Wit and Humor.
A West Lynn lonelier asked a lilllo
boy tlio color of tlio Atlantic Ocean,
and lio said lio guessed it was water
color.
, A Jersey City Doctor forms his writ
ten prescriptions into poetry. A doc
tor's prescription is bad enough under
any circumstance?, but written in verso
it must bo an awful doso 1 Yonkers
Statesman.
In Bomo of tho New York skating
rinks a novel fcaturo is tho presonco of
boys dressed in femalo attire. Young
America is cute. Ho soon learns that
it is moro comfortable to Bit down on a
bustle than on a pair of dudo pants.
Jiurlmglon Jirec I'ress.
Trousers with two logs aro a pair t a
shirt with two arms is only ono shirt.
Philosophers had better glvo up trying
to find out whether tho moon is inhabi
ted with spooks and cloar up somo of
tlio dark mysteries ol tins life. JJe
troit livery Saturday.
Miss Anna L. Dawes, daughter of
tho Massachusetts benator, Henry J
Davvcs, takes pains to announuo that
tier now work, "How Wo Aro Uovern
cd," is especially for young pcople,wiso-
ly supposing ttiat men who aro married
know all about it.
A Now York circus is advertising
lor tlio second year a sacred wliuo do
pliant. An animal that can keep tho
company of circus men for a year aad
remain sacred must certainly bo a can
o.si ty worth stealing under the tent to
see. lonkers Statesman.
"No, sirl" yelled tho grocer, as ho
shook his fist at a retreating customer ;
"ho can't bulldoze me. I won't havo
it. No ono over called mo a coward.'1
"That's so,'' rcmaikcd a friend admir
ingly. "Lveryono says you havo lots
otsand. Y. X. uraphic.
"Papa," said a little bov, "where can
I get somo wild oats!" "You cannot
cct any lust now, my son but, it you
wait till that man comes out of that
saloon across tho way, I will bIiow you
8ome,a3 no is sowing them at present.
Carl 1'retzel a Weekly.
"Well, uncle, how's business with
you" "Pooty, slow, sah, but I hyar
say dish yer Africanistum War am
gwino tcr mako a big deman 10 bread
Btuffs, an I'so spectin' a powerful 'viv-
al o' bizniss wen do effeok gits roun
ter sandwiches sau. Columbia Spec
tator. Physicians say that smoking short'
ens tho memory. It must bo so. We re-
member that cigar-drummer that came
in mariy long days ago. Ho gavo us a
cigar, smoked two himself, and then
borrowed 10. His memory must havo
tailed next day. Alas, we navo never
heard from mm since. Jivansville
Argus.
Tho Supreme Court of Ohio has de
cided that a subscriber cannot swear
over a telephono line without the con
sent ot tuo company. lint tho sub
Bcriber can derivo consolation from the
fact that he is still permitted to swear
at tho company without tho consent
of tho telephono line. Nbrristoion
Jlerala.
Visitor (to convict in a Western pen
itentiary) Do they treat you kindly,
my poor fellow! Convict (cautiously)
Well, 1 don t want to make any com
plaints, sir, but it's hardly right to
make a man listen to a Baptist minister
every Sunday morning when ho was
born and brought up an Episcopalian.
JV. X. Times.
"Dr. Chapin's wit,"says Henry Ward
Jiecchcr, "Hashed like tho spokes ot a
wheel in tho sun." One day ho sat
down on Ilev. Dr. Emerson's hat, and
then instantly arose and passed the
crumpled thing to its owner, Baying :
"You ought to thank me for that, for
your hat was only silk, bat now it is
eat-in.
Smith keeps a savago dog upon bis
premises and near its kennel a board
is displayed with tho warning in larcu
letters, "Uewaro of tho dog.'' "I sup
pose, ' said Jones, pointing to the warn
ing, "you havo painted that sign in
large letters so that 'ho who runs may
read.' " "No," said Smith, "but that
ho who reads may run." Jloston Con
rier.
A famous English writer and wit be
ing on a visit in bouio country house,
an elderly maiden lady set her heart on
being his companion in n walk. lib
excused himself at first on account of
tho badness of tho weather. Soon af
towards, however, tho lady intercepted
him in an attempt to escape without
ncr. wen, sue said, "it has cleared
up i see. "Why yes." ho answered
"it has cleared up enough for one, but
not lor ttco.
A man in New York who could
speak Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Greek, Turkish, French and English
fluently applied to tho Justico at the
iombs a tnw days ago for employment.
