the Columbian, bloomsburo. pa..
THIS SPRING
Wear Evans' Shoes and Oxfords
You get style, you get'comfort,
you get both.
IAS AND SWEDE OXFORDS AHD PIMPS
are most popular.
WOMEN'S
MEN'S
82. OO to
The Progressive Shoe Store
CHAS. M. EVANS.
Exclusive Sales Agency
FOR 'REGAL SHOES.
THE COLUMBIAN.
" IM.OOMSRURG, FA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1!K.
Kntrrrd at l) rout Ofilet, Bloomr'mrg, 'a.
0urcmlclaiit matter, March ,tw.
E. J. Brown is now vending his
delicious strawberries. They are
in great demand, as they are fine
ones.
Boyd Ruttcr, who graduated at
the Anapolis Naval Academy last
week, is home on a 30 days leave
of absence.
Individual drinking cups are now
hi use on the trains of the Lacka
wanna on this division. It is nec
essary to put a cent in a slot to se
cure one.
A number of the local physicians
have published a card in which
they deny the report that they will
soon increase their fees to double
the amount now charged.
The Columbia Theatre will un
dergo some' changes during the
summer, among them being new
dressing rooms. It is reported
that D. J. Tasker will be the sole
lessee next season.
Additions to the Irondale plant
have been decided upon, whereby
the power will be increased to such
an extent as to enable that plant to
furnish all the current except what
will be supplied from Harwood.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice:
Bloom, Amos, Ilimmelberger, Mr.
Warren, Levan, Miss Lulu, Recla,
Miss Agnes D., Strausser, lynma
Cards, ilolbrook,
ney, Mr. Edward.
Mr , Muldow-
The installation of Rev. S. C.
Dickson as pastor of the Presby
terian Church last Thursday even
ing was an impressive service, and
a large congregation was present.
Rev. Dr. Hemingway was among
those who took part. He was
warmly welcomed by his many
friends here.
After the present year, the tax
payer will have thirty days more
grace on taxes iu the collector's du
plicate, an act approved by Gov.
Stuart May 1, 1909, taking effect
Jan 1, 1910, having provided for
an abatement of five per cent, if
taxes are paid within ninety days,
instead of sixty days, as at present.
In a Pinch ute Mien's Foot-Eaie. ,
A powder to shake Into your shoes. It
cures hot, tired, aching, swollen, sweat
ing feet and makes walking easy. Takes
the sting out of corns and bunions. All
druggists 25cts. Dou't accept any sub
stitute. An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to uewspa
peis at home, when compared with
those who do not, are better read
ers, better spellers, better gram
marians, better punctuators, and
read more understandingly, aud ob
tain a practical knowledge of geog
raphy in almost half the time it re
quires others. The newspaper is
decidedly an important factor in
modern life. This will not be dis
puted by any one who has taken
the trouble to investigate the mat
ter for himself.
FOR SALE,
The fine property of Col. John
G. Freeze, on the corner of Third
and Ceoter streets, is for sale. It
has a frontage on Third street of
92 feet, and on Center street
about 212 feet. The residence con
tains all modern improvements.
Located in the heart of thetown,
only a short distance from the
businese houses, court house, post
office, churches, trolley line, &c,
this is a very valuable property
either as a home or as a lot for
building purposes. Center street
is sure to be an important business
eet before long.
For terms and conditions consult
Col. Freeze. tf.
f X.
83.50
6.00
Another Artificial Fertllliar.
TUf success attained in Norway by
the Hectrottiermlc process for the
fixation of atmospheric nitrogen In
the form of nitric acid, which la after
ward converted into calcium nitrate
and used as a fertilizer in place of
Chile saltpeter, has been followed by
the development of another method of
flvlng atmospheric nitrogen by pass
ing It over heated calcium carbld. The
product Is called cyanamid in the
market "nitrollra" and experiment
shows that when placed in the soil It
decomposes and furnishes nitrogen to
plants. At present cyanamid is pro
duced on an Industrial scale at Odda
In Norway, at Piano d'Orta in Italy,
nt Notre Dame de Brlancon In France,
at Wcstergeln and Bruhl in Germany,
and large plants are being established
nt Almlssa In Austria-Hungary, and
at Niagara Falls In Canada.
A Lightless Lighthouse.
On a sunken' reef 350 feet distant
from Stornoway Lighthouse is a re
markable beacon which warns mari
ners with the help of a light which Is
only apparent. The beacon Is a cone
of cast-iron plate?, surmounted with
a lantern containing a glass prism.
The prism derives Its light from re
fracting the rays emitted from the
lighthouse, and the optical delusion
Is marvellous. Mariners naturally
suppose that there is a lighted lamp
on the beacon Itself, and many of
them will not believe otherwise. But
the object of the beacon Is attained
when the navigator sees the reflected
light, which Indicates the perilous
rock below. This beacon has been In
use more than half a century, and
since it was fixed in position others
have been placed in other neighbor
hoods to make clear points of danger.
Technical World.
His Pedigree.
The calf, which Gideon King had
taken the summer resident to see,
surveyed his owner and the stranger
with a wary eye. "Er what breed Is
your calf?" asked the visitor.
