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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-06-21

yellow beans, cucumOers, tomatoes, beets,
peas, NC, &c.
All our 25c satines reduced to 20c., at
IL. w. Sloan's.
Gordon absolutely fast black hosiery
with full lines of hosiery of all kinds at
Clark " Son.
j. G. Wells has just received a fine stock
OF ladies' solid gold aud gold filled cases,
with prices to suit all.
LEMONS LEMONS & ORANGES
The Great Eastern.
Good lines of satines, seersuckers, lawns,
Challies, batiste; jackinets, dress glnghams,
dress cords, and wash dress goods of all
kinds at Clark Il Sons.
All our 1hc satines reduced to 12!c., at
II. W. Sloan's
Prunes, Rice, TEA, COFFEE and BAKING
POWDER with handsome presents, at The
Great Eastern.
Clark ~ Son are showing handsome lines
of white dress goods aud embroidered,
| tiouncings, at unusually low prices.
Tennis balls at Mercer's drug and book
store.
| Hammocks at lowest prices at Mercer's
| drug and book store.
| N
Received to-day fine shipment of Kech-
leT's celebrated cakes, at The Great Eastern.
| m
Full line of black dress goods and shawls
at Clark ~ Sons.
Base balls, bats gloves, masks, etc, at
MERGERS drug and book store.
o
See the croquet sets at MERGERS drug and
book store
Glassware Crockery and Chamber sets,
at The Great Eastern.
You will find full lines of dress goods OF
all kinds at Clark Il Sons.
Good buggy spouges at Mercers drug
and book storo.
Bargains in table linens, towels, table
. cloths, napkins, &c, at Clark II Sons.
BUSINESS NOTICES
| Dr. Theel the celebrated SneciaIist has
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-06-21
LOCAL NOTICES.

JOHN WANAM AKER.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Lime as a Soil lmprover.

From what little experience I have
had with lime, I am satisfied that it
would be very beneficial on some soils
and for some crops. If had heavy
clay soil and wanted to grow corn.
wheat, oats or . crop of cabbage. I
would use air-slaked lime freely, and I
would also use it on a sandy soil for
the same crops. have always thought
that our black, rich soil of the West
had lime enough in it for all crops 1
am sure we do not need to apply lime
here yet. except on such soils asI have
mentioned. Lime applied to plants
has a very drying influence, and it
should be used sparingly. and II it Is
applied to the soil it would seem that
more could be used in . vet than In .
dry season. have used lime several
seasons in my cabbage ground. aud I
find it slow to mix with the soil here.
Different soils and different localities
would show different results, % I think
the advisabllity Of using lime Is ques.
ton to be settled by practical expert
ment Tho cost OF lime Is another
question to be considered We could
not afford % mo- Il hero. unless IL
prices a. cur crops were higher. - =
White, II Rural Neu Yorker.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
CORN FOR CATTLE.

Why 1t Should BE Fed In Liberal Qusn /.
titles in Early Spring.
All cattle of any age intended only to
be put into the beef market should be
fed some corn every day during mid
winter and early spring-depending
upon their latitude north of the mouth
of the Ohio river. Many cattle grow
ers think they are that much ahead
when a quantity of corn is saved,
which they felt all the time would be
enjoyed by the cattle. 1t was saved.
of course, trip to market with the
cattle, when it would have been paid
for at twice the rate per bushel it will
ever bring if sold as corn alone Set
it down as a fact, that beef grown on
grass, hay, straw. corn-stalks, ETC., but
into the composition of which no corn
enters after the calf is one year old,
is not rated high in the market. Buy
ers are always raising the question:
care the cattle corn-fed?" In
proportion as the feed is
even will the range of prices be fixed.
The farmer who grows cattle on high
priced land has in his plans of feeding
sway OUT of the competition with
the range cattle" The objection to
heavy corn feeding in winter. that it Is
slavish. has weight But feed corn in
winter. moderately if you choose, but
always in sufficient quantity to more
than hold all flesh well. Then when
the cattle go onto green grass in the
summer use the corn as strong as their
susceptibility will permit Have them
ready to 20 to market any time after
September Is, as the markets condition
demands. There should be no diff
Guilty to realize $1.OO or $500 per cwt.
extra on such cattle, If their blood is
of the modern sort-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
a New Car vsntiIator.


