THE COLUMBIAN BLOOMSBURG, PA. II11ISK LETTER. Tho Legislators at Homo on a Ten Days' Vacation, THE NECESSITY FOB ECONOMY. Governor Unatlng. Will So nil In a Mesfrs Calling Unit on I.avl.H Appi oirlatlonn. A Itlll to I'roTlilo a Stats II mm for Con- i amptlTci For County of Quay. Harrisucru, Feb. 18. Tho loglHlnture hna tnkon a rvcoss for ton dny la order tlmt tho lawmaker inny lUtoncl tho muni cipal elections nnd spend WnshtnjTtnu's blrthdny at homo. Uoth bodies will ro conveno noxt Mnndny owning, ntnl It In thought will buckla down to buxinoK In earnest. UeglutjIiiK Tuesday tho liouso will hold two sessions on Tuesdays, Wed nesday and Thursdays, from ID a. m. to 1 p. in., and from a to 6 o'clock In tho Bfternonn. Tho house two yenrs no did not begin to hold two sessions until the middle of March. Tho senate Is ahead of tho house with its work nnd will contlnuo to hold one session n day for nt least a month yet. Old members say they havo never seen In tholr legislative experlonoo so many 1)111 on the house calondar aj nt present. These will nearly all be ulven caruful considera tion, with tho result tlmt tho session will prohably bo extended far Into May. The governor has signed the resolution Introduced by Mr. Kocht, of Union, pro viding for an investigation of tho state In stitutions to ascertain how many of their inmates are aliens. Tho resolution pro vides that tho Inquiry shall be ma..e by a committee from the house and sonate and two disinterested persons to bo appointed by tho governor. Tho committee is to make its roport to the next legislature. Tho com It toes to Investigate the man agement of tho Insane hosplcals at "Yer nersvlllo and Norrlstown have been ap pointed and will go to work next Thurs day. Senator Gobln, of Lebanon, will conduct tho investigation. Tho governor has not yet acted upon the bill providing for an additional law judg.) for Westmoreland county. Tho ten days' limit expires next Friday. It Is believed, though, that he will sign tho measure- be fore that time. Colonel Gilkmon's Appointment. Colonel Gilkeson, chairman of tho stato f Republican committee, has been rewarded for the admirable mannor In "iVilch he conducted the campaign which resulted in the election of Governor Hastings with tho appointment of commissioner of banking, Bt a salary of trt.ouu a year. Tho colonel has qunlllled nnd announced tho appoint ment of Colonel V. Asbury Awl, of this city, as deputy commissioner. Colonel Awl was appointed by Colonel Gllkoson's predecessor. Ho Is a Domocrut and a pro tege of ex-Governor Pattlson. Governor and Mrs. Hastings have Issued Invitations for a roceptlon ntthe executive mansion on next Tuesday evening, tho 86th, on the occasion of tho fifty-sixth an niversary of tho governor's birth. ,Tho re ception will bo tho most brilliant social affair ever given at tho old fashioned tnau lon, and will be attended by the United States senators from Pennsylvania, the congressmen nnd congressmon-elect, state Judiciary, Major General Snowdcu and tuff, the governor's staff, tho throe briga dier generals and their respective staffs and other state dignitaries. Tho mansion will bo brilliantly decorated and illumi nated. An addition 1 being built to the dining room for the occasion. Mrs. Hus tings will be assisted In receiving by tho wife of Lieutenant Governor Lyon and tho Indies of tho cabinet. This will be tho third and flunl reception at the mansion this season. Sonator KnufTman, of Lancaster, the loader of the anti-Cameron senators, star tled tho'scnato last Thursday with a vigor ous protest against tho creation of new offices in genoral and against tho bill al lowing tho superintendent of public In struction a stenographer In particular. The bill originally provided for a snlnry of $1,600 a yeur, but the amount was reduced to 11,300, and then the measure passed finally. Tho extravagance of the legisla ture has alarmed tho governor, and he has concluded to cull a halt. The members have shown a disposition to croato new ' offices guloro and puss all manner of ap propriations and throw the responsibility of disposing of them upon tho governor. General Hustings doesn't propose to stuud this, and after the recess ho will send a message to tho legislature calling atten tion to the fact that tho hard times havo Impaired the state revenuos and that greater economy must be practiced with the people's niuhy. To iDVentlgite Philadelphia Politics. When tho senate roconvenos a resolu tion will be offered for a committee to In vestigate the municipal affairs of Phila delphia. Senator Quay is credited with being behind the proposed Investigation, his purpose being to crush his former lieutenants, Senator Porter 'nnd David Martin. It has not yet been determined who will be ehalrniau of the committee, j but it is thought tho honor will go to Sen ator Kennedy, of Allegheny, a warm per sonal frieud of Sonutor Quay. There Is a