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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
KEROSENE FOR LICE.

Here is the way our contributor, II.
B. Geer, uses kerosene to kill lice or
TO keep them from little chicks First,
before setting hen, we clean out the
nest box and sprinkle the bottom and
sides OF it inside with kerosene oil.
Then we put i'll fresh straw and the
eggs, and so set the hen. But we put
no kerosene on the straw about the
eggs, and none on the hen.
When the chickens are first Matched
we take the coop and sprinkle it with
kerosene just as we did the nest box.
Then we put some dry dust in the bot
tom of it. We take the hen and rub
her shanks with soft rag saturated
With the kerosene oil. We also rub
her feathers under the neck -hackle,
about the roots of the tail, and just a
little bit lightly underneath the wings,
with the rag filled with the odor of the
oil, but not heavily saturated or drip
ping. We put no kerosene and no
lard or oil of any kind directly on the
little chickens. In fact, we have never
creased or oiled the heads of dozen
young chickens in all the days of our
life.
The sprinkling Of the interior Of
the coop with the kerosene once a
week thereafter will keep the brood
free OF lice. The same precaution
will protect the chickens after they
are weaned, SO long ms they roost in
the coop.
There is no question about kerosene
being the best remedy for lice and
mites, and in all or experience with
1t we have never lost any chickens
from the use of it, when applied as
above suggested. Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
Cycling SEA Miles in a Day.

In seems almost incredible that q
man should be able to cover dis.
tance of 524 miles in 2i consecutive
hours, furnishing all the motive
power himself and yet that was
what the French bicyclist, Rivere,
did at Bordeaux recently. Applied in
n straight line that days motion
would have carried him from New
York City to Cleveland, Ohio. OF
course, he made his record on ce-
ment track, but it isn't every one Of
us that can do his % miles on a
track in an hour, not TO mention
keeping it up for u. The French,
by the way, while they don't keep
with us in short distance riding,
seem to have verything their own
way in long ones, the American 24-
hour record being some 100 miles
lower than theirs.
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/. .. CRATE WITH HANDLES.

doing away with the need of bins,
barrels, etc, through which air eau.
not readily pass, and the essential re-
quirement of sweating is obtained.
The crates may tie piled one above an
other in the cellar or storehouse and
the fruit moved from one place to an
other with great ease. Make cratesto
tit into the wagon box, and an aston
ishing quantity ofstuff can be handled
at load. But these rectangular
crates will not "nest" into each other
so well as when made in the shape
suggested in Fig. /, which is decid'
ed advantage. These can be made
larger and with handles, or handles
put on the usual form Fig. 2), for
quick carrying short distances. Han
dies may be rugged with hooks SO as
to be instantly removable instead of
being attached to the crate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
Highest Of all in Leavening PowerLaest U. Govt Report
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Clnfhea Mnde of Peat

Underwear is now made in Paris of
peat. This sounds like joke, but there
is nothing of the Munchausen order
about it, 1t has been known for some
time that peat has certain antiscptic
qualities. A dead body which was bur
led in peat for over n century was found
in state of perfect preservation. Peat
is used in the northern countries OF Eu-
rope for surgical bandages, and the
favorable results obtained by the Rus
sian surgeons with peat bandages have
induced the French army department
20 use it in the French hospitals. It
has also been found that peat fibers in
combination with other material pos
sess wonderful absorbing properties.
This has led DR.. Rasurd to use peat
fibers for the making Of underwear in
the place of flannel. The new material
has proven very effective, absorbing
perspiration and rapidly drying. DIR.
Rasurd calls his fabric Il "real hydrau-
lie pump" and pronounces it an excel
lent preventive of colds. The new tex
tile is already largely used in France.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
The Forty-Fifth State.

Do you know how many states
there are in the Union? No, of
course not. No one knows except
school children, ConTressmen and
flag makers. Every four years the
political arithmetcians learn the
number in the process of figuring up
Presidential election returns, but
they forget again almost Immediate
ly.
Next years United States flag will
have forty-tive stars, the last being
for Utah, which becomes a State on
the 4th of next July. Utah will get
into the flag six months or more be-
for she gets into the Union. She is
to be represented in the new set of
regimental colors that Secretary La
mont has ordered for the army. Her
star in the official flag goes to the
right OF the fourth row from the top.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS or INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
SEEDLINGS DAMp1NG orr.