A car ventilator combining lightness
OF construction with strength sufficient
% resist the heavy currents produced
BY the cars rapid motion. has ::long
been desideratum. In device re-
Gently brought forward to meet this
want. and the value of which is claimed
to have been fully proved by numer-
Gus tests, a collar is fitted in the side
OF the car, -hich is mounted to turn
the inner end of a cylinder having caps
on Its inner and outer ends; the inner
end OF the ventilator has a slotted
register. with regulating rod and keep
81 extending within convenient reach
OF an operator. Two small pipes lead
toward the outer end of the ventilat-
ing cylinder, first diverging and then
converging at an angle, and open into
the side of large pipe. the outer end
OF which has a flaring mouth. the in
ner end having collar receiving the
tapering nozzle of a smaller pipe,
which has an outward aaring mouth.
With this construction, the register
being open. the air currents passing
outward from the car meet at an angle
at the outer end of the small pipe,
forming a fan-like stream. completely
surrounding the tapering nozzle,
through which air is passing according
to the speed Of the train. and thus in
ducing very strong draft through the
ventilatOr.-N. Y. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
HOME AND FARM.

The more an animal Is exposed the
less It will produce, either Of pork.
wool, mutton, beef or milk.
When using baking powder. stir
in shortening after all ingredients are
added, including the -four. It makes
much nicer and moro haxy biscuit
Strawberry vines that are ven
mulched will not be affected by sud-
den changes of weather. The mulch
prevents the plants from beginning to
grow too early in the season. Straw
berry plants that bloom out very early
are ones that have their blossoms
killed by late frosts.
Cranberry Roll: Take quart Of
cranberries. stew them and sweeten to
taste; make pastry as you would for
biscuit; roll little thinner than for
biscuit; fill with the cranberries, roll
up the sides and ends and steam an
hour and a half, or bake; to be eaten
with sauce or cream and sugar.
The only reason why plants so
often make better growth in the
kitchen than in the front room is that
the air is SO much more moist. If q
kettle or par of water is kept upon the
stoves in the rooms where the plants
are, it will aid materially in keeping
up good growth. ~
Apple Meringue: Stew apples,
20 co. 70 mt
the fruit in the dish it is to be served
in. Let it cool. Beat the whites OF
three or four eggs with little pow
dered sugar, to froth which can be
cut with a silver knife. Spread this
smoothly over the fruit, and set the
dish in the oven for about fifteen min
utes. The crust should be a crisp,
light brown. 1t is better served at
once, for the meringue grows tough in
cooling.
The uncovered manure pile is q
great breeder of flies and nuisance
near house. But it may also be OBJ
jectionable from its economic aspect.
Flies are great scavengers, but in
destroying the offenslveness of ma
nures they destroy much of their fer.
tilizing value. 1t is better far to
avoid both evils by covering manure
piles as quickly as made with fresh
earth, which is an effective absorbent
and deodOrizer.
-Pullets should be carefully fed
and prepared for the winter season. il
eg products are desired. Young birds
will not do as we'll the first winter if
their early feeding is neglected. They
must be brought into condition before
the really cold weather sets in. but
they should not be over-fed. Oats,
corn and barley, in proportion of Is,
20 and 10 pounds respectively, with 10
pounds of wheat bran. if the grain is
all ground, is an excellent feed. But
there should be a goodly percentage
of green food given them.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

