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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
THE DAIRY BREEDS.

The Geneva Experiment Station
gives the following results OF a serie,
OF tests OF the leading breeds Of milcl
'cowa:
The process adopted was to establish
as fairly as could be done, the prices
for the milk per hundred weight, fol-
the milk solids for cheese making pei
pound, and for butter fat per pound
these figures were placed at $1.2S per
hundred weight for milk, 9Is cents per
pound for milk solids, and 26b cents
for butter fat.
On this basis Ayrshire milk was
worth as such, during the year, $872i
per COW; its solids for cheese making
were worth $s114; and It's butter fat
for butter making was worth but $64.H
The Ayrshire according to this show.
ing, would be worth more to the milk.
man than to the cheese maker, and
more to the cheese maker than to the
butter maker.
The milk of the Guernsey was worth
s6S.9S, the milk solids were valued Al
$75.04 for cheese making, and $75.1S foI
butter making. Here the Guernsey Is
shown to be more valuable to either
the butter or cheese maker than to the
milkman.
The milk OF the Holstein proved te
beworth S101.35 when sold as milk
$87.41 in the hands of the cheese maker
and s70.07 in the hands OF the butter
maker. The Holstein Is, therefore, 6
better milkman's COW than cheese
makers. and a better cheese makers
COW than she Is butter makers COW
The milk Of the Jersey at the price
assumed was worth S645S; the solids
were worth to the cheese maker $72.37
and its butter fat was valued at $74.30
The Jersey Is. therefore. just the re.
verse of the Holstein-Friesian. She Ia
at her best in the butter making. and
the next most profitable use for heI
milk is cheese making; It Is least profit.
able to the milkman.
The Shorthorn gave milk worth
$3.50. the solids in the hands OF the
cheese maker were worth $S0.S5; the
fat in the hands Of the butter maker
was worth $50.03. The figures prove
the milk of the Shorthorn Is the most
profitable for manufacture Into the
cheese. the sale of milk standing Sec
ond in point Of profit, and the butter
value coming last.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
THE FRUIT MARKETS.

FOR several successive seasons disap,
pointments have come to the growers
Of small fruits.
Frosts and drouths have ruined the
crop in some localities, while large pro-
duction, unequal distribution and low
prices have been equally discouragine
in others.
Soil, location cultivation and mulch.
ing are all important factors in guar~.
ing against drouth. Results should be
carefully noted.
Over production is practically impos.
sible for many years to come, If distri-
button can be made more uniform.
The great study should be not only
TO produce best fruit, but so distribute
1t that all may have some and none toe
much.
The great cities are often glutted
with inferior fruit, carelessly picked
poorly packed and roughly handled
making reshipment to small towns and
cities an impossibility. While this may
result in good pay for the transporta'
tion companies. it leaves small profits
for the commission man and certain
loss for the producer.
Growers should understand that II
costs just as much to pick, pack, trans
port and sell poor fruit as good; good
fruit in fair market is sure to pay
well, while poor fruit in any market
Is almost certain to return a loss.
The remedy is in giving more care
to all he details of production and
working for better markets in the
smaller towns and cities.
Many good local markets are entire.
ly overlooked in the mad rush of ship.
ments to the larger cities. Near loca.
markets are often best, study them well
The proper distribution of small
fruits will not be complete until spe-
cial refrigerator cars are placed on all
lines from which sales can be made at
any point, the same as meats at the
present time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
Base Ball Uhat,

Syracuse is to have Sunday base
ball next season
Centerfelder McVey signed a 81
contract with the Philadelphia Athlet-
les on Thursday.
The Pittsburg club has received the
signed contracts of third baseman
Donnelly and pitcher Tannehill.
The Phillies have new manager.
Joe Quinn, it is said, will be the
first Baltimore player to be released.
In this event, he will probably find a
berth in Louisville.
1t is uot definitely settled yet who
will be the Wilkes Barre manager next
season There are several who would
like to secure the management of the
coal barons, as all the games are we'll
attended. and nice sum was realized
by that club last season.
Base ball at Harrisburg is dead for
some time to come. 1t is very pecul-
lar that city which always turned
out large crowds and which manifested
SO much interest in the games of 1895
could come down to its present con-
dition. Winning the pennant in that
year when the club was entirely too
strong for all their opponents Is prob
ably the cause.
Pitcher Carsey says that he has
signed to play with the PHILADELPHIA
club another year. 1t is said that the
management wants him to play short
stop. Until the season opens Carsey
proposes to attend to his newly-leased
grounds for Sunday ball. They are
located between Union Hill and Gut
tenburg, in that part of New Jersey
known as West New York. The
opening game will be played on April
II with National League team, pro
vided President Freedman, of the
New York Baseball Club, consents
New York SIN.
Although the Philadelphia club has
not announced the release of Billy
Nash, it looks as though the third
vaseman would leave the Quaker City.
A young man named Gillen, who
played third base for the Detroits, has
been signed by Messrs. Reach and
Rogers, and for this reason it is be-
lieved that Nash will be allowed to 60
He should not have to look far for an
engagement, for man of his ability
would be great help to any team
New York E0ening W0rlA Gillen
will have to be a "wonder" to sup
plant Nash. He may, however, be
given a trial at short.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
His Way With Apples,

