THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUR0, PA.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOO.flSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1W8.
DECISION IN KRICKBAUMJCASE
Continued from 5th Page.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Late cabbage and main-crop cel
ery plants may be set late this
month..
Don't hoe beans while they are
vet. It spots the leaves. Wait till
they are dry.
Make three successive plantings
of sweet corn this month, at ten
day intervals.
Get ready for the strawberry
crop. . Provide carriers, boxes,
crates, stencils, packing shed, etc.
Do not pick berries when they
are wet; when picked, hurry them
to a cool place out of the sun.
For grape-rot and mildew, begin
early and spray the vines with Bor
deaux mixture at intervals of about
two weeks.
To destroy squash-bugs, lay a
cloth or shingle by the plants. The
bugs go under it and can be collect
ed and killed in the morning.
Remember the neighbor who has
no berries on his farm. Send down
a nice basket of them once in a
while. Makes your own taste so
much better.
Muzzle the horses and pad the
outside portions of whilHetrees and
harrow when cultivating the or
chard; thus avoiding all bruised and
'barked ' trees.
File the hoes and keep them
sharp. Stir the soil frequently;
and always remember that a hard
crust will form after a rain if you
don't loosen up the soil promptly.
Sow cucumbers now for pickling.
When the vines begin to bear, pick
ill the fruit every day or so. L,et
none go to seed (ripen) if you want
the vines to continue bearing.
Frequent and shallow cultivation
should be the rule in the new straw
berry bed; and also in the raspber
ry, blackberry, currant and goose
berry patches, if the last four are
not mulched.
No grain or grass crops in the
young orchard, please. Cultivation
is best. Stir the soil every two
weeks until August. 'Tis a good
plan to throw two or three forkfuls
of manure around each tree, after
i rain.
To prevent a scabby crop of po
tatoes, soak the seed for two hours
in a solution of one-half pint of for
malin (formaldehyde; in fifteen
gallons of water. Then plant the
seed in soil which has not recently
grown a crop of scabby tubers. J
flWatch for the little slugs dark
ish, slimy fellows that are likely
to be on pear or cherry leaves now.
Fine, dry dust, if thrown in the
trees, will kill every slug it covers.
Or almost any of the regulation or
chard sprays will exterminate this
pest.
Pumpkins planted among the
corn hills are no special hindrance
:o the crop if the ground is very
rich. They are sometimes a great
benefit in a dry season; the leaves
and vines cover the ground and
keep it from drying up after culti
vation ceases.
Cabbage and tomato plants can
be safely guarded against cutworms
ny inserting a circular paper fence
in the soil around each stem. Any
stiff paper will do. Have each fence
lbout one and one-half inches above
.round, and the same distance
way from the plant.
A gentleman who made the ex
:eriment the past season, recom
nends moth balls as an effective
neans of keeping the striped beetle
iff the cucumber, melon and squash
cines. The remedy is not only in
jxpensive but easily applied, only
me ball being required for each
.till.
The Bordeaux mixture is the
proper remedy to use for all fun
gous troubles; viz., mildew and
rust of beans, pet a to and tomato
.ot and leaf blight; melon and cu
cumber diseases; asparagus rust;
oelery leaf blight and rust, etc. The
txalf-streugth mixture (two pounds
.pper sulphate, two pounds quick
lime, fifty gallons water) is strong
enough to use in the vegetable gar
Jen, except for potatoes.
Farm Journal.
flow Ea!a? Opium Cure
Being Distributed Free by a New
York Society.
Co-operating with missions in Malay,
lia, the Windsor Laboratories of New
York have secured a supply of the won
derful combretum plant, which has done
so much to revolutionize the treatment
of the opium habit.
A generous supply of the new remedy,
together with full instructions for its
use, and United States consular reports
bearing on the subject will bo sent to
my sufferer. To obtain a free supply
if this remedy and the consular reports,
iddress Windsor Laboratories.Branch 28,
lit East 20tb Street, New York City.
D. 6-14-4L
FLORIDA WITHSTANDS BIO GUN.
Merlinntsm m Good Order After
Impart of the IB-Inch Projectile.
Norfolk, Vn., Jane 4. There Is a
d,'Ht;nct difference of opinion among
naval experts with respect to the ex
perimental shot fired by the Arkan
sas against the turret of the monitor
Florida. Tbe shot m fired from
the biggest naval gun with the high
tn:t explosive known, and the projec
tile uncd was of the heaviest sort. The
aim was perfect, the range very close
and the shell struck the turret fair
and square.
