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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
How to Test Milk,

Everyone knows the difference in
milk. How to test the milk is
thus explained by one who has
experimental for himself. 1t is OF no
little Importance to have at hand con-
venient and reliable mode of testing
the richness OF milk. This is usually
done by the mere rule of "guess. y
There is more reliable way, within
the reach of all, and whereby any per
son may safely govern himself in lie.
Gliding upon which of any number of
milkmen he will patronize, or which OF
any number of cows he will purchase
Procure any long vessel-a cologne
bottle or long phial. Take narrow
strip of paper, just the length from the
neck to the bottom of the phisl, and
mark it with one hundred lines at
equal distances or, if more convenient
into fifty lines, and count each line as
two, and paste it upon the phial, 40 as
to divide its length into hundred
equal parts. Fill il to the highes,
mark with milk fresh from the COW
and allow it to stand in perpendicular
position twenty-four hours. The mum
ber of spaces occupied by the cream
will give the exact percentage in the
milk, without any guess. work.
We tried the experiment several
years siuce, and found it valuable. W.
gathered the idea long ago from al
agricultural paper, but we carried thu
experiment further, by which we founC
the percentage of butter in the cream
Set the milk in large dish, and col
lect say from one hundred to two han
dred ounces of cream make the but
ter, and the percentage of butter il
the cream can be ascertained by tn,
number Of ounces of butter made irou
it.
As per example: If one hundred
ounces of milk give ten ounces o
cream, and ten ounces of cream Civ,
FIVE ounces of butter, we will hav'
learned that one hundred ounces o
milk will give five ounces of butter
Such experiments are worth bein.
made, and made carefully. In no othe
way do we know what we have in
COW or milk, or what we are buying
In this way, also, we may test the exac
nutritive value of different kinds o
milk from our cows-a very importan
matter.
Farmers may deprive much benefi
by making few simple experiment
now and then. They need not inter
fere with any of the regular duties o
the farm and nothing but spirit @
habitual incidence of thought and actio
will keep them from doing so. Sue
experiments often lead to importau
results, and evoke interesting aud il
structive facts.-Fdrns, Field an
.Stockman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
The Strawberry as q Window Plant.

To those who seek variety in their
window plants the strawberry makes a
pleasing contrast lis bright, green
leaves, the white clusters OF flowers,
aud the numerous punches of luscious
fruit, are all deeply interesting, and
the developing of each affords quite as
much pleasure as the growth of the
leaves and the expanding of the bios
SONS of any of the Towering plants.
To have good plants for this purpose
the work should begin in August, or
earlier, if the newly set plants begin to
throw out runners. Six,inch pots
should be filled with good, rich loan
and set in the ground at the right dis.
tance from the strawberry plants to re
ceive the first new plant that forms ;
when this gets well established II may
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
~ was taken sick a year ago
With htlioua 4 Vprf

With bilious vern
"My doctor pronounced me cured, hut
got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, and got so bad
Could not move! LU.
| shrunk!
From e2S lbs. to 1870! had been doc
toring for my liver, but 1t did me no good.
1 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 II by magic, and after using several bot
ties, | am not only as sound as sovereign,
hut weigh more than did before, To Hop
Bitters l owe my life" X. FITzpArRroK.
Dubh1, june O, 'Sl.
CHAPTER II.
"NIalden Mass, Feb. 1880. Gent'emen
suffered W tn attacks OF sick headache
Neuralgia, female trouble for years in
the most terrible and cxcruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me re-
lief or cure, until used Hop Bitters.
"The first bottle
Nearly cured Inc !"
The second made me as well and str
as when child,
"And l have been so to this day."
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with serious
'hluney, nVcr ana urinary cOmplalns
pronounced by Boston's best physi-
clans
"Incurabel"
Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him
and know of the
Lives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been saw
ed by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
"They almost
Do miracles 2" .Nrs f. d. Sack
How TO GET SICK.-Expose yourself dav and
night eat too much without exercise work toe
hard without rest doctor all the time; take al
the vile nos runs advertised, u then you wi
want B. know how to get we l. which Is answered
In three words-rake Hop jltters
eF-None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile, poi
sonous stun with "Iopn or "Hops" In their name
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
Under the Severn.