III. p. Nelson moved here with his
family from Trego County, Kansas
Two years ago. He has fifty acres well
located, and he, with his son, will soon
have the place transformed into a fruit
farm. Mr.. Nelson has apples the year
round. Here is his manner of keeping
them: He packs them in sawdust; first
a layer OF sawdust, then layer of ap-
pies three deep, and so on, sawdust and
apples until the box is full Have the
box also lined with sawdust on ends
and sides. He has kept apples in this
way till the last of May; Ben Davis
till the first Of May. OF course the saw.
dust should not be wet when used
The Southwest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

The big orchard is John Y. Stones
Mr.. Stone is lawyer and has risen tc
the top of his profession, but it is hi:
orchard that brings him the most
fame. 1t is the largest orchard in the
world-120,000 trees on 500 acres OF
land. The most of these trees are
young. Unlike his neighbors, he plante
only twelve to fifteen feet apart and
the young trees, thrifty and beautiful
In shape and size, make much hand
somer show than If set wide apart, and
Mr.. Stone figures more money in it.
Scattered through the orchard are
other fruit trees and grapes, and his
blackberry patch covers forty acres.
Twelve resident tenants live on the
place. There is lots Of work and lots OF
science in apple raising, but there is
big money in 1t. Glenwood has a cor
ner on apples. While all the outside
world is talking of bimetallism, apples
are the single standard here. l saw
apples on evergreen trees, and they
told me that the hens lay apples! What
worried me was that with this all.
bountiful profusion of apples l could
only eat two.-A. s. b., in Shenandoah
Qowa) Sentinel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
What a Dozen is.

The child is taught at school that
a dozen means twelve every time, but
when child grows into man he
finds that a dozen is very elastic
term. A bakers dozen is thirteen,
and SO is a publishers or a news
agents in many parts Of the world.
In some sections a dozen of fish means
twenty-six, and there are other anom-
a'ies of this kind. But to find a doz.
en- indicating anything from two to
fifty it is necessary to go to the earth
enware trade.
Here the size and weight of articles
decide how many make dozen, and
in jugs, bowls, plates and so on there
are two, four, six, eight or more to the
dozen. A dozen composed Of twelve
articles is very unusual thing in the
wholesale pottery trade, and as re-
suit there are few clerkships more
difficult to hold than in this line. |
tried the work once and failed ignom-
iniously. To have to find the cost Of
500 articles at SO much dozen when
that dozen may mean anything is a
very difficult task until a man gets
thoroughly used to it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
PARTITION NOTICE.

In The matter OF The partition or the estate o.
caleb Barton. deCedSed
To Thomas j. Barton, E2Uipd, intermdlried
NTH ". ". McReDloldS, Emma, late fnter7ndT7'ied
tcith John Moore, decd; anna i,t,e11narYied lcitI
Thomas Webb, all or the torn or BiOOnlSbulg
columbia couatH Pa; CdthaIine, Wte1ndiried
lrHh AU1ed Ale O Columbia CHD, Qrthe state OJ
Indjdnd.
fOu are heI'ebD notified that IN pursuance Of an,
order or orphans court or Columbia county a
1CiW or partition has issued from Sdid court
10 the SheriB OF Sdid county, rftuIndble the FIRST
Monday OF February, A. D. 1897, ana that The ht-
QlteSt lcN meet for The purpose Of making pdTti-
ttCn 0rthe real estate or Sdid decedent on Monday
the 25th ddD or January, 4. d. 1897, betlceen ne
hours Of a. M dltd p. nt., on the premises OF
Cdied Barton, deceased, IN The torn or BioOns-
burg, Columbia county, Pa, at rhich time ana
place you can attend u D0u see proper.
pdnderS'tce, dttu J. b, McIENRY,
l2.3l-U. Sheriff,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

Dogs and Feminine Affection.