unanimous sentiment among tho Quay people to have Senator Penrose conduct the investigation, but ho has declined. He will bo a memlMtr of tho committed. Chairman Nllos, of the house genoral Judiciary committee, has Introduced a local taxation bill similar to the New York law, which he will press in preference to the new revenue bill drafted by the state tax conference, of which he is a member. Mr. Niles' bill providos thut all lands and personal estate, except property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places for burial not used for pri vate or corporate profit, and Institutions of purely public charity, whether owned by corporations or individuals, shall bo liable to taxation, and that all laws ex emptlng property from taxation other than that enumerated shall be void. Tho word "land" is defined to mean everything within tho common parlance that may be m designated. The bill puts a construc tion on the words ''personal estate" to Include furniture, money, goods, debts due from solvent debtors, whether on stock, note, bond or mortgage, and stock In moneyed corporations, as well as capi tal stock not invested in real estate It providos further that the taxes on nil property shall be levlod and assessed under existing laws. A bill creating a department of agricul ture bus passed tho house and Is on tho senate calendar for second reading noxt ' Tuesday. Tho measure provides for a . secretary of agriculture, at a salary of 14,000 a year-, a deputy socrotary, who shall be paid t3,500; an eoonomlo zoolo gist, a commissioner of forestry, a dairy and food commissioner and state veterin arian, who shall recelvo n snlnry of :.',fno each. Thry nro to bo appointed by the governor nnd setvo for four years. Tiio governor Is also authorized to appoint chief clerk nt a salary of f t,HJ0 a year nnd one messenger, whose salary shall bo $VM. Tho oilier otlieers, except t ho stnta veter inarian, are allowed a clerk each nt a salary of tl,5(X). Governor Hastings Is urging tho speedy passage of the bill, and it Is likely that It will reach him before the close of tho month. Tho forestry bill has also pnssed the house nnd Is well advanced in the senate. This is one of tho most Important meas ures Introduced this session nnd will, If it becomes a law, tend to protect tho forests of tho state from destruction by flro. The bill provides for special flro wardens In remote and thinly peopled forest districts who nro to bo residents of such districts, tholr compensation to bo fixed by tho forestry commission and paid by tho state. The su(orvlsors of roads of tho respective townships, by virtue of tholr ollleo, nro dlsti lot tiro wardens. In case of lire they are to go to tho ground at onco nnd hire suoh help as they may deem necessary. Anyone desiring to burn brush or other combustible matter in or near forest land must first apply for permission from tho lire warden. Violators of this provision may bo arrested and taken before a magis trate without a warrant. Tho bill dellnes tho word "forest" to Include scrub brush, sprouts, briers and all woody growths apt to food or spread lire. fc'or the County of Quay. The senate has passed finally a bill cre ating tho county of Quay out of portions of Luzerne and Schuylkill counties. In the house tho measure will not havo tho easy timo that It did In tho other body. In tho lower branch tho friends of Martin nnd Porter nro opposing tho mensure nnd have succeeded so far In keeping it in com mittee. Tho Coxo Hrothers, the lnrgo coal operators in Pennsylvania, are opposing it also. Tho bill takes in three townships of Schuylkill county and two In Luzerno, in cluding the city of Hazleton. It is claimed that within tho territory there Is a popula tion of 60,000, with tho Democrats in a majority. Tho houso committee on education l.us reportod tho Douthett bill aimed at tho school book trust. Tho bill provides for a school book board, to consist of the gover nor, secretary of tho commonwealth and stato superintendent of public instruction. Within sixty days after tho possago of tho act the state superintendent Is expootod to have gathered required Information and prepared a list of text books with tho pub lishers' prices attached. Tho board will fix tbo price for each school book not to exceed 75 per cont. of tho wholesalo rnto now quoted. After the list of books is prepared the publishers will Ihs asked for proposals at prices not exceeding the new ones fixed by the board to furnish the books for Ave years under contract, tho school boards to pay the freight. For every failure to fill orders the publishers will lx fined (500. The books adopted cannot bo changed for five years without a threo fourths vote of the board. Tho board can order the books from the publishers at the prices stipulated by the school book board.or If they can secure the samo books for less money they are at liberty to do so. The house has