Tho History of Wheat. As a staplo artiulo of food and com mcrco wheat hits been known from tho earliest ngea. It is not known to ovist in other than a cultivated stale. It is supposed to havo originated in Central Asia, but recent discoveries havo thrown somo doubt on that point. M. Fabrc, ol franco, a distinguished riaU uralist, mado tho dicovery soverul years ago that tho Ugilops ovata, a grass of tho rogfon near tho Mediterranean, and of the west of Asia, becomes transformed by cultivation into wheat. Tho possibility of such a transformation has been confirmed by subsequent observations and experi ments. Wheat was a chief crop in ancient Egypt nnd Palestine, and is moro fre quently mentioned In bcripturo than auy other kind of grain, whero its bountiful yield and its important rela tions to tho sustenance of human life afford a thmo for many beautiful les sons. Tho granerlcs of Egypt and other centres of ancient civilization wero often of immense size and were consni cuous objects among tho public edifices or tnc time, urains ot wheat nave been found in tho wrappings of Egyptian mummies which had retained their power of germination through tho lapse ot centuries. Although tho Greeks, and moro par tlcularly tho Spartans, affected to de spise agriculture, as a degrading pur suit, they wero obliged to devote con' siderablo attention to wheat raising as a means of livlihood. Hesiod, one of tho earliest Greek poets, in his "Works and Days," makes frequont mention of wheat. Among tho Romans wheat raising, in common with other branches ot agriculture, was prosecuted with vifjor and success, itoman writers on agriculture civo particular directions in regard to tbo cultivation of wheat. It is mentioned by Virgil in his "Geor ge- Wheat was early introduced into Grea- Britain, but until very recent times its production was so limited that only tho wealthier classes could afford to use it as food. Mention is mado of the fact that in tho eighth century tho monks of the, abbey ot St. Edmund, in England, ato barloy bread because tho income of tho abbey was not sufficient to admit ot their using wheat, in tung land down to tho close of tho seven' teenth century servants and other work ing pcoplo wero obliged to content themselves with bread made from the coarser grains. Eden in his "History of the Poor" (1797) says : "So small was the quantity of wheat used in tho countrv of Cumberland, that it was only a rich family that used a peck of wheat in tho course of tho year, and that was used at Christmas. Tho usual treat for a stranger was a thick oat cako (oalled haver bannock) and butter, An old laborer remarks that when he was a boy ho was at Carlisle market with his father, nnd wishing to indulge himself with a penny loaf made of wheat flour, ho searched for it for some time but could not procuro a piece of wheaten bread at any shop in town. At the period ot tbo revolution in 1689, tho quantity of wheat grown in England was estimated at about 14, 000,000 bushels, or about three bushels to each of the population, which was then under five million. In 1880 the product of wheat in England and Scot land was estimated at 100,000,000 bushels. In 1880 tho area of wheat growing in the United States was 35,430,333 acres nnd the yield was 459,483,137 bushels, or thirteen bushels to the acre. Tho value of the crop was estimated at 482,457,293. The increase in produo tion between 1870 ard 1880 was nearly sixty per cent. Perfection of Bailroad Management. Nothing so thoroughly exemplifies tho perfection of railroad management as the manner in which tbo uiiineuso amount of travel to tho inauguration was handled by the roads composing the ureal Jfennsyivama austem, Never before in the history ot this ooanlry has there been such a demand made upon transportation facilities as during the four days immediately pre ceding .and succeeding the lit) of March ; yet, under its splendid orgnni zation, the vast travel was accommo dated without the semblance of an ac cident, or moro than trivial delay. Thousands came from the North, East, "West, and South, aggregating a total of from 40,000 to 60,000, over tho lines of this ono company alone, yet they were all accommodated without any ap parent effect on the part of tho Great Corporation, which justly is acknowl edged the leading railroad of the world. This grand achievement is not due alone to the skill and experieuco of its o flieer a and employes, but to its splend id Hiv itch and block signal system, which makes the handling of many ad ditional trains as simple and easy as tbo movement of its regular service. Superiority of management ami per fection of modern appliances were never before so aptly shown, and the result accomplished is but auother il lustration of the fact that speed, com fort, and perfect safety are always guaranteed when wo journey over the lines of the Pennsylvania ltailroad and its branches. Street Education, Night after night the streets are throng.'d with crowds of boys ami half grown youths ana even alter the, greater part of the older pel sous have left the thoroughfare) and gone home, these boys can bo seen wandeiing around, Phe question nntui ally arises whether their parents know whtte these boys are, or to use, a vulgarism, do their ino.hers know they ur out t Do the parent! of these boys, who are in ih j majority of cases good .citizens, know that a street education, as gained by boys after dark, is not of the best t Do they feel that they aro discharging the saored duties imposed upon them as father in thin permitting their Hons to run wild and mingle with compan ions of tho lowest order t The street is a very poor training school, the in struction gained there is ccrt3iply not of tho best or noblest. If parentH will only take this to heart and consider tho matter seriously, we think the boys will keep at home, after night at least, Ex. O. II. Harris, editor of Carl Pretzel's Weekly, of Chicago, is a rotund, jolly little mao, with a gray mustache and a great capacity for drinking beer. In the dim past Carl ran for Coroner and was beaten. During tho canvass he had his and tho drinks of his adherents in tho neighborhood of his office "slated up" at a saloon across tho street, Tho night alter election, when I'rotzcl had fully concluded that lit- was beaten, the saloon across the road caught fire. When tho firemen began throwing water into tho building C trl holstod his window, stuck his head out and bawled at tho top of his voloe : "rhv on tier si ato I Play on der sUu 1 For Heaven's joke play on der elate H A Monument. "Pnpa, what is a catafalquo t" asked n llttlo boy. A catafalque, mv son, is a bier on which tho dead rest.'' "What is a blarl" innulsltivcly ob- served tho boy. "A' bier is a structure erected for tno dead." "Well, papa, I hoard h man say 'threo beers,' the other day. and I was wondering what ho meant "Uh, well, mv boy, lie meant three drinks of beer.'' "I hoard the man behind tho bar say ho could not let him havo any moro beer beoauso ho was dead onto him. Now, what did ho mean by that!" "IU meant that he was on to his 'littlo game,' that is, ho had tho reputa tion of being a bilk or dead beat.' "Will they put that man on a cata falque, If ho is a dead-beat!" "No ; dead beats aro shoved into a sower. They havo neither a monument nor a birr." "That's very strango s but I saw that man a few minutes afterward get ting eotno stale beer out of a keg that stood on the sidewalk, so if he was kill ed ho would have n llttlo bier on which he could rest himself. I guess tho bar keeper ain't sorry bo left a littlo beer in '.ho keg, is ho papat" He Never Oame Again. "Ma and I," sho said shyly, more like sisters than mother aro nnd daughter." "Yost" ho said with a lingering in flection on tho afterguard of the eyes, whloh roso clear tbo ceiling. "Yes, indeed," said tho girl, tbo rosy flush on her cheeks making htr infinite ly more beautiful than ever. "Ma and I aro inseparable. Wo have never been separated a single day Binco I was a little baby." ".N-no ! he said, this timo with an inflection on tho second section of no that went only half way to tho ceiling and back again. "Oh, dear no," the girl went on in tier artless way, "and ma and I always said that when I was married sho was going to lovo my husband like her own sun, and come and keep houso for as." "Oh-lit'' William said, with a cir cumflex. Then he roso up slowly nnd .firmly and said that ho had a noto in bank to tako up at 3 o'clock, and as it was now 9:30 ho would go. And ho did go. And be didn't come back again. Not never. And my said to the girl : "That's whore you mis sed it in not fully trusting your mother. Why didn't you tell mo that man had been married before ? Had I known he was a widower 1 would havo played tho 'Homo for old women' racket on him." Stook Items. There is no better timo than the win ter for tho preliminary handling of colts. There is nothing moro injurious to a sheep than to lio on a fermenting ma nure pile. It is said that eggs from mature hens are much better for batching purposes than thoso lrom young ones, as a lar ger proportion of them aro likely to prove fertile. Any man who has sense enough to breed and raise a good horse is presum ed to know enough to give or direct the preliminary, as well as tho final, training of a good horse. It has been proven by actual experi' merit that beet- or turnips can be rais ed, lifted and stored for six cents per bushel. At this cost they certainly are a profitable food for sheep. The Mezzeroff umbrella is the latest infernal contrivance. Tho peculiarity of this umbrella (which the patriot leaves in tho rack of a club frequented by bishops) is that when you open it the spring frees a glass tubo which communicates with a loose metal but ton, which communicating with a hy draulic cylinder, detonates and blows the head off tho unwary. From experiments on partially closed magnetio