Edward w. Box writes of 4" Dogs
and Feminine Affection in the
LadieS Home Journal and points out
the dangers of caressing a dog, how
ever well cared for it may be. "The
most eminent physicians" he asserts,
have conclusively shown that the
practice of allowing the body of a
dog to come into close contact with
the human body is fraught with the
greatest physical evils. The cleanest
dog in the world is not without this
objection. 1t cannot be. A dogs
nose should never be allowed to
touch any part Of the human skin.
The most casual observance of dogs
habits will show the reasons for this.
In fact, from whatever standpoint one
chooses to look at the matter-from
that of cleanliness, health or bodily
danger-the practice of petting dogs
with close embraces of any sort is a
positive wrong. Women cannot be
too careful about this, either as the
practice affects themselves or, if they
are mothers, their children. We can
be fond of our dogs-many of them
deserve human affection-but we
should bestow this fondness upon
them with little careful regard for
common sense. One point, of all
others, cannot be too carefully re
garde d-the face should never be
brought into close contact with dog.
A sense of cleanliness alone should
forbid this, even if positive danger
did not lurk in the practice"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

There's difference between the
actor and the ball player" says the
MaRayHnh Philosopher, "The actor
makes a home run after failing to
make hit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

DIR. Shields, an eminent physician
OF Tennessee, says: 81 regard Ayers
Sarsaparlla as the best blood-medi-
cine on earth, and l know of many
wonderful cures effected by its use"
Physicians all over the land have made
similar statements.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
Tired Languid Feeling,

Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 81, 1896.
81 have sugered with tired and
languid feeling and have taken Hoods
Sal saparilla and this trouble has all
disappeared. l am now well and
hearty and able to do good days
work. l have taken three bottles OF
Hoods Sa'saparilla." VIM. B. Con
ward, 1884 Passyunk Ave,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
What Becomes of Sunken Ships2

What becomes of the ship that sinks
in midocean !? If it is of wood, it
takes, in the first place, considerable
time for it to reach the bottom. In
100 or more fathoms of water a quar-
ter of an hour will elapse before the
ship touches bottom. 1t sinks slowly,
and when the bottom is reached it
falls gently into the soft oozy bed with
no crash or breaking. OF course, if
1t is laden with pigiron or correspond
ing substance, or if it is an iron ship,
it sinks rapidly and sometimes strikes
the bottom with such force as to
smash in pieces. Once sunken, a
ship becomes the prey of the countless
inhabitants of the ocean. They
swarm over and through the great
boat and make it their home. Besides
this, they cover every inch of the boat
with thick layer of lime. This takes
time, of course, and when one gener-
alton dies another continues the work
until finally the ship is SO laden with
heavy incruslatlons, corals, sponges
and barnacles that, ifwood, the creak-
ing timbers fall apart and slowly but
surely are absorbed in the waste
at the sea bottom. Iron vessels are
demolished more quickly than those
of wood, which may last for centuries.
The only metals that withstand the
chemical action of the waves are gold
and platinum, and glass also seems
unaffected. No matter how long gold
may be hidden in the ocean, it will
always be gold when recovered, and
this fact explains the many romantic
and adventurous searches after hid
den submarine treasures lost in ship
wrecks. - UnizerSaHst.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

Good roads sentiment is growing, and
one OF these days, when other matters
are attended to. the movement for bet.
ter highways will come right to the
front.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
TRUSTEES SALE
-OP VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue OF an order OF the Orphans Court
OF Columbia county, the undersigned trustee,
appointed to make sale OF the real estate OF
A. X Smith, deceased, after proceedings In par
tltion had In said estate, will expose at public
sale on the premises at Jerseytown, Madison
township, said county of Columbia, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY Q, 1897,
at one o'clock p. m, the following described
real estate, being a house and lot OF ground
situated at Jerseytown, said township OF Mad
Ing from Buckhorn TO Muncy, on the east by
said public road and lot OF Uriah Welliver, on
the south by lot of Emery Wellver, Mrs. Chas.
Fruit and d. X. Johnson's estate. and on the
west by public road leading from Jerseytown to
Washingtonville, whereon are erected
TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY
HOTEL,
barn and other out-buildings, and is supplied
with good spring water, and has been licensed
as a HOTEL FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS.
Possession will be given February 1st, 1897
TERMS OF sALE:- Ten per cent. OF one-fourth
OF the purchase money shall be paid at the
striking down OF the property; the one-fourth
less the ten per cent. at the confirmation abso-
lutte; and The remaining three-fourths in one
year after confirmation nisi, with interest from
that date.
JOHN b. CASEY,
Robt Buckingham atty. Trustee.
l2.l0-tS
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

