THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. rrr CLEANLY STABLES. Haw la Take 1'roper Cans of Ml: ft t AN tnln the Best Kvsulta. iTh proper cure of milk to attain Xta 9ml results, like many other propo arttons in the mind of different lndt TMoals, Is vnrlotiBly estimated vTJ Koch In accord with "the way they ar jatoed" and trained In after life. Tha' h utrenm ncm rose above It Bourci finds ita Illustration here. Care ol luckness Is depicted on the fares ol erery man and woman to great ex tent, according as we find those tralti carried ont In every day life. The nat ural tendency of the average person Menw to he towards the latter, thin laaklng thorough cleanliness an appro, prlate wnr cry that should 'be constant ly sounded In every dairy, great 01 mall. In the land, without which it ii Impossible to produce those goodi whose character will carry with it th Impress of this very word, which Is sc town appreciated by the better class ol consumers. And so we go with pal and irtool for our morning and evening 'work, the stable being properly cleaned and good bedding supplied at all times: we -whistle as we brush the side and odder for an Instant to remove the dusi and with clean hands and dry teats w go merrily at our task. But suppose the stable floor Is bare tar of filth, a too common case, whal then? The whistle or song is peremp torily smothered and the milker wltt his heart In Tils boots seeks a pall ol water and a cloth to perform the dls costing jab of cleaning the cow, whlct tan to one is more of a pretense thai real cleaning, or. what Is worse, hii merriment Is turned to muttered o: ntupokcn cursing whilo he milks tin caw as she is. This applies to thosi who nave some sense of cleanliness hut not to those who habitually ne gleet all precautions of cleanliness an nrilk the cowe as they are, clean o) dirty. It is all the same to them; the bare no compunction of conscience li this matter, they are satisfied to llvi that way. and do not seem to realiz but what everybody else Is in the sarrn bappy boat. J. G. Spicer, at llllnoit Dairymen's Association, Enlarging a Ham for Ditlry Purpose!. A. common barn can be easily an( cheaply changed into a dairy barn o! targe capacity, by employing such t plan as that shown in the perspectlvt Tlew Fig. 1. Two wings, with "shed roofs, are extended out at right anglei from eoch elde of the old barn at oik and. The Interior arrangement li fig. 1 Perspective View of Enlarged Barn. abown In the floor plan Fig. 2. A feed car, with a track, is arranged for th teed floor and the feeding alley in from at the cows. A double silo, grain room and call ens. wlLh lofts over them, occupy on side of the barn proper, while calf peni and a hay bay occupy the other side Thus the main barn Is used mainly foi tfce storing of feed, while the additioc U Riven up to the etalls. The eacpens Ti'i i "iTi 11 1 1 i 1 i?i 1 i tin 1 lii i i i "j Fig. 2 Ground Plan. f such a plan will be very much lesi than would be entailed by the buildini at a new barn, or even a lengthening of the old one, while the plan showt Herewith gives a much more convenlen arrangement than could otherwise b had. The Ideal Dairy Cow. Dairyman Gould, In a recent lectura Awe this description of the "cow foi -The Ideal cow." he said. "1 nol teice: she weighs about 1.000 Bounds ! aba is something like a race horse, foi paed In the horse and milk In th Beef In a horse anfl j mean strength always In a cow ft la a question of nerve power, and that is something food will not pro tfuceonly maintain. For the typical dalryVow you must have race horss type, bony and muscular, whether eh ba Holstein, a Jersey or whatever sh( aay be. You will find her with bonj bead and strong Jaw, long between the yes and nose, with broad muzzle. Sh atioukl have a very bright, protruding ye 1 want a cow I can 'hang my hat an her eyee. Why? Simply on account ol ber brain power. It means strong nerve force, and that means action latei on. I want a thin neck and retreating brisket. The lines above and below must not be straight, or she will steal from you; I want nor clisrhtly depressed behind the shoulders, with sharp chine; 1 don't want too stinight a back bone. ! She must have large organs of repro duction you don't want a cow with a straight back; I wi.nt her wedge shap- ' ed. I want two wedges, large In rear and large heart girth 1. e., wide be tween forward legs, sharp on shoulder. This gives me large heart action and : the- strong arterial circulation I want, j Then last, but by no uieawi least, she must have a good udder, for one-half ot the value of the cow is in her ud- der. She should have a long udder ; from front to repr. Then ehe must 1 have a good handle on each corner ol ber udder. And why? Because If she elves two. pails of milk a day It Is a matter of some labor to milk her." tn I'rlrrf. The grppe grower should remember that the prebeut low prices are likely, to stop the planting of vines and even to cause prime, poor vineyards to Do pulled out. which being Interpreted means that good vineyards run by good vlney.