circuits of iron, Mr. Werner Siemens has been led to infer that the harder a specimen of iron is the great er is the value of the magnetizing force at which the maximum of perraeabil ity is observed. He also finds that the magnetio resistance of air is from 480 to 500 times as great as that ot iron. "Misfortunes never corao singly,' whined a man meeting his friend What's tho matter now !" "Why, last year I got married, and last night my house burned down. A policeman is a cunotis creature. He knows a rogue when he sees him, but very often he doesn't seizo a rogue when ho knows him. Judge. Oicar Wilde has been so toned down that he can fall off the bind end of a horso car in as plain a fash ion as any other mortal Pittsburg Chrontele. The Mrs. Gariield strawberry origi nnted with Matthew Crawford, Cuya hoga Falls, Ohio, a seedling of the Crescent. The quality is good, the berries firm and of a regular ovate-con ical shape. If you want success, do not expect to get it by chance, but seek through the open doois of tbo things that lie next you, and seek it as your soul depended upon you finding it. What kind of paper most resembles n sneeze I I issue pnpor. There aro seventeen diflerent theo ries as to the cause of earthquakes, Meanwbilo the quakes keep on without a theory. Tho prize of 40,000 francos offered by the 1 renoh Academy for some cer tain test of death, to prevent poopl from being buried alive, was given to a tmvsician who announced that on hokl log the hand of the supposed dead per son to a strong light, if living a scarlet tioce ts seen whero tho fingers touch showing a continuous ciioulation of tho blood no scarlet being seen II dead Mr. Max Husoli announces that on con trading tho muscle by electricity it temperature will rise aud be shown by nny small surface thermometer if the person is living t if it does no't rise life is extinct. w AINWRKMT CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, Philadelphia ' rBAS.sYiiUPS.corrBB.sumR, MOLvsstf, ' wci, tricis dicamodi,c.,o. n,b. corner second na Arch streets, ' r-oraen wm receiv prompt twoua TEE COLUMBIAN AND I,oh mitl unlit, citAi-Tin 1. "1 whs taken sick n year ago With bilious f vcr" "Sly doctor pronounced me cured, but I git sick again, with terrible pains In my back and sides, nnd I got so bud I Could lint more! I shrunk! From 839 lbs. to 130 1 I bad been doc toring for my liver, but It did mo no good. 1 did not expect to llvo moro than three months. I began to uso Hops Hitters. Directly mynpnetlto returned, my pains left mo, my entire system seemed renewed ns It by mnglc, and after using several bot tles, I nm not only as sound as a sovereign, but weigh moro than I did before. To llop Hitters 1 owe my life." H. FiTzr-ATiuoK, DiiMi'i, June 0, '81. CI1APTEH it. "Maiden, Mats., Vol). 1 ISS0. OenUcmen I surteicd with attacks ot stck heartache." Neuralgia, female trouble, for years hi the most terrible nnd excruciating manner. No medicine or doctor could give mo re lief or cure, until I used Hop Hitters. "Tho first bottlo Nearly cured mo " Tho sccor.il mado mo as well and st as when n child, "And I have been so to this day," My husband was an Invalid for tw years with n serious "Kidney, liver and urinary complaint, "Pronounced by Hoston's best physi cians "Incurable!" Seven bottles ot your Hitters cured 1dm and l Know or mo "Lives of eight persons" In mv neighborhood that havo been sav ed by your bitters, And many moro arc usinc tlicm with great benetlt. '"Tlinv nlmnat Do miracles V Mrs. E. D. Sladc. How to (1st Sick Uxnow yourself dar nnil nlglit eat too much wit hout ixcrclso ; work too hard without rest ; doctor all the timo ; take all the vllo no ruins advertised, a d then you wl I want t . know how to get we 1, which Is answered In three words Tako lion Hitters I IWNono eenulne without a bunch of creen. Hops on tho white label. Shun all tho vile, poi sonous stuff with "llop" or "Hops" In their name. N1 OTICE IN DIVORCE. IK THE COMMON PLEAS OF COLUMBIA coram Mary A. Illll, by her next friend, William Yohey vs. Aurtuiaiii iiiii. our iiuei iu uivurce. To Abraham Illll. rcsnondent aboro nampd; Whereas upon tho 1 bel ot tho said .Mary A Hill a subpoena was Issued out or tho said court com. mandlog you to bo and appear at tho next regular term ot said court to show cause why tho said 11 bollant should nut bo divorced rrom tho bonds ot matrimony contracted with you; and whereas upon return of Bald subpoena due proof was made that you could not be found In the ballwick of tho Sheriff of said county, whereupon an i(msub p ena was awarded by said court com andlng jou to appear at the then next term of said court to answer as aforesaid to which tho same return was mado by tho bherlff. You aro thercf oro ro. quired to bo and appear on thotlrst day of tho next term oi saiu uouri to do neia at 1110 omsourg for said county on the first Monday ot May next, v. iooj, iu uiisiyltsuiu luinpiutui. JOHN MOURET, mar 13wl