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
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$W.i A YEAR.
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- nro going to glvo away 1,000 self operating
x Washing Machl cs. It ou want one tend
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Is a great labor-saving Invention. Address Nat
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March Ww d
OF -
EMBERC,
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I'ornl, nnd Voso & Son Pianos. World le
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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! M
7 50 11! 15
I 43 li Oi
7 10 11 55
7 IS li i)
7 11 11 5
7 03 11 tiS
G M 11 fl
II 51 .1 IS
U 50 11 13
6 il II OS
S 30 11 01
I) tO 10 51
5 t3 10 51
8 OS 0 35
0 00 10 Si
6 65 lu til
5 40 10 10
p in. a.m.
o 1.1
.inliby 0 33 10 17 3 00
Dennett..... 1 0 Hu 10 20 3 03
8 ill
S 35 ....Kingston ,,,
ti 35! Klnubtuu
. 0 4a 10 S3 ? 00
. 0 48 1 Si 3 011
30 p) mouth Juno1 0 50 10 s!U 3 11
8 S3 .. .I'DmoullU... 3 65 10 33 3 15
.1 .... Aonuaie.
8 1? .. Nantle&kii
00 10 37 3 ao
8 lojlluuloek's Licek
7 05 10 41 a 24
7 12 10 8 3 32
I 21 10 D 3 43
7 4V 11 10 3 67
7 M li 10 4 IU
8 eo 11 ts 4 10
8 00 11 31 4 13
8 10 11 37 4 111
8 11 11 40 4 23
8 SI II 4U 4 Ui
8 28 11 53 4 U
8 34 1 1 67 4 42
8 St) 12 Will
8 65 13 20 6 l i
II 03 13 SS 6 It
D 0 12 33 t) IS
1) 20 13 60 5 10
7 47
1 as biiicKbiiinny,.
lllck's l'euy
.lieaclillauii..
lierwlck....
.Urlar Creek.
.Mlltow (itove.
. 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
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