-trdlsis will again be profit able. Tii ere U nothing like an over prod tut: 0.1 or Kic.pcs. Good times will )ring fulr prices. .....j .. NAVAL SHIFS LOST AT 8SA. lz American Vessels That Were Never Heard From. The Navy 3partment has many In teresting records of its ships that have met with sad endings, but none moi so than the brief accounts of six dif ferent ones summed up tersely In these words: "Never heard from." This la conic expression Is familiar to all sea followers, and It contains a world ol meaning If rightfully understood. There have bwn ships that have gone down in battle with the flags flying defiantly at the masthead, and others that have battled bravely against the adverse elements until, waterlogged, they have sunk within sight of land; but to be lost at sea, with no men tion of the disaster because of lack ol nil detail, is to meet a fate hardly deserved. Early In the history of our navy such a mystery closed about one of the first vessels flying the new Stars and Stripes. The Ill-fated Saratoga, an eighteen-gun ship, after performing a brilliant service on the high seas, sail ed forth upon the great ocean and dis appeared forever from all human knowledge. What we know of her is briefly summed up In a few sentences. After capturing three English prizes she was intercepted on her way to Philadelphia with them by the British seventy-four-gun ship of the line In trepid, and after a long fight she es caped from her heavier adversary. No further word from the Saratoga was ever received, and no signs of her wreckage were ever discovered. She probably foundered at uea In a gale, but she never left any one behind to tell the talc. This was in 1780, and the next loss of a similar character occurred twenty years later. The thirty-six-gun frigate Insurgent, commanded by Capt. Pat rick Fletcher, was originally under the Frenoh flag, but after she was cap tured by the Constellation off the Isl and of Nevis she sailed under the American flag until the end of her short career. She had sealed orders to sail from the Chesapeake Capes out to sea, but after she started on her easterly course no word from any ship brought tidings of the Insurgent. She disappeared completely. No one on board of her was evor saved to give official confirmation of the Btory of hoi loss. The fourteen-gun brig Pickering me! with a similar fate. She was cruising ofT (Juadaloupe.wlth Master Command ant Benjamin Hiller in charge, when a severe storm arose and swept the seas. It is generally supposed that the ves sel, which was an unseaworthy tub, foundered with all on board. Pieces of wreckage were picked up along the coast, but as so many vessels were lost during this gale there was no cer tainty of identifying them. It is thought also that the same storm might have caused the loss of the Insurgent, although as to this no trustworthy ac count can be found. The next vessel In our navy to dis appear in this mysterious fashion was known as gunboat No. 7, commanded by Lieut. Ogelvie. She sailed from New York May 14, 1805, to increase our naval force then engaged In the war with Tripoli. She returned to this port after being out for a few days, end then she sailed on June 29 the sec ond time. But she never reached her destination. Although nlno other boats left about the same time for the Mediterranean service, and all reached their points In time, gunboat No. 7 was lost, and no word was ever re ceived from any of her officers or crew. The loss of the Wasp followed this disaster. The mystery about this handsome naval fighter is generally familiar to all readers of American history. Her exploits on the water after her first launching until the time of her strange disappearance were so brilliant that every schoolboy knows about them. Within a period of five months the Wasp took fifteen English merchantmen, valued at nearly a iuar ter of a million dollars, and fought several stubborn battles with naval vessels of her own size and stronRtn. On October 1, 1814, the Wasp halted the Swedish bark Adonis and t.oik en board two of the surviving officers of the old Essex after her destruction in Valparaiso harbor, and then passed on Into the dark mystery which has uev er been solved. That was the last ln- I telltgence ever brought to port by any ship concerning the veteran fighter and victor. Her fate will ever remain an unexplained puzzle. The last vessel of the series to be iosi ai sea wiuiuui leaviug u.uy bib" behind to explain matters was the brig .Kpervier, commanaea rjy iieui. jouu Shubrlck. When the terms of the treaty between the United States and Algiers were dictated to the Dey at the point of the cannon by Decatur In 1815, a copy of the