A Pittsburg finn will ship $1,000
worth of aluminium to San Francisco,
Cal, to be used on an air ship.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual election by the stockholders OF
the Farmers National Bank, OF Bloomsbury,
Pa, to choose Board OF Directors for the ensli-
ing year, viii be held at the bank on Tuesday,
January l2th, 1897, between the hours OF two
and four o'clock In the afternoon;
A. Ii. BLOOM,
12-3-it. Cashier
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
ELECTION NOTICE.

There VIII be an election OF a Board OF Direct
ors OF the Bloomsbury Banking Company at the
banking house In Bloomsbury, on Tuesday,
January l2th, 1897, at two o'clock In the after
noon, to serve for the ensuing year.
l2-9i. III. ii. GROrZ, Cashier.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

Home, OF N. Y; Merchants of Newark.
n. y; Clinton, N. Y.;Peoples', NY; Read.
ing, "a German American ms. Co., New
YORK; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York,
Jersey City Fire lns. Co., Jersey City, N. I.
lheSe old corporations are well seasoned
py age and hre tested, and have never ret
hau a loss settled by any court of law. Their
liable TO the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted ..d
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r.
Knapp Special Agent and Adjuster, Bloorar.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
paronize the agency where losses, il any.
are settled and paid by one of their ovs
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
G. SNYDER, Proprietor,
Opposite the Court House

BLOOMSBURY, PA.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath
rooms, hot and cold water, andj all modern
conveniences
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-07

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12
STRANGE ELOPEMENT.
Mr.. Ramsburg, Married Man, and
Miss Sponsellor, Spinster, Sud-
denly Leave Bloomfield, This
County, Together.

The village of Bloomfield, near Har-
mony Grove, in the upper part of this
county, was considerably excited a few
days ago, when il became known that
Mr.. Lewis |. Ramsburg, 40 years of
age, and well known and prosperous
farmer, had strangely and suddenly
disappeared from his home without no
tice or trace of his whereabouts.
This feeling was only secondary to
that which existed when later infor-
nation developed the fact that he was
accompanied 10y Miss Mollie Sponsel-
Tor, school teacher, of middle age,
who resided with her widowed
mother near the home of Mr..
Ramsburg. They had always been re-
garded as friends, but no closer ties
between them dawned upon this COM
munity until the elopement was made
known. The worst feature in the case,
and which makes it all the more rep
rehensible, ia that Ramsburg has a
wife and two grown children. They
are naturally mitch shocked and dis
gusted with his conduct.
Ramsburg took considerable sum
of money with him, and left no ne on
Wednesday of last week. On the same
day Miss Sponseller also departed. 1t
is said that this is not the first trip they
have made together and that recently
he returned from Baltimore with her.
Ramsburg is said to be worth about
$40, 000
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12
New Market.

March 10, 1897.
Mrs. P. H. Griffith has been very
sick with the grippe, but is now able
to be up and about.
Some OF our young society girls have
ceen suffering from that very beauti-
lying disease, the mumps.
Miss Mary Hopkins aud brother,
Stephenson, are much better at this
writing, but Miss Annie Russell is still
quite sick.
Miss Addie Sponsellor is visiting in
Washington and from there she will
visit Baltimore and remain some time.
Miss India Albaugh Is home for d
short visit, but will soon return to
Baltimore.
Mrs. d. T. Sheerer and family of
Montgomery County, are STAYING with
her father, Mr.. Wellington Hammond.
Miss Gertrude Hyatt, who attends
the Normal School in Baltimore, re-
turned home on last Monday; her
health will not permit her to resume
her studies for some time.
Rev. j. Il. Marsh, of the M. E. Con-
ference, has been returned to his
church here, much to the delight of
his parishioners.
This afternoon, at two o'clock, a
very pretty wedding was solemnized
at the Methodist Protestant Church.
The contracting parties were Mr..
Charles Wellington Baker and Miss
Mollie Umberger, of Monrovia. The
bride was becomingly attired in hello
trope novelty cloth, and her maid of
honor, Miss Lizzie Umberger, was
dressed in tan with trimmings of pink.
After the ceremony the happy couple
left on the evening train for Baltimore.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12
LIVED IN A BOX CAR.
William Valentine, Recluse from
Society, Dies in His Squalid
Abode Near Woodsboro'.