Sheriff. DMINISTKATOU'S NOTICE. ESTATE OF LYD1A TKTEKMAK, DECEASED. Notice Is hereby given that letters of admlnls- tratton on tho estate ot Lydla l'clerman, late of Sugarloaf township, deceased, have been granted by the Register ot wills, etc., to Qeorgo W, Peter- nian vi .Muiicy ureeK luwusuip, jco i.ing county, to whom all persons Indebted aro required to pay j and all creditors rcnulred to nrescnt. their claims dulv authenticated. GLOltUE W. PETEHMAN, Administrator. Feb 27-et Muncy, Pa. DJlINISTIUTOIt'S NOTICE. ESTATE Of WB. J. IKELER, DECEASED. Letters of administration cum testainenioamiero In the estate of Wm. J. lkelcr deceased late of Mt. Pleasant township, Columbia county, pa , have been cr.nted bv the ltecrlster of Raid county to the undersigned Administrator. All lersons uaving claims agamst tno estate 01 tne tlrmcnt. and thoso indebted to tho estate to make eceasca. are renuestca tonresoit mem tor sot- payment to the undersigned administrator with out delay. Eltl IKELElt, r cd 27 Aamimstrator. Welllverevllle, CoL Co., Pa. CLOTHING ! CLOTHING ! -"at": THE ARTIST m t m m, AND MERCHANT TAILOR, Who always gives you tho latest tyles, and cuts your clothing to fit you. Having hau the experience lor a number ol years in tho Tailoring nusi' ness, has learned what material will ive his customers the best satisfaction or wear and style and will trv to please all who givo him a call. Also on hand Gents' Furnishing Goods OP ALL DESCRIPTIONS. HATS, CAPS, AND UMBRELLAS AlwayB of tho lates styles. Call and ex. amino ms siock ui ore rurcnasmg cise- where. Store nsHt door to FirstHatio Corner Main & Market Sts. n Burg, ra. April M-Iy I CURE FITS! When I say I euro I do not mean merely to stop them lor a lime ana tnen uae maw return again. I mean a radical cure. I have mado the dLwa.se ot lonir ktmlv. I warrant my remedy to euro the KITS. KrlLErSl. Or lrAi.Ll?.lJ SIUltNESa a Illfl- wont cahea. Because others ha o failed U no rea son tor not now receiving a cure, fcend at once for a t eat lso ana a Free itottio ot my inraiuoie reme dy. Give Kxpres.i and Tost (mice, it costs you nominR lor u inui, miu j muuuro uu. Aaaresi' ur. 11. w. iiuui, I'arcuuab., icw ion. SUPERIOR SPECTAGLES AND EYE-GLASSES MICROSCOPES. FIELD-GLASSES, TELESCOPES. MAGIC LANTERNS, BAROMETERS, TncnmOMcTERS, Urnwlug Iaairnmrnu, I'iilloaophlcal and t'liemlcal Apparatus. Lut tad DeMrlntlnna ot our Tea Cittloffuei sent HtEE on applicttioa. QUEEN CO. 024 Chestnut St. PHILADELPHIA. tebii-ly CONSUMPTION. 1 bar ft poittlT rendr for thi ftbortdliei. bj IU nit ihAQtaniliof cutiol ttmctlDtt lirhMU cured. I ndeff(l,oitrunKU ntf fait worst htndiiiidof lone mrl. tuatrunr la mv faith toffttbtr with ft V I.CA Bt.K TKKAUSK on ihU dUu milMUlCUT.init I Wl 1 MHUTHtl BUriXL!! f HKB, KT.th tuiuriuffmr, UlTeirriiand I Oi T. A, UUHlUM, in I-atrist., Naw Tork. arl34 w r WANTED. uunes and centlemen ment at their own homes (distance no oulactlom: io lake iitrm. en mo v. work tent by moll s si tots a day can be quietly made nocHiivashlDif. 1'lea.so address at once uiouo Mfc. Co., iioston, Mas, box Mil. March sxmw d WANTED IMMEDIATELY A FEW OOOI) MHN to canvass tor the sale Fruit and Ornamental Trees, hhrub.i. Vines, Hoses, &o. No hxperteneo Itenulred. Liberal wages. Jtareh 80 tw d W A "T'PT?I Energetic, reliable men W A IN I I'jI to noil ttult Trees drape Vines, Hhruba, Rosea, Ac. Halury and Kxpenbo or uoerui I'ominukions rum run instruction Kiren, bo Inex perlenced n.en can soon earn Uie bu&lnew. AUureu j. r. u:viure( iinfuiuu, t, March 50-lw (1 Horns DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. At tho Root of the Matter. In Clothing, wo know tho impor- tanco of starting right) of buying cau tiously nnd of making up well and skillfully. Our success depends on giving tbo worth of your minoy every time. )C( Prices Rule Uuusually Luw A. C.Yates & Co. G02, G04, GOG CHESTNUT St., 3.(1 l'lillnilelpliln. AYER'S Sarsaparilla In n highly concentrated rxtract or Sanuiimrllla nnd other blood-purifying a'oots, combined with Iodide or Potnft- lum nnd Iron, and Is the safest, most reli able, and most economical blood-purlfler that can bo used. It lnrarlably expels all blood poisons from tho system, enriches and renews tho blood, and restores Its vitalizing power. It Is tho best known remedy for Scrnfulff. nnd nil Scrofulous Complaints, Kryslp ilm, Eczema, ItliiRworiu, Illotches, Sores, lloUs, Tumors, and Eruptions f tho Skin, as also for all disorders caused by a Ihln and Impoverished, or corrupted, condition of the blood, such as Ilhcutnatlsru, Neuralgia, Ilhcumtitlo flout, General Debility, nnd Scrofulous Cutnrrh. Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured. "Avr.n's SAniArAniLLA has cured me of tho Inflammatory Ithctimatlsm, v.lth wWch I haTe suirered for many c.ir. V. II. li)Ji:r.." Ourham, la., March 3, 1SS2. riir.rAnED nv Dr. J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists i SI, six bottles for SB. E. B. BROWER, OAS FITTING & STEAM IIEATJSC. DEALER IN STOVES & TINWARE. All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof ing anil Spouting promptly attended to. ivstrlct attention given to heating by hteam. Corner of Main & East Sts., Bloomsburg, Pa. BIMK PMMNG MILL The iindersltrned ha vine out UIb PlanlDtr 31 on iiauro&a street, in arsv-cia&a uoutuuun, iq pre parea 10 ao an Kin a oi wont in nis line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. turnisnea at reasonable prices. All lumber used Is wen seasoned and none bat skilled workmet are, employed. ESTIMrVTSS FOR BUILDINGS furnished on application. Flans and special was prepared oy an experienced arauguiBinau CHARLES KKUG, niorttiisburv, lu A ItfndlneLatMlonriiy Irian Itktnbllithfit nu Ofnreln New York. From Am. Journal ol ilea. 'lr. Ab. MeBerole, ho Ituu without doubt treated F And cumd mora mmi than injr otbrlmn pbj stcliti. His tuccew ins Imply bwmetonlstun; wa Lave beard o( cases of orerlU I.nr?bott1.andTre4t)Mfct:nllre. tilrdl'.O. tod I'lpwitftdrtreM to l)r. All. J1KSLUOLE, No. 96 John St.,Neir Torlt. March O-iw il This renly contains no Injurious drugi. ELY'S Hata drH CIPHIIftCM 111 Heatl. Allay Xn ft a in in a- 1I011. Unnl the Soros. lie- NlOI'fN tllC ftClt- es of UiNte, niiiuII, 1 ion r liiK AQulci. Relief. A o- titre, HAY-F-EVER CKKIM HALM has gained an envuble reputa' tlon wherever known, dtsnlaclmr all oilier men. aratlons. It Is a crcarat bubauuee. A particle H applied Into each uotrll, causing no patn aud U ugiveablo to tide, I'rleeoi cents byu.all, oral uiukuimh. aenu tor circular, i-.m imui Metis, Druggists, owego, .N. v, Jiur 0-4 w a MAY LUMBER YARD. H- Tnu iiiult'isii'iiitl has btnrted a him bor ynul, anil has on hand all kinds of HEMLOCK LUMBER of the In et finality, Hoards, Scantling Joists, l'enuing, and every o ther hhape up to aa feet loi I leek's Storo. Inqulro at s.w. mm. LIGHTSTREET, PA Fell 27.am , ft GAB IIHOWN'S INSailANCE AGENCY. Mover's new bulldlnir. Main street. moot oomsbure. ra. .Ktnn Insurance Co.. ot Hartford, Conn t7,07K,w) Hniul ol l.lvcrnool 13 60i,uuu laieashlio.,... lU,(Kio,0iU Hr AfBucIatlon, rhlladelphia 4,ltt ,7 0 1 ..j'nlx, or londoa o,y4,3: Ix)ndon Lancashire, of England.,. 1,'fWO llarlfordof llaitford. 3.78,ifi0 Sprlngfleld ie and Marine 8,twj,6BU As the agencies aro direct, policies are written for the Insured without delay loth office at uioomtourg, m, ! PITS inn Ha ODD ITEMS. Tho schools of Venezuela aro sup- orted liv the Federal Government rom tliu revenue of the Post Ollleo and trado license system. Paper woliilils aro shown in great variety. Onu is a bronze (Hillock nnd key resting on wliitu marble. Tho look serves as a match safe or deposi tory for pens. A turned-down collar of black vel vet, with whlto laoo nrranged like n casoade, on n foundation of stiff net, is very dressy. A knot of colored ribbon may fasten it at the top. The suits of Arctic uloltiiui; purchas ed by tliu Navv Department for the Ureely Kolief Expedition at a cost of $55 each wero recently bought at an mctum sale uy a speculator in new York city nt about 5 a suit. The purchaser hns sold nearly nil of them nco nt lrom S1U to SoOeach, tho buy ers being tn rloslty hunters. It is not generally known that nut' megs are poisonotH, hut JJr. rainier wiites to tho American Journal of J'harnuicy detailing the cntiso of a atly who nearly died from eating a nutmeg and n half, mid he points out tho fact that the toxio effects of the tit: are desctibed in both tho Nation al and United States Dispensatories. Tho new paper bottles aro said to withstand the action of water, wine, and alcohol. It is thought that drug gists will be nblo to furnish them free of charge, just ns they provide wrap ping paper tor dry drills. The cement ing material of the b illies is a mixture oi blood, albumen, alum and lime. Ono of the paces in the House of Representatives is a ureat great-grand son ot ITcsnleiit juailison-; another is a grandson of ux.President Tyler. Mary is the most common of all names in England, there being 0,819 tit ot every 50,000 individuals answer- ng to it. William oomcs next, with 6,5'JO. Among tho obiects of interest nt Ktllham, the Bishop of London's subtil1' oau palace, is tno original manuscript tccotint ot tho voyago of the JMav- flower, In tho handwriting of Gov. Bradford. It is a fact suscrptiblo of proof that ninety-nine out of every 100 men who go to newspaper oluces to kill the edP tor aro themselves killed. After a lit le it will becomo fashinnablo to let the ditor and tho buzz saw alone. It is said that during tho last twenty years thero has been taken from the Sierra forests, on Lake Tahno and the Iraekeo batut, timber amounting m value to $80,000,000, and paid for at tho Virginia (Nevada) mines. People aro so honest in Norway tint cigars and liquor aro placed in the pub ic rooms ot hotels without any one to guard them. Jiaeh man goes ni o tho ofliee onco a day and pays for it. Judged from the pecuniary