It was given out that the result
t as a victory for turret construction,
and this notwithstanding che eleven
Inch hardened-steel plate wt black
ened and broken, the seams of the
turret sprung, and the rlvlett and
screws loosened and twisted.
This view of the experiment was
based upon the condition of the tur
ret with respect to Its mechanlmn
after It had received the shot from
the Arkansas. Within five minutes
from the time of the terrible Impact
the turret was being worked with
perfect esse, and the twelve-Inch gun
on the left side was trained at will.
IriHile the turret, where stand the
gunners and gun crew, the havoc
v-hs much less apparent than from
the outside Examination showed
that of the many delicately adjusted
.nbtrumenta for fire control, sighting
and oporatng the turret, few, If any,
were out of working order
"If th!g had happened In battle
f.".e Florida would be fighting yet,"
ia'ct ono of the Rear Admirals with
enthusiasm
Iron Canes for Exercise.
Among fashionable accessories of
thmmaRCullne costume the very new
est Item Is the lrcn cane. It weighs
possibly seven and a half pounds,
and It Is Intended as an exerciser.
For the business man who has lit
tle time for chest weights, dumbbells
and all the other devices for keeping
himself In trim the cane may prove a
boon. It can be used as one walks
In the open air, and consequently is
the city man's nearest substitute for
the natural exercise wnlch comes
from outdoor sports. While walking
along the cane may be swung first In
ono hand and then In the other, so
that development will be uniform.
Bo If men of somewhat portly
build o.- of Jaded, overworked com
plexion or otherwise afflicted with
the signs of city confinement and
lack of exercise are observed during
the next few months promenading
the city streets and gracefully, light
ly, airily swinging Lanes after the
manner, of major domos, the specta
cle wlh not be caused by a sudden
attack of springtime gayety. It will
simply be the man with the Iron
cane out for his aily stroll.
Coffee, the Inspirer.
The Italian composer, Donizetti,
courted Inspiration by a means
which proved so Injurious that it
caused the premature decay of his
faculties. He was accustomed to
shut himself in his room with a
quantity of mu;ilc paper, pens, end
ink, and three or four pots of strong
coffoo. He would then begin to
write and drink, and when the sup
ply of coffee was exhausted, he
would order more, and continue to
drink as long as be wrote.
He asserted that the coffee was
necessary for his inspiration. The
result of this pernicious habit, was
a yellow, parchment like complexion,
with Hps almrrt jet black, and a
nervous system, which soon caused
his breakdown and death.
An Odd Test for the Postal Service.
Postal officials say that the most
Mattering test ever made of the safe
ty of Uncle Sams mall service was
the experiment tried by a Western
man.
He pasted on one side of a silver
dollar a bit of paper on which be
wrote his son's address in another
city. On the other aide he affixed a
one-cent stamp, sending the coin at
merchandise rates.
The sender received a letter two
days later from his son acknowl
edging the receipt of the dollar.
The test was, It Is stated the re
sult of a dispute the sender had wtth
a foreigner who doubted the Ameri
can's assertion of the safety at the
United States malls.
. Modern Boats.
While waiting for the Mauretanla
to come down the Tyne, the follow
ing conversation was beard between
two miners:
"Thy tell me, Oeordle,, she's an
awful tig ship; she burns 12,000
tons of coal a dtyl'
"Aye I" says Geordle, "and I'll tfll
you another thing: The firemen go
about the stokehold In motor cars,
and when they want to get ou deck
tbey come up lu balloons." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Asleep for Three and a Half Yonm.
An astonishing trance case has
come to light In Berlin. A clerk
utfed forty-six a healthy, normal
man suddenly fell asleep in June
1904. - All efforts to awaken him
ere unsuccessful and he was placed
j bed, where he is still. Thj slfep
or since then has never opered hi
yes. He breathes r"iiarly sin
swallows his food mucnanically, but
Is insensible to the severest attempt!
t0. a r o i ) 8 hi m . L o nd o n Exchange, ,
fni Kind Yuu Have Always Bought
ADVICE FOR TALL WOMEX.