The tunnel building under the Sew,
ern will be completed in a short time,
bringing South Wales fourteen miles
nearer to London by rail, and cities of
Cardiff and Bristol in close connection
AT present travellers have to cross the
head of the month Of the Severn by
way of Glouchester, or they have tc
cross the Severn by ferry at Potskewet
and New Passage. This enterprise
has been accomplished under the direc
tion of the Great Western Railway
Company. The work was begun in
1878, and has been carried on in the
iaea of difficulties and disasters But
bow to save time has become serious
question with the modern world, and
nothing that will accomplish this end
is esteemed too arduous or too costly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
Gases of Dlphtheria.


The precautions to be taken in the
management of wellmarked case of
dlphtheria are, or should be, generally
known, says the SANITARY Engineer
They have been published as circulars
by many health boards and through
the secular and medical press, and may
be summed up as follows Isolate the
patient in an airy room having the
least possible amount of furniture, es-
pecially that which is upholstered aud
having no carpet or uitains. Disiu-
feet all excretions and secretions, and
especially those from the throat, nose
and mouth, and all articles soiled by
them promptly, while they are yet
moist, and thoroughly Use clean, soft
rags for receiving the discharges from
the nose aud mouth, and burn them as
fast as soiled If other articles are
soiled, use solutions of chloride of zinc
or bichlorlde of mercury, under the in
structlons of the physician. Be espe-
cially careful as regards toys, pencils
or other articles which may be given
WIG Shllu ipi It's dIIuStIntlll, OI Uflt al
tlcles used in giving it food or drink.
Everything that has touched the pa
tents lips, oil that has been touched by
anything that has touched the patient 5
lips, is dangerous.
When convalescence has set in do
not yield too soon TO the importunities
Of the patient TO be allowed to see his
friends or TO go out, nor to your own
feelings of WEAKNESS at the long. con.
tinued confinement. Above all things
10 not, under the excuse of giving
change of air and scene, send him off
10 SOM other plac" to complete his re-
covery you might send dynamite
about the country with scarcely more
risk. Do not send the child back TO
school in less than six weeks after the
attack about two weeks after you are
satisfied that he is entirely well is a
very good rule,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

a squirrel in a wheel will run all day
in hopes that he will overtake his tail.
But he never does. There are scores
of men in the Albany Legislature WI o
spend their time In the same absurd
manner
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
BLooMsBURe, Pa, Dec. 8, 1884.

BL0OMsBURG, Pa, Dec. 3, 1854.
Vonderg'W Mfg. On.
GENTLEMEN when your agent, Mr.. g.
Mears, solicited me to purchase one of
your Western Washing Machines, nothing
but desire to be courteous prompted me
to give one moments attention TO it, as all
the washing machines had ever seen had
proved utter failures. But when your
agent, in commendable spirit of fairness,
offered to sell your machine on its merits,
could not refuse to give it fair trial. 1t
has now done service in my laundry three
months, and must say that it is perfect i.
every respect, doing its work thoroughly
and with it one girl can do the work of
two, without fatigue. 1t is simply match
less. Very Truly Yours,
L. A. SHATTUCK, NJ. ID.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

"Yes," said the school girl, who had
arisen from the lowest to the highest
position in her class. II shall have q
horseshoe for my symbol, as it de-
notes having come from the foot
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

"What is laughter = asks scien-
tist. 1t is what you don't hear wh,n
You find your wife sitting up for you
after the club.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

When man stays down town at his
office until midnight trying to strike a
balance he generally loses it before he
gets home.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
\ MERCHANT TAILOR, |

Who always gives you the latest
styles, and cuts your clothing to fit
you. Having had the experience Tor a
number OF years in the Tailoring Busi-
ness, has learned what material will
give his customers the best satisfaction
for wear and style and will try to
please all who give him call. Also
on hand
Gents Furnishing Goods
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

Great things are not accomplished
by idle dreams, but by years of patient
study.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
Bloomsbury and Vicinity,
BLooMsBuRG, Pa, Dec. 8, 1884.