paper was sent home by the Epervier. The brig pass ed the Straits of Gibraltar on July 12, 1813, and from that time all trace ot her was lost. She sailed out upon the ocean and was swallowed up by the sea that has wrecked the hopes and ambitious of so many. In modern times the loss of naval vessels at sea has been comparatively limited. The United States navy has been slngulnrly fortunate in this re spect during the past half century, but this may be attributed as much to the limited number of ships In commission as to any still or safeguard. The m.id- ern navy is built upon such different lines from the old class of war ves f els that It Is difficult to compare the two, but It Is safe to assume that the cruisers of to-day could stand the eli- mnt3 much better than their pre! 3 types of fifty years ago. The mKior Ions disappearance of a member of the Vliite Squadron would undoubtedly fi'ie more general sorrow and com ment than the loss of the Wisp, in surgent or Saratoga did in their clays, Crcat Britain and France have r.m-'-h longer list of warships that 'have c:Micd upon the ocean tq go down be fc e some heavy storm without leaving 011 niesapge behind. Great Britain lendu the list In this respect, which is on' natural considering the size ot h-.-r r.avy, and France cornea second wiui Spain following as a close third On 1 uo naval lists ot each nation there la v iliten over against the name of the unfortunate vessel theae ominous words: "Never heard from." The Trlncess of Wales on her travels It e I ways accompanied by a favorite TiUlle cat. Maceo anil the Ouban Cause. In the death of Antonio Maceo the insurgent Cubans have lost their most active and brilliant leader 1 and it ay be that in losing him they have also lost their cause. Whether we pplaud or condemn his tireless efforts to Iree his native island from the rule of: Spain, all. we think, will acrce that th is soldier of mixed blood foucht with courage and handled his troops with skill. He inspired his raw levies with confidence, and secured their warm attachment as well. It is a touching ribute to his memory that vouna omcz preferred to die rather than to abandon his dead General. "The coward and the hero must perish alike but Honor crowns the one with her immortal wreath and ights the other with shame and con tempt. We cannot often know the real motives that actuate human con duct ; but so far as Maeco's career is concerned we may conclude that th e freedom of Cuba was the cause hich impelled him to take the field. and the cause for which he died. This second revolutionary struggle, though may prove a failure for the present. will, it would seem, make Spain's hold ipon her favorite island lor any great eneth of time impossible. The Cu bans may yield to lorce ; but they will not be satisfied. They will watch their opportunities; they will recuperate their strength. Meanwhile. Spain, im poverished by the struggle, cannot well diminish her exactions, nor in lie face of a hostile population re uce her armaments, nor to anv crcat extent change her policy. In our civil war the wav to recon ciliation at its close was comparative ly easy. It was simply to remit the evoked States, with such chanties as the war had made necessary in their several Constitutions, to their old sys tem of self-government. The hand of the Federal Government was with drawn, and the State Governments, without exterior pressure or control, resumed their former powers and functions. But Cuba has oeen a sub ject province, with certain local rights and privileges! and if the Cubans should lay down their arms they would not go back to an accustomed state of self-government, but to Spanish ule, which they hate, and which thev have sought to throw off. This would make peace, and the conditions of peace, more difficult both for the Spaniards and the Cubans. We con clude that if the Cubans should now succumb the day would not be far distant when Spain would be com pelled to withdraw from the island. Record. To the aged, with their poor ap petite, feeble circulation, and im poverished blood. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a boon beyond price. Its effect is to check the ravages of time, by in vigorating every organ, nerve, and tissue of the body. See Ayer's Al manac for the new year. BASE BALL NOTES. We wonder how the Phillies" will finish next season, they play such a peculiar game, it is very hard to tell how far up the ladder the close of the season will find them, but we know, this, that if they play in '97 like they did in '96, one of the other clubs will be cheated out of last place. Washington cranks do not like the arrangement made at the recent league meeting, of beginning the season one week later, unless the Senators finish away from home. Manager Hanlon, of the Baltimores is confident of winning the pennant of '97. The New York s will be a great deal