point of view, Air. Jinulo Sola is probably tho nost successful of living authors. A Paris paper, to wlilch he' is an oeca ional contributor, states that his in oomo from literary work has, during tho past hvo years, averagid 12,- J00. Growing' Timber. The American Anriculturht ad- vises liind-ownerB to crow tho htat kinds of timber. It costs no moro han ordinary fire wood on most of our forest lands, and it will bring three or t Mir times as much in tno neighboring narket. I ho time has tome when forest culture should have tho careful houirht nnd attention of every owner of woodland within easy roach of a market. Wo do not believe in tho arm that is sounding in regard to tho xtir.clion of our woodlands, and a famine of timber. In many parts of tho country, vhero coal lias been intro- lucori, tho price ot wood for tuel is do predated, and forests aro increasing without any cttort on the part ot the wners, except to keep cattle out ot them. Foiest trees of twenty years growth or more, wavo over fields onco devoted to mowing aud pasture. Old liimney stacks una vacant cellars are ibsotired by the rank growth of oaks, tiekorio'i and chestnuts, and the under rrowth of hazel-nuts, and wild grape vines. A larco variety ot trees noiir hh in these forests, some of them ex ceedingly valuable for timber, and others lit only for fuel, and that of ery poor quality. The first step in ho line ot improvement, is .to lwlp "the. survival of the fittest," Gy sup--irctiiiig the less valuable varieties. It ometiines happens that pitch-pine and A'hite-pino are rivals for tho possession if tliu soil ; small trees intermingling vur large areas, and stt uggling for lie mastery. If tho inferior pines are nut for fuel, tho white-pino will soon ako possession ot tno sou, and make a much moro rapid growth. Some woodlands are nninly of chestnut, either seedlings or sprouts after a clear- lit;, vi ith an interior growth ot tiiich. uoplar, or other fire-wood. Il will pay o givo tho diet-lout the whole field. On other soils, shell-bark hickory and tigar maples take tliu lead, with a niuor growth of wood fit only for fuel. Che clearing nut of the poorer s iris till help tliu hickories and map'es. A ecoiid slot) in the improvement will 1 o the thinning out of a desirablo sott l.y gradual pioce.-s. A dozen suckers or norc will soinetinits start from the "limp of a chestnut tree. Some of them will be dwarfed, and perish in t ie stiugglo for the mustiry. Othns can bo profitably cut for pole-, when wenty feet high, leaving onlv thno or four to grow for railroad timber. There is great advantage in thinning oaks, hickories, and tho morn valuab'o sorts of wood. The timber increases in nlno with the sine. Another sort of mprovement is tho plasitinc of seeds, mil transplanting young trees upon ground only partially stocked Tho nut-hearing trees, chestnut, hickory, black-walnut and butternut, nnd the oaks, aro more readily grown from the 'itit, than from nursery rows. Thero is little difliotilly in sprouting tho seed, if wo follow tho natural method of prop agation, In nny district whero these trees aro plenty, you will find tho young ones coming tip along the walls and fences, where the squirrels have dropped the nuts in gathering their winter stores. They havo had a Blight covering of leaves and leaf-mould, havo generally sprouted the first season, and dono well, Tho failures aro gonerally luo to planting dry seed, riant tho nuts soon after they aro gathered, givo them an inch or two ot covering, and you will bo successful. Thero aro hand-books of forest culture that will ;ive ono all tho light that is needed to milt inly these trees. Much of tho vork in this kind of improvement can ho dono in tho winter. I cueing male- 'ial can be prepared for keeping cattle ut of the dealings. The poorer kinds of wood can be cut and marketed, to make room for the timber trees, Lum her is a valuablo crop now, and will. in crease in the future. $500,000 A YEAR. HTATKMRNT OP THIS AMKIIICAN, NATIONAL Aflll I'HII" 11 AMU OANAUA KXI'llKss CO.MI'A.NIKS, THOY, N, Y. Tliostrenittliot Home lav not In her multitude.! nor In hcrgrnln lftdcn fleets. These wero elements of her strength, but her never-railing rosoureo lay In tho self-control nnd discipline ot lloman soldiers. Dliclplltio-lt ts tho very soul to nil tho wonderful moaning powsaed by the word "vcleran." Mr Moncdlci, of Troy, Is a veteran In tho oipresi bus Iness. "Thirty-three years," ho said to your repor tcr, "rvos,fl d at this desk." It Is the discipline ot years 01 experience which gUes him tho nosl tlon ho holds In tho trust and esteem ot theso three great corporations. "Wo havo a business of isoo,. (WO a year, and 1 havo been absent from this onico hardly a month n sll that time, although I must confess thai many times I worked hero wh n suf- imnggre 1 pain, lor 1 nave oecn troubled all iny life with biliousness nnd dynpepsla. My system had becomo so reduced and weak that I had no ap petite, nnd and my digestion wholly disordered, rvo tried various remedies, but almost two years uy" imiiiiviii-u iu mv upon nr. henn ay 9 ewvuii. ITE ItllMEIiY. After mlng only ono bottloorso 1 txirnn to feel strontror in pvpi-v wnv t pern t dtnicully has been with my digestion, but this seems to regulate It perfee Ir. t hare, sir, great itmu 111 nr. iiennruys rAVUKlllii it AlhUV. 