The Terrific Force OF Extralite Estab-
lished by Recent Experiments.
Rudolph Ericsson. of New Britain.
the inventor of the new explosive,
''extralite." has proved by recent ex-
pertinent that, while its destructive
force is terrific, 1t is perfectly safe to
handle or transport, and can not be ex-
ploded by fire or in open air, but only
by percussion in a cartridge. The ex-
periments were made in the presence
of Congressman Vance, Mayor Walsh
and many professional men of the city.
Two holes were bored in the trap rock
ledge on the DR.. Hart estate. near
Shuttle Meadow. One hole, 8 feet
deep and II in diameter, was charged
with IL ounces of extralite. The ex-
plosion rent the rock and hurled large
sections of it in all directions. though
some of the force had been lost on ac-
count of seams in the ledge. Eight
cen ounces were then placed in four
foot hole. The section blast split the
ledge more than 10 feet and large
fragments, one weighing not less
than tons, were thrown 80 feet.
To test the safety of handling tho
extralite several ounces of the SUBJ
stance. which looks like sugar, were
poured upon a rock, paper was placed
upon it and the whole saturated with
kerosene oil and then ignited. The
explosive burned slowly. A tin can
was then partly filled with extralite and
physician fired rife bullet through
it, but the percussion had no effect.
Dynamite struck by a bullet in the
same way exploded with a deafening
report. When percussion cap TO
which a fuse was attached was in
serted in an unconfined extraiite
cartridge the cap exploded, but the
cartridge did not.
Mr.. Ericsson's final experiment was
to pour some of the extralite upon a
rock and pound it vigorously with q
stone. From these experiments it is
believed that extralite is the safest ex-
plosive yet invented, but MIR. Erics-
son further claims that it can be
manufactured without the slightest
danger to the workmen; that it is safe
to transport as flour or sand; that it
will not freeze, and that when used in
mines or for underground work the
| fumes will quickly dissipate and the
delay on account of the impure air
will be very short. Mr.. Ericsson has
taken out patents and stock com
pany will be organized to manufact-
ure the explosive in New Britain
New Haven Conn Letter.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
SOME CLEVER BIRDS.

How They Displayed Their Intelligence
and Parental Love.
One morning when my little sister
was walking with mamma, she found
young lettuce-bird in the path. 1t
had evidently fallen from the nest, but
they could not see where it was, and
fearing the bird would be killed If it
were left in the road, mamma told
Bessie she might bring it home. and,
as it was seed-eating bird, they
hoped to be able to raise it in the cage
with the canary bird. She carried the
little thing home and put it in the
canary's cage, which hung in the shady
front porch.
In little while we heard a commo-
ton among the birds, and, hurrying
into the porch. we saw a pretty sight
Two 'full-grown lettuce-birds, evil
IDENTIFY the parents of the one in the
cage, were fluttering about the bars
with some food for their baby. He
was standing on the perch, and seemed
afraid to try to fly down; 80 the canary
few down, took the seeds from the old
birds, and carried them to the little
one. They did this several times.
The next day Bessie met small boy
who had another yellow bird about
the size of the one she had found the
day before, apparently one of the
same brood. She bought 1t from him
for five cents. and carried the fright.
ened birding tenderly home and put
it with the Gagged birds After that
for two days the parent birds came Al
daylight and Aew in and out until dark,
feeding the two young ones.
On the third dag the male bird came
alone, and " feared the little moths,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07


had been killed. After about . week.
however, she came again, bringing
with her third bird about the size OF
our two pets 1t seemed clear that
after trying to care for the divided
family together, the intelligent birds
had agreed that the father should take
care of the Gagged birds, while the
mother tended the lonely birding in
the nest until it was able to fly, when
she brought it to visit its brother and
sister. They were all by this time old
enough to fly. SO, although we grieved
to part from our little friends, we de-
termined to reward the wise and loving
parents by giving their children the
freedom all birds love so well We
opened the cage door. and after few
timid twitters and Autters, the young
birds few out aud the reunited
family flew away in the sweet summer
air. As for the canary, virtue had to
be its own reward. but it seemed to
satisfy him, for he followed his depart
ing guests with a beautiful burst of
song.-Swiss Cross.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
POSSESSED BY SATAN.