Mr. King remove 1 a wisp of straw
from his mouth and said:
"That critter's father gored a jus
tlce o' .he peace, knocked , lightning
rod arnt end over end, and lifted a
tramp over a picket fence; and as foi
his mother, stu chased the whole Ban
bury Brass Band out o' town last
Fourth o July. If that ain't breed
enough to pay six dollars for, you can
leave him be. I'm not pressing tiliu
on anybody."
Stone Eaters.
Sir James Boss In the course ol
his travels noted a curious fact with
regard to the penguin, namely the
habit of swallowing stones. In one
specimen ae found ten pounds weight
of uuarU, granite and trap. Other
animals, reptiles, fishes and mammals
exhibit the sam strange fancy. In a
paper contributed to the proceedings
of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, W.
H. Wicks has collected a number ol
facts connected with such stomach
stones. The fact noted by Mr. Wicks
that the pebbles are usually white
quartz is interesting, but does not ap
pear to throw any light on the strange
habit
For the Teeth.
Tartar Is a dsposlt arising from an
unwholesome stomach, and if not at
tended to will loosen the teeth anl
cause them to give trouble; It is best
to let tho dentist remove it; but it
may be kept from collecting to any
great extent by the use of powdered
pumice- stone and lemon Juice. Or
ange sticks can be had at trifling cost
at the i rug store. Dip the stick into
the lemon Juice, then into the pumice,
and rub jver the spots until removed.
Pumice should be used but seldom on
the teeth, and never on the teeth of
children.
Bill Board 8pace Ulven to Club.
A space ten leet square on a bill
board facing Lafayette squp.re, in New
Orleans, has been given to the mem
bers of the New Era club by Junius
Garrlck, and will be made to help In
the suffrage campaign the club Is car
rying on. Each week Important facts
concerning the movement will be an
nounced on the space.
Change In Style of Penmanship.
Cblcago.-The Board of Education
has employed J. N. Dowa. of East
Providence, R. I., to change the ays
tern of penmanship now taught in the
Chicago schools. Vertical and back
hand writing will be abolished, and
the oldfasbioucu "slant system
adopted.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
j John Robinson's Shows.
i Has in Immense Parado.
i
A distinguished feature of the
I John Robinson Shows is the moii-
stcr free open den street caravan.
! Vv lin nnr it Hif Iilra - nr-,t 4 Via sMfia
T a -f viuik.-i nut nnv hf lll VII V.lta
parade? Who would not view the
Raily colored cages come along
when Madame Roboske is seen
spanking the nose of a large lion
with a little whip while cheers
greet the acl? The "Rube" clown,
t who gets arrested for blocking traf
fic on the streets, with his mule
j and cart, was once a great feature.
I i ie is well known now, but the in
i ventive minds of circus men will
have another novelty to replace
rum. Another event of moment in
every small town, ntm large one
too, for that matter, is the . early
one, the arrival of the circus train.
Long before the long train pulls in
on the sidetrack near the depot the
crowd is there. There is an army
ot juvenile volunteers, who are
willing to carry water for the ele
phants just to get a free pasteboard
entitling them to admission to the
show later in the day. Men are
there to see that their boys, who
have passed a sleepless night do
not get hurt. Even women find
some excuse for going down to the
railroad yards and taking a long
look at the canvas covered cars.
Boys, who have gathered and sold
enough old iron, rags and bones to
get 50 cents, enjoy a memorable
day, and the streets leading from
the farming district to town are
covered with every imaginable kind
of vemcle.
Like the others, the farmers come
to bring the children. The feed
dealer, who supplies hay, oats and
corn for the horses on a contract
made with the advance man, wants
several extra tickets just for the
children. The same is true of the
butcher, who supplies the meat for
the cook tent.
As soon as the sun is out there is
bustle and activity every place. If
the superintendent of the public
school is wise he will declare a hol
iday. What boy or girl can think
of geography, spelling or arithme
tic when there is a circus in town?
In the language of the German co
median, "It is to laugh." The
circus does a land office business,
and, as the crowd is pouring into
the circus tent from the menagerie
at the night performance, the army
of employes of the shows start to
take down the canvas which shelt
ers the cages and the work of load
ing the outfit onto the train begins.
Thousands of tired boys and girls
retire, after having seen the show,
peaceful and contented. The fol
lowing morning the antics of the
clown cause merriment at t'.e break
fast table, aud some youths who re
side near the circus lot hurry
through their morning ablutions
in order to go over near the ring
aud see if any change has been
dropped by the spectators of the
previous night. The John Robin
?on Shows will exhibit at Blooms-
burg, Monday, June 21st.
FOR. SALE!
The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El
well is for sale.
Location :
"West Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. 13 rooms. Lot
about 66 by 212 feet.
JFRAME BAliN
AND COW STABLE,
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Boom,
Stationary Bange and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will be sold on easy
terms. Apply to
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney.
B oomsburg, Pa.
Weekly Press News Latter.
On Timely Topics ol Plant Pasta.
From the Division of Economic
Zoology-Department of Agricul
ture. By II. A. Surface, State
Zoologist, Ilarrisburg, Pa.
CIIