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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27
FACTS wunTT.. KNOWING.

The extinction of starlight" in the day.
light is not due to the vapors of the atmos-
phere, but to the stronger" vibrations of
sunlight which prevent our eyes perceiving
the weaker vibrations of starlight. -Publis
Opinion.
A piece of sole leather tackled on the butt Of
squared-off chisel handle will prevent its
splitting under the blows of the mallet.
Letters mailed in hotel envelopes are sent
to the dead letter office, notwithstanding the
ten days return notice on the corner, when
they fail to reach the person addressed.
Cellars are usually damp because the walls
are cooler than the air, which causes condensa-
ton OF moisture. To prevent the condensa-
ton Of moisture it is recommended that the
windows and doors of the cellars be closed
during the day and opened at night.
M. Lessene, at a meeting of the Society
Medicale dAmiens, indicated certain sign
OF death, simple and trustworthy. After
prlcking the skin with needle the puncture
remains open, just us when piece of leather
Is pricked On the living body, even if the
blood does not come TO the surface, as would
happen if the person were hysterical, the pin
prick closes at once and does not leave the
slightest trace,
AuhiiiascoDlte, says lhe Industrial World,
Is newly discovered mineral found only
In Missouri, which cuts steel with great
rapidity and yet retains very fine, keen
edge,
Sir Henry Thompson holds that artificial
teeth are an evil in those Of advanced years,
because they enable such persons to masti.
cate flesh. When the teeth fail naturally it
is natures design that the individual should
suhsist ON vegetable dict
One of the first plants to change from
green to scarlet is the poison ivy. Beware
OF 1t, Remember the poison vine has three
leaves in a cluster; the leaves of the harm
less woodbine are in clusters Of five, Another
Eaily-hued plant OF the early autumn Is the
poison sumac or poison oak
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27
Qualities Of the Flesh Of Poultry.


Gallinaccous Fowls, or Chickens
In the opinion of physicians, both
ancient and modern, the flesh Of the
chicken at three months old is the most
delicate and easy 10 digest of all the
animal foods thence best adapted to
the stomachs of invalids, or the consti-
tutionally weak, being the least alkal-
escent of all animal food, free from irri-
tation, and affording a mild and innox-
ious chyle Age makes a striking diff
ference in the flesh of fowls, since,
after the age of one year, it becomes
tougher and more insoluble. The cock,
indeed, at that age is only used for
making soup, while the pullet is still
excellent, although more substantial
Wand than the chicken. While young
the cock and hen are equally delicate.
The flesh of birds differs in quality
according to the food on which they
live. Such as feed OH grain and berries
afford, in general, good nourishment.
A young hen or chicken is tender and
delicate food, and extremely well adapt
ed where the digestive powers are
weak But of all tame TO us the cap
on is the most nutritious.
The .Capon, or castrated fowl, has
ever been esteemed one of the
greatest delicacies, preserving the
flavor and tenderness of the chicken
with the juicy maturity of age; the
flesh yielding rich and good chyle,
and without any tendancy TO infiam-
nation. Capons, however, are usually
crammed and made excessively fat,
perhaps to the verge Of disease, in
which state their flesh is neither so
dellcately favored nor probably so
wholesome rs when more naturally fed.
Indeed, the flesh of the barn-door fowl,
or that fed in a state of nature and at
liberty to take exercise, is universally
acknowledged to excel in genuine rich
ness of flavor
The Turkey--The flesh of the turk
ey is somewhat more dense of fibre and
more alkalescent and substantial than
that of the chicken, but it Is reckoned
nourishing and restorative. Age pro-
duces similar effect as in the chicken
whence the turkey, after a certain
period, is good for little, except stew
ed.
Guinea. fowls are not so white of
flesh as the common, but more inclined
to the pheasant color in quality short
and savory, like the flesh of the pheas
ant, and easy of digestion. In fact,
the guinea fowl is reckoned by many a
good substitute for the pheasant. They
are very prolific, and their eggs
nourishing and good.
The Duck. The flesh of the duck,
of savory and somewhat stimulant
nature, is said to afford prefer able
Rourishment to that of the goose, being
not so gross and more easily digested /;
and that of the wild duck is reckoned
still more easy of digestion than the
tame, although more savory.
The Goose.-The whole anserine or
goose tribe, of which there is a
great variety, are held to afford food
highly stimulant of strong flavor and
viscous quality, and of putrescent
tendency The flesh of the tame goose
is more tender than that of the wild,
but generally it is diet best adapted
to good stomachs and powerful digest
ion, and should be sparingly used by
the sedentary and weak, or by persons
subject to cutaneous diseases.-Moac-
bray on Poultry.
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The Crops.

