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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07
Notice BE- HerehI GlHen.

THAT the annual meeting Of the stock.
Il holdsrs Of the Chesapeake, Ohio
and Southwestern Railroad Company
for the election Of Directors and
such other business as may come before the
meeting, will be held at the Office Of the
Company, in the city Of Memphis (called the
Taxing District Of Shelby County,, Tenn;
o'clock noon Of that day, and that the lease
frem that Company TO the Newport News and
Mis- -isslppi Valley Company will be sub
mitted 10 the stockholders for their consent
thereto and approval thereof. Transfer
books will be closed from March 18th TO
April 8, 1885.
By order Of the President and Board al
Directors. ISAAC K. GATES. Secretary.
DEMOCRATS TO THE FRONT-TO al
l. persons seeking Government En-
Rloyment in any Of the Departmental
Washington, or any other positions unde
the Government, will send full instruction
as TO how 70 proceed 10 obtain the same,
and Blank Forms OF Application on
recent Of One Dollar. Address JOHN
VpCU V~eb-hNv oSs Css~a0a
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07

NEw York, April 6. The total ex-
ports of produce from this port during
the past week were valued at S.
$1,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
Clerks in Politics.

The determination of the President
to carry out his policy with regard to
civil service reform seems to have COM
municated itself pretty thoroughly to
the heads of his departments and
through them to the heads Of bureaus.
This appears more prominently just
recently through applications for leaves
of absence by the employees of the
various bureaus. Some of these leaves
were to take effect in September. In
fact, most of the clerks postpone their
summer vacation till the latter part of
the season. BY doing so they have
hitherto been able to combine business
of political nature with their vacation.
1t is the determination of those who
are in sympathy with the Democratic
President to prevent as far as possible
leaves of absence for political purposes
1t is said that number of these leaves
have been requested through members
of Congress quite recently, and the
applications\h \have been answered by
the heads of the departments by re-
questing the member asking the leave
TO state whether it was for political
purposes or not. If the leave was ask
ed for the employee with the view to
his assisting the Corgressmen in mend
ing his political fences, the leave
would not be granted if it was purely
for recreation or personal business,
there was no objection expressed as to
the leave being granted.
A Democratic member, who received
such a reply the other day, was very
much enraged. He bad asked for a
leave of absence for clerk to go home
TO his district, and the supposition
naturally was that he desired some
political assistance at home, and this
government official was chosen for the
purpose of rendering it. The supposi
ton seemed to have been true in this
instance, and the member was very
much angered by the reply. He said
it was unprecedented in the history OF
the government and declared that it
was the design of Republican superiors
who were still in office, to prevent
Democratic clerks and other employees
from returning home during the elec
ton or having anything to do with
politics. "ln every instance" said he,
Gin which leaves are asked for Demo
cratic employees we have this civil SER
vice reform thrown in our faces. 1t
is an outrage and shame and is due,
l take it, TO the fact that the men over
these Democratic clerks are Republicans
and want to prevent them from exer-
cising their rights as American citi.
zens" The fact is, however, that the
President has already informed his
chiefs that, so far as possible, he de-
sired that the government officials
should have very little or nothing to
do with political campaigns.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
The Right Kind of Dairymen.

There is no denying, says Hoard's
Dalryman, that we must have better
cows to do business with and we need
them all the more in times of low
prices. A COW that will give 6,000
pounds of milk year will make a
profit for her owner even on the prices
of the past summer. But where will
the average COW that gives only 5000
pounds year appear? On the wrong
side of the ledger of course. The mis-
sion the Dairyman has set itself to ac-
complish is to bring up the standard of
dairy farming in the northwest. There
are many kinds of dairymen, as we
have discovered. This is shown not
only ia the character of the make but
also in the profits they receive for the
labor and capital they expend.
When we step into creamery and
the proprietor kindly allows us to look
over the record of his patrons and We
find one man with COWS that yield him
forty dollars worth of cream a year and
another whose COWS yield only twenty
dollars worth, our heart goes out tc
that twenty dollar man, and if possible
we want to get at his understanding Of
things. We wan, to show him thai
the first thing to do is to study how hii
neighbor makes twice as much none,
as he does. That old saying, "Wha
man has done, man can do" is wonder
fully true in dairy business. The cream
cry patron in particular, needs to b,
stirred up to deeper study of the Gov
question. lie needs better understand
ing os what can be got out of cov
by proper selecting, breeding, teedin!
and care. lie ought to have the bes
tool that can be got and the COW is
tool. The Dairyman has noticed TO
eighteen years in Wisconsin that when
ever a farmer set resolutely about max
ing a first class dairyman of himself, h
has usually succeeded, and what
right to the point, he never made tn
best profit possible in the business, III
| til he arrived at that determination
The ranks of well posted dairymen al
being recruited rapidly every day, br
| it must be remembered they are inva
iably the ones who think and read an
who compare their own results wit
Others. $50 thou and do likewise"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
Canada Thistles.