While this unforttinato man was frit
tering away his valuable time master
ing several languages ho might have
learned tho art of pitching a curved
ball, and would now bo overwhelmed
with tempting offers to become tbo
pitcher ot a score ot professional base
ball club!". JMorristown Herald.
A good jooko is told on a Sheriff of
a neighboring county, who went in tho
country to "level on a mule, but being
loui mat the mules great ago exempt
ed him from a levy tho Sheriff retraced
his steps to town, a distance of nine
miles, to examine the code in reference
thereto, lie round that tho mulos age
was no bar to a levy, and went back
and found that Lho owmr hail nvnilnil
himself of the interim to run themulo
off. Macon Ga.) Telegraph.
A California Judge has decided that
a man cannot recover damages from
imu'iuN wuu I'jucieu mm jrom uicir
house for frightening their baby into
spasms while attempting to kis it.
Good for him 1 Tlio babv has been
put upon too long. Whv should ho be
kissed by old and young, and by ir.
validd of cverv namn anil vnn'piv
whether ho will or no. and nobodv rise
and protest J Let it be known that the
nan or woman who kisses a baby hero
after, without first obtaining tho con
sent of tho baby and the baby's guar
dian, must du it at his own risk, and
not altogether at tho risk of tho baby,
as hitherto. Jloston Transcript.
Somo Germrii bulls aro quitu as
amusing as their own famous Irish
rivals. Here aro a fow collected by a
German paiier: "After the door was
closed a soft femalo foot slipped into
tho room and with her own hand ex
tinguished tho tapor." Tlio chariot of
revolution is rolling onward and gnaeli
ing its teeth as it rolls," is what a Jier
liu revolutionist told lho students in
1818 in a epurcli. "The Ladies' 15eno
lit Association lias distributed twenty
jmtra of alines among the poor, which
will dry up many a tear." "I was cit
ting al lho l(ib't) enjo)ing n cup of rpf.
fro li n a ieiitli voice iHppH me tip
lho slu uMcr I looked ur ii' d and
saw my old friend once moro."
The Chinaman and His Ooffln.
Tim tilun nf I.Sn t'l.lnomnn !a 1 1ml
wlinti lin fll.ifl tin (mailt. In tin litirlml tn
tiic trunk of n tree, and so it oomea
about that all colli in aro designed Willi
a view to keep up tho illusion. They
consist at four outsldo trco-boards, and
aro so tasmoticd together as 10 iook
very like a treo at a lilllo distance.
They are, of course, troraenduously
heavy, but then that is considered an
excellent fault. If a son wishes to bo
very pohto to his father, or ono friend
desires to obtain tho good-will of an
other, ho makes htm a present of a
good, solid, heavy coffin. Tho gift is
put in an honored place In tho house,
ready for use) and is shown for tho nd-
miration ol any lriend who may can.
Tho owner would rather go Into his
coffin than part with it) and generally
speaking, though a Chinaman inny get
into debt and bo very harshly tmatnd
I LI- .1!..-. .1. .!!! 1 I.!.
uy ins urcuiturp, uiuy will icuvu inn
coffin, not wishing to prejudice his en
try Into tho next world, which,
Annnriilncr In Ihn f!n1nsttn1. itnnpndd
- t , r .
very much upon tho way In which a
man is buried. I was told that halt
tho Cbineso living in Hong Kong were
alrcady.in happy possession of their
coffins, and ready to enter them when
wanted.
Grcensborough has a certain young
gentleman who has lately been en
i.a1m...i n.n atii.n r.iAM r "..,i.i
and thoughts of tho fair enchantress
constantly fill his mind. Ho has a
special book in which, during the
week, he notes down tho thoughts
which occur to him abont his lady-love.
When Sunday comes ho visits her,
armed with tho note-book, and proceeds
to read therefrom the most tender ex
pressions which havo occurred to him
from timo to time. This can reully bo
called courting by note. Savannah
tfa.) JVetcs.
A cement very much used nt the
present day in China and Japan is
made from rice. It is only necessary
to mix rico flour intimately with water
and gently simmor the mixture over a
clear fire, when it readily forms a deli
cate and darablo cement which an
swers all the purposes of common
paste.
Thero is a bird roost at Lako Gen
try, in Brevard county, Fla., covering
a tract of eighty acres, in which, it is
estimated, over 7,000,000 birds gather
ovcry season. It has been a rest
ing piaco lor birds trom timo immem
orial. An eighteen-year-old boy was beforo
a Kentucky court for carrying deadly
weapons. The judge oonsentcd to dis
miss tho caso on condition that his
mother openly cowhided him in court,
which she did with a will, stripping
him to the waist.