Vdndergrp Ma. Co..
Camden Mears, Agent Il have been in
the laundry business constantly during the
past ten years, and have tried very many
different kinds of family washing ma
chimes, one of which is the New Improved
Western ASasr, sold by you, and cheer
fully recommend it as being the best one
for my work that | have ever tried. 1t
gives perfect satisfaction, and would not
part with it for double the amount paid
for it if could not procure another one.
Any person wishing to see it in operation
can do so, by calling at my laundry.
Yours Respectfully,
G. II. Brown,
Proprietor Bloomsbury Laudry, Dent
lers rev block, Main Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

TRY ONE! And if you are not
satisfied after giving it a fair trial re-
turn the machine to our agent, and he
will refund your money.
Tandergrif Mia. Co.
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would say that have secured the agency fol
the sale OF the above Popular Washing Machine
American Hand Planters and other manufactures
OF the above firm, for the counties OF Columbia
Montour, Luzerne and Schu kill, and would b'
pleased to deliver and instruct In the use OF tht
washer anyone who desires to buy one.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF JOHN KELcHNER, DECEASED.

Letters testamentary in the estate of John
Kelchner, late OF Centre township, Columbia coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, have been granted by the Reg
lister of Id county to the undersigned executors.
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 undersigned without delay
II. G KELCHNER,
Il. l.. KELCHNER'
Knorr Wlntersteen, atty's.
Feb 6-u
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A ADVERTISERS n v T.

by addressing G7O. r. RowELL a CO., 10 Spruce
st., New York, can leuV the exact cost OF any
proposed line OF ADV ak SING IN American News
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

TEAS, sYRuPS CosFEE, SUGAR, MoLAssEs
sicE SPICES BIcARB SODA. &C., &C.
n. e. Corner Second and Arch streets.
sr-Orders win receive prompt attenun
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03

Spaniard was approaching. Mime.
Langlot then put her younger child
into the girls arms and ordered her to
60 for q walk. Larras had no sooner
entered the tavern than Madeline
sprang upon him, while Candelot fas-
tened the door on the inside behind
him. They both then dragged him
into a chamber. Dame Goussebarthe
held his legs and strangled him with
rope. When he no longer gave a
sign of life. Madeline took his belt and
handed 50 francs to one of her accom-
plices and % francs to the other. The
rest she kept.
A neighbor who had seen Larras
enter the tavern, and heard some cries,
became suspicious on finding that he
did not come out He made a Cir
cult of the house, and looking in at a
window espied the corpse lying on the
floor of the bed-chamber. The au-
thorities we're notified, and at II
o'clock in the evening the gendsrmer-
lie came. Larras body was discovered
after long search, under the mattress
of a bed on which the young child
of the woman Langlot was sleeping.
1t had been placed in a sack. The
three murderesses confessed their
crime, each one endeavoring. of course.
to throw the heaviest responsibility
upon the others. Nine. L anglot was
sentenced to hard labor for life, and
both the others to the same penance
for twenty years. They listened to
the judgment without evincing the
least emotion.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03
Murdered by Three Women.