A luxuriant growth of grass three
years in succession will kill out this
pest in any field, remarks writer in
the Farm and Fireside. 1t is strong
assertion, but it is true. l have exter-
minated three beds or patches of the
thistles on this farm, and have seen
the same results on at least two other
farms. One of the beds on this farm
had taken possession of ABOUT an acre
and half of ground.
The manner in which l do tho work
is as follows: plow the field (or this
tle-bed only in the fall, and about the
middle of the June following l re-
plow 1t, then top-dress it with fine
stable manure. If don't have that
l use fertilizer of some sort, usually
phosphate, as it is prepared and sold
by many of the chemical fertilizer man
ufacturing companies use enough
to warrant a good catch, or stand, the
amount depending upon the fertility of
the soil at the time. | pulverize The
soil thoroughly with harrow then
about the Goth or 25th of the same
month | SOW it to buckwheat. | SOW
it very thin, so that it will not shade
the young grass too much. | then
harrow it twice, and SOW the grass seed.
l mix the seed in about this proportion:
One-half Timothy, one fourth little red
or medium clover (here clover is spok-
en- of as grass), one-fourth big or man.
moth clover SOW thick-about one
peck per acre, / then harrow once or
twice.
harvest the buckwheat when ripe.
The next spring top-dress with ma
nure as before. The following sum-
mer the thistles will be there in full
force. | harvest them when the Tim
othy is in full bloom. The thistle seeds
are not yet ripe, and l save the crop
for sheep feed, or for manure, at least.
The second summer the thistles may
appear again, but they will be fewer
aud very puny. / harvest as before,
except tina, save the crop for feed, as
it is generally good hay. In the fall
or summer after harvest / top-dress it
again as before. The third summer
the thistles fail to put in an appearance.
They are dead, and never grow there
again unless started anew from the seed.
Oats or other crops will do as well as
buckwheat. The main point Is to get
a luXuriant growth of grass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
The War on the lotteries.

A bill introduced by Chairman
Blount, of the House post office com
mittee provides that all newspapers
papers and periodicals containing ad,
vertisements of lotteries, schemes, draw
ings or distributions, or the tickets,
shares or chances therein, shall not be
conveyed in the mails nor be delivered
from any post Office or by any letter
carrier Whosoever shall knowingly
deposit copy of such a newspaper in
the mails shall be liable to penalties
The bill also makes it misdemeanoI
for any person to use an alias or hctl
tious name or address to promote
lottery scheme, and requires the return
of matter addressed to such persons tt
the sender. A minority report, signe(
by Thomas b. Ward, and Joseph ii
Jones declare the proposed Legislation
unconstitutional.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
The Riots in Belfast.