How Evil Spirits Were Driven Out Of
Animals In Years Gone BY.
For hundreds of years this idea Of
diabolic possession was steadily devel-
oped. 1t was believed that devils en-
tered into animals; and animals were
accordingly exercised. tried. tortured.
convicted and executed. The great
ST. Ambrose tells US that a priest,
while saying mass, was troubled by
the croakings of frogs in a neighbor.
ing marsh. and that he exercised them,
and so stopped their noise. St Ber-
nard. as the monkish chroniclers tell
us. mounting the pulpit to preach in his
abbey, was interrupted by cloud OF
flies; straightway the saint uttered the
sacred formula of accommodation.
when the flies fell dead upon the pave
ment in heaps, and were cast out with
shovels! A formula of exorcism at
tributed to saint of the ninth cent
ury, and which remained in use down
to a recent period. especially declares
insects injurious to crops to be pos
sessed of evil spirits, and names,
among the animals to be excommuni-
Gated or exercised, mice, moles and
serpents. The use of exOrcism against
caterpillars and grasshoppers was also
common. In the thirteenth century
the Bishop of Lausanne, finding that
the cells in Lake Leman troubled the
fishermen. attempted to remove the
difficulty by exorcism.
Did any one venture to deny that
animals could be possessed by Satan.
he was at once silenced by reference to
the entrance of Satan into the serpent
in the garden Of Eden. to the trans
formation of Nebuchadnezzar, and to
the casting of tho devils into the
swine by the founder Of Christianity
himself Andrew d. White, in
Popular Science Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Tramp Cthinking to obtasE sym

Tramp (thinking to obta;E SYM
pathy)-sI say. mum. 1 amt got mo-
where that can call . home. and ]
amt eat nuthin' all day. Would you
mind it, mum. if slep' in the snow
here until mornin'?" Lady of House
(who knows 'em)-..No. I amt got
any objections. You can drop down
there anywhere; only remember. that
as l don't charge you any thing for
your lodgin', I shall expec' you "a
shovel the snow away iron the house
IN tho mornin'. Lilo.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless.
ness. weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

An enterprising halter sent out . cir
cular stating that men are bald because
they wear wool hats instead Of silk ones.
This is not the only reason men are bald.
They sometimes marry the wrong woman.
Peoria Transcript
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

A PERSON who serves US through fire
and water-the cook.-The Vineyardist
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

The THROAT. -" ByO,rn's Bronchfd
Trochcs" act directly ON the organs Of the
voice. They have an extraordinary ehec
in all disorders of the throat.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

The best known remedy for consumption IL
Oxygen Cure. Write DR.. Geppert, Cincinnati
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

WHAT this country wants more than
any thing else is more holidays, more ex.
cuses to lay of from work one day, often
involving the necessity of laying of the
day following to recuperate.--Texas Sift
ingA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

II you want to be cured Of cough use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

WHEN girl Is bent on getting married
she stands straighter than ever.-Ken-
lucky State Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

YourH ID the time Of hope: When !
man oets = little older he stops hoping and
begins reaching out for whatever ne can
9et-Somerville Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

POLICE officials, in raiding poker-roons
should make up their minds to thew tC
the line, let the chips fall where they
dorchester Post
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

A HAND to hand affair-courting in the
dark.-Burlington Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

Tas heroine Of . recent magazine story
vss snimbussed with the jonquil OF ner
Ssir.n and her husband was ..myoped A
mn who Is, ssmyoped" 10 liable TO mistake
lid red -hesded wife for one OF those nim'
hussed'' things. -Norristown Herald
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

A MODERN economist says take care OF
your nickels and the slots will take care
Of themselves"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

AN inveterate smoker - VesuvluA-
Prairie Farmer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

THERE il q considerable difference be-
tween key on the seaboard and c ION
the key board.-Ocean.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

Actors can't believe the supernatural,
because they don't see the "super" nat.
ural. AS matter Of fact, the super
never is natural.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

ALL played out - open-air concerts
Oneida Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

The German Herr Is an equivalent for
the American Mr.. The American her is
more than an equivalent for an American
Ar.-Terre Haute Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leavey consti.
pated. Carers Little Liver Pills regulate the
bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

TIE ubiquitous sign, Post no Bills " ma
never deferred tailor from hring Ms iuis
sives 1t you through the post-ofice.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

MEN who have horse sense know when
to saw neigh.-B0ston Courier.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