Severn! Methods by Which They Cna
Itocrcnse Appearance of Height,
Theoretically, it Is delightful to be
"a Gibson girl," but as a matter ot
fact, it may b6 anything but pleas
ant for a woman to be taller than her
escort, cr In any way out of the aver
age. And It la often a distinct draw
back when a girl is more than five
feet ten Inches, In height, and she
will do well to decrease the effect of
tallness.
This may be lessened to a marked
degree by the careful selection of
the style of dress. Then, too, a
large woman should remember to se
lect big chairs to sit In because by
comparison thsy make her appear
small. A small seat, to the contrary,
makes her seem gigantic. It Is too
low proportionately, and does not
hold her easily.
When standing or walking the ef
fect of tallness may be decreased by
a slight droop of the head. To al
low the head to hang is extreme, and
accomplishes nothing beyond an un
pleasant appearance, while the tin
iest droop can do wonders. There
should be no stooping of the should
ers, however, for this will ruin the
figure and make the girl most awk
ward. She should hold herself
erect thought not stiffly to. Marvels
may be done in taking off Inches by
the manner of hair dret-slng.
Large, high pompadours are to be
avoided. This Is not to say a tall
girl shall not wear one, but It should
not be extreme. If she has the type
of face to which hair simply parted
and brushed back Is becoming, this
Is by all means the coiffure to be
adopted. Few can stand It, how
ever, and the next best thing is an In
conspicuous style of dressing the
plaits flat, n"t piling them high on
top of the head. Better is It to
place the mass of hair at the back
of the head or on the neck.
Big hats are as great a mistake as
are huge pompadours, for enormous
millinery will accentuate and draw
attention to the height. Rampant bat
trimmings should be carefully avoid
ed anl low effects chosen In their
stead. Stripes are excellent In dress
materials, but should never be bo ar
ranged as to run up and down. This
style makes a woman appear taller
than she really Is. Those for a wom
an of height should go around In a
bayadere effect, and flounces, bias
bands and other decorations placed
at Intervals from hem to the knees
and above, are suited to her.
Exaggerated "straight fronts" are
to be regarded by her with horror,
selecting Instead soft blouse waists
with wide girdles. The latter are
particularly good, especially when of
material contrasting to that of the
gown, for In this way they become
more pronounced.
A Fetching Blouse In Bilk Oanxe,
Formal blouses and and bodices
have taken up the trend of sheernesa
Inaugurated by the lingerie blouse
and some very fetching models are
A FETCHING BLOUSE,
shown carried out In silk gause
mounted over thin China and Japan
ese silks. Simple yet dressy Is the
waist Illustrated. It Is of natural
color gauze, having the front and
back laid in deep folds and large me
dallions of embroidery are stitched
over the gause wtth embroidery
stitch for decorative effect. The front
is tucked chiffon with pointed bands
of the blouse material laid light
across It, the ends of the gause end
ing under the side of the front folds.
The toll collar Is of lace and the
sleeves of gause finished with bands
of black ribbon velvet.
Wraiths of Broadway.
Lower Broadway, New York, after
7 o'clock on the average night Is
pretty well deserted except for one
class of women. They are usually
over fifty; they Invariably wear shab
by black gowns and shawls and their
hats are the strangest and most won
derful concoctions that ever were
turned out under the name of mil
linery. In the dim light ot that
canyon they suggest all sorts of
stories of tragedies, of unsuccessful
age, for they fairly slink along In the
deepest shadows. But If you chance
to pass two ot them together their
talk Is cheerful enough. They have
"good jobs" as the scrub women of
tbe office buildings that employ their
services every night after business Is
done.
To Detect Sewer Gas,
Here Is the test for the detection
In an apartment of stwer eas: Satu
rate unglazed paper with a solution
of one troy ounce of pure acetate ot
lead In eight fluid ounces of rain
water; let partially dry; then expose
In tbe room suspected of containing
sewer gas. The presence of gas la
any considerable quantity soon
blackens tbe test paper. .
CTAASSE, THE FLOUR MART.
Billions of Rloesoms Perish There
For Perfume.
From the most remote period of
Its history, the love of sweetlnp
smelllng scents has been a dominant
characteristic of the human race.
The ancients dellgthed In them, the
French and English courts of the
days of Queen Elizabeth und Louis
XIV. revelled In them, anl to-day,
though such extravssrant una at
scents as was then encouraged would
ee uueriy aecried by the canons cf
good taste, there is nnmiallv n.
pended In New York City alone fly
uvu.uvu on perfume.
