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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-21
Cloth Capes.

Are popular as ever, prices to
please all. Double Cloth Cape.
braid trimmed, storm collar,
at $2.oo.
Black Wool Damasse Cloth
Cape, double box pleat, back
trimmed with jet and braid,
Thibet fur edged, at $500.
Kersey Cloth Cape, I7s inch
sweep, strap trimming of same
material 3 rows $II.oo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-21
Plush Capes.

Right up to the times, correct
in every way. Plush Cape
Thibet fur edging on collar and
fronts, silk lined, $3.50.
Plush Capes. beaded ant
braided, pretty pattern, big
sweep, fur trimmings, 5000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

Mr.. Alexander Galbraith of Wiscon-
sin, who is giving large attention to
the foreign shipment Of horses, in a
contribution to an agricultural paper
gives 1t as his opinion that the for
eign market will take from five to six
million dollars worth Of horses in the
year to come. He states that it is
gradually charging, until now not on
ly the United Kingdom, but France,
Germany and Belgium are buyers OF
any of our horses that are good enough
to buy. The great trouble with us is
chat there are few that are good
enough. If the horses that we have
today were such as Europe wants,
there would not be enough shipping
available to carry across the Atlantic
the numbers that would be eagerly
bought. This point should not be lost
sight of by those of little faith in the
future Of the horse department of the
farm. 1t is now three or four years
since we began to urge farmers to
breed horses for 1900. We were told
then that we were mistaken, that the
horse business was done for, that we
we're entering upon the horseless age,
etc. We do think that the breeding
of horses that the world does not want
is as improbable business as any in
which the farmer can engage, but
that the breeding of either draft
horses, heavy or light eoaehers, road
sters and saddle horses will be in the
years to come as profitable a business
as can be conducted on the farm. In
another year farmers will see the ut
ter folly of allowing the good, or mod
erately good, draft colts to go 1T pub
lie sales at from $40 to SIP for year
lings and at from SIS TO $40 for com
ing two-year-olds. The home demand
will have absorbed the supply of these
youngsters as fast as they come to
market, and there will be foreign de-
mand for the best, limited only by the
supply.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
Our Own stevo Crane.

A low moan rose sobbingly upon the
midnight air-the air quivered and
terrors expectant shrieked in alright.
"Ah-h." Wild screaming-and through
the horrored atmosphere burst wild
waste of sound-mad frenzies spring
ing in screaming diablerie and rauc-
Gus thunderlngs upon the crazy black
ness of the night-villanious discords
rending the universe with desecrating
idiocies Of sound-1700 echoes
speeding in mad race unto the utter
most recessions of nothingness-s
swelling roar welled in angry chorW
back from the reverberant tympanuT
of the heavens. And just then thu
neighborhood woke up and seventeen
different kinds of bootjacks and crock
cry wreckage was hurled in the direQ
ton of the organ-grinder and he wen
away.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

covering a part Of both sides Of the
main tail, two being preferable, are
black edged with white. The Light
i5rahma Is a valuable bird for the
farm. They have always been made
to pay for their keep and have seldom
been set aside by any who have bred
them. They are the largest of domes-
tic poultry and do as well In confine-
ment In small runs as on free range.
AS layers they will average from
twelve to thirteen dozen OF eggs a
year, and lay exceptionally well in
winter Their eggs are large, about
to a pound, of n rich brown color
and excellent flavor. For table pur-
poses they are good they do not ma
ture as early as do the varieties of
the American class, yet they are
hardy, and can be raised with as much
ease as any of the earlier-maturing
varieties. AS sitters and mothers
they are fair.
The Dark Brahma is not so popular
as the Light-the difficulty being in
breeding them true to feather. Their
delicately marked plumage is ex-
tremely pretty when bred to standard
requirements, but IL not SO bred 1t be-
comes most dlsagreeable and unsatis-
factory to the breeder. The head and
neck of Dark Brahma male are sim.
liar to those of the Light, the head
being white and the hackle rather
more striped. The back is nearly
white, a little black appearing here
and there. The black should FREEDOM
mate between the shoulders, but is
nearly hidden by the hackle flowing
over it, The saddle feathers are, like
the hackle, silvery white, striped with
black, which should be distinct AS
the feathers approach the tail the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