Wherever in England, Ireland or
any country rioters become a mob and
offer violence to human life or proper
ty, they are not only criminals in the
sight of the law, but common enemies
of society. They are doing their worst
to undo all that has been accomplished
by modern civilization and the rioter
must everywhere be treated with the
sharpest and quickest suppression.
The riots in Belfast are particularly
distressing, inasmuch as they appear to
emanate from religious prejudices and
are a reawakehing Of old feuds that
have for time been held in abeyance.
They come from the Protestant or
Anglo-Scotch Irish section of the Irish
population, who have recently and all
the time been exhibited as the proper
elements in Ireland that ought to rule
the island, and they have apparently
grown out of seeds sown in Ireland
months ago by notable English
statesman and sown not for generous
or human, but for paltry party pur-
poses.
There was no need of riot in Bel
fast The division in Parliament had
gone against home rule and the Ma
tionalists. A sentiment was grown
up in England in favor of inserting in
any future measure of home rule some
clause recognizing the special claims of
the Anglo Irish Protestants. The
Nationalists for long time had been
careful not to needlessly arouse the
passions of the Orangemen, and the
latter were in no danger from any
cause. They appear to have been
crazed with the prospect of victory and
so were induced to act, as they have
often acted before, as if ireland be-
longed to Orangemen alone.
The effigies of Gladstone and Par
nell and the dummy corpse labeled
"Home Rule" carried by the Orange
rioters and the denunciation of the
Pope that was often on the rioters lips
all indicate the origin and animus of
the fearful outbreak. But the cause is
the same, irrespective of its motives
and of its religious or political bear
ings, and now there are but two things
to do-tirst, for every man in England
and elsewhere to stop all talk and
wiring that look like an Inflammation
OF Irish religious ejndices, and, sec
ond, for England to use all the powers
of the government to put down the
riots and punish the leaders to the last
degree. Times. ... .
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
More About Gapes.

A Frenchman, NJ Megnin, who has
been making an extended and thorough
researchinto the cause of gapes in fowls,
has formulated the following conclu-
sions: l. The cause of the disease
is a small vermicular parasite two of
which, the male and female, always
cling together) that infests the lrachea
or windpipe of the young fowls. 2.
The larvae of the parasites are usually
introduced into the fowl by being
drank IN the water, though sometimes
healthy chickens get them by eating
the worms which are coughed up by
those having them. 3. They may be
prevented by putting little salycilic
acid in the water the chickens drink.
(We suggest good way to destroy
them would be to boil the water be,
fore it is given them.-ED.) A. II
may be cured by mixing garlic or on
ions freely in their food; or by mixing
powdered asafGdida and powdered
gentian with it.
AS the embryos can only live il
water or very moist earth, preventing
the young chicks from running ou
while it is damp and from drinking
any but water which has been boileC
or treated with salycilic acid, will al
most wholly prevent the disease.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
IN AND DEMOCRAT. BIOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
Weight Of Farm Products per Bushel.

The weights Of farm crops given be
low by the ". II. Farmer, will be
found reliable and should be kept for
future reference. Wheat and potatoes
each 60 pounds corn and rye, 81
pounds ; onions, so pounds barley
and buckwheat, 4S pounds all kinds
of meal, except oat meal, so pounds
oats, 32 pounds nuts, cranberries and
all other berries must be sold by dry
measure, level. A barrel of cranber
ries must contain 100 quarts. A bush.
ell of wheat weighs 60 pounds in all
the states except Connecticut, where
the legal weight is SO pounds, though
it is presumable that custom makes GO
hounds the standard there as elsewhere
Rye weighs So pounds in all the states
except Illinois, where 81 pounds makes
a legal bushel.
Corn in New York must weigh 5s
pounds to be legal weight; in Missouri,
so pounds SO pounds in all the other
states. Oats in Canada, must weigh
81 pounds ; in Iowa, 35 pounds in
New Jersey, 80 pounds in Connect.
cut, 2S pounds, and in all other states,
32 pounds. Barley weighs AZ pounds
in Pennsylvania; Al pounds in Illinois;
46 pounds in Vermont, and 49 pounds
in all the other states.
Buckwheat varies in legal weight in
different states, from 40 pounds in Hi.
nois to so pounds in Indiana, and SO
pounds in Iowa and Kentucky. In
New Jersey and Ohio clover seed must
weigh Ga pounds per bushel; in other
states and Canada, 60 pounds. Tim
othy seed must weigh Al pounds in
New York 4S pounds in Canada in
other states AS pounds, except Ohio,
where the legal weight is AZ pounds.
Flax seed weighs So pounds in New
York and New Jersey, and Sc pounds
in other states where it is sold by
weight. Hemp seed weighs A pound.
Blue grass and orchard grass each Ia
pounds, and red top 10 pounds.
The legal weight for potatoes is GO
pounds in all the states where they are
sold by weight. The same is true of
Pchs dui oedhs, eACepI tIiat Jlc lattel
are sold in Ohio at 56 pounds to the
bushel, and in New York at 62 pounds
Onions must weigh 81 pounds in New
York, Indiana and Iowa, but only SO
pounds in Rhode Island.
The above figures have been taken
from tables supposed to be correct at
the time they were published, which
was but a few years ago. 1t is quite
probable that the legal weight of a
bushel has been changed in several Of
the states since the tables were pre-
pared. 1t would seem to be very de.
sirable to have more uniform stan
dard, and the tendency of trade is to.
wards uniformity, the different legal
standards of the several states being
more or less ignored by dealers. The
GENITAL or hundred weight system is alsc
being used quite generally in the sale
of grain, shorts, cotton seed meal, cider
apples, and some other commodities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