A GLASS eye has one compensation
everybody else can see through the device
If the wearer can't-Life.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Pand0r1's Box Of Evils

Never contained q worse one than malaria.
Extirpate it when it first shows its hydra
head. II you don't, it will wind its sinuous
length about you, and, perhaps, in the end
crush you. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters an
initiates and prevents it. So it does dyspep-
STA, constipation, liver complaint, kidney all
ments, rheumatism and nervousness. You
cannot select prompter tonic and Alternative.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07

A PAIN centrally located may double q
man and thus naturally increase his signs.
-Binghamton Republican.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-07
Il RELIGIOUS New York ,

PrOfusely and Beautifully i!iustr1ted. snOwfnR tno
churches Of the Jews. Catholics and Protestsnts.
and fine portraits of some Of the heads Of the
churches Of the Metropolis and telling how New
Workers worship. from the Jews to the Christian
Scientists. This article in DemOrest's Monthly
Magazine for March NOV ready Is n very spirited
one by the Rev. Carlos Martyr. IL II better than
terest 10 every memberof the family. The children
will be delighted to learn the new games In '.Young
March number. IL Is . wonderful number. Ask
your Newsdeaer for u. or end 70 cents 10 the
publisher, Q w. JENNINGS DEMOR EST.
Is East Hath Street, New York.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-11-16
BUSINESS mas CoNsCIENCE.

The business side of life in the East
is entitled to a long credit mark in it's
favor. Some time ago a man named
Kavanaugh was indicted in Chicago for
attempting to bride jurors in the Cronin
case. Being confronted with his accusers
he confessed his crime, but thus far has
not disclosed his principals. 1t now de-
velops that though Kavanaugh, prior to
his arrest, was in a good commercial
business with partners, since the discov.
cry Of his infamy the business world
and the people generally have refused to
have anything more to do with the Kav.
anaugh firm. It has been "boycotted, "
so to speak, until it has been forced to
appeal to the Courts to have it's accounts
settled, the firm dissolved and Kava-
naugh's name legally eliminated from
any connection with the business. OF
course. the innocent partners are the
greater sufferers, but the people would
not buy Of a firm that divided any Of its
profits with the wretch who attempted
to poison the fount Of justice. This is
gratifying testimony that the sterling
men of the country not only will not
pass such crimes idly by, but will pun
ish them by a withdrawal of patronage
from the offenders. In fact, business has
conscience after all.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-11-16
THE ADVANCE In SILVER.

Fine silver is now quoted at 951 cents
per ounce and the tendency is upward.
The cause of this advance is that the
demand exceeds the supply. W. P.
st. John, President of the Mercantile
National Bank Of New York, and the
only prominent banker in the East
who advocates the full reconciliation
of silver says the worlds average pro-
duction of silver for the last seven
years barely exceeds $lll. 900, 600. and
of this China and British India alb
sorbed S63. $50. 900 and the industrial
arts in Europe and the Unitsd States use
about s2l. 900, 900. II the coinage of
the United States is increased to s4S..
600, 900, as is authorized by law, there
will be a deficiency Of Sl5.0 900, 900 per
annum in the silver products unless the
higher price of the metal stimulates
production. With the outlook for the
demonetized metal so favorable and it's
price steadily advancing, a mining re.
vival may be reasonably expected within
a veal,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-11-16

The Carson Appeal (~Republican) says
there is but one way to look at the cleo.
tions of last Tuesday in the light of the
latest returns. The Republican party
has met a reverse where it did not look
for it.
In Ohio q Republican majority Of 90.
900 has been overcome. 1t is nonsense
for Republican journals to try and twist
the figures and blind their readers with
the idea thatsthe party has made gains.
IL is not easy at this distance or at this
time to analyze these results, but there
is no doubt that the attempt to
give Foraker a third term was bad pol.
icy.
1t is an unwritten law Of the Republi.
can party that the third term must go,
and whenever the party has attempted
to saddle a third term on the rank and
file. they have r~epudiated it.. The re-
turns of Tuesday however should only
serve as a warning to the party to be
more careful and as a warning the good
effect should not be lost.