"Shying in Horses" was the subject
Of an interesting discussion at recent
meeting Of English veterinarians. 1t
is usual to connect shying with some
defect of vision. AS theoretical ex-
PLANTATION this has a plauslbillty which
disarms doubt and leads one to accept
as authoritative the oft-repeated state
ment. 1t is urged, however, that ex-
perience Is against this theory. Near
ly all young horses shy, but when
properly broken and got into regular
work cease to do so. Some Gre i'm
properly broken, and continue to shy
more or less A few are guilty Of shy
Ing all their lives, no matter what care
is taken to form their habits. One OF
the speakers, Mr.. X. @. Irving, said:
IF shying depended upon imperfect
vision, one would expect horses to shy
in about the same degree at all kinds
Of strange and terrifying sights. This
Is not the case, Some horses Will new
er face an engine Of any kind, Some
will stand perfectly still alongside a
thrashing-machine, but always shy at
a locomotive V1ad-engine. Some horses
shy only when passing q train, ana,
strange to say, Of these one will object
to meet 1t, whilst the other objects to
overtaking 1t. A horse that will face
q locomotive will often shy at a news
paper on the road or bridge over 1t.
Whilst one horse SHES dangerously on
country road and will pass anything
in crowded street, another Is steady
Rlong the country lane and unsafe in
town. This behavior cannot be rec
onciled with the theory Of imperfect
vision 1t seems more matter of tenn
permanent and habit. The defect, in
fact, is in his brain, not in his eye; this
is confirmed by experience OF horses
with defective eyes. Horses with par
tial or complete cataracts, with small
or large corneal opacities, behave ID
much the same way as before their de-
fects were noticed. A quiet, good
hammered horse remains as he was,
and shying does not seem, when 1t ex-
lists, to get worse as the vision be-
comes more and more detective" 1t
is notable in this connection that
Hayes, in his book on "Horsebreak-
ing" does not treat of shyness in his
chapter on Faults of Temper" but in
cludes it in the chapter on Faults OF
Mouth" and gives advice for its treat
ment, 1t may be concluded therefore,
that he considers shying mainly as
bad habit which has not been over
come by proper breaking and training.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
Fancy Hog Prices.

"There is not the least doubt but that
all the hogs now in existence which are
actually worth one thousand dollars
each can be counted upon the fingers Of
one hand. But prices have climbed up
ward all winter, in the face Of the
great financial stringency, until $4,000
has changed hands in the sale Of sim
gle animal. When we consider that
the final end Of the porcine species is
simply to furnish portion Of the meat
supply for human consumption, and
that they multiply faster and mature
earlier than any of their competitors,
the absurdity OF such prices can be
realized. 1t is nothing but speculation,
pure and simple. Within the past
month we heard one of the noted pro-
fessional fine stock auctioneers, in urg-
ing bidders to raise their bids on
promising sow, inadvertently give ut
terance to the secret OF many high
prices. He said Don't be afraid to
bid. The more you pay for her the
more you can get for her pigs To be
strictly truthful he should have added,
If you can lind the dupes While it
is true that all the best thoroughbreds
are high priced, 1t does not follow that
all high priced animals are the best Of
their kind, or that their progeny will
have all the good points of the pa
rents. American Swine Breeder.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
Milking Goats in Italy.

Every morning, two hours before
dawn, in winter, and one hour when
the days lengthen to spring, it is the
duty of the cheesemaker to call the
shepherds by beating a drum. The
men who live in the open emerge from
their straw boxes at the sound and be-
gin to drive their herds towards the
milking shed, says Good Words. There
each flock enters its own pen, the
smaller pens communicating with a
larger one, into which the flocks are
admitted in turn; from this central in
closure there are ten or twenty mar
row openings which lead into as many
short passages Near the end of each
a man is seated on his stool with milk
ing pail ready, and as eve after eve
crowds down the narrow corridor. the
mixer throws two-pronged wooden
fork over its neck, thus holding it uu-
til it is MIXED, and so on until the
1000 or 5000 ewes have given tt ell
tribute of milk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