In glass works near Paris air stored
under pressure has been made to buo-
cessfully supersede glass-blowing by
the mouth, except in a low cases.
MALARIAL
POISON.
Tbo princlDal cause ot nearir all Blckncss at this
time ottbe year baa Its origin In a disordered Uv
er, which, II not regulated In time, great suffering
wreicueuuesa uuu ueaui nm ensue a gcmiuui&u
writing trom South America says : "I havo used
your Simmons' Liver Uegulator with good effect,
both osa Dreventlon ana cure tor Malarial Fevers
on tho Isthmus ot Panama."
(-co:-)
TAKE
Simmons' Liver Regulator
A PURELY VEGETABLE MEDICIE.
An Effectual Speclflo
MALAItlAL FEVERS.
BOWEL COMPLAINTS,
JAUNDICE,
COLIC.
RESTLESSNESS,
MENTAL DEPItESSION
MICK HEADACHE,
CONSTIPATION,
NAUSEA,
BILIOUSNESS,
DYSPEII')IA,4C
-(-:o:-)-
It you tool drowsy, debilitated, have frequent
headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite, and
tongue coated, you are Buffering from torpid Uver
or biliousness." and nothing will cure you so
speedily and permanently, as to take
SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR.
It 13 glvcn'wlth satetr, and the happiest rosult3
to the most delicate Infant. It takes the place ot
quinine and bitters ot every kind. It Is the cheap
est, purest and best family medicine la tho world.
J. H. ZEILIN & CO,, phila,
SOLD BY AlTdRUQQISTS.
may saiy
TRICE LIST OP
ROOFING SLATE
On Care at' quarry.
No. l Slate ,
No. i mo slate...
Seconds
No. 8 Rib Slate...
.ruoton.oo
. 3.W to 3.25
3.00
;2.5j
J. I.. HULL,
85 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, 1'a
may 23-ly
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING !
ill -A'P,,r
il
THE ARTIST
s? v us &
AND
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Who always gives you tho latest
styles, and cuts your clothing to fit
you. Having had tho exporicnoo ior a
number oi years in tlio Tailoring lousi
ness, has learned what material will
give his customers tho best satisfaction
for wear and Btylo and will try to
please all who givo him a call. Also
on nana
Gents' Furnishing Goods
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
HATS, CAPS, AND UMBRELLAS
Always ot tlio latest styles. Call and ex.
amine Ills stock beforo purchasing else,
where.
Store nest door to First V&tional Bank
Corner Main & Market Sta.
rg, Fa.
Apr)l :tt-jy
Scras&toa House,
ON TIIK i.UHOrKAN PLAN.
Victor Koch, Proprietor.
iwoma are neaieu uy ueain, wen Tentllated and
e egantly furnished. Finest liar and Lunch Coun.
jiuau to oruer ai an noun Ladles and Oecta
ruhtaurdnt furnished wlih nil ii.ii.ninrii..
- -' . .... H.Hvnn M UD
Loculaa near D. L . t w. It, R. Depot.scranton,
Pa.
Blofliiislii
THE COLUMBIAN AND
Amputation of the Leg,
Money is tho universal necessity, and bono but a
cynlo or a fool will affect to dcftplso It, Mr.
Abram Ellsworth, ol Port Kwcn, Ulster County, N.
Y., had realized this truth. Ilia dlscaso Involved
thewholoof his thigh-bone, and tho suffering
man looked forward, not without apparent reason ,
to death as Ms only delivery. Tho family physi
cians refused to amputate the Umb, asserting that
tho operation would kilt tho patient on tho spot.
Dr. Dattd KENNEDY, of llondout, N. Y., who was
consulted, held a different opinion and amputated
the limb, nio Doctor then administered freely
his great Blood Speclflo KAOItlTE REMEDY to
afford tono and strength to tho system and pre
vent tho return of tho dlscaso, and Mr. Ellsworth
remains to this day in tho bloom ot health. This
gentleman's dlscaso was the offspring ot foul
blood, and Kennedy's KAVOIHTE REMEDY purl
Hod tho blood and restored the blood and restored
to him tho power onco moro to enjoy ids life. Aro
you suffering from any dlscaso traceable to tho
same cause t Try Favorite .lemedy. Your drug.
fist has It. ONE DOLLAR ft bottle. Dear In mind
he proprietor's name and address i Dr. David
Kennedy, llondout, N. Y.