1 have bought and given a great deal of It to the poor around here! t bono, you know, who havo no money to buy medicine of nny kind, for there nroa great many troubled with bilious dlsoases and suf feron without nld. I always keep J'AVOIinK 11KME1) Y In tho house. I consider It tho bes med Iclne for tho blood In tho market. Well, I must attend to this matter for tho western nart ot Hih city. Say, you tell tho Doctor I nm coming down iu ituimuub 1(1 BUll 1I1U1 111 AUUU3L 1 WllUl lO KnOW him." 1 lert tho veteran, still nt his post, rejoic ing In health nnd grateful to Dr. Kennedy. .11.11 Xl'l IUU fflH SSI ;! tl, Offer to tho Trado their Hue nrnnd of Cigars. Tho Landres, Henr7 day, Normal, Samson, and Cssmspslitan, Kino Fruits and Kino Confectionery on hand, fresh every week. Blooms burg, Pa. Feb. 27 TOflSORJrL RP0VIS. THE OLD STAND under the lltchnnco lintfil. nt til tnto fii innri. iuh iivivuiist ouving-, ujeiny, aaajnpooiojj ana uu tiu-tkiu my mie prumpuy aucineaiiy aone. BILLIARD & POOL TABLES. James Reilly, Jan 30-tf Proprietor. ELEGANT NEWiiSPRING STYLES IN MEN'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S THAT NEED ONLY TO BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. Pretty Suits tor Children, Handsome Suits tor ISoys. Best Goods, Latest Styles, Neatest Fits. The Merchant Tailoring Establishment Is now Replete in mora mwvm HAN0S0ME DRESS SUITIM0S, DURABLE BUSINESS SUITINGS, CHEAPIM THAN ITEM. MADE UP IN THE LATEST STYLE, AT THE FopiElaii lotfciag Store - Bloomsburg, Pa, & B. JBOBBffl'S, DEALER IN Fareigm audi BommMo WINES AND LIQUORS, AND JOBBER IN GIGABS. BLOOMSBURG, PA. p. ltAlmlA RSrKSSSKTX T11K rOl.l4lWINU AMElttOAN 1NHUHAKCK COMI'ANIES North American of l'lilladclphin. franklin, " " Pennsylvania, " " York, ot Pennsylvania. Hanover, of V. Y. tlueens, ot ljndon. North llrlllsh, ot Indon. nice on M-irxei stioei, mi, n, uieomsiMirg. oct.J4, I" ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING ON SHOUT NOTICE AT THIS OFFICE. H. C. SLOAN & BRO., HLOOtSIJUUG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS. SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C. First-class work nlwnys on hand. REPAIRING NEA TL Y DONE. Priui reducedto tuit the timo. EC. Q, EslileErian, number and gas ntter. Hear of Schuyler's hard wnro store. Bloomsburg-, Pa. All kinds of fittings for steam, gas and water pipes constantly on hand. Hoofing nnd spouting attended to atshoit no tice. Tinware of overy description mado to order, orders left at Schuyler & Co's., hnrdn a.e store will bu promptly ttllcd. Special attention given to heating by steam and hot water. ye-iy SUBSCRIBE FOlt THE COLUMBIAN, $W.i A YEAR. A KIG OFFER ! teTa - nro going to glvo away 1,000 self operating x Washing Machl cs. It ou want one tend our name, address nnd express oftlce at once. It Is a great labor-saving Invention. Address Nat ional Co., S3 Dey. bt., h. Y. March Ww d OF - EMBERC, For tho Celebrateil Chlckerltig, Ivors Si I'ornl, nnd Voso & Son Pianos. World le nowned Kstey Orj; lis, VIolius, Aecordeons and Slit-ot Music. CclobiatcU White, New High Ann Davis, iSew Home, Hoyal 8t. Joliu, and Liijlit Huunlnc Domestic Sewing .Muitliincs. Needles, oil and attachments for all makes of Bowing Machines. B. PATENTS Obtnlnod nnd nit VM nt btiMticss attended to for no'uVSnlc?'Prro'ilo thn t'. a rntcnt Office, snd woMri obtain 'ntfiits in less timo ihnn those re. ?nMno1'1.n.?nn?. JVo ndvl to Mt. rnlnWlltyfrooofclinrso, andwomnkn ho charge Wrortm.rtrr tho MM. ot Money (rdcr Dlv, nnd to officials ottlioU.H. l'ntcnt Ofllco. For circular, miner, t cms nnd rclcrenccstonciunl clients Injotir uwn bttitoor county, wilto to t. A. SNOW & CO.. OimoItc rntenl orricc, Washington, li. c, nniut ORNAMENTAL IRON FM OK CAST Gil WROUGHT IHON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds. The followlne mows the Picket Ootlile, ono of tho sei ernl beautiful stylesot Fence manufactured by the undersigned. Forllcauty And Ptirnblllty they nro ttnsurpass cd. bet up by experienced hands nnd warranted to giro satisfaction. Prices nnd specimens of other de signs sent to any address. Address BL00MSBDR6 PA- Jlay 4-tf Pennsylvania Railroad. INI Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Divis ion, and No.thern Central Railway. Wl TIKE TADLE. In efftct Nov. nth, U81. Irnlrs leave Sua bury. KASTWA1ID, IU1 a. a., tea Shore fix-press (daily exco i Siunday), for IlnrrNburf? and luleinicdlatebtutlon arrlMngnt 1'lilladelplila 3.1S p. m. j New Yor 6.s!0 u. ui. ! llalllinoic, 6.10 p. m. : MnsLlnWo csop. rn., connecting nt rhlladelphia for alls