THE COLUMBIAN, BL00Ma8UK(i. -v.
Weekly Press News Letter. '
On Timely Tnptci of Plant Petto. ,
From the Division of Keoiiomic
Zoology-Department of Agricul
ture. By II. A. Surface, State
Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa.
USK Pt'RR COITICK StTM'HATK.
As the time of the year is here
iiiiirli milnlintp nf ivitiiwr ri
blue vitriol, will be used in making I
the Bordeaux mixture for spraying
fruit trees, potatoes, etc., State Zo
ologist Surface calls attention to
the necessity of obtaining the pur
est sulphate of copper in the mark
et hi order to secure the best re
sults. One of the most difficult and ex
pensive problems in the manufac
ture of conper sulphate is to elimi
nate the sulphate of iron A con
Kidpr.ihli TMTcentnee of iron sul
phate may be mixed with copper (
sulphate without its presence being
detected. There are qualities of i
copper sulphate on the market con
taining a large percentage of iron
sulphate, so as to render the article
almost worthless for spraying pur
poses. A good copper sulphate
should present perfectly clean,
sharp crystals. Growing trees and
plants are poor things to run any
risk with, and hence, those persons
who are caring for them by spray
ing should use the best materials,
clean bluestone and pure lime.
Buy of reliable dealers is the advice
on the subject given by the Divi
sion of Kcomomic Zoology of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture. Last year sulphate of copper sold
at an unusually low price, owing to
depression in the copper market
and general dullness in business.
While conditions have been better
this spring, there has been no ma
terial advance in the price of the
sulphate. It will be observed that
this material is spoken of in this ar
ticle as sulphate of copper, copper
sulphate, blue vitriol and bluestone.
It is known by each of these names.
MULCHING POTATOES.
In the growing of potatoes on a
small scale, in the garden or in the
"early patch" for summer use,
fairly satisfactory results can be ob
tained by mulching. The method,
however, is practicable only when
the mulching material is cheap.
Old hay or straw can be used, and
should be spread about four inches
deep just before the plants appear,
and after the ground has been har
rowed once or twice after planting.
To grow in this manner rather
large seed pieces should be planted
two or three inches deep, while the
hills can be placed either i8xiS or
12x24 inches. This is the advice
given by the Division of Zoology
at Harrisburg.
SPRAYING PLUM TREKS, POTATO
VINES, ETC.
Among the letters recently re
ceived by Prof. Surface, State Zo
ologist, at Harrisburg, was one
from a Dauphin county farmer,
which should be given wide pub
licity. The correspondent wrote:
"A few years ago my fruit trees
were dying from the effects of the
San Jose scale. Fortunately, fol
lowing your advice, I bought a
good spray pump and apparatus
for using the lime-sulfur wash, and
began spraying thoroughly fall and
spring, and today'l have several hun
dred fine, healthy trees, practically
free from scale. On trees that were
covered with scale from the tips of
the branches to the trunks not a
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
THROUGH SLEEPING CAR
BETWEEN
WILKES-BARRE AND PITTSBURGH
(VIA HARRISBURG.)
Beginning May 30th, 1909
U3AV15
Baity Except
Sunday.
P. M.
6 30
6.36
f 6.38
f 6.40
6.47
6- 5y
7.10
1715
.7.20
7 29
7.41
7- 55
8.03
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. . . . Wilkes-Barre. . . .
.South Wilkes-Barre
. . . Plymouth Ferry . .
, . . .Button wood
. . . . ..Nanticoke .. ..,
Retreat
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Pond Hill
. . . .Wapwallopen
Nescopeck
Creasy
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Catawissa...
....Roaring Creek
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"f" stops only on signal
notice to conductor.
J. K, WOOD, l'asetiger Truffle Manager.
live scale can be foun 1.
"Kindly answer the following
question: (i) How much Par
is greaii to 8 gallons of water can
be '.si'd safely to spray plum trees?
I used n tt aspoo; ful last year to 8
gallT.is of water and t illed many
fruit buds. (2) Tell me how to
make a spray for pjtato blight,
how much bluestone and lime to
use to 50 gallons of water?'
To this State Zoologist Surface
replied as follows:
"I certainly thank you for your
very kind letter, making such a
definite statement concerning the
cleaning up of your trees and the
production of perfect fruit and the
growing of healthy trees f rem scale,
by the use of lime-sulfur wash,
following our directions. This is
but an example of what every per
son in this Stale could have clone
had they acted equally intelligent
ly, faithfully and persistently. Ou
tlie other hand I have many re
ports of persons who wanted some
thing with easier work, even if
more expensive, and, consequently,
bought the high-priced oils, and in
many cases killed their trees or in
jured them so badly that they are
now turning to me, asking what
can be done to overcome the evil
effects of their former action.
"I take great pleasure in reply
ing in detail to the inquiries of
such persons as yourself, because
it is an inspiration to know that
you act intelligently upon the ad
vice given, and regard it as worth
something, even though it be free
of cost. It is, also, a pleasure to
me to know that such efforts on my
part are not in vain, but are really
helpful, Concerning Paris green,
the formula is one pound or six
teen ounces to 150 gulons of water
for hardy plants. For plain pro
portions I would recommend one
ounce to each 10 gallons. In fact
one ounce to 8 gallons will not be
too strong for potatoes. However,
I should use three or four times as
much lime as Pans green, making
milk of lime and straining it into
the water with Paris green.
"Also, on plums I would recom
mend you to use Paris green if you
can get arsenate of lead. The lat
ter sticks better and is much more
to be desired. You can buy this
of different firms. I would not
spray the plum trees until after the
blossoms have fallen and the fruit
is nearly as large as the average
pea.
"To make a spray for potato
blight use three pounds of blue
stone and four or five pounds of
lime in fifty gallons of water. If
you have potato beetles, add one
third of a pound of Paris green, or
one pound of arsenate of lead to
this. I should have, told you that
there are various formulae recom
mended for using arsenate, vary
ing from one to three or four
pounds in fifty gallons of water,
jut it has been proven that if you
use a good quality of arsenate of
lead, one pound in fitty gallons will
do the poisoning, just the same as
though you used three times as
much, and, of course, there is less
danger of injury and it is inore eco
nomical." .
Every Woman Will Be Interested.
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an's ills, called Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN-LEAF.
It is the only certain regu
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50 cts. Sample FKE IS, Adderss, The
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5-i.V4t.
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Sunday
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A. M.
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8.42
8.30
8.22
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7-57
7.42
7.28
7.21
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8.22
f 8.27
f 8.34
f 8.37
8.55
H-35
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GEO. W.
New Mall Service Proposition.
In the June T.ipfincotfs Colonel
Willard French tells ot a new plan
which seems likely to be adopted
by the Post Office Department and
which should prove of great
benefit to the public. It is at pres
ent known only as "the return en
velope and postal card" plan, but
it has already gone through all of
the preliminary examinations of the
Congressional Committees on Post
Offices and Post Roads, and com
missions appointed by the Postmas
ter general, and has not only been
approved but by legal authority
has been pronounced something
1 which the Department has power
to inaugurate without legislation,
j Colonel French says:
"The system is something which
applies chiefly to advertisers who
1 use the mails in distributing circu-
lars with enclosed envelopes or pos
tal cards, soliciting correspondence
or orders. A careful investigation
hai resulted in the report that
, where the enclosures are unstamped
, very little is ever heard from them,
I And where the cards or envelopes
are stamped, but one in ten ever
' returns. This results in nuking
each reply which the advertiser re-
ceives cost him twenty cents for
postage alone. And, yet, under
I the discouraging conditions, there
j are sent out, annually, a hundred
! million envelopes and as many pos
tal cards.
"The law requires that all post
age shall be prepaid, so that any
plan which has been devised will
require the co operation of outside
agency, to the extent of securing a
deposit of a hundred thousand dol
lars with the Department, as a
postage fund. The Department
will manufacture envelopes and
cards, bearing a peculiar stamp
which can easily be recognized, dis
tfnguising it from ordinary mail.
These the Department will sell to
whatever form of syndicate may
represent the deposit, at the regu
lar price less the price of the stamp.
The contractor will distribute them
as they may be ordered by advertis
ers, after haviag a return address
printed on them, with notice that
the stamp is void if the address is
changed. Such envelopes and
cards endorsed by advertisers may
be returned to them without affixing
additional stamp, but on arriving
at their destination they will be
held by the post office till the ad
vertiser pays the regular postage
on all such matter as he actually
receives. The moment the enve
lope or card is mailed, the stamp
which the Department impresses
becomes a legal stamp and satisfies
the law, while it is of no value if
the address is changed, and uo loss
to the advertiser if thrown away.
When the advertiser p .ys the a
mount of regular postage on all
such mail as he actually receives,
he only keeps the original deposit
iutact.
"It is net unusual for the Depart
ment to rely on," outside co-operation.
Pneumatic tubes, for exam
ple and in fact almost all trans
portation are accomplished
through private co-operation, and
it is not anticipated that there will
be any delay or difficulty in arrang
ing with some form of corporation,
as a reasonable profit will be allow
ed by Government contract to the
receiver and dispenser; while it
will be greatly to the advantage of
the Department to have an active
agency constantly at work encour-
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7.02
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f 6.46
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11.08
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When You Think
Of the pnin which many women experience with every
month it make the gentleness and kindness always associ
ated with womanhood seem to he almost a miracle.
While in general no woman rebels against what she re
gards as a natural necessity there is no woman who would
not gladly be free from this recurring period o( pain.
Dr. Pierce' a Favorite Prescription makes
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It establishes regularity, subdues Inflam
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male weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter,
free. All correspondence strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Write without fear and without fee to World's Dispensary Med
Scat Association, K. V. i'icrce, M. D., President, Ituflulo, N. Y.
If you want a book that tells all nhout woman's diseases, and how to cure
them at home, send 21 one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce to pay cost of mailing
only, and he will send you a fret copy of his great thousand-page illustrated
Common Sense Medical Adviser revised, up-to-dato edition, in paper covers.
In handsome cloth-binding, 31 stump).
aging trade and creating new busi
ness all over the country. As the
result of the investigations it was
reported to the commission that
without auy further impetus than
the removal of the present handi
cap to business in this line, the
firms already using the mails would
increase their use at least five fold,
which alone would result of increas
ing the revenue of the Department
over sixteen million dollars annu
ally. With the natural growth
and the new business that would i
follow it is thoroughly conservative
to accept the report that when the
system is understood and in work
ing order the net revenue to the
Post Office Department will come
very close to wiping out even the
threatened deficit of thirty millions.
Considering either the public or
the Department, it is worth try
ing." To Protect Liverymen.
An act for the protection of liv
ery stable keepers and fixing a
penalty for any violation thereof,
was approved by the Governor on
April 27th, last. Any person who ,
willfully or negligeutly abuses the
confidence of liverymen by driving
or taking a horse or team any far
ther or greater distance than con
tracted or named at time of hire,
without promptly reporting or mak
ing known such extended use and
compensating the owner therefor
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meauor and upon conviction shall
be fined one hundred dollars or be
imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days or both at discretion of the
court. He shall also be liable to
owner in double tie amount of the
injury done to the horse. Good
law.
Growth of the Urder Odd Fellows.
The aqnual session of the Grand
lodge, I. O. O. F., is being held
in Harrisburg this week and as
Grand Master C. W. Meyers is a
resident of Harrisburg it is memor
able event in the history of the or
der. The order was organized in
Baltimore, Maryland, on April 26,
1819, by Thomas Wildey, a young
English mechanic, who was assisted
by four others.
Beginning thus with a lodge of
five members, it now has 16,388
subordinate lodges. 3,480 Encamp
ments, 8219 Rebskah Lodges, 1,
448J565 subordinate lodge mem
bers, 208,511 Encampment mem
bers, 571, 571 Rebekah members,
or a grand total of 1,818.923 mem
bers Total relief paid in 1907,
$5."2.993-75.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this olhce. Half tones supplied.
