Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOUJIE1Y PURE TUB COLUMBIAN. Filtered ill I ho 1'iiHt inirn lit ItlnoiiiHliurtf , i'u t,j,c.cnnil dnss mutter. Marcli I, Ishm. JUDAY, I l.UM'AKV ij, 1891. OUR CLUB RATES FOR 1893. Tor M10 coining year we make tlm following liberal oilers to all our subscribes in the county. Those who already take Thk Columbian can avail themselves of any of these offers by paying up to date, and one yc;ir in advance. In the case of new sub scribers the cash must he j:aiil when the order is piven. Sample copies of any of the papers named will he sent to any address in the county, free, on application. To any one paying all arrearages and one dollar in advance we will send The Coi.I'mihan and American Farmer for one year. The latter is a monthly farm paper, and the regular price is one dollar a year. We will send The Coii'mhian and New Yoik weekly WorUl one year for $1.80, regular price $ j.oo. The Coi.VMiiiAN and Philadelphia weekly Times for $1.40, regular price $1.50. Thk Cot.fMWAN anil Woman's Wetkhj for 1.30, worth $2.00, The Weekly is printed by the New York Recorder, and contains 8 pagts of nutter that interests womankind especially, no politics, no editorals. This is one of our best offers. Try it a year. tf J. M. Stookey of Plymouth has said his bottling establishment to Deitcrich & Creasey of this town. I. W. Mears & Co. recently shipped four hundred of their Perfect Washers to Omaha. They are sold in almost every state in :he Union, The lots of the liloomsburg Land Improvement Company are selling riht along. Ten have been disposed of since January 1st. Col. Charles Duffy, proprietor of the Park Hotel at AVillian.spoit, dropped dead on the street in that city, last Montav. from anoiilcxv. He was well kr.uwn by ail traveling men. Found the reason for the great popularity of Hood's Sarsaprtlla simply this: Mood's Cures, lie sure to get Hood's. A party of sixteen young people drove to George M. I.ockard's near IJgl.tstreet Monday night, in (tirton iv llullay's big hied, Ihey naJ an elegant tune. ' The auditors of Schuylkill county held a meeting at Shenandoah on Sunday and decided to charge the county $15 for each poll, for preparing and delivering the ballotf. The Susauehanna is corced with ice from Pittston to Nanticoke. A sud den thaw will cause a flood and do much damage. At Plymouth on bun day the water was 14 feet above low witer mark, and a rise of only six feet more would flood the town. The farm of Joseph Weidel in Fish- sale last Saturday, to S. B. Crouse of iicscupeCK lor f IU05. J iniaiiia was the auctioneer. The building designed for 4he use ot the several departments ot engineer ing at the Pennsylvania State College was formally opened on the 22nd inst. Theta Castle No. 276, K. G. E., will hold a Smoker on next Monday evening Feb. 27, immediately after the close of the Castle. All of the mem bers are requested to be present and onng a friend. Hon. Cyrus I,. Pershing, President Judge of Schuylkill County Courts, who was taken seriously on the 24th of last November, has fully recovered, and resumed his seat on the bench. A successor to the late Judge David 13. Green has not yet been appointed. Wm. K. Wilson, only son of J. D. Wilson, died last week Thursday at his father's home on Third street, from gangrene, resulting from the am putation of his left leg last July. He had partially regained his health, when gangreno set in. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon. For instance, Mrs. Chas. Rogers, of Pay City, Mich., accidentally spilled scalding water over her little boy. She promptly applied De Witi's Witch Hazel Salve, giving instant re lief. It's a wonderfully good salve for burns, bruises, sores, and a sure cure for piles. W. S. Rishton, Drug gist. . to-14 ly. 1 owaer John C. Peifer has been rc-atmmnt. cd clerk to the commissioners of Mon tour county. He is capable and effi cient and no better seleection could have been made. The trustees of Lafayette Collczc. F Aston, have issued a beautiful mem orial to Ario Pardee, the late president ot the board, in which his services to the college as the munificent founder of the scientific department are de scribed, and his life and character are gracefully sketched by ex President Cattell. Last Saturday evening a lame sled load of friends from liloomsburji cave Mr. Fred Hagenbuch of Centre twp a grand surprise. Mr. Hagenbuch was m bed when the party arrived, but he was soon out again and as happy and gay as a boy. All enjoyed themselves hugely. I he team was one ot Girton and Hidlay's with A. C. Hidlay as driver. As a houseold remedy it cannot be excelled. Mr. L. E. Brockett, 459 Church bt. Norfolk, Va., writes; 1 sintered a great deal trom nervous headache, sore throat, etc., and found no relief until I tried Salvation Oil. no v recommend it to my friends as a household remedy that cannot be sur passed." The noted Temperance lecturer, Mr. D. H. liurwell of Zanesville, Ohio. will lecture ir. Zion Church on Sunday evening Feb. a6th in the interest of the W. C. T. U. There will be Iree admission ; a collection will be taken however. Mr. Harwell is an able and eloquent speaker, having his audience under perfect coutrol. We bespeak for him a full house. Sweet breath, sweet stomach, sweet temper, all result from the use of De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. W. S Rishton Druggist 10-14 '' FOR SALE BILLS. A lot of new cuts have been added to our already large stock, for printing sale bills. They include houses, fur niture, horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chick ens, stoves, farm implements, wagons, iVc. Persons contemplating sales should call and see samples ot pos'crs, and get our prices. A free noune is uiven in the paper for every bill print ed here. tf. CHQROU LETTING. There will be a church letting ai the Heller's Church. Madison Town ship, on the seventh of March at 2 o'clock for the purpose of receiving bids for the erection of a new church. Plans and specification can be seen at the home of the Secretary after March 1st. The committee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of building committee. T. E. Sands, Secretary. Buckhorn, Pa., Feb. 21, 1693. 