To keep Uio blood pure Is tho principal end ot
Inventions and discoveries In medicine. TO this
object probably no ono has contributed more sig
nally than Dr. David Kennedy, of llondout, N. Y ,
in the production ot a medicine which has becomo
famous under tbo title ot tho "FAVORITE REM
KDY." It removes all Impurities of t he lllood, reg
ulates tlio disordered Liver and Kidneys, cures
Constipation, Dyspepsia and all diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to females.
1 & C3
Offer to tho Trade their Flno Urand of Clgnrs.
Tho Landres,
Henry Clay,
Normal,
Samson, and
Cosmopolitan
Fine Fruits and Fino Confectionery
on hand. Fresh every week, ltlooma
burg, Pa. Feb. 27
BLOOMSBURI PLANING MILL
Tbe undersigned having put his Planing Ml
on Itatlroad street, In nrst-ciass condition. Is pre
pared to do all kinds ot work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
tarmsnea at reasonable prices. All lumber used
la well Beasoned and nono but skilled workmen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and speclflca
ions prepared by an eiperlenced draughtsman
CHARLES KRIIO,
UtoomMburff, Pa
TOpiSORJiL f0QIS.
THE OLD STAND
under the Exchange Hotel, sUll takes tho lead.
Hair Dressing, Shaving, Dyeing, Shampooing and
all work In my line promptly and neatly done.
BILLIARD & FOOL TABLES.
JaineH Reilly,
Jan 30-tf Proprietor.
M. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUDDIES, PHAETONS
SLEIQHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &.C.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA TLY DONE.
Prices reduced to suit the timet.
E. B. BROWER,
QgPIJLJMBING,
GAS FITTING & STEAM HEATING.
DRALKlt IN
STOVES & TINWARE.
All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof
ing and Spouting promptly
attended to.
WStrlct attention given to heating by steam.
Corner of Main & East Sts.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Tills reined v contains no Injurious drvgs.
hrs Catarrh
Cleanse s t h eRwfrAM BP
neaa. Allays
Inllamm n I i n n
Heals the Sorcs.ffoyFEVER
ses of Taste,
bmell, Hearing.
A quick Relief.
A positive Giro.
CREAM liALM hasgaiuedan enviable reputa
tion wherever known, displacing nil other prep
arations. It Is a creamy substance. A particle li
applied Into each nostril, causing no pain and
Is agreeable to use. Price wcenMbyninll, or nt
Druggists. Send for circular. ELY liKUTilKRS,
June26-iv , d
COURSEN, CLEMONS & CO.
Limited,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Crockery, Glassware, Table and l"ocket Cutlery,
Window Glass, and I'lated-waio,
Tho M candle-power marnu electrlo lamp.
The celebrated l'lnalore llurncr.
Bird Cujes, Fruit Jars.
iil Lackawanna Avenue. SCRANTOH, Pn.
may l.y
KEYSTONE ACADEMY.
A school for both sexes. (Separata building of
brick, heated by stea.n, for tlio use of ladles.
PROPERTY COST 50,000.
Prepares
For BUSINESS For COLLEGE,
AND
FOR TEAGHINC.
Special attention paid to studenU whoso school
privileges hae ln limited.
CLASS IN PHYSIOLOaV EACH TKltM.
Location Exceptional Healthful.
COST TO IlOARDKItS
PER YEAR $154.
Reduced rates on I). I. W. 1L IL. Keventemith
year begins August 3. For catalogue ur Informa
tion address
UUV JOHN 11. HARRIS, Pn. D.
FACTOHYYILLK, I'A.
Mayen. an.
DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
"Mnrylnntli My Mnrlnncl."
. . npretty Wives,
Lovely daughters andnoblomcn."
"My farm lies In a rather low and mias
matic situation, nnd
'My wife!"
"Who?"
'Was a very pretty hlomlt!"
Twenty years ngo, hecanio
"Snllowl"
"Hollow-cytill"
"Withered nnd nged I"
"Hcforo her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no
particular complaint, not being ot tho
grumpy kind, yet ruuslng mo great uneasi
ness. "A short time ngo I purchased your
remedy for ono of tho children, who had a
very sevcro attack ot biliousness, nnd It oc
curred to mo that tho remedy might help
my w ife, as I found that our little girl upon
recovery had
"IiOSlI"
"Her sallowncss, nnd looked ns fresh as
n new blown daisy. Well tho story Is soon
told. My wife, to-day, has gained her old
timed beauty with compound Interest, nnd
Is now ns lmndsomo n matron (If I do sny It
myself) ns can bo touund In this county,
which Is noted for pretty women. And I
have only Hop Hitters to thank for It.