Constables Mot Fire Wardens.
Constables will no longer have,
ex-officio, tiny special interest in
fighting, forest fires, the Act of 31
Ma ch, 1905. making them fire
wardens, having been repealed by
an act approved by Gov. Stuart 29
April, 1909. The authorities at
Harrisburg have given notice that
no bills paid for any work of this
character done after May 12, 1909,
will be passed by the department.
HUMPHREYS'
Humphreys' Veterinary Specifics
for the cure of diseases of Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Poultry.
A- A. For FKVEH8, Milk Fever, Luna Fever.
B. B. ForfPn.llNS, Lameness, Rheumatism.
C. C. ForKORB Threat, EpIiooUc. Distemper.
D. D. For WORMS. Bots. Grub.
B.C. For i'Ol'GHS, Colds, InBoanaa.
F. F. For COLIC, Bellyache. Diarrhea,
Q. G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
H. H. For HIDXEY and Bladder dUorJera,
I. 1. For SKI IHSEASKS, Mante. Eruption.
J. K. For BAD t O.VDITIO.V. IndUesllosu
Price, 60 Cents per bottle.
Vet. Cure Oil, for Stable or
Field Use, $1.
At druggists, op sent prepaid
on receipt of price.
A R OO Page Book on the treat
ment and care of Domestic
Animals and Stable Chart to
hang up, mailed free.
HUMPHREYS' HOMEO. UEDICIXJ OO,
William ltd Ana ItrwU. New Tor a.
if
Crusade on "Soft Drinks"
Commissioner Foust Proposes lo Prohibit
Sale ot Deleterious Concoctions Con
taining Acids.
Warfare upon the firms and
merchants who sell concoctions of
chemicals under the name of soft
drinks is announced by State Dairy
and Food Commissioner James
Foust. In sper.king of the plans
for restricting this trade, the com
missioner said:
"Under the recently approved
law the State has authority to pro
secute persons selling adulterated
or misbranded non-alcoholic drinks.
"Agents of this department have
already collected samples of so
called soft drinks in almost every
county in the State. Of about 600
samples taken, nearly 200 have
shown violations of the law.
"Some of these concoctions were
composed, for instance, as follows:
Water as a basis, artificial color,
artificial flavor and artificial sweet
ener in the form of saccharin,
thereby producing a drink that has
not one particle of natural quality
in it, and, aside from its deleter
ious nature, is au utter fraud cu
the purchaser.
"These conditions will not be
tolerated, and the quicker the
manufacturers of these drinks dis
continue their nefarious practice
the better it will be for all concern
ed. We have been without a law
covering non-alcoholic drinks for
about four years, but now that we
have a law its provisions must be
complied with.
"These preparations must be
true to name and must be labeled
in a manner to show their real
character. Compounds, imitations
and blends may be prepared and
sold, when properly labeled as such
provided they contain uothing thai
is injurious to health. Purchasers
must know just what they are
buying."
Origin ol Old Glory.
In the reminiscences of Lord Ro
nald Gower is found a story of the
origin of the stars and stripes.
The "star spangled banner" of
the American republic had its ori
gin from an old brass on the floor
of an ancient church in Northamp
tonshire. The brass covers the tomb
of one Robert Washington and is
dated 1622. On it appears the
Washington coat of arms, consist
ing of three stars, with bars or
stripes beneath them. On the first
day of the new year, 1776, the
thirteen united colonies raised a
standard at Washington's head
quarters. This introduced the stripes cf the
present, but retained the crosses of
St. George and St. Andrew on a
blue ground in the corner. In
1777 the crosses were replaced by
stars, as the Declaration of Inde
pendence rendered the retention of
the English element unnecessary
and inconvenient. In thus adopt
ing the arms of his ancesters as his
own distinctive badge Washington
no doubt intended the flag merely
aa a private signal for his own per
sonal following, but it was at once
adopted as a national mblem.