Mr.. William Valentine, an aged res
Of Woodsboro', died under peculiar cir
cumstances last Saturday. He had for
some time past lived amid squalor and
restitution in an old box car, near the
above place, which had been set aside
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany as useless, and although possessed
of considerable means and comfort
able dwelling house, he preferred this
mode of life. He led the life of a re-
cluse ana very few knew of his move
ments or condition.
Last Saturday some men at work
along the railroad happened in his To-
cality and for some reason one of them
went to his hox car retreat. Here the
old man was found on rude bed life
less. He had probably been dead for
several days. The authorities were
notified and the remains sent to the
undertaken. There was no evidence
of foul play, and when Mr.. Kinks,
the States Attorney, arrived with cor
oner Turner and an examination and
investigation was made, it was
decided that an inquest was not neces-
sary. Valentine has brother at the
Theological Seminary, at Lancaster,
Pa, and leaves two sons. 1t is a
strange case; this man with plenty
of money to purchase the necessities of
life, for the sake of boarding 1t up,
lives the life of a savage and dies with
out friends or relatives to minister to
his last unhappy moments.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12
Transfers of Real Estate.

The following are the transfers of real
estate as recorded in the Clerks office
since our last issue:
Hamilton Lindsay, assignee, to
William T. Lansinger, lot, etc. in
Emmitsburg, $6l5. Elizabeth Van
Dyne, to Emma l.. Izor, "a acres of
land, more or less, $50. Henry J.
Stull ct al, to William F. Keyser, "A
acres, rood, and 80 square perches of
land, more or less, $3.50. George w.
Wachtel and wife, to Mary Snader,
y acres of land, more or less, 500.
William H. Cline and wife, to John F.
Cline, acres of land, more or less,
$420. Rector, Wardens and Vestry of
Union Parish, to E. E. Mullinix, /
acre of land, more or less, $45. H
Dorsey Etchison, trustee, to Charles
n. Hauer, lot or parcel of ground,
Sl OBS. Achilles P. Wiley. ct AL, to
William l.. Grove, lot in Brunswick,
$3.50. H. Dorsey Etchison, trustee, to
Harriet E. Stone, real estate in Fred
erick City, Sl,905. Andrew H. AL
baugh. trustee, to Nevin S. Burrier,
real estate in Frederick County, $l.00
and premises. Peter w. Shafer. ex-
ecutor, to Charles B. Banner, 20 acres
and 30 square perches of land, more or
less, $l24.25 Charles B. Grove and
wife, to Hiram F. Rice, so acres of
land, more or less, 81 ,24S.
Daniel Dusing and wife, to Mary A.
Holman, 81 acres, more or less, $57. so.
VIM. SchiIdtknecht and Mary A.
Hoffman, acres and 35 square perches
of land, $50. Joseph H. Hoffman, to
David and Eva A. Forrest, 40 acres
of land, more or less, 1925. George w.
Benjamine and wife, to Luther E. Nc
Bride, lot of ground in Brunswick, SIS.
Mary G. Price and husband, to d. Col
umbus Kemp, real estate is Frederick
City, $500. Heirs of S. Hoover, to III.
&. Palmer, II 22-l0O acres of land,
$5S7.35. Andrew e. Mcbride, Sheriff,
to John 9. Motter and w. p. Maulsby,
six parcels of land, $3.50. William p.
Maulsby and wife, TO Leroy B. Wen
ner, real estate in Frederick County,
$1S,2l497. Chas. M. Wenner and wife
ct al, to John e. Motter and VIM. P.
Maulshy, dover right, ETC., $3.50.
LIE Roy B. Wenner, to Willard f. and
Wan. G. Shafer, l22 acres, roods and
IA square perches of land, $6,l4l.s7.
Calvin G. Lee, to Eleanor G. Wells,
lot and premises, $50. James L. Cox,
ct al, to Mary E. Cox, 1881 acres of
land, S.. John r. Cox, to Mary E.
Cox, 1881 acres of land, S.. Benjamin
H. MeitzIer and wife, to George r.
Myers, 1870 square perches of land, more
or less, $50.