"Tho denr crcaturo Just looked over my
shoulder, and says 'I ami llat'.cr equal to
tho days of our courtslilp,'nnd that ro minds
mo tliero might bo moro nrotty wives if my
brother farmers would do ns I liavo done."
Hoping you may long bo spared to do
good, 1 thanKiuiiy remain
C. h. Jamk-i,
Bki.tsvim.k, Prlnco Ucorgo Co., Md , 1
May 2(1111, 18S3. )
IfNono gcnulno without a bunch ot green'
lions on the white labeL Shun nil tho vile, not
onoua stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" In their name.
Clothing for Everybody.
With a largo and varied stock of
Clothing for Men of overy trade, for
lioys and Children of all ago, wo aro
quito certain of meeting the demands
of every class of buyers at prices that
must givo satisfaction
-)C(-
A. C. Yates & Co.
G02, 004, GOG CHESTNUT St.,
3-0 l'lillitdclphln.
Y'j flTT'Q VEGETABLE
LtAjlj O SICILIAN
Hair Renewer.
Seldom docs a popular remedy win cucli a
strong hold upon tlio public coufldenco aa bas
Hall's Il.uit Kuncwki:. Tho case in which
It his accomplished a complelo restoration of
color to tuu hair, ami vigorous health to tho
scalp, aio Ihnuiucrable.
Old people UUc it for Its wonderful power to
restore to their whitening locks their original
color and beauty. Middle-aged ioplo like it
because It presents tbem from getting bald,
keeps dandrulf away, nnd makes tbe hair
grow thick and strong. Young ladles Ilk 3 It
us a dressing because It gives the hair a beau
tiful glossy lustre, and enables them to dress
it In whatever form they wish. Thus it is tbo
favorite of all, and it bas becoruo so simply
becauso It disappoints no ono.
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
fou tiik ivmsiu:ns
Has become one of tho moot Inii'ortntit pu
lar toilet articles for gcntlemcn'i use. When
the beard U gray or naturally of an umto
clniWo shnje, IU'CKiMUiASi's Dyc It tho
remedy,
rur.rAHED uv
It. P. Hall & Co.,Nnslmn,N.II.
Sold hy all Druggists.
SUPERIOR
SPECTACLES MB EYE-CUSSES
MICROSCOPES. TELESCOPES.
FIELD-GLASSES. MAGIC LANTERNS,
BAROMETERS. THERMOMETERS.
Drawing Instrument.. 1'hUo.ophlcat end
vl , Chemical Apparatus,
list ind Descriptions of our Ten Cstslofoet sent
FIlhK on sppllcstlun.
QUEEN CO.
024 Chtstnut St.
PHILADELPHIA.
feb8-ly
$50 REWARD.
FOU
Every Our.oj of Adulloration
in the
few Process Soap
THE WONDEBFUL 2-LB BAR.
MADE ONLY UY
Gowans & Stover,
Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all first-class grocers.
April 10-1. r
Rend nnd Save Money,
Now is tho time to Build.
No I German l'laestdluj 5 or a lu.
No t f lncti KlJtnir planed,
" jletnlockileruMtt skiing, Olnch
" " lloorlnif,
" white plnu "
" jellow " "
" surfaced pine boards,
" sawed phio shlnMea,
No a " "
No 1 Rap sawed plno shlnele
" hetnloek kawhiI "
ji" m per i
II Ml '
li ni
14 ()
1" 00 '
10 (HI
ir oo
3 lO '
2 1 1
1 75 '
1 75
heart shaved plno " from f5 no to 7 uo
" hemlock" "
" Bhlnclolath,
" plasterlnif lath
han
.KUI0 4U1
4 0.) to 4 W "
S 75 '
8 Ul '
(i tn
itcuuocK tenciuir.
&uat'f fencing 0 inch wide, 10 ui "
oants 1U to p. inch wide, 10(0 "
bllUanyslw from fiovotaituo
I keo) a full stock of tho
nbovo kinds of Lumber ulwnys
on hand, and will sell at these
prices during year of 1885.
h. bT'Eow,
Orangoyille, Columbia Co., I 'a.
apr 3-Gra
Stimnicr ResortH.
fllKNDALK COTTAQE.