2 24 21. State of Ohio, City of Toledo,) Lucas County, ( 83 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A, D. 1 886. f ) A. W. GLEASON, I Seal j- Notary J'ublic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. JfiTSold by Druggists, 75c. 2-3-1 m. Success in everything depends largely upon good health. De Witt's Little F.arly Riser are little health producing pills. See the point ? Then take an "Early Riser." W. S. Rishton, Druggist. 10-14-iy Fashionablo Livery. The well known horseman has opened a fashionable livery in connec tion with his boarding stable at the Exchange Hotel Stables, where fine turnouts can be obtained, single or double. He has well broken and safe saddle and driving horses for ladies, all at reasonable rates. Orders left at the Exchange Hotel will receive prompt attention. Drivers furnished when desired. tf W. A. Hartzell, Proprietor. Tbo Roading Flnrry. There have been murmur3 of acorn ing storm upon the Reading Railroad for some weeks, and they culminated in the fury of the hurricane on Friday and Saturday. The s'ock that sold up to $34 soon after the announce ment of the coal combine, fell below $jo on Friday and was hammered down to around $18 yesterday, with a corresponding decline in all the pre ference income securities. The loss in Reading shares and securities in a single day was over $5,000,000. 1 he flurry in Reading is not a mere temporary raid ol sper.i Jative "bears." It is deeper, broader and aims at the entire overthrow of the great system that President MeLeod conceived and had well nigh consummated. That system with so slender a foundation of credit as the Reading corporation, means one of two things either one of the most notable of modern railway achievements or a disastrous failure. There is no middle ground for such i. far-reaching and in every way grand conception ; and only a man of the broadest capabilities and courage could have given it the semblance of success. If it can pass the crucial test that now confronts it, its future will be assured; if it shall be unequal to this trial, the whole system must collapse and exist only in the original fragments. A railway movement so comprehen sive and far reaching as the system conceived and now nearly exicuted by President McLcod, could not fail to arouse positive and vindictive an tagonisms. The prospect of a railway system embracing eighty per cent, of the anthracite coal trade, combining nil rivals in coal production in a commu nity of interest, and reaching from the the heart of the anthracite beds to sea and commanding the chief trunk and tributary lines ot New England, is a menace to the mastery of the great trunk lines of New York and Philadel phia, and the struggle for the New England lines aroused powerful finan cial interests to hostile action. It thus became a Reading battle against giants, and the problem to be solved is whether the Reading organization can cope with th combination that is assailing it in a life or death conflict. There is no sentimentalism in the battles of millions. The Reading suc cessful in the magnificent system its progressive President conceived, would be one of the grandest railway systems ot the world ; and when successful, it would be on the basis of sound and enduring credit. The scheme unsuc cessful, would remand the Reading back to a Receivership, a'id make it the dependent of the stronger railroad corporations around it and pospone its solvency indefinitely. This is the grave issue that is now on trial on the money markets of the country, and the Reading will be master or servant as it succeeds or fails. President McLcod may be unable to maintain his ystem in the unequal struggle that has been precipitated so unexpectedly upon hun ; but he has conceived and attempted the creation of the only system that can make Reading successful in the future. As a local coal line it is entirely unable to bear its present load of debt, and only as the controlling centre of a great system such as President Me Leod formulated can it be brought within sight of solvency ; and whether he shall haee success or failvrc as his reward, he is fairly entitled to credit for a cle r conception of the neces sities which environ his corporation and for a most heroic effort to win success for it in face of obstacles which were little less than appalling. A few days at the most will solve the problem, and either a quick and healthy rebound in Reading values or a bottom drop out is inevitable. 'Junes. CHINESE LILIES. The bulb from which grows the Chinese sacred lily has become a common house plant. Many windows in this town have been decorated with them during the present winter. They grow rapidly, and ought to produce a beautilul nower. in many instances, however they have failed, no blossoms appearing, or if they appeared they dried up without opening. Phebe Wolcott Humphreys gives some interesting inforn.ation concern ing the culture of these bulbs, in the Philadelphia Sunday Times, from which we extract a few suggestions. She says : " The various winter blooming bulbs are becoming more popular for con servatory culture with each succeeding year, yet we do not notice the beauti ful Chinese sacred lily brought into prominence, as it certainly deserves to be. Any one who has once cultivated this "Flower of the Gods," as the Chi nese delight in calling it, will be en thusiastic over its surprisingly i.