under consideration a liquor license bill to protect the rotnllcr, the wholesaler and bottler. It provides that if a bottlor bottles spirituous liquors and malt liquors both he shall pay tho samo license as a retailer and a wholesaler pays, but If he bottles malt liquor only then he pays the sa'e license that he now pays. The bill provides further that no wagon shall be used by a bottler unless It Is his absolute property. This is to pro vent tho peddling of beer by parties who have no license, but who put some one's name and number on the side of their wagon and sell for a brewer on commis sion. The bill was introduced by Mr. Fowby request of the Retail Liquor Deal ers' association of Philadelphia. The Marshall bill repealing the law prohibiting the consolidation of competing plpo line companies went through tho houso on 'final passage as if lubricated. only fifty-six votes being recorded against it. Tbo measure Is before tho senate cor porations committee and will be reportod aftor the recess. It Is likely to go through that body with as much easo as character ized Its passage by the houso. Want tho Winter Itegintry Abolished. The country members in the houso aro urging the passage of the Wilcox bill, abolishing tho December registry of voters and changing tho time of tho spring reg istry from May to Juno. They contend that one registry a year answers all prac tical purposes, and that tho winter regis try is expensive and useless. The city members opposo tho bill on tho ground that In June many persons in the cities aro at tho seashore and tho mountains, and that It would put thorn to a great in convenience to return homo and register. The bill has boon read tho secoud timo in the house. A bill for a hospital for consumptives has found its way into the houso. Tho measure has been Indorsed by the stato board of health nnd public1 charities, as well us tho leading physicians of the state. It recites that tho governor shall appoint five commissioners, who shall servo with out compensation, to select the site nnd build the hospital, where none but resi dents of tbo state shall be treated. Tbo commissioners are to select within four months after tho date of appointment a troct of land not loss than 2,000 foct above the sen level, and shall bo well adapted for successfully carrying out the climatic treatment of consumption, and shall 1 e approved by the governor and board of publio charities. The cost of the site and buildings shall not exceed 1150,000, which Is to be appropriated to the commissioners for this purpose. The buildings are to be completed within two and a half years after the passage of the act, whan tho commission:.'!! shall sur render tholr trust to a board of trustees, to consist of nine members, who shall be ap pointed by the governor with the approvul of the senate. They shall be a body cor porate entitled the Pennsylvania Sanitar ium for tho treatment of tuberculosis. No person shall be received in the hospital ex copt suoh indigent persons who shall bo loomod likely to be improved by the treat ment. Wanuauuh. Lynched la a Prison Cell. Kinobton.Mo., Feb, 18. About 8 o'clock yosterdoy morning a mob of masked men, supposod to be negroes from Hamilton, surrounded the sheriff's house and jail here, caught and bound Sheriff Golds worthy, whose deputy was away, took tho koys from him and gal nod entrance to tho Jail corridor, with the avowed purpose of taking out and hanging George Traoey, a negro, who sh.it and killed his wlfo at Hamilton, In this county, last month. The mob was unable to got Into-the stool cell, but begun shooting through the bars of the coll door und succeeded in putting six bullets into bis body, killing him lu-Itautly. GARDEN AND ORCHARD. Tho plcklo crop ts reported short all over tho world. Chicago has shipped -'fiO carloads of plcklrw to tho East and t. Europe, and pickles, before they urow again, will be marked among the scarce luxuries. Some of the bent known varieties of blackberries were Introduced by trans planting from the woods. Many a large fruited sort is met with which would, if transplanted to the garden, be as good as any of the cultivated sorts now In use. Some sorts Dartlctt, Clapp tlve, never fall of pears, notably the 's Favorite and Lucra of a crop, and by using care varieties may be planted so as to come in on e after another. The pear Is a sure the wonder is not to be seen crop all the time, and that more of them are about our farm houses. I There is little difference In varieties i of aspnragua. Rich soil and good cul ture will make good shoots from any kind. The Palmetto Is now the most popular sort. Seed sown in the spring and well cared for In good soil will make good roots for setting next fall, and the second year after setting there I will be a fine crop. The only advantage of kohl rabl ! over the ordinary rutabaga turnip Is I that Its flavor is less pronounced and ! therefore