Vn 1A Mnuuiilmsntla Ivan.iA I ll..,ll.nu..
fln location, tlirvo Ocean view a, twouimr'4
uaimuir. uoatiDg, tuer ana lUflu houso, iliu
kMuuiiuuuiiuuq uim lllllf LMJUIU. If l(J
street riilUJelnbla, or No. 10 MaaaaclTuaetti Arts.. 1
Atlantic City. N. J,, formerly from wiuiauwtioit' l
l0". SPl! 'P011!1 13 'K'retoforo. law Chestnut
Juts. c. V, Thomas, i
Methods orABnculturo In tho Eub
Tho methods of atrrioiiltiiro tmrsued
in China and tho tools used aro of tho
rudest and most primitive form, Even
an apology for a shovel is seldom to bo
met with, whllo the hoo is of a long,
narrow, heavy blade, and is used for
almost all imrposts. It takes tho place
of n shovel when soil Is to bo moved,
as It is carried in Bhnllow baskets do
pending from a yoko on tho cooly's
8houlders,and tho hoe U used to scrapo
tho eaith into tho baskets. After
liloncliii'B, and often without it. the
earth is dug up and prepared for tho
seed uy tne lioe, and tho growing
plants aro cultivated by its aid. Tho
jilough is a rough and clumsy nffair,
with only ono "stilt," and only tlio
point shod witli iron. It loosens tlio
soil, but iiirns a very slight furrow,
from its nnrrownes. Tho harrow is
more llko tho well-known form at home,
and tho rako when used at all, is form
ed of curved and pplit bamboo, but is
frail and of littlo value. Farm carts or
wagons aro infrequent very clumsy,
solid wooden wheels, and rudely fash
oined. Thrashing is porformed as in
tho times of Moses, by sptcading the
sheaves on an earthen thrashing-floor
nnd driving unmuzzled cattlo over the
grain to tread it out. Winnowing is
dono on tho samo floor by pouring tlio
grain from uplifted baskets for tho
wind to drive away tho chaiT, with
sometimes a huge fan wielded by an
assistant cooly. Sometimes the grain
is ground between mlll-stoncs, tho un
der ono stationary and tho upper turn
ed by a bullock that travels in a circle.
Sometimes two women grind at a mill
as iti tho timo of Herod of Galilee.
Quite often a still ruder process is ob
served. A stono coping is firmly set
in a continuous circle" about a space of
ground Ifl or 20 feet in diameter. Tho
coping has an unbroken groove cut in
its upper surfaco V-shaped, and a cir
cular stone, 3 feet in diameter, has its
penpliary liewu to lit in tho groove,
which is ') inches or moio in depth,
Into this groovo tho grain is placed
and lho stone wheel revolves over it,
Its ccntro fixed to a pivot on tho outer
extremity ot a uoim, whoso inner end
is attached to a pivot in the centre of
the inclosed space. A bullock hitched
to tho beam revolves tho grinding
stone, and in lime tho grain is
crushed to powder. Nearly ail burdens
aro borne on men's shoulders, nnd thus
crops aro cathored and transferred
Labor is cheap and cultivation is sub
divided that often every plant has a
special culture, and daily irrigation
with liquid manure is applied, especial
ly with all food vegetables.
Tho soil of tho Island of Java is pro
duclivo to a degree, tho crudest imple
ment scrvinK tho native. The plouuh
is a crooked or bent slick, drawn by tho
buffaloes, and merely scrapes or
scratches tho top of tho earth : tho
spado is never used, unless here and
thcro on an cstato under European
management, and the hoe, an instru
ment in universal use, is a great, un
wieldy, heavy, and "impossible" thing,
at least twice tne weight ot our own.
The priraitiveucss in implements for
use in cultivating land, and tools us
ually employed by husbandmen, is uni
versal ; a simple hatchet, for instance,
is rarely seen in tho hands of a native j
an ax is also a vara avis, though both
these tools aio procurable. It will bo
understood, of course, that the inodo of
cultivation amongst tho natives is rs
simple as their implements ; tho Boil is
so rich and nature so bountiful in this
favored island that it takes but littlo
labor to produco a good result, given
that insects, disease, want of or too
much rain, does not interfere.
Owing to the paucity of population
of Asia Minor, when compared with
tho extent of arable territory, and to
tlio fact that except for gardens, cotton
and tobacco fields, fertilizing substan
ces are not used, the land is allowed to
remain fallow every third year. Thus
a field which is sown with a summer
crop, such as Indian corn, millet, ses
ame, beans, vetch, etc., is sown again
tho following autumn with wheat, bar
Icy, or horse beans, etc , these beinc
the winter crops ; the third year it is
not planted.