-j;id growth and its exquisite bea-'y and fragrance, and will acknowl ' e that it takes the lead among wir bloom ing bulbs. Many hesitate nit at tempting this culture, be .e they imagine that it is diliicul make them bloom, when, in fa- . nothing could be more simple. Fr . various correspondents come inquii . in re gard to the proper method o. -owing these lilies in water. Whel, sand or soil of any kind should be u ), or simply pebbles and water; whet! r the water should touch the bulb, o. en tirely cover it, etc., etc. I enjoyed experimenting with these curious and very satisfactory bulbs last winter, anil after the blooming period had passed, mentioned the results of these experiments in answer to several inquiries, giving an account of all the methods tried, successful and other wise, and since these facts seem to be just what these correspondents need, I will again describe them. I have always noticed from my own experience and that of friends that the best way of growing the Chinese sa cred lily is simply on, not under the pebbles, with the water just touching the bulb ; but I had read and heard of so many different ways that I resolved to experiment last year; so I purchased eight bulbs, and after giving three to friends proceeded to test different methods with the other five. One friend told me that after set ting the bulb in the pebbles and water she placed it in a dark closet for a week or two to form root.'. Another informed me that she always used at least half sand, instead of filling the dish with pebbles. And still another, that she set the bulb rather deep, near ly covered it with the pebbles and then covered the whole with water. I tried all these (to me) new plans, also arranged one in the old way and p'ant- ed one in a pot ot soil, as often rec ommended. This was the result : The one planted in the pot of soil developed very slowly, and it was nearly two months after planting before it bloomed. The one set deep in the dish of peb bles with the water covering it died outright in about two wjeks. The two placed in the dark to form roots (one with only pebbles in the dish of water and one with half pebbles and half sand) both did well, and I could not notice any difference in them, either in rapidity of growth or quanti ty of bloom, but they did not bloom until over a month after planting, while the one treated by ti.e same methods I hail always used (before these experiments) surpassed them all. This was "set" as follows : In a large jardiniere I placed a quart of smooth, clean pebbles without sand or soil of any kind, only pieces of charcoal mixed through to keep the water pure. The quart filled the jar diniere within two inches of the top ; on these pebbles I set the bulb, heap ing a few of them around it to keep it in position, and filled the jardiniere with water until it just touched the bottom of the bulb, and set it directly in a sunny window. Well, we could almost see it grow ! The first bud opened twenty-four days after starting, a week earlier than those placed in the dark. I shall be satisfied to follow this plan without further experiments. In supplying fresh water do not at tempt to pour out what is in the dish, but instead carefully pour a small stream of water into the dish, allowing it to flow so gently that the pebbles anil roots will not be displaced. As it overflows, continue to pour iii fresh water until it replaces the stale. If several pieces of charcoal have been placed with the pebbles or shells it is seldom necessary to supply fresh wa'.er except the little that must be allowed for evaporation. A tickling sensation of throat, a piping voice and a disposition to ex pectorate frequently, are the fore runners of a dangerous throat affection. The bronchial trouble often develops into consumption, unless checked by the timely use of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Beware. Fiftieth Anniversary. A large number of relatives and friends gathered at the home of Jere miah Hess on East street, Wednesday, February 22nd to celehmtc thn fifti'mi. wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mis. Hess. A general good time was ex perienced anions children and rri-m,!. chidren, all wishing the couple a still lougci lease ox me. Your Painter has often wasted time and material in trying to obtain a shade of color, and has even resorted to the use of ready mixed paints, the ingredients of which he knew nothing about, because of the difficulty in making a shade of color with white lead. This waste can be avoided by the use of National Lead Company's Pure White Lead Tinting Colors These tints are a combination of per fectly pure colors, put up in small cans, and prepared so that one pound will tint 25 pounds of Strictly Pure White Lead to the shade shown on the can. By this means you will have the best paint in the world, because made of the best materials Strictly Pure White Lead and pure colors. Insist on having a brand of white lead that is standard, manufactured by the "Old Dutch'5 process, and known to be strictly pure the John X. Lewis & Bros. Thl brand or Strictly Puro White Lead and National Lead Co.'e Pure White Lead Tinting Colora are for aale by the moat re liable dealera in paints everywhere. If you are going to paint, it will pay you to aend to ua for a book containing informa tion that may save you many a dollar: it will only coat you a postal card. JOHN T. LEWIS &. BROS. CO., .... Philadelphia. ujiffiarai It is a wonderful remedy, which is alike benefi cial to you and your children. Such is Scot's Emulsion of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophos phites of Lime and Soda. It checks wasting in the children and produces sound, healthy flesh. It keeps them from taking cold and it will do the same for you Scott's Emulsion cores Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Scrofula and all Anaemic and Wasting Disoases. Frevents wasting in children. 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