sportive sally, and then closing her
eyes she folded her hands upon her
breast in silent prayer.
The prophetic spirit in which the
young creature had spoken was soon
apparent.
A rapid change passed over the fair
face; the power Of utterance suddenly
failed; but while life fingered her
grateful and beseechng eyes were
raised to the face of Bridget, at whose
breast the little creature so soon to be
orphaned nestled in comfort.
The next night white hammock
was lowered into the sea beneath the
solemn starlight.
The passengers and crew stood
round while the captain read the funer-
al service; his voice often faltered, and
at intervals a deep sob was heard; 1t
burst from the bosom Of Bridget Ryan,
who, with both children claspCd in her
arms, knelt upon the deck.
When the solemn ceremony was over
and the fair form of Dora had sunk
many fathoms to It's deep and silent
grave, low wall Of excessive anguish
broke from the lips Of Bridget.
Dora Callan, Dora Callan," she at
length uttered, with a deep fervency of
tone, which was in itself eloquence,
why have you gone from me--from
me whose heart loved you like its life?
But who may keep what the Great
Maker wants? Bright be your place
among the angels. Welcome be your
fair face where all Is beautiful. Och!
shall ever forget how sweet you
were, how kind, how loving? When
you wake from your great winding
sheet, Dora mine, may we who mourn
you now meet you rejoicing"
Then her voice sank till its murmurs
became lnaudlble. While rocking her
self to and fro on the deck, she cow
cred over the children and bathed
them in tears,
Impressed by the scene, all stood in
deep silence, watching the subsiding
struggle Of her deep grief.
Almost unmarked, a change OF
weather had gradually come on, and
more than common activity on board
declared that some exigency was APP
preaching.
Low winds seemed from afar gather
ing clouds that soon overspread the
sky, till the hollow, dismal waillngs
became long howls and hoarse shrleks,
and the darkness grew into blacklist
night. Oh, for the pen Of Cooper to
portray the storm which broke above
the devoted ship, while 1t reeled and
staggered amid the rage of contending
winds and rolling seas.
The captain and crew did their duty
firmly,
Perhaps there ID no energy, no cour-
age, superior to that Of English sail
ors; no sense of duty so high so per-
fectly, so nobly, fulfilled
Vain were all their efforts; the sea
surged above the yards, sweeping down
on the doomed bark, which would
bravely rise again and again above the
briny deluge. Desperately she plowed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

Carried on shore, soothing voices
and succorlng hands were soon around
her, but she made a feeble effort TO re-
tain the children, while sho exclaimed
with what strength remained in her:
Michael Gallant"
The name was repeated aloud by
those who marked her anxiety; and Inn
medlately young man who had
helped to man the boat that had saved
her pressed eagerly forward.
Here am T." he cried; what would
you with Michael GALLANT"
He was directed to the dying wom-
an; he knelt down beside her.
Bridget opened her eyes, which a
moment before had been closing In the
last exhaustion and faintness.
Are you here?" she asked.
II am Michael Callan."
"Now the Father OF Mercy and
all His saints be praised she family
ejculated. Michael Callan, here Is
your chid-Dora's childw
And with these words her long sue
tanned energies forsook her. and 81
sank insensible into the arms of Y
people near her.
The story soon spread through Z
colony, and by the time Bridget w
restored to health and strength ST.
found herself possessed of little for
tune.
All who, like herself, had survive
the wreck, bore testimony to he
Christian charity and herolsm, AM
from every quarter of the island sui
scriptions in her behalf poured in.
Her home was on the banks OF tn.
Huon; thither every year Michael Cal
Ian and his boy made a pilgrimage to
the good friend of Dora, and the faith
full preserver Of her child
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