The agricultural implements in gen
eral uso are of the most primitive stylo
and make. Oxen arc used for plough
ing and thrashing purposes. Tho yoke
is a long straight stick, usually fasten
ed to tho horns. Tho plough is sim
ply a triangular block of hard wood,
with an iron cap on the point, ono polo
in front, to which tho oxen nro fasten
ed, and ono behind to guide it. The
other implements aro the harrow, rako.
sickle, spade, pickaxe, shovel, pitch
fork, siove, winnow, and clumsy low
wheeled bullock cart, all of which tho
least progressive of our American farm
ers would scorn to use. Tho nlouah-
ing is about four inches deep, with a
paco between each furrow of twelvo
inches or more. Irrigation is confined
to vegetable gardens, although thero is
seldom any rainfall from May to Oc
tober, ith such methods of cultiva
tion, barley and wheat yield about
twelve-fold, beans from twenty to
twenty-five, millet, and maize from
twenty-tivo to thirty-five. Tho thrash
ing of ceicals is performed by horses
and bullocks ; beans and sessamo by
ilail or stick. Tho straw, after thrash
ing is cut up and used as fodder for
cattle. Of tho smaller articles above
H numerated, tliu pitchfork is ol wot.d,
mere crotched stick : pickaxes, hoes.
spades and scythes aro inado hero part
ly of iron, arc imported from France.
To induce tho peasants to adopt moro
modern hand-tools is not so casv as tho
introduction of labor-saving machinery,
but it may bo dono in time and by per
severing effort through tho largo pro
portions. What the Brain Does.
It is a well-known fact that ntonlo
whoso limbs have been amputated till
you that they feel their Unguis aud
toes a long time afterward for years,
sometimes and will even desciho pains
and definite sensations affectinc cettain
joints of individual digits. This is
readily understood when wo lemember
that tho brain is tho only part of tho
body that feci, nil sensations and im
pulses being convoyed to it fiom differ-
ent parts of ncrvu fibres. Feelings of
pain, heat, cold, touch, and the funct
ions of tho special senses arc telegraph
ed to it: and when tho coniioctiiicr
nervo is divided it may bo somo lime
beforo it learns to localizo truly the
seat of tlio sensation it appreciates.
When wo knock our "futiny bones''
wo oxperienco a thrill in tho littlo fing
er and inner border of tho hand: tho
fact being that wo havo stimulated the
bundlo of loleoraph wires known as
tho ulnor nerve which transmits sen
sations from that finger and part of
tho next, in tho middle- of its course, as
it winds round tlio joint of tho cldow.
A blilllant black varnish for iron.
stone, wood, or concrcto cm bo made
by SlirrillL' UP ivoiv black in nnlinnrv
ullftllfln I'ni-nleli Tt ntmlil I,, linn... li..l
to tho surfaco when lho artlulo to bu
coat 3d is cold. '1 ho varnish dcos well
for Btovot or liroplnccs.
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BLOOMSBURG PA.
.May 4-tf
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
M
Philadelphia & Erio R. R. Divis
ion, and Northern Central
Railway.
M
TIME TABLE.
In effect April nth, 18S3. Trains Icavo Sun
bury.
EASTWAltli,
9.4)n. m., boa Shore Express (dally except
Sunday), for llarrl-burg andlntermedlalebtntlons,
arriving at l'hlladelphla 3.15 p. m. j New York
aao p. in. ; lialtlmoie, &ui . m. ; Washington,
u.110 p. in., connecting at l'hlladelphla lor all beu
hhore points. 'Ihrough passenger coach to
l'hlladelphla.
1.40 p. m. Day express
dally except SundayUurllarrkburg and Interme
diate Btatlons, arriving nt Philadelphia
0.60 p. m. ; New York, ll.si) p. m. : llalumoro
o.55p.m.; Washington, aiMp. in. l'nrlor car
through to Philadelphia and p.i&scngcr coache
through to l'hlladelphla and Baltimore.
8,80 p. hi. Wllllamsport Accommodation (dally,
for Ilarrlsburg nnd all Intermediate stations, anlv
lug at 1'lilladelphla 4 S5 a. m. j New Y ork 7.00 a. m.
bleeping car accommodations can bo becurcd at
Ilarrlsburg for l'hllaaclnlilaand New Y'ork. on Sun.
days a through sleeping car will bo run; on this
train from Wllllamsp't to Phlladelphia.l'hlladelphla
passengers can remain in sleeper undisturbed until
7 a.m.
