,, June 0, 81.
CHATTER H.
''Malden, Mass, Feb 1890. Gentlemen
suffered W ith attacks Of sick headache
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in
the most terrible and excruciating manner
No medicine or doctor could give me re.
lief or cure until | used Hop Bitters
"The first bottle
Nearly cured me :"
The secoLd made me as well and st
| as when child,
| "And have been so to this day."
My husband was an invalid for tw
years with serious
| "Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
pronounced by Boston's best physi
clans
| "Incurablel"
Seven bottles OF your Bitters cured hin
| and know of the
olives of eight persons"
In ms neighborhood that have been saw
ed by your bitters,
And many more are using them will
great benefit.
"They almost
Do miracles 2" lrs Z. d. Slack
How TO GET StcE.-Expose yourself day an
night eat too much without exercise work TO
hard without rest doctor all the time take a.
| the vile nos runs advertised, d then you wi
| want know how to get we l. which Is answere
In three words-Take Hop Filters !
sT-None genuine without bunch OF greer
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, po
sonous stuff with "Top" or "Hops" in their name
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

ESTATE OF LYDIA PETERaAS, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF admins
tration on the estate of Lydia Peterman, late OF
Sugarloaf township, deceased, have been granted
by the Register OF Wills, etc, to George W. Peter
man OF Muncy Creek township, ycoI ing county,
to whom all persons indebted are required to pay
and all creditors required TO present their claims
duly authenticated.
GEORGE W. PETE MAN,
Administrator,
Feb 27-6t Muncy, Pa.
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A DMINISTRATORS NOTICE.


ESTATE OF ELIAS KRUNM, DECEASED.
Letters OF administration in the estate OF Elias
Krumm, late OF Scott township, Columbia county,
Pa, deceased, have been granted by the Register
OF said county to the und rsigned administrators.
All persons having claims against the estate OF
said decedent are requested to present them for
settlement, and those indebted to the estate TO
make payment to the undersl ned W thout delay.
JACOB HARrMA :, Grovania,
MARY KRuMM, Light Street,
Administrators.
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ESTATE OF wM. j. IKELER, DECEASED.
Letters OF administration cum testdnlento dnnero
In the estate OF VIM. j. Ikeer deceased late OF
Mt. Pleasant township. Columbia county, Pa
have been gr nted by the Register OF said
county to the Undersigned Administrator. Al
persons having claims against the estate OF the
deceased, are requested TO prese them for set
tlement, and those indebted to the estate to make
payment to the undersigned administrator with
out delay. ERR KELLER
Feb % Administrator
Welliyersyille, Col. Co., Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20

If you throw a piece of wrought
iron at man it becomes cast iron.
Manufacturers ought to be able to
utilize this idea in some way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-20
Making a Hot Bed.

In the first place select warm
southern exposure, high and dry as
possible, so that no top water can run
through the bed after it is made.
Make as long as You like-say six feet
long, three feet wide, two feet high on
the south side, three feet high on the
back part Set posts at each corner,
front ones two feet, back ones three
feet. Board up the sides and then the
ends. Let the top of the ends slope
down to the lower side. This gives it
the slant to the south (Bc careful to
make it mouse and rat proof as near as
you CAM Next put on the stove a
wash boiler of water to heat boiling
hot. Have a good full load of fresh
stable manure (be sure and have it
fresh, as it is not often warm enough
otherwise) and FIJI up the hot-bed until
about eight inches from the top. Then
take hoe and pound it down firm,
and then more manure if it
packs down much, so as to keep it
about eight inches from the top. Have
your hot water ready. Pour on the
manure now. Cover up the manure
with four inches of rich dit, composed
of part sand and rotten wood dirt
Have this even depth put it down
firm. Have two and one fourth yards
OF unbleached quilt lining; muslin is
thick enough Tack it to the north
edge; then have light piece of smooth
board, six feet long, one inch thick
and two inches wide. Tack the other
edge to this, bring this canvas down
over the hot-bed, smooth, leaving the
ends free. Take a common paint
brush, proceed as if painting. Have
one quart of boiled linseed oil g
over the canvas with the oil once, and
keep it drawn down over the hot-bed
over night. Next day roll back the
canvas, and see if the dirt is warm, no,
hot, and if hot, wait until you feel it i,
warm only. Make furrow lengthwis,
at the back for tomatoes, cross
wise for cabbage, mango peppers Of
any other low-growing plant you may
wish, being careful not to SOW the seeC
too thick, three inches apart for th,
rows, and the plants will come up in {
short time. When up keep moist, bu
not very wet, and on fine days rol
back the canvas and give the plant
the sunshine, pull out all the littl,
weeds as you go along and some o
the plants if too thick they will rot
Take more manure and bank up tn
north side and end. Keep the canva
down o nights, and when raining, an,
if it should be frosty still, cover a
night with thickness or two of oil,
blankets or boards.-Ioledo BLADE.
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