her way, till at midnight she became a
total wreck on one Of the small islands
in Entrecastreaux's channel.
The morning broke at length, but it
came rather to reveal than to relieve
their distress.
When the vessel struck a shrek,
compounded of many wild voices,
pierced the thick darkness; the masts
went by the board, a rushing sea swept
over the deck carrying many of tho
despairlng wretches into the engulHng
waters; but with the gray, drear light
of morning came a lull.
The captain, who still survived with
some few of the passengers and crew,
felt deep anxiety for the fate Of
Bridget, and was seeking her, inquir-
Ing for her, when she crept forth with
the two children in her arms.
"The bravest heart on board, by
heaven" he exclaimed, as he beheld
her.
Hope on" he continued, springing
forward, I'VE are described; there are
beats making toward Us"
At these words Bridget started to
her feet, just as a tremendous wave
struck the ship, and, sweeping the
deck, carried her and the children
overheard.
Much is said of human selhshness in
the emergencies Of great danger, and
much is, of course, exhibited; but so
powerful had Bridget's example and
beauty of character impressed her fell
low sufferers that the most vital inter-
est was felt in her fate, and at this
catastrophe many cried aloud, Save
her, save her!" while at the moment
hopeless of saving themselves.
The boats which had put off from
Bruno Island redoubled their efforts.
Bridget succeeded in grasping frag-
ment Of timber, and thus kept herself
afloat; the heavy rain, which had been
for some time falling, increasing, re-
freshed her, and the sea subsidized, as II
Gained by the tears of heaven. The
cheering voices of the approaching
men kept alive the pulses of her heart
and at last Bridget and the children
were rescued. the little helpless crea-
lures, wonderful to relate, alive.
This, however, she scarcely was her.
self; yet amid what was apparently
the pangs of death. her sense of duty
| was still paramount.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
THIS AND THAT.

The tomb of Mohammed is covered
with diamonds, sapphires and rubies,
valued at e2,OOO,OOO.
Muffs were first used by doctors to
keep their fingers soft, and were adopt
ed by ladies about 1850.
A hundred thousand dollar set of en-
eralds will be Queen Victories present
from the car and czarina.
In 1908 the number of Bibles printed
in England was S1,157; in 1896 there
were 1904 copies published.
The Russian scepter is of solid gold,
three feet long, and contains among les
ornaments 26S diamonds, $50 rubies
and Is emeralds.
The largest newspaper circulation in
the world is that of the Paris Petit
Journal, which averages more than
l 100000 copies day.
Twenty-siX years ago $50 of the Lead
ing doctors of England issued "a eau
tionary declaration against the use of
alcohol in medical practice.
New Zealand's representative Maoris
for the queens celebration have been
selected for their size. Two of the ma
tives weigh respectively 400 and S65
pounds.
In the excitement of the last presl-
Dental campaign the savings banks in
New York state lost in net Withdrawals
So, 100000, but the money has been COM
ing back ever since.
Four camels have been successful
acclimated in Poland by Count Sigit
mund Skorzewski, who has had theI,
broken to the pillow on his estate q
Cherniejer, in the province of PoseS
The longest distance that shot ha
been fired is a few yards more than Il
miles, which was the range of Krupp's
one hundred and thirty ton steel gun,
firing shot Weighing $500 pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
Making Good Butter.

Mr.. F. A. Leighton, formerly dairy
instructor at Ames, Iowa, says: "One
buttermaker will win the sweepstakes
at a convention, but he does not do it
the second time Why? Because he
don't know how he did it before, aud
when he comes to make a second tub
like the one that he won with at the
previous show, he is entirely in the
dark. | believe the whole secret is in
the ripening Of the cream. 1t must
certainly be possible for us to make as
fine butter in some Of our creameries
as the classes in this country who are
selling their butter for the very high
est figures to select trade. l am
stumbling onto this butter about every
day now and l say to you there is
nothing equals it that l have seen in
the West. 1t is no better than ours,
only in flavor; the mechanical part is
no better. Ours has just as good grain;
is seasoned and colored and worked up
just as we'll, but the aavor-that's the
rub"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08
Slow and Fast Milking.