J, II. Mercer would especially recon-
mend to the ladies Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets, AS laxative they have no
equal. They are guaranteed to cure
Chronic Constipation, Dyspepsia, and
all diseases arising from deranged
stomach. With free use of the Tab
lets, Sick Headache is impossible,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

"Mosqultoes have seldom been thick
er in Virginia than this SPRING" says
the Milford Ohronicle, and it goes on
to tell of an eve that was literally bled
to death the other night, the pests at
tacking its udder, which was dstended
with milk.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

After thorough test j II. Mercer
most positively asserts that Ackers
English Remedy is the best medicine
for asthma, Group, coughs, whooping
cough and all lung troubles that can be
found. Ask him about it, for he fully
guarantees it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

j. IL. Mercer wishes to make an
assertion, which he Can back with a
positive guarantee. 1t is all abont
Ackers Blood Elixir. lie claims for
It superior merits over all other remed.
les OF its kind, and guarantees for it a
positive and sure cure for Rheumatism,
Syphilis, and all blood disorders, it
hees the skin from spots and disease,
and leaves the complexion clear
Ask him about it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

There are scores OF persons who are
suffering from some form of blood dis
order or skin disease, such as Scrofula,
Polls' etc, etc, After practical test,
.; II. Mercer asserts that Acker's Blood
Elixir will certainly cure all such dis
eases including Syphilis and Rheum-
atsm: l'is net patent nostrum, but a
scientific preparation, he guarantees it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

If you have internal slime feycr canker, acrid
phlegm, bad taste and offensive breath -Dr. XIII
mer's SWAMP-ROOr removes all these conditions
ASK your druggist forit. 25c 81.
If YOU have lost your appetite, or tongue
coated, dry and paTched lips and mouth, spitte
Kilmer's sWAMP-ROoT viii build up your broken
down constitution. ASK your druggist for IT, eEc Al
III YOU have sudden attacks OF sinking smells
the face white and deathly pale, and experience
feelings rs though dying, and cOdness selies your
| very Nitals Dr. kllmers OCEAN-WEBDrouses the
IF YOU hayd organic disease or perlcardis. or
| heart case troubles, or have thick ana Sluggish
| DR.. Klners oCEAN-WEED coerects and Is the
emedy you need. Druggists seOl IT.. 81. IA
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

Dll4ES OR OIDS.-ULCERS
assure, itching, fistula, &C, cured without
pain by the BRIsKERnoFF TREATMENT illustrated
papers explaining the system and containing ref
erences sent nee, Address
d. W. COOLIDGE, M II
POS Wyoming AOe Scranton, Pa.
March i2.6ms
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

A large pond near Kelly's Corner,
Mich, was drained recently in pecu-
liar way. A hole was bored sixty-four
feet deep, piercing stratum of rock,
through which the water disappeared.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