The following is summary of the
Rural New I Yorker's annual crop re-
port: From over 1000 crop reports
from all parts of the country, the Rur-
al New Yorker concludes that the win
ter wheat crop is on the whole good
the probable yield being 295,OOO,OOC
bushels against 2l2,0O0,000 in 1925
with slight increase in acreage.
Spring wheat has been considerably
injured by drought and blight; the
yield will probably be 14O,OOO,OOC
bushels against 145, 100000 last year
The total wheat crop will probably be
435, ,OOO,0 900 bushels against 357,000,
900 last year. In oats there has beer
slight increase in acreage; the croT
has been considerably injured by
drought and insect pests, and will prob
ably yield 6OO,OOO,0OO bushels, agains,
629,OO0,000 bushels in the year 1885.
OF rye and barley there will be ex
cellent crops on slightly increased
area. There is good stand of corn,
and the outlook is excellent for fine
crop. Of early potatoes, the crop will
be heavy, and late potatoes are promis
ing, especially in the West. Prices
will probably be low. There mas been
large increase in the area of cultivat-
ed grasses in the West and South, and
"a considerable increase in clover
There will be heavy crop of hay,
though it has been injured somewhat
by drought and insects in places. Pas
lures are generally good. There is a
slight increase IN the area of tobacco,
and the prospects are fair. There is a
decrease in acreage under hops until
recently the prospects everywhere were
excellent, but destruction is now threat
ened to the New York crop by llce and
houeydew. Prices for old hops have
more than doubled within ten days.
A slight decrease in the area under
cotton in the older states is more than
counterbalanced in the new, especially
Texas. The condition, however, Is
lower than IN 1885.
Outside of New England apples are
likely to be only fair crop, as the
young fruit is dropping excessively
everywhere.
There will be a poor crop in the South.
Much injury has been done to orchards
by the winter cold and spring frosts in
the Ohio valley and the Northwest.
The pear crop will be poor and the
peach crop below the average, Straw
berries have been too plentiful for profit
and of small fruits the crops are good
On the whole there is an excellent har
vest outlook.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27
A Successful Oalf-Raiser's Method.

My cows are in healthy condition
says correspondent of the Farm ana
Home, well kept but not overted with
heavy meal, and are turned loose in q
warm pen before dropping the calf
They are kept as clean as possible, with
little straw for litter. let the call
suck till the milk is good, rnnning with
the COW two or three days, and then
take it away and put in pen loose
and tie the COW back with the others
My way is to have the pen for calves
where the COWS can see me feed them
and then they are contented in a short
time. At the age Of two or three days
teach them to drink on new milk from
the mother and continue to give it new
for one week or more. / then mix q
part skim milk with new milk for q
week or more, but the skim milk should
set only from morning till night OF
from night till morning. Then l take
all skim milk l2 hours old for a week
or more, and follow it with part 2
hours set mixed together for the calf
Thus l work by degrees from new
milk to old, always keeping the calves
well bedded to keep them dry. l give
them early cut hay as soon as they will
eat it, and after get them fairly on
to skim-milk | mix fine feed with milk,
small handful at first. Steady, even
feed with just little increase as they
grow older is necessary. If the change
from new to old sour milk is too soon
it will spoil their stomachs and disar-
range the digestive organs, and they
never do so well as they should do,
keep them in the barn till after haying
and then turn them in TO good Fall
feed and wean them, sailing often, but
not giving too much at time.
have raised so or more within few
years with scarcely any trouble, and
they always feel contented and quict
and ready for their meals. The greaI
secret of success is to keep their diges
tive organs all right and keep their fee
dry, giving regular feed and enougl
of il.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27
BIGGEST OF THEIR KIND.