Probably there is not another case
in the world's history in which the
private arms of an obscure family
have attained such world-wide em
inence and repute.
Twenty-two Miles of Paving
Through the signing of the
Flynn Roadbill by Governor Stuart
th2 building of the paved highway
through Lackawanna county is
made possible, aud Commissioner
Durkin, of that county, declares
that steps will at once be taken
to have the highway made an ac
tuality. When work is started, he
said, it will be required that it will
be completed within one year.
The undertaking will be an im
mense one, as there will be 22 miles
of road to pave at a cost of about
$600,000.
CHIIdrn Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
Columbia & Mantjjr 1. Ry.
T I I K J r A II I. K INiKKPF.cr,
June I 1904, nn l until if urlhir lice.
Cars leave Dloum for Lspjr, Almedi a,Liav
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate point a
follows!
A. M. f ?:oo, 5:40,6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:2
9.00,9:40, 10:20, II:oo, 11:40.
P. M. I2:2o, 1 !00, 1 :4o, 1.20, 3:00, 3:40
4:20, 5:00, 5:40, 6-2o, 7:00, 7:40,8:20, o:cu'
(9:40) 10:20 ( 1 1 :oo)
Leaving depart from Hirwit) one
from time ns given above, mii.em i r ;
6:00 a. m
Leave Iilooni for Catawissa A..M. v.
6:15, t7:oC, 8:00, 9:00, tlO:CO, '!!:.
l2:oo.
I'. M. 1:00, f2:oo, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6-cu,
7:Oo, 8:00, 9:00, 10:20, ( 11:00)
Cnrsreturningdepart from Otawiiaa
iiiini 'esti'oni timeasgivenabove,
First car lenves Market Sjnare lor fd rwick
on Sundays at 7:00 a. ni.
First car for Cntawitsa Sunday 7:oon. m.
First cur from Uerwick for U!o;m Sunday
leaves at K:oo a. m
First ear leaves Catawissa Sundays at
7 30 a. m.
TFrom Power House.
Saturday niht only,
fl. K. R. Connection,
Wat. TlltWILLIOBa,
Superintend,
Bloomsburg & Sullivan
Railroad.
Taking Effect Feb'y 1st, iqo8,.2:o5 a.m
J NOKTHWAKl),
A.M. P.M. P.M. A.M
Bloomsburfr O LA W... 9 00 s'lH 6 00
Bloomsburg P ft K 9 02 2 H 1? ...
Lltfht Ntrm 0 18 2 DM 8 8
Orangevllle 9 W s tm 8 48 6 Ml
Zort 3fl 8 13 63 7 08
J,a"e, f'40 rs 17 6 67 7 18
Stillwater- w 48 8 n 7 08 7 49
BntOQ M 3 83 7 18 II
KdRons..... riOOO 8 87 ,7 17 8 10
Coles Creek in 08 8 40 ft a it
Lauhachs in 08 JH 4H 7 81 8 40
Uraas Mere Park fioio JZ 47 )1 8 ....
Central..? 10 18 8M 7 41
lamison oitv 10 18 8 lis 7 45
SOUTH WARD.
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t t ( t
Jamison City.... 5 80 10 48 4 85 7 00 list
Central 5 83 10 61 4 88 7 08 11 4
Oraas Mere Park fS 01 Ml 00 f4 47 f7 12 ..
Laubachs. 08 ll 02 l 48 7 18 11 68
Coles Creek-.... ra 12 j 08 J 58 ft 22 12 01
Basons )14 ru 09 r4 58 n 94 13 I
Benton 8 18 111a son 7 a ism
Stillwater 6 98 11 21 5 08 7 88 12 48
Zaners 18 85 fll29517 f7 45 19 61
Korlrs 6 89 11 18 6 91 7 to IM
O" ngevllle 8 60 1142 6 81 800 nr
Light Street 7 00 11 50 6 89 8 10 1 41
Paper Mill 7 08 11 68 5 42 818 1 54
Bloom. PftK 1 8.26 211
Bloom. O L W. 780 1210 800 8.30 211
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