To-day the French hold tha ulm
as the world's greatest perfumers. To
mem Belongs the creative Imagina
tion, tempered by good taste, which
Is the- birthright of the artistic tem
perament, and the 'little town of
Orasse, near Cannes on '.he blue
Mediterranean, Is the flower mart of
the world. Billions of blossoms per
ish annually In the interests of the
perfumers in this little city, and from
here all the great perfume houses of
Europe Import a part If not all of
their wares. Every year the mer
chants from Cologne buy dp all the
essential oil from the orange blos
soms, which is the foundational .cent
of their world-famous cologne.
In Grasse ono can get any odor he
wishes; he has but to name his per
fume, and the merchant takes it
from his shelf. Lily of the Valley,
roso, new mown hay, violet, migno
nette, tube roses, orchid, all are ob
tainable. As a matter of fact there are com
paratively few real flower odors.
Jasmine, tube roses, cassle, Parma
vlolots, Jonquils, mignonette; these
aro true flower extracts, and thn nnr.
chaser buys what he thinks he Is
buying. Other odors are generally
mixtures blends of these flowers
and of chemical comnounda and snrh
Oriental substances as myrrh, frank
incense, sandalwood and the like.
Of late years the chemists have
learned to compound with scrupu
lous, almost lovinir earn, cortnin
scents and mixtures, that so closely
resemble the flower odors us to be al
most indistinguishable, except to a
trained sense. This has by no means
Interfered with the business: of flnw.
er culture, as the best grade of per
fumes still Is manufactured form
flowers, but It has broueht within tha
means of a new clientele the poor
a luxury hitherto without their
grasp.
Lost Sailors of Spain.
A queer sort of yam from the Phil
ippines comes to this country by way
of Spain. It Is nothing new for
queer yarns to come out of Spain, but
this is one which will arouse special
Interst In this country. It has to
do with the smashing of the Spanish
fleet at Manila by Dewey on that
memorable May morning of 1898, or
at least with the fate of 320 of the
sailors on that Ill-fated squadron.
The one who tells the story, bears
the name of Jose Cebolla Vulguera.
and he has Just arrived, an unrecog
nized vagabond, in the little town in
Spain from which he went away to
the Philippines, fifteen years ago. His
stories have shaken ancient Castile
from end to end. With nearly 300
Spanish sailors of the fleet which
Dewey destroyed, he has been a slave
since 1898 on the island of San Juan
del Monte. He and a few of his com
panions In misfortune, escaped from
their savage captors a few months
ago, and after terrible experiences.
a few managed to reach Manila.
According to Valguera's story, he
was on the Spanish battleship Relna
Maria Christina when it was blown
up at the battle of Cavlte. About
half of the crew managed to swim to
shore, but soon afterwards fell in
with a party of Philippine Insurgents.
They were made prisoners and es
corted to the out of the way Island
where they were detained to live In
a most pitiable condition of servitude
for almost ten years. Vulguera re
lates the Indignities to which the na
tlvees subjected himself and. ccm
panlons, forcing them to labor In
the fields with the beasts cf burden,
feeding them seldom and torturing
them frequently. Of the 800 un
fortunates more than half died with
in a few years. About seventy-five
escaped with Vulguera, swimming
from San Juan del Monte to one of
the large Islands. More than half of
these seventy-five were drowned In
the sea.
There Is little reason to doubt
Vulguera's story, wild and lurid as
it may seem. It Is known that hun
dreds of sailors from the ill-fated
fleet escaped to shore and were
never again heard of. In Spain It
was believed that these men had all
perished. The United States troops
have not penetrated Into the Interior
of some of the Philippine Islands,
and It Is quite possible that the un
fortunate Spaniards have been held
prisoners by the Insurgents for all
these years.
But whether his tale Is true, Vul
guera's appearance In Spain stirred
up a tremendou commotion among
the families ot the missing soamen.
Many ot the sailors' wlvea, believing
their husbands dead, have remar
ried. Vulguera assured these wom
en that the men whose names they
originally bore are at present slaves
of the Filipinos. It is likely that an
effort to liberate the survivors of tue
crew, who were not so fortunate as
to escape, wlll.be made. Kennobeo
Journal.
The tourist In Madagascar may
travel by the flansana, which Is made
from two poles six feet long and with
seat and feet rest
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Our Pianos
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Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Prvor, Kohlera
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
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AND BOWLBY.
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