A forty-iive-inch sunhower is being ex-
hibited at Travers, Cal.
M Estrada, a French engineer, is building
forty-ton locomotive, which is expected to
attain speed of seventy-eight miles an hour.
The driving wheels are to be eight feet in
diameter.
The largest balloon in the country, accord
ing to The San Francisco Chronicle, has re-
Gently been built in that city by Mr. A. p.
Van Tassel. 1t has capacity of 10000
cubic feet of gas, and has been constructed
for the special purpose of enabling the we'll
known aeronaut to undertake a journey
across the continent from ocean to ocean.
A magnificent diamond, weighing $50
carats, Of the finest water and free from all
flaws and imperfections, has just been cut in
England. 1t is owned by syndicate, and is
said to surpass in weight and quality all the
historical diamonds on record. Some idea Of
its value may be gotten from the fact that a
little piece sliced off the end to improve its
shape produced brilliant of nineteen karats
and was sold for $4,000 to diamond mer-
chant.
The one place in the country where the most
railroad trains pass is said to be the Union
depot, Elizabeth, N. ]. A man was put on
lor tne purpose laSu week ana counted up
1885 as the total, and in one day of twenty
four hours 60o 1t is crossing at the street
level, too.
1t is said of John L. Sullivan, Jr, who is
now 27 months old, that when but months
old he would seize hold ora kitchen chair with
one hand and hold it out at arms length.
One day, when he was about months old, he
was put upon his feet near coal hod two
thirds full, when he seized and lifted it from
the floor. Now, when playing in the open
air. he handles heavy stones that it would
trouble lads of 10 or II years to manage.
II. G, Hotchkiss, of Lyons, N Y, known
as the Peppermint King, says that seven
eighths of the peppermint Of the world is
raised in Wayne county. The average crop
is about 100000 pounds. The average price
paid for crude oil is from s3. IS to "a a pound.
To give an idea of the money that is in pep
permint Mr.. Hotchkiss said that farmer last
year brought to the refinery an ordinary
sleigh load, which, when measured, proved "a
be worth $4,000 OF course this was in the
crude oil, which the farmers distil themselves
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-08-27
Coal Ashes.

Coal ashes are a bad foundation for
yard Fowls will eat a large amount
of coal found IN coal ashes, if the pile
be handy for them, or charcoal if
placed in box that they may 90 to at
will Charred corn may be fed daily
to the bereft of health but the habit
of covering the hen yard over with
coal and wood ashes for them to be
confined upon, is fruitful cause of
dry, pale, rough legs, which are un-
slightly and unhealthy. Dust boxes of
three fourths sandy loan, one-fourth
ashes (wood), and a pound of sulphur
mixed, are all right, but the yard of
small ones should be dug up frequently
and all surface filth turned under.
Sow the ground thick with oats and
rye, then fork it up if too small to use
horse hoe, and the sprouting grain
will induce the hens to constant exer-
else. BY feeding the fowls what they
will eat up clean in the morning, then
leaving them to dig in the earth for
the sprouling grain till five o'clock,
then feeding corn, oats and wheat to
retire on, a constant egg production
will be secured. But, friends, do not
forget to constantly cultivate and seed
down the yards. Any change in CON
dition destroys any rule.-Iridune
and Farmer.
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20
Death Of General Hancock.

Another, and one of the greatest
soldiers of the war for the Union, Is
laid to rest. Major General Hancock
disHquite suddenly at Governors Is
land, New York, at half-past two
O'Clock on the 18th instant.
Major General Winfield s. Hancock
was born in Pennsylvania in 1924.
He graduated at West Point when
twenty years of age, and served in the
Nsxicaa war and California. In the
Tall of 1861 he was made Brigadier-
General of Volunteers, and took
conspicuous part IN the battlesof Will
liamsburg, Frazcr's Farm, South Noun
tain and Antietam. Having been pro-
melted to q Majer-Generalship. he
commanded division at Fredericks-
burr and Charlottesville. He selected
the field of battle at Gettysburg, and
was severely wounded in the fight.
He took command of the Secsnd Army
Corps at the opening of the campaign
of 1864. and bore prominent part in
the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vAnia Courthouse, North Anna, and
the second battle of Cold Harbor, and
the operations around Petersburg. In
1866 be received the thanks of Con-
gTsss, and during the period of recon
structien he commanded Departments
in the South, and endeared himself 10
the people by his ably and impartial
administration of the law. In 1880 re
was nominated by tie Democratic
National Convention for President of
the United States. but was defeated by
General Garfield. He was at the time
of his death in command of the Mill
tary Division of the Atlantic, with
headquarters at New York, to which
he was assigned in 1875.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20
Seattle Under Martial Law.

The people of Seattle, w. T. despair
ing of peaceful remedies to get rid of
the Chinese, took the law in their own
hands on the 9th and forced the heath
ems ito co. The militia was called
cut and a conflict ensued in which
several citizens were killed and wound
ed. Seattle is now occupied by Fed
sral troops.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20
..So R,u sharon Racket"