Paris Morning News.
In the lower Pyrenees, at the little
village of lame, three women have
Just been condemned for a singular
crime. They conspired together and
murdered a man named Joseph Lar
ras. The unfortunate victim was 4S
years old and in feeble health, but he
was nevertheless Injured to toll and he
had amassed about !, 800 francs which
he had always carried about with him
in a leather belt. This popularity
was known to all his neighbors, and
they even joked with him about it at
times. One day he lent a certain sum
of money to tavern keeper, a woman
of evil repute, named Madeline Lang.
lot. She was already deeply in debt
to others and finding herself on the
point of becoming bankrupt, resolved
to free herself from her obligation to-
ward him by murder.
Larras had often demanded the re-
payment of the sum which she owed
him. Once when he visited her for
the first time with this object, she
cordially invited him to stay to dinner.
He accepted, but hardly had he fin
ished eating when he felt intolerable
pains in the stomach. His hostess
had tried to poison him with arsenic.
Several packages of the drug were
afterward found in her house. Larras
was compelled to keep to his bed for
six days. Nine. Langlot resolved
after this failure to sssassinate Larras
and to rob him of his savings. Her
first design was to get him to act as
Guide upon a pious pilgrimage into
Spain which she proposed to make,
that being his native country. She
associated with herself two other vi
cious women named Goussebarthe and
Candalot. Larras refused to accom-
pany them, bnt sent word to Madeline
that she must pay her debt. The
next morning be went to her house.
She was unable to pay him, and he
told her he would come again in the
afternoon. Madeline Immediately in
formed her accomplices, and even
sought to obtain the assistance of one
Oscanson, but he refused to take part
ip the crime, although he was coward
ly enough to abstain from attempt to
prevent it when a word from him
would have suficed.
Mime Langlot prepared ropes to
strauple and bind her victim, and she
and the two other women drank
plentifully of liquors. At $3.50 her
eldest daughter, who had been placed
on the watch at the door, told her the
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03

notorious Tichborne case of our own
times. Thus for example, there was
much public sentiment in Mege's
favor, he was q Catholic; and, as was
the case with Arthur Orion, he in no
way resembled the man he endeavor.
ed to personate. De Caille had been
ligbt-haired and small, with a fair
complexion, while Mcgee had dark
hair, and was tall with brown skin.
Other physical peculiarities in De
Caille were not found in the soldier,
and it was decided after an investiga-
ton longer than the Tichborne trial,
for it lasted seven years, that he was
an impostor. The story of the Itch
borne case is too recent and too
familiar to need recspitulation ; it will
be sufficient to say that it will take its
place 10 the textbooks on medical
ju. isprudence as q veritable cause
celebre, during which many points of
the highest interest were raised and
discussed by the Court.
Common as are the cases of mistak.
en- identity when living people are
found to resemble each other closely,
even to certain scars and marks of
other kinds, the blunders which occur
in the Identification of persons found
dead are still more numerous. Vol
umes, indeed, might be filled with in.
stances of failures to identify people.
The son has been deceived as to the
identity of bis deceased father, several
women have recognized the same man
as the husband of each of them, and
the mother has taken total stranger
as Der son. Scarcely a railway or
colliery accident, or disaster at sea
occurs without instances of these mis-
takes, which would be amusing were
they not so sad, for the positive asser-
tons of two weeping women regarding
the same man are often very puzzling
to the authorities. People, too, are
supposed to be murdered who are
alive and well, like a certain Mr..
Trigg, who lived at Hammersmith,
and might. had he felt inclined, have
attended his own funeral, for he re-
on the scene after his sup.
posed murder just as the hearse which
was believed to inclose his remains
was leaving his door. There is moth
ing, indeed, so well established, as an
able medical writer on the question
says, as "the utter uncertainty of ties.
timony to identity. when based on
mere resemblance of face and figure
Even when it is given by the most
conscientious witnesses, and by those
whose means of knowing are most
abundant, experience proves that it
is still uncertain" Lives have been
sacrificed and judicial murders COM
mitted on such evidence, and it would
seem almost easier to obey the philo-
sophical precept and know ourselves
than to be sure of our incapability of
recognizing other people even when
their faces are perfectly familiar to
us,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03
Lobby Ladies.