stronger next year than they were last. It is a good time now to pick out the winner ol next season s pennant Just take a look at that Baltimore outheul Keeler .392, Kelley .370 and Stenzel .366, the fourth, fifth and sixth sluggers of the League. Pitcher Willie Davis contemplates studying for the ministry. Pete Browning says he 11 be back in ti e game next season, uia rete is dying hard. MARRIED, Fritz Pealer. On the 13 inst at the Reformed parsonage in Orange- ville, by Rev. A Houtz, Mr. Parvin Fritz of Jackson township, and Mrs. Sallie Pealer of Fishingcreek twp. Sharetts HoFf MEiR. On the 10 inst, in the Reformed church, Middle town, Md., by the bride's father, pas tor of the church, assisted by Rev. L Kuhhnan, pastor of the Evan. Luth eran church, Frederick, Md., Dr. Upton A. Sharetts of Frederick, Md., to Mifs Anna Gertrude, eldest daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs. T. Frank I loft meir, formerly of Bloomsburg, Pa. Rain or snow in winter will follow a new moon, when it fulls between 4 and 6 a. m. By using Hall's Hair Renewcr, gray. faded, or diEcolored hair assumes th natural color of youth, and crow luxuriant and strong, pleasing every. body. Tours to Florida. No district in America presents, during the Winter season, so many varied attractions as the state of Flor ida. Besides its delightful climate, which to one escaping from the cold and unhealthful changes of the North seems almost ethereal, it is pre-eminently a land of sport and pleasure. Along its eleven hundred miles of salt water coast and in its twelve hundred fresh-water lakes are fish of almost every conceivable variety, from the migratory tribes common to Northern waters to the tatpon, pompano, and others of a more tropical character. Nowhere in all our broad land can the angler find a greater variety of game or better sport. Here also the most enthusiastic hunter finds satiety. Deer, turkeys, bears, panthers and wild cats roam at large through the more sparsely set tled regions, while birds of all kinds may be founu in abundance through out the state. The more novel sport of alligator and manatee hunting may also be indulged in by the more ad venturous tourist. With its matchless climate, its or ange groves, its rivers and lakes, its fishing and hunting, and its extensive forest, Florida presents unrivalled at tractions for the valetudinarian, the lover of nature, the sportsman, and the explorer. To this attractive State the Penn sylvania Railroad Company has ar ranged four personally-conducted tours during the season of 1897, leaving by j special train January 26, February 9 and 23, and March 9. The first three tours will admit of a Kninum n torn i weeks in this delightful land ; tickets for the fourth tour will be valid to re turn until May 31 by regular trains. Rates for the round trip, $50.00 from New York, $48.00 from Phila delphia, and proportionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and other information, apply to ticket agents, special booking offices, or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas senger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. 12-34-41. 'Thrift is a good ... j saving results from cleanli ness and SAPOLIO For 1897 Leading Newspapers for the Price of 8 The "Philadelphia Press" by special arrangements, at great cost, is entitled to all the news received by the New York "Times," "World," "Journal," "Chicago "Tribune," St. Louis Globe Democrat," " Cincinnati Commercial Tribune," and the "Boston Journal." All this news is telegraphed to "The Press" over special wires every night and presented to its readers fresh and attractive every morning. This is all in addition to the service of "The Press' " own staff, great corps of correspondents and the Associated Press. Great Papers in Greatest Feat Ever Effected in Journalism. . The Philadelphia Press Pennsylvania's Greatest Family Newspaper Devotes more attention to the house hold and family than any other paper. Has a page every day especially for women, edited by the brightest woman in journalism. Gives daily a column of well tested cooking recites which are of the greatest value to every housekeeper. All the news about horses written by experts and thoroughly reliable. Subscription : Daily "Press" $6.00 a year. Daily and Sunday 8.00. "Weekly Press," 1 .00. Address : "The Press," Phila delphia, Pa. For "wants" of any kind, put a small, "ad" in "The Press." Itpaysto use "Press" want ads. Wanted-An Idea Si Protect your tdeanj thoy may lirlug you Writ JOHN WBUDKHUlTBN Sc CO.. Putin ueyi, Waalilniton, D. (!., fur thalr f 1.8tt url aud ll.it of two hundred InTi'niloiia wanted SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COLUMBIAN Licking Po8tBgo Stamps. Licking postage stamps is a very common practice and one that but few people would associate with dan ger of disease of any sort. Of course illness