8.30 a. m. Erio Mall (dally except Monday,
for Ilarrlsburg and intermediate btatlous,
arriving at Philadelphia 8.S5 a. in. Now York,
11.30 a. m. ; llaltlmoro 8.30 n. m. ; Washington, u.55
a. m. Through lullmau bleeping cars aro run on
this train to Philadelphia, llalllmoro and Washing
ton, and through passenger coaches to rhlladcl.
phla nnd Ualtluiorc.
WESTWAltD.
5.S0a. m. Erio Mall (dally except Sunday), toi
Erio and all Intermediate blatlons nnd cauandal
gua and Intermedlato stations, llochester, lluffa
roandN'lagaraFalls,wlthtlnough Pullman Pal
aco cars and passenger coaches to Eilo and lioch
ester. v.ta News Express (dally except Sunday) for
Lock Haven and Intermediate stations.
1.05 p. m Niagara Express (dally except Sun
dayjforKnuo and Intermediate btatlous and Can
andalgua and principal Intermedlato bUitlons,
llochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls with
through passenger coaches to liano and llochester
and Parlor car to Wlllllainsport.
6.35 p. in. Fast Lino (dally except Sundayjfor lie
novo and Intei mediate stations, and Elmlra, Wat
kins nnd Intermedlato btatlous, with thiougli pas
senger coaches to ltenovo and watklns.
o.ao a. m.-sunday mall for llcnoio and Interme
diate stations.
TIIIIOUQII THAINS FOlt SUNllUltY FltOMTIIK
EAST AND SOUTH.
Sunday mall leaves l'hlladelphla 4.30 a. m
Ilarrlsburg 7.40 arming at bunbury D.20 a. in. with
through sleeplngcnr Horn Philadelphia to Wli
Uauisport. News Express leaves Philadelphia 4.80 a.m.
Harrhburg, 8.10 a. in. dally except Sunday
arriving al Suubury u.5.1. n. in.
, M , ,, Niagara Express leaves
Philadelphia, 7.40 a. m. j llaltlmoro 7.30 a. m. (dally
except Sunday aiming at sunbury, 1.05 p. m
with through l'nrlor car from Philadelphia
and through passenger coaches from l'hlladel
phla nnd Baltimore.
Fast Lino leaves New Y-ork 0.00 a. m. ; Phlladel.
phla.ll.so a. m. ; Washington, 10.50 a. m. ; Balti
more, 10.40 a. in., (dally except bunday) arriving at
bunbury. 6.35 p. in., with through passengci
coaches from Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Erie Mall leaves New York 8.U) u. m. ; Phlladel.
phla, ll.ao p. m. ; Washington, 10.10 p. m. ; Balti
more, ii.au p. m., (dally cxcept.saturday) arriving
at bunbury 5.15 a. m., with through Pullman
Sleeping cars from Philadelphia, Washington and
Ba pmoro and through passenger coaches froiu
Philadelphia.
SU.NUUKY, HA.I.liTON & WlI.KESIlAllll.
KAII.ltllAll AMI NIIUTII AND WKST
llltANfll IUIMVAV.
, (Dally except Sunday.)
Wllkesbarre .Mall leaves Sunbury 10.00a. m.,
arriving nt Bloom Ferry 10.63 a. m., Wllkcs-bari u
UM8 p. in.
Express East leaves Sunbury 5.45 p. m., arriving
at Bloom Ferry 0.37 p. in., Wllkes-barru B.UJ p. m.
sunbury Mailicaveallkesbarruio.4ua.m.arrlv
Ing at Bloom Ferry VMS p. m., Hunbury l.uo p. in.
Express West leaves Wtlkes-barre a.45 p. in.,
living at Bloom Ferry 4.15 p. iu., Bunbury 5.10
CIIAS. E. PUOII,
Uen. .Manager.
J. It. WOOD,
ucn. I'asscnger Agent
JQELAWAHK, LACKAWANNA AND
WESTKItU HA1I.HOA1).
ULOOMSIJUHG DIVISION.
NORTH
STATIONS.
....Scranton,...
Bcllevuo....
...TaylorvIUo...
SOUTH.
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7 41 13 07
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Klnirstnn
8 30
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.,.i umuuuu.,.
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f'limpntn
Northumbei land
a.m. li. in. P. in
W, F, HALSTEAD, Supt.
Superintendent's onice, scranton, Feb. 1st, 1803
suHsomnu foh
TIIK COLUMBIAN,
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Slfi.d A YKA1J.
yAINWWQUT & uo.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia
.U S, S VltUPi, CO f FKB, BUQAlt, UOUH t E
KIOI, 8NCH, BICABB 80D1, SC., CO.
N. E, Corner Becona and Arch strents.
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