Many gardeners have been annoyed
by the rotting of seedlings and cut
tings at the surface of the ground iu
warm damp weather. Professor q. +.
Atkinson, of Cornell University, states
that this "damping of" is due to n
fungus parasite growing in the stems.
The disease flourishes best with n
moist soil, warm air and little light
It will remain alive for months even
IN dry or frozen soil, so that it must
be killed by steam or hot air. As the
fungus flourishes on decaying organic
matter in the soil, clean, fresh sand
proves best for seedlings and cuttings,
though fresh loan will do. The young
plants must not have an excess OF
water, and should be well aired and
lighted. Stirring the soil TO dry it
will sometimes stop the disease.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
MONEY IN MUTTON.

The best time to buy sheep is in
late summer or fall. 1t will soon be
in order to couple sheep, and as early
lambs add largely to the profit, the
management OF sheep in the fall is rs
important as during any other season.
The ram should be pure bred and pro-
cured from n flock where the sheep
are thrifty. All ewes that are not ro-
bust, or which show the least evidence
of unsoundness, should be discarded.
By careful selection and bringing the
ewes into the winter in good condition
they will have no difficulty in with
standing the cold, and their lambs
will be strong and thrifty in the early
portion of the year. Dogs can be
kept from sheep by judcious use of
barbed wire, the lower strand being
on the ground, or buried two inches
beneath the surface, and the next
strand four inches above the lower
one. Sheep do not often receive in
Jury from barbed wire, the wool being
a protection. If dogs can be kept
from sheep they can be raised with
but little labor, and will partially sup
port themselves while plants are grow
ing, both weeds and grass being con-
sumed by them, and they will enrich
the soil with their droppings, which
are evenly distributed and trodden in.
When farmers recognize that wool
is not the only product of sheep they
will Improve their tlocks and make
larger profits. While there are indi.
vidual sheep with good records as pro-
ducers of heavy heeces, yet the aver
age clipping of wool is not over four
pounds per sheep, due to breeding
sheep that can thrive on scanty past
ures and ignoring size. The present
hocks can be almost entirely changed
in two seasons, and at less expense
than any other class of stock. In
England the farmers have ceased to at
tach importance to wool, breeding for
mutton and lamb, with wool as a Sec
ondary product, and the long expert
ence of the English farmer should be
a guide to farmers in this country, In
England the farmer pays high rent
and uses roots rs special food for
sheep, the object being to produce
mutton of choice quality. In our
large markets choice mutton sells
readily, but it must be admitted that
the large number of inferior sheep
that reach the markets assist in keep
ing down prices to certain extent,
yet those farmers who have sent good
ones to market have not been disap-
pointed in profits. Home and Farm
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
VALUE OF SHEEP IN GRAZING.

About the most profit secured from
sheep is by the service they perform
in consuming plants that are of no
value. Some weeds are luxuries 20
sheep, and are nipped off as soon as
they appear above ground. Many of
the poisonous weeds are harmless
when young, especially to hogs and
sheep, and as sheep crop off the grass
when it is very short they do not al
low anything in the shape of green
food to be wasted.
Vermont is credited with the lsrg-
est wool clip, per sheep, east of the
Mississippi River, which is seven aud
one half pounds, with other States
much lower. 1t is almost surprising
that farmers will depend upon wool
for profit in the face of such light
fleeces when they can do much better
by aiming to produce mutton and
lamb as specialties, instead of wool.
The best mutton breeds are capable
of yielding heeces much above the
average. Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

You might churn each cows milk sep.
arately and thus find her value; bat
it is much easier to weigh the milk of
each COW, take samples of tho same
and have it tested on n Babcocl ma
chine. Where number of cows are
kept, 1t would pay the farmer to pur-
chase machine of his own, but where
he does not care to do this let him
take samples to some one who has n
machine and have their value ascer-
tanned.
Unless COW tests four per cent or
more she must give II very large flow
of milk, or she is unprolitable ; yet /
have not tested any herd excepting
my own which has not resulted in
finding one or more below 3. 9, and in
several instances as low as ..
Let us get rid of The poor cows be-
lore feeding them another winter on
high-priced feed. Do not ask the
good COWS to pay Tor their own feed,
the feed of the poor ones, and then
put little profit in your pockets be-
sides. Better to secure more profit
from fewer cows on less feed by send
ing the poor ones to the butchers
block. But remember one thing,
however, and that is, when you have
found out your poor cows do not ut
tempt to sell them to your neighbors
rs good butter cows. In buying a
COW, test both the quantity and quail.
ity OF her milk before making the pur.
chase. Farm and Fireside.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