traceable to this cause is rare, but that it docs sometimes occur no one can doubt. But, as do from the disease germ theory of abstaining from this practice, it certainly is not a cleanly habit, nor is it a necessary action. It is a good deal easier and safer to lick the envelope or, what is better, moisten the corner of it with the finger tips and water and then apply the stamp. A wet handkerchief will dampen the envelope sufficiently to make the stamp adhere. While great care is taken in the preparation of the mucilage that is put upon post age stamps, it is impossible to insure the perfect health of the persons who handle them. An employee with an inoculable disease might spread his ill condition through a whole country. It may not be necessary to warn every one, but those who have never had their attention called to the subject will not fail, upon a moment's reflec tion, to seethe folly of lickinq postage stamps. Arttc York Ledger. That Catarrh is a Local Affliction of the nasal passages, is a fact estab lished by physicians, and this author ity should carry more weight than assertions of incompetent parties, that catarrh is a blood affection. Ely's Cream Balm is a local remedy, com posed of harmless medicants and free of mercury or any injurious drug. It will cure catarrh. Applied directly to the inflamed membrane, it restores it to its healthy condition. An Easy Living. " Where are you working now, Mary ?'' " Ain't working nowheres. I am in business for myself. I got a couple dozen ladies that pays me a quarter a week to come around and ask 'em lor a place, and it makes the hired girl they got mad, and she won't live." Cincinnati Inquirer. revenue" Great 1 GliT VUUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE - - XMAS - - n 11 11 11 Crayons and Pho tographs all fur nished in time for Xmas at fTKILLIP BROS. THE MARKETS. m.ooMsnuRG markets. COHHECTID WIIILT. KITAIL MIUI8. Cutter per lb $ Eggs per dozen Lard per lb , I lam per pound , Pork, whole, per pound Beef, quarter, per pound, . , , Wheat per bushel Oats " Hv 21 .24 .08 '3 ,06 f7 95 30 50 neal iiour per oui 5,20 Hay per ton ia to $14 . . n 11. rotatocs per busnel, .30 50 Turnips " " . , . . , Onions " " , Sweet potatoes per peck .30 Tallow per lb 4J Shoulder" " .10 .10 7 .05 .10 .ia 3i OS .80 75 Side meat " " Vinegar, per qt , Dried apples per lb. , Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb. . . Steer " "... CalfSkin Sheep pelts Shelled corn per bus So Corn meal, cwt 1.50 tiran, , Chon " .90 1. 00 .90 .08 .oS . .10 .08 Middlings " , Chickens per lb new , " "old Turkeys " " Geese " " Ducks " " COAL. No. 6, delivered , a.6o " 4 and s " 3.85 " 6 at yard 8.35 " 4 and s at yard. 3.60 Biing the Babies. INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS USE". Strictly first-class Guaranteed photoeraphs. crayons and copys at reasonable prices. We use exclusively the CoUolion Anstotype pa pers, thus securing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAPYVELL, MARKET SQUARE GALLERY. Ii-2a-ly. Over Hartman's Store. The Leading Conierratorj of Amerloa-. Carl Fabltmn, Director. ".lTl rV rowed m 8M bj r.-r! 'CUytL1- H5i giving full information. Fank W. Hal., General Manaccr. WVtffrWWWrWrWWrWrV eurce Seliool 32nd Year, A representative American Bust noes Rchool for both sexes, founded ly Thomas May Peikce, A. M., Til. 1'. Couples syateinatto bual ncua training with a practical, Mound and useful English educa tt'in. It oQ'ers three full courses: KiiNlness, Hliorthand and Type writing, EngllNh; the whole oon KtltuUnx an ldeul combination. (Jrudtiutes uro cheerfully assisted to positions. JioiU 1-iay and Night Sessions are now running. BtudenU . received i.t ur.y time. i ::.in scnooi, tm-oio rk.xu.t St., Ffctuda. BM.nl Halldlaf. NEW DINING ROOriS, A LARGE and well furnished dining room has been opened by niPPV IfTRsNTi on,he second Hoar of his "ntt"! aUttflnV, r e s tatirnnt. Meals will be served at the regular dining hours for 25c. and they can also be obtained at any time. The table will be sup plied with the delicacies of the season and the service will be first-class. Entrance ly door between Bostaurant an Ualfalera'B grocety store. CHARLES NASH PURVIS, WILLIAMSPORT, PA., Collections, Loans, Invest ments, Sales Agent and Real Estate Private & Banker. Deposits received subject to Drafts or Checks, from any part of the World, money forwarded to any place Interest nt 3 per cent, allowed on deposits with us for one year or more j ninely days notice of with drawal must be given on all interest-bearing deposits." 96-Q-to-iy Wanted-An Idea Who can think of some ahujiU ttillltf to iMituur Protect your Irtpam they may bring you wealin. Writ jAmm wuiiniritiinuN n.. Pntnt Attor ueya. Wanhlnittoii, 1). C, fur their li.euu uriaw uO.it and list of two hundred lureuUou w aw ted.
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