carson Correspondence NJ the Reno Journal
II will be remembered that few
months age q syndicate of wealthy
men imported candidate from Cali
fornia for the |. S. Senate from Ne
yada, with the reputed understanding
that they would furnish the necessary
means to enable him to make mon
eyed contest for that office. Several
news papers being anxious for such q
contest published few kind words in
favor of the imported candidate. Some
of them even went SO far as to intimate
that the selected candidate was a man
of such immense brain that the people
living in Nevada ought not "a require
or expect him To eondescend to be-
come a resident of this State as there
was no chance for any employment
here of a man of his caliber. 1t now
transpires that all these editorials were
written in order to bring about q
friendly boom for the great and good
man who had so kindly consented to
allow his peculiar talents to be utilized
by the Republicans of this State for
the sole purpose of putting him int
an Office where he could be of service
10 the syndicate which imported him
under a promise that coin therefor
should, in due time, be forthcoming.
and that the strings of the promised
sack have not, as yet. been united.
The Carson Appeal speaks right cut
in plain language that will not be mis-
understood by anybody. that the news
papers don't intend to have any more
LOT the Bill Sharon racket worked on
them this FALL and adds that 1.-THE
man who essays to lead the fight must
mean business" This is giving the
syndicate fair notice that if coin is not
forthcoming the imported candidate
will not receive any more puffs in its
columns.
1t is admitted, by the friends of he
syndicate, that the imported candidate
has nothing in his own favor but his
energy and cheek, and that if his prom
ised financial backing fails the candi-
date from California will have TO be
Withdrawn.
But beyond and above all these
newspaper considerations it might as
well new, as ever, be understood that
the rank and file of the Republican
party do not intend-under any con-
sideratisn--to support any imported
candidate. Nevada mas, already, been
sufficiently disgraced by her citizens
heretofore advocating the election of
men who have no sympathy with tile
people. A coin fight in behalf of one
who only comes into the State for tile
purpose of qualifying himself for the
office. and Who intends leaving il i'm
medlately after election whether sue
cessful or not-can not and ought no,
to win.
A few newspapers, of a certain type,
may be Influenced with coin; but such
papers have already lost all power, if
any they ever possessed, either to
mould or control the opinion of the
masses. ANEvADA REPUBLICAN.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20
CANDIDATES.
The Same Old Crowd and Some New
Ones.

In few months more Nevada will
be quite lively with political excite
ment, and in order to keep the people
posted the Carson Appeal gives few
of the prospective candidates as far as
heard from:
For Governor on the Republican side we
hear the name Of Ex-Governor Kinkead. T. b.
Hickey the cattle king, ID. L. Bliss and Chan
cellor Derby.
On the Democratic side. Hook Mason, Cover
nor Adams and Col. Hardin.
Lieutenant Goyernor-Among the Republi-
cans c. Il. Laughton will jump In again, also
Jake Lynn OF Washoe.
Democratic. w II. A Pike of Churchill and
ngress-Repnblicans VIM. Woodburn, J.
A Stephens. q. w. Baker
Democratic, Geo. w. Cassidy and w. E. r.
Deal
Supreme Judge-Repubican NJ. A. Murphy,
Judge Edwards, Judge Bigelow and Judge
Mckinney.
Democratic, NJ. N. Stone, Judge Belknap,
Judge Webster.
Sec. Of State-Republican, j. A. Dormer, j.
A. Williamson, and II. A. Morton, OF Lincoln
county.
Democratic, P. j. Dunno, j. A. Hill, J. N i.
Stanford
state IreasuTer-hepublican, q. Tufy, J. G.
Hazeitt.
Democratic, Jerry Schooling, and R. A.
Sadler.
Controler-Republican, J. F. Hallock, Alex
Wise and I. V. Julien. .
Democratic. Sam Bonniheld. J. C. Hager-
man and j. NJ. Smith of White Pine WHO
Is j. NJ. Smith, Of White Pine ED. NEWS |
Attorney General Republican, j. A. Rand,
Judge Wells AID J. F. Alexander
Democratic, w. s. Bonnifeld, j. II. McMil-
liAn.
Clerk of Supreme Court-Republican G. r
Bckneil, q. |. Lammon, Geo. Turriton and C.,
F. Allen.
of Lander.
Surveyor General-Republcan c. s. Preble,
NJ. A. Curtis.
Democratic, Harry Day and j. NJ Carpen-
ter.
This list is liable OF course TO be subjected
to good many revisions before the cOnven.
tions meet.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20

Hugh Mohan, Secretary of the Sill
yer Association, has issued notices for
. second convention to be held in
Washington this week, at which bill
will be prepared providing for free
coinage, and will be submitted to
Bland, Chairman of the Coinage,
Weights and Measures Committee.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-02-20

The Silver State says: United States
Senator James G.. Fair arrived here
from Virginia City on Wednesday on
his way to Washington, accompanied
BY E. J. Coleman, Bank Commissioner.
Many old acquaintance met him at
the depot. He says he will use every
means in his power to have operations
resumed at the Carson Mint, and that
he will endeavsr to convince the Post
effice Department that the mail service
should be increased for the accommo-
dalton OF the people. He repeated
what he asserted here last Spring on
his return from Washington, that there
is no danger of silver coinage being
suspended.