are in the walls, as small currents of
air are more injurious than exposures
outside. The walls may be lined with
tough paper of some kind, which may
be tackled on. BY this arrangement
more turkeys can be raised, and they
will be less liable to disease. They
can be easily taught to go under the
shed by placing wire mesh along the
front and confiuing them therein for
few days. The house should face
the south. Farm and Fireside.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
Twenty-Five Years a Hermit.

Hi" Palmer, who lives on the
shore of Mud Lake, Wis, was prob
ably crazed by the wreck Of the Lady
Elgin, OF which he was survivor.
At any rate, since that day, full
twenty-five years, he has lived in a
rude hut. When, at long intervals,
he visits town, it is in blue overalls
slouch hat and a pair of moccasiB.
and vest of his own make. His
face is living image of the Uncle
Sam Of the caricaturists,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
The Trees of London.

Meehan's Monthly says that ex-
perts are now employed to plant
trees in the streets of London. A
census has recently been taken by
order of the London City Council
a census easily taken by reason of
the expert tree men who are regu-
larly employed to look after them.
The number of trees growing in the
public highways of the city of Lon
don is found to be H. 700 These are
on the public highways alone, and
not in the parks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
BOOSTING SHED roR TURKEYS.

The turkey usually seeks "A high
roosting place as matter of protec-
,ion from enemies, but the jumping
from the tree limbs often cause lame
ness. They are also exposed in win
ter, which causes roup. A cheap shed,
open on one side, with Il high roost,
will protect them from winds, and at
the same time give them all the advsn.
tages of beinL in the open air. Such
a shed will cost but little, but care
must be taken that no holes or cracks
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

A new heretical sect has been discov-
cred in Russia. 1t is known as The
Pilgrims" or Wanderers" and num-
bers thousands ip Tomsk and other ST.
borian Governments. Their mode Of
life is copied from the primitive Chris
tians; they believe that the reign of the
anti Christ is at hand, and give that as
their reason for retiring to Siberia for
when the archhend comes the orthodox
church and the bureaucracy of the Gov
ernment will be destroyed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
DO YOUR COWS PAY THEIR BOARD?

With the price of feed at figures
seldom reached, it is fitting that the
farmer should inquire of himself If
his COWS are paying for their board,
writes John s. Shawver. Through
observation, experience and practical
tests, with the aid of Babcock milk
test, am led to believe that fully
one-third of the COWS in an average
community will not pay for their care
and feed in an average year, and that
In this year of short crops, such as is
generally throughout the State of
Ohio, it is quito probable that two
thirds OF the cows now on the farms
OF the State will not pay their way.
1t is important, therefore, that the
poor COWS be culled out Us soon as
possible, and the easiest way this can
20 done is to put them to q strict test.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

CRATES FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Crates that are indispensable are
each year coming more and more in
demand, for either handling, storing
or shipping. Barrels cause harsh
treatment and are not convenient for
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

rapid work where delicate touch is
required, while crates present more
shallow depth and larger open surface.
AS they can be piled on each other,
quantities of crates occupy no more
space than barrels and frequently not
rs much. A crate is easily handled
by two persons, and allows air to cir.
culate freely between its contents
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

Miss Mildmay-"I am sure that there
is good in Mr.. Spooner He certainly
Is very tender-hearted." Miss Frost
eyes, he has heart that has been ten
dered to about every unmarried woman
in town, If that is what you mean
Boston Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04

There is more Catnrrh IN this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few ears was supposed to be
incurdbe. For great many wears doctors pro-
nounced it local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with 10 al treatment pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to he constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by +. j. Cheney * Co., Toledo, Ohio,
il the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
n teaspoonful. II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials,
free. Address
f. J. CHENEY e Co., Toledo, o.
~ Sold By Druggists, 7Jc.