leas liable to affect the flavor of the milk of cows fed on it. The Giant White is usually raised for ; stock food, but the smaller kinds pay ! well for feeding, while there Is some times a chance to sell a part of the crop In market. Kohl rabl Is a pecu liar vegetable combining the texture of the turnip with the flavor of the cab bage. When fully matured It Is tough and Indigestible and not fit for the : table. When young and tender, and , if cooked like turnip, it makes a not bad table vegetable. Small fruit growers ought to fertil ize their land thoroughly, and when this Is done they should keep it al ways producing something. If the strawberry patch Is running out, either the red or black raspberry can be planted between the rows. In this way the year after the strawberry planta tion is cultivated under the raspberry canes will be In full bearing. It is the same with the larger fruits. A young apple or pear orchard will grow strawberries, raspberries and black berries nearly as well as if the orchard were" not planted until it gets fully Into bearing. When the Ground Is Frosen. There are good reasons for doing as much hauling as possible about the farm during the winter. There la Lime for the work at this season and It is always good policy to do during the winter all the work that can be ione to as good advantage as in the spring. At the best work will crowd In the Bpring. Then if the hauling la lone over the fields while the ground Is frozen, clods and ruts will not be made, as will be If the hauling Is done hen the ground is wet and soft Clods ire always to be avoided and ruts are jrone to deVelop into gullies. Yet an ther reason is that larger loads can le hauled while the ground is frozen olid than when the frost is out and he tires sink into spongy, sticky round, as they do in the spring. Another reason Is that the exercise ,'iven the horses during the winter is leeded by them in good health and to leep their muscles from losing hard iess and strength. If the horses are illowed to be idle during the winter, .he sudden violent change to thard work in the spring is too severe; nel- i .ner tneir muscles nor their digestive ; rgans are equal to the demands mode lpon them, and the animals are worn lown at the very beginning. This la lot the case when the animals are put 0 some work during the winter. 1 Yet another reason for doing j luring the winter what haul j ng about the farm that can I )o done Is that generally It can e done on a sled. Inasmuch as the )ox of the Bled is lower down than s the box of the wagon, a load can e put on or taken off the sled more (aslly than the wagon. Using the sled laves labor. The Baving is quite an ; tem, especially In the hauling of ieavy pobU or timbers. And, in fact, 1 man may be able to load on a sled, ogs, stones, stumps, etc., that he :ould not load on a wagon. Very likely posts and rails for fenc ng can be hauled in place, ready to oe used In the spring. An old fence, jhat Is to be replaced or repaired, can be torn down, and the stuff not to be used In the new fence be hauled away. Logs, stumps, stones nd other rub bish can be cleared off the land. Gra vel can be hauled from the bank and be placed where It will be needed for drives and walks in the spring. Cer tainly one should get near the wood nouse a supply or wood sufficient not only for the winter, but for the next spring and summer.. When one can work in the fields he should not be compelled to haul and cut store wood. Gullies and hollows can be filled now. It will not be hard to find hauling to do, and it should be done. American Agriculturist . ' The Right Kind of Boar. The boar should be fine boned, and Jiave a tendenoy to fatten easily, though for breeding uses he should be kept as thin in flesh as he can be with out injury. With such a combination the, farmer will have next Bpring a lit fer of thrifty pigs that will gain mi' ah more in the first ten months of fieir life than pigs sired by a scrub, 1 o-breed boar. If he does so he will knowledge a year hence that it la the best small Investment that he ever made. Good pigs are more quickly bred than any other stock except poul try, and like poultry they deteriorate I lore quickly when they are neglected. '. Beflf Fenoes. f If a hedge fence Is too weak to turn stock do not cut it away, as hedges are ornamental, but run three or four strands of barbed wire through it. which will preserve It from being broken by stock and aUo be as ser- vl-eable as a post and wire fence. Barb ed wire Is the best ef fence to confine v-ruly stock, as boards will be broken. Jf hidden In the hedge the animals Will not be .so liable to Injury, as ther coon learn - that the hedge Is preel ak&inst them. taer aj sua s u u .79 cuinrnji T.g.3MU!an o Soro Throat, Eronchitin, "Weak all forms of Emaciation, nro speedily cured by Scott's Emulsion Consumptives always find prcnt relief by taking it, and consumption is often cured. lo other nourishment restores strength so quickly tnd effectively. Weak Bab.oo and Thin Children are mulo strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion v,hcu other forms of food socm to d. thorn no pood whatever. Tho only genuino Scott's Emulsion ia put up in salmon colored wrapper. Kcfuso cheap substitutes! Sendjor famphltt on ScoZ't Emulsion. FREE. 8oott A Bowno, N. Y. All Druggists. SO cents and $f . ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigar?, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Freeh Every Week. HPtstit": Goods j Specialty. SOLK AGENTS FOR F.F. Adams & Co's Fine Bole agents for the Hoar Clay, Londro3, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Asb Bloomsburg Pa. The pot called the kittle black because the housewife didn't use SAPOLIO B. F. Sharpless, Pres. N. U. Funk, Sec, C. H. Campbell. Treas. CBLOOMSBURCO LAND IMPEOYEMEHT CQMPAHY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property ia in the p.nm!n 1 "O wuuo Ul LUG town. It includes also part of the factory district, and has no jqual in desirability for residence purposes. CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will bo doubled in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS Maps of the town and of plotted plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board'of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. F. Sharpless: C. W. Neal, A. G. Dr. H. W. McReynolps, 3) I Clock Snrinc HlAdr. lOnlv Terfcct Comb, . . - ' Forcpnugh Circuses, Mlc vour Dealer fnr P.ornn,PnnlhP han Bl.BIN0 Cl'BBI A if T HE POSITIVE CURE. .wujuui, 60 warren Bt, How York. Price 60 cU.1 on Iram Derr's land, near A. J. Derr's store, Jackson township, Pa. Shingles, Plastering Lath, ant Piai cul I: k We have saw mills on this tract running daily, and have there on hand and can cut timber &c. at any time. SUlngles,No1,aU5 and S In. seleeted, i.M)M N?'llnilln. Dost pine, SJ.R0 M Plastorliiy lata, 4 ft. long, l.f0 M . ", , " ft loinf, i.ft Hemlock, common size, fu.oo M For special orde-s and for Terms &c , write or call at office of CREASY tii HIS, mm Bloomsburg. Fa. . H Imngs, General Debility anil ft Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars- x T L! Drrtov Bsiggs, Dr. I. V. Willi. N. I). Funk. 1 1-19- Spring Curry Comb Rnll T!n..t. t?:-. t'aoil , it s a 1 1 ' ., I j v. . .wuj uuvA uy xiirunni ana and Leading Horsemen of the World If Knn..i. . i COBB CO., IMU.ttc Bt, South bad, ImlW ll-9-2flf A ft 8 rM. Sab NOTICE. Farmer and Fruit Crowers. w .....n .... i.i v. n' llu iui uu catiiojfue, wlileu we will wall vun on appll- Anple at lo ti $ip ppir inn ; Pears, riutin and Chen leg at i8 to per loo PeauUou at ' to $100 put l.ouo, etc, etc Audreas The Rochester Nursery Co., RucnirriR, n. v. l--'5-u. d. COPYRIGHTS. V nnm.VM - . Rflili .n,J!?r d an bonut opinion, writ, to 1 1' N N dr i n., mho hT. had newly liflr .turn' axperlenoa In tb. patent bualneu. Conimunlrs. tlotu.trlotlroontlUonUul. A Handbook ot lu. formation onnonrumv I'atrnt. and bow to ob. tin n them .ent true. 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For anything in this line the place to go is to ?L Saitzer's. Ware-rooms, Main Stree be., low Market. E. A. RAWLINGS. PKALBR IN All Kinds of Meat. Beef, Veal, Lamb. Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bologna, &c. Free Delivery to all parts of the town. CENTRE STREET, C. H. REICE'S OLD STAH9. BLOOMSBURC, PA. Bring Tho Babies. iMHtantaucons '.Process Vaed. Strictly first-class guaranteed photo graphs, crayons and copies at reason able prices. We use exclusively tt Collodion Aristotype papers, thus se curing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAP WELL, MARKET SOUARE CALLERY 5-lt-lyr. over Hartinan's Store. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. C0RKI0TID WIIILT. BITAIL FBIOIf. Butter per lb $ ,24 Eggs per dozen . . . , , .28 Lard per lb 12 J Ham per pound .13 Pork, whol, per fkmnd 07 to .08 Beef, quarter, per pound, . . . 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel .70 Oats 4S Rye " " 6S Wheat flour per bbl . 2.85 Hay per ton 14 00 to 16.00 Potatoes per bushel .it Turnips " ,25 Onions " " x.oo Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .30 Tallow per lb 04 Shoulder " " .10 Side meat"" !!!.. ,i0 Vinegar, per qt 07 Dried apples per lb .0$ Dried cherries, pitted 16 Raspberries 16 Cow Hides per lb 03 Steer " " 0, CalfSkin 40 to .50 Sheep pelts 60 Shelled corn per bus .75 Corn meal, cwt 1.00 Bran, ,,I0 Chop Middlings " 1.10 Chickens 1 er lb new '.. .10 " "old to Turkeys " " it Geese " ,,, 10 Ducks " .ia (?OAI, No. 6, delivered -4 " 4 and s " 3.50 " 6 at yard a.aS " 4 and s at yard. 3.S i i PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM , v,. sSl Si'aDM. .ud brautifiu tli. hair. fSfefev"! lr ? VoutUful Color. r 1 li . Cum Klp umm a li.ir (.lliu. 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