For worn-otlt." rundown" debil litdtcd
school teachers, millincrs sCanstresscs, house
keepers, and ovcr-wOrkCd women generally,
DIR. Piercc's Favorite Prescription is the best
of all restorative tonics. 1t is not {" Cure-all,
but admirably fuhlls q singlcness OF purpose,
being II most potent Specific Tor al those
women. 1t is II powerful general as well as
uterine. tonic and ncrvinc and inpnrts Nigor
and strength to the whole system. 1t promptly
cures weakness of stomach, indigestion, blnat-
ing, weak back, nervous prostitution, debility
and slccplcssncss, in either sex. Favorite Pre-
scrption is sold by druggists under our posi-
tire gl:nluntcr. See Wrapper around hottie.
Price SI.0O, Or six bottles for $500.
A large treatise on Diseases of Women, pro-
f,isely illustrated with coored plates and nu-
merous wood-cuts, sent for 10 cents in stamps.
Address, WORLDS DIspENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, 6G3 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
SICK HEADACHE, Bilious Headache,
and Constipation, promptly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pellets. 25c. vial,
by druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

A delegate at the Cleveland assem-
bly, of Knights of Labor described a
professional agitator as "a fellow who
lives by the sweat of bis tongue"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18

w. F. HALSTEAD, supt.
Superintendents Office. Scranton, Feb.lst,1S2
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
sUNBURY, HAZLETON Il wIIKEsBARRE
RAILROAD AND NORTH AND WEST
BIZ ANCH HALLWAY.
DAILY except sunuay.

kDully tACtpl ouuudy.l
Wilkesbarre Mail leaves Sunbury 1000 a. m.
arriving AZ Bloom Ferry l0.b2 q. m., Wilkes barre
1918 p. IN.
Express East leaves Sunbury 5.45 p. m, arriving
at Bloom Ferry 6S p. M, Wilkes-barre 1853 p. m
Ing az Bloom Ferry 1905 p. M, Sunbury 1885 p. IN
Express West leaves Wilkes-barr 2.45 y. m, ar
riYing at Bloom Ferry 4.lb y. m., ,sunbury b.l0p.m
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-07

G. Jefferis, who had long been connected
pacity of foreman and sometimes as expert
to the State Board of Examiners, was prac-
tically the State Printer. During Springer's
term the law was passed establishing
State Printing Office, and the building that
had been erected for the Governors man
siou but which no Governor would occupy,
was devoted to that purpose. Mr.. Jefferis,
since deceased, a man of great energy and
a thorough printer, was intrusted with the
responsible duty of organizing the new
establishment. The Office he then organ
lied served the purposes of the State down
to the passage of the Textbook bill.
INCREASE OF FACILITIES.
When the Legislature last year passed
the law which requires that series Of
State School Textbooks shall be printed
by the State, it devolved upon Colonel
Ayers the duty of increasing the facilities
of the office to meet the requirements de-
manded by the new work. 1t was not only
necessary to add new departments to the
establishment, but the entire building had
to be altered and revolutionized. If we
start at the ground floor, it will be found
that the Superintendent erected new
brick structure at the northeast extremity
of the building to accommodate new and
much larger boiler than the one before
used, and also to make room for much
more powerful engine. The boiler was
built by J. A Cunningham, of Sacramento,
and the engine is an automatic Wheelock,
made at the Pacific Iron Works, San Fran
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-07

and pounds of new type-long primer,
minion and brevier-have been cast to meet
the new wants of the State in this depart
ment. In order to set up the school books
a large number of unusual sorts and ac-
cents had to be cast, and the diacritical
marks, alone required for those new fonts
and their auxiliaries, have necessitated the
cutting of about one thousand dies, or
matrixes, to meet the exigencies Of the
school books. We now pass to the
BOOK BINDERY
Up to last November all the ruling and
bindery work of the State had been done
by Frank Foster & Co., of this city, under
contract. Since that date the new State
Bindery has been in operation, and all the
work required by the departments has been
done there. Many of the leading practical
bookbinders Of the State-Mr. Phillips, Mr..
Judd, Mr.. Cook and others-have visited
the establishment and been enthusiastic in
their eulogiums upon its completeness.
All the latest and best improvements in
binding machinery I ave been secured, and
nothing known to the business to facilitate
and expedite work has been omitted The
room constitutes the third story of the
building, and is the same size as the COM
posing room. 1t has been fitted up ex-
pressly, and nothing is lacking to make it
the most inviting room to work i'll ever
devoted to the purpose. The walls and
ceilings are painted white, and eight large
windows open upon three sides. so that the
light and cheer of the spacious apartment
are unsurpassed. For the accommodation