shore points. IhrouKli iiassenger coach riiiladelphla. COO p. m Day express dally except bunday),for IlaiHsburg and Interme diate stations, unlvlng ot 1'lilladclphla T.23 p. m. ; New York, ias!0 p. m. ; llalUnioro V.so p. in. ; Washington, 8.45 p.m. l'arlor ca tliio'jgli to Philadelphia nnd pabsenger eoacho through tol'lilladelpula and liallli. ore. S,'jo p. iu. llllainspoit Accou.modutlon (dally for liarrkburg and all liitr.initdlalo btuttons, anlv lug at l'lilladelphla :i 1 D n. m. ; .Now York (Uu a. m bleeping ear neowmodatlona can l beeuied at llarrliburgfor Philadelphia and M'W Y01 k. 011 bun. days u through bleeping c r will bo run; 011 this tralnlioin l llilanisp'l 10 Plilladelphla.l hlladelphla pasbCDgci can leuulii lu uleeper undisturbed until 1 11. in. a.30 a. m. Krle Jlall (dally except Monday for llanlsbuig and lnleimedlulo stations nrrUlug at Philadelphia T.&o iu 111. New York ll.L'O a. 111. ; luUlmoiu ;.40n, 111. ; Washington, S.5 11.111. 'Ihrougli Pull, an bleeping catnaiu ninon this train to Philadelphia, lialtliuuiu aud Washing, ton, nnd through pasbeuger coaches to Philadel phia and Baltimore. WESTWARD. 5.50a. tn. Krlo Jlall (dally except fcunday), fot Uleundal lutennedlatc btatlond uud Cuuandul sua aud intermediate btatloiib, ItoehCbter, butla loaud Magarat'allb, lth th ough Pullman Pal. nee cai a and pabK'iigcr coacheb to Kilo and ltocli ebter. u.M-Newa Expresa (dally except Sunday) for Lock lluen and Intermediate blnilons. 1.10 p. m. Niagara laptcbs (dally except Sun day) fur Kane uiaJ InUTUicdlatc stations and Can andalgua and principal lmennedlaio tuitions Itochester, liunalo and Niagara Tails with through passenger coaches t,o Kane and hochebter and luilurcartu Ulllllainsijoit. d.Sj p. 111. l'abt One (dally extept unday)tor llc no 0 and Intel tnedlalo Htat lotiH, and Klmlra, Wat klua and Intermediate stations, with tbi ough pas bouger coaches to ltenoo und watklus. .M u. in.-Sunday mall tor Kenovo and lntcrmo dlate btallons. TIIltOUGU TllAINS FOlt SUN11UIIY FltOllTltE EAST AND bOUTIl. Sunday mall leaves Philadelphia 4.30 a. 111. Ilaribburg i.tuaiilUngatbuubur) 2Uu,ui.ulili thi ough bleeping car Horn Phl.adelphla to M1 llatiibpoil. Ne Lxpress leaves Pklladclplna 4.S0 a,m. dally, llmiiaburg, s.inn.m. dally except Sunday arm lug at bunbury v.ui. a. 111. Niagara Expi ess leaves Phlladeliilila, 7.40 a. m. ; llaltliuoio r.ao a. iu. (dally except buuday nrrlMng at bunbury, l.iu p. ni., with lluougli l-ariur ear Hum l'lilladelphla and through passenger coaches from Plilladel. plda and Haltliuuie. Pabt Line leaves New Y'ork S.00 a. m. ; Plilladel. plila.ll.iou. m. j Wnshlugiuu, u 4oa. iii.iUaltl. moie, 10.5) a, m., (dallj ixiept buuday) unlMug a bunbury, 5.so p. in., with tluougb pabbeuger coaches from i htladelphu and Hal lu.ore. tilo Jlall leau's New i ork s.uu p. in. ; Phlladbl phla, 11.0 p. 111. j W ublilngtoii, 10.1 U p. in. ; Haiti inoie, 11.x.. p. m., (dally exeept buudai) arriving al buuuur) M5 u. 111., uuli thiougli lull.i.uu bleeping ears from Philadelphia, Washington and Paltluiuru and through pabsenger coaches fiou? Philadelphia. MUN'UUUV, llA.l.i:ro.S t U'lI.KIisllAlllt. ItAll.llllAl) AMI NOUTII AMI tt'linf llltAM'll 1U l.UAV. (Dally except Sunday.) Wllkcbbatre .Mall leutcs bunbury lo.soa. m. arilvingat uiooiu l'erry n.sr turn., Mlkcs-bario K'.t5 p. in. Expiess East leaesSunbury 5.35 p. in., arriving atuioomlrciiyo.30p.iii.. VWIkes-barre B.01 p. m. bunbury .MallleaesUlkebbarrol0.3 a.m.arnv Ing at Uluom l'erry li.ii p. 111., uubury ls.53 p. m. Hxpass Most leincs W likes bane 2.45 p. hi., rlWugal llloom Perry 4.15 p.m., bunbury 6.10 m. CIIAS. E. PUGII, Ucii. Manager, i. II. WOOD, (ien. Passenger Agent JELAWAHE, Iv.YOKA WANNA AND WK3TEHN IIA1L110AD. UL0031S15UG DIVISION. NORTH. STATIONS. SOUTH, a.m. a.m. tun 5 50 I) 40 1 20 5 65 1) 4 . SSi I. 01 II 60 a SO 6 Oil I) 5T 8 SS li ll 10 04 St 40 3 !TJ 10 Oil !! 61 6 Lb 10 4 1! 50 i.ta. p.m. iLin. IX) 1 so 1 31 1 111 1 11 1 in 0 15 , ..Scrnnton.,,. ,...lielle ue..,. 'lajlonlllo, Lackawanna.. s (it S 43 S 40 tt 31 0 It) 1 'J 11, Oh1, 8 87 PJ s au, 1 uibion...,. S 63;. .West Pulsion. 8 4Si....UiomliiL'. . 8 JSJ 111 M S II 111 41 8 PJ -4 41 S OS VI 40 8 OS 12 3? 5 Ul It! 31 7 ,VJ li Xli 7 51 11! 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Ll 0 ltidgo EbllV 7 41 731 7 37. 7 S3 7 is, 7 11 7 05 ..lilooiubtiurg , .. lluuert 7 (10 0 51 Catawla liildge u u. , l.ailTlll.1. ,, 0 ft) ....Chulabky... 0 25 .... Cameron... 3 10, Northumberland a.m. 1 a.m. p.m. p. in W. Y, 1IALSTEAD, bupt. Supertntendent's onice, scranton, Feb. nt, 1803 ioincv or V'lUY & lIUttELL'S UBOHSITIKO T00IS & MACHINERY. Head Qaurters for Iron.fcttei.iioiteUjoes Nulls oLd ugou A itnii1 ny lirnr-L-- i 1 HLlllH bu) piles. Israel liliniibeiider, MOK'4; uuuiooiua tb IrunklliiAH'., also waicroornsi l Prank. IU Ale., nnd 1 1 i . ... f" S' lliestiiet, I sen Anton va, may an ' , Hon si in mii i M
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