The effect of slow and fast milking
was once made the subject of expert
ment at the Wisconsin station. In his
report of the test. Prof. Babc0ck says:
THE effect upon the yield of mill: was
not marked, this being about the sahie
whether the cows were milkel fast or
slow, the variations being no more
than might be expected il the cows
had been MIXED in the same way for
the whole time. The effect
upon the quality of milk was Gnore
marked, there being in every case rich
er milk produced when the COWS were
MIXED fast than when lnilked slow.
The effect was most marked with the
COWS giving the most milk. The
cows which were least susceptible to
these changes were cows far advanced
in the period of lactation that were
giving but little milk when the trial
was made. Calculated upon the fat
yield the gain of fast milking averaged
Tor the whole lot of COWS lib per
cent"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08

facts are being brought cut, among
which is the action Of ferments upon
the curing and quality of the cheese
At the cheese makers convention, 10
Wisconsin, Prof. Russell had some
thing to say in opposition to the
French views upon bacterial action.
He prefaced his remarks by Saying
tina. usually the trouble lay In the
carelessness Of the patrons in caring
for the milk, carelessness which IN
some cases became criminal. Yet the
makers could not all lay blame on tina
patrons, they should be posted, 80 as
to instruct these in the care OF the
milk, and give a good example by
neatness in the factory, He believed
the whey-vat was responsible for more
trouble than anything else, and con
demned the dirty ones in strong terms
Bacteria were the best allies which the
maker had, and it was only the obnoX-
lous ones which should be fought, he
showed a chart which illustrated the
number Of bacteria in cheese when fVe
days old as being about four to hVe
millions in grain, increasing rapidly IN
the next eight days to eighty or ninety
millions, and then increasing In the
next twenty-three days to eighteen
millions, and then gradually diminish
ing until 1877 days old, when only rev
hundred thousand are left. Another
chart showed where milk had four
million lactic-acid-producing bacteria,
100000 digesting or pepJoaizing bac-
terra, and about 100000 which produce
gas. Also how a 1S-days-old cheese
had 67,50O,OOO lactic-acil bacteria,
while the gas-producing ones remained
as original and the digesting ones were
reduced. When the cheese was TWEEN
ty-four days old the lactic-acid bac-
terra were 60,27O,000, while the gas and
digesting were reduced. When the
cheese was thirty-six days old the lac
tic-acid bacteria were reduced to 49,
100000, and the gas and digestlng ones
were still more reduced. At tifty-two
days the lactic-acid bacteria were on
ly 11,4T3,0 900, and the others nearly dis
appeared, and at seventy-four days on
ly 1852, 900 lactic-acid bacteria remain
ed. Hence the lactic-acid bacteria is
the true ally Of the maker.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-08


neck and back are facsimile
in shape of the outlines of
an egg. In plumage the male
is pure white, excepting hackle, tail,
and flights, which are black. and
white striped with black. Any other
color but white and black is against
the standardized bird. The hackle is
white with black stripe extending
down the center of each feather and
tapering to point near the extremi-
ty (see fig. 1O). The tail feathers are
black, and sickles are glossy greenish
black. The shanks are we'll feath-
cred, with the feathering extending
down the middle toe; the toe feather
ing may be white or white sprinkled
with black, pure white preferred. A
small pea comb, broad crown, projects
over the eyes; bright-red face, wattles
and earlobes are essential to a good
head. The shanks and toes are bright
yellow The Brahma female is much
like the male in head qualities, having
broad comb, projecting well over the
eyes, and small pea comb. The head
of female should be masculine in APP
9earance, indicating great control and
2lll power. The head is white; hackle,
7ssaite striped with black, as in male:
rxIe, white and black, but is COM
pi9tely covered by hackle when the
bird stands erect; tail, black, excepting
the two highest main tail feathers,
which may be edged with while; tail
coverts, one o: more rows, distinctly
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stripes become broader till they merge
into the tail coverts, which are rich,
glossy green black, with q margin or
facing Of white. The tail is pure
black, with green gloss The wing
coverts are black, forming a distinct
black bar across the middle of the
wings, while the ends Of the second
aries have a large black spot on the
end, making the top edges Of the wing
appear almost black. The remainder
of the secondaries are white on the
lower half and black on the upper,
The flights are all black, except mar
row fringe of white on the lower edge.
The breast is black; the thighs and
fluff either black, or black very slight
ly notified with white.