The ladies of the lobby are the
greatest bores to the average congress
man. By this ] do not mean the
lady lobbyists. There are few purely
business lobbyists among the ladies of
the capitol. and the character abounds
more in fiction than reality. But
there are scores of women with claims,
office-seekers, and adventuresses of
different kinds, who come to the capt.
tol and the rooms reserved for their
reception are always full while con-
gress is in session. The ladies' recep-
ton room at the house is opposite the
north door. 1t is long room with
great white Corinthian columns rum
ming through Its center, and with q
number of red cushioned chairs and
sofas around its walls. When | en-
tered it to-day / found it filled with
about forty ladies some sitting and
waiting, and others engaged in talk
ing to congressman. Some of them
were dressed in the finest of garments.
cut after the latest styles, and there
were number of sealskin cloaks and
not few diamonds. Mourning, how
ever, predominated, and l should
Judge there were more soldiers wild
ows after pensions than society women
who had come to gossip. noticed
many fresh young girls; on speaking
to the polite confederate colonel who
has charge of the room, he told me
that in nine cases out of ten
were young women who wanted
places in the departments, and had
come to solicit their congressman
influence. Said he: "You have no
idea how many ofice-seekers come
here. There are women from all over
the country. Many of them are de-
serving, and Notwithstanding what
has been said about it, / have yet to
find the first questionable character in
this room. If they are bad they do
not show it. We have from one hum
dred to two hundred ladies in here
every day to see congressman. They
must all apply to me, and l send in
their card by page. Sometimes the
members receive them, and sometimes
not
Many of the claimants are meritori-
GUS ones, and some of them are very
needy. They will tell me their pitt
full stories, and once in q while we
have a scene here. l have seen
many acts of congressional kindness
in this room. Last year
there was a poor old woman who
used to come here and send In her
card about once week. The men,
bers generally came out to see her
and she would tell her story. The
few she called out always gave to her,
and have seen two, five and seven
ten dollar bills 60 out of their pockets
into hers.
As ] leave this room / stop a mo
ment to speak to a doorkeeper /
know. He tells me that ladies some
times try to 60 into the house while
it is in session, and that during the
last term one came to his door with
blood in her eye and q cowhide whip
under her sealskin cloak. She turned
to 60 inside, but was gently pulled
back. She said q congressman had
ill-used her, and she was bound to 60
in and horsewhip him in the presence
of the house. The threat of a po-
liceman restrained her.-Washington
Letter to Cleveland Leader.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03

From the worst stages of Heart Dis
ease consider myself cured by the use of
DR.. Graves Heart Regulstor.-T. NJ.
Towns, Tilton, n. A. Thirty years have
proved the Heart Regulator sure remedy.
Sold By druggists at 81 per bottle.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-02-03

In the Diamond Dyes more color.
ing is given than in any known dyes, and
they give faster and more blilisnt colors.
10c st all druggists Wells, Richardson &
Co., Burlington. VT. Sample card, SO col
ors, and book of directions for &c stamp.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-14

A true story, nearly as good as
that told about the sentinel kept for
twenty years or more guarding a
spot in a German royal park where
was once q flower which attracted
the empress's attention, is now told
of st. James's Park in London.
About 1864, military commission
sat for day in a back building
abutting OH the Park. To give due
solemnity to the arrangement, SEN
tinel was put on duty at the door
from ten till four. The commission
did its work and disappeared. The
sentry came back next day and did
his guarding. Year by year passed,
to the number of about twenty, and
still day by day Tommy Atkins"
with his red coat and all the ac-
couterments, paced up and down
his twenty steps, in spring rain and
summer drought and winter wind
and snow, faithful to his post. There
was nothing to guard, and he
guarded it. The other day only it
was remembered that he had been
forgotten, and the red tape went
away from that spot to reappear
elsewhere.
The Hudson Bay country may yet
prove to be the salvation of Canada
in commercial way. Observations
are being taken this winter on the
shores of Hudson Bay by all explor-
ing party sent out by the Canadian
Government with the object of as
certaining for how long period
during the summer the bay can be
utilized as an outlet to Europe for
Canadian products. 1t has been
discovered that the country is rich
in iron ore, galena, gold, silver and
copper. 1t is expected the expedi-
ton will be fruitful of great results.
Toronto Mail.
Artillery officer to mandarin: "My
lord, the French ships are approach
ing" Mandarin: "Fire a cannon
at them "But they are so far of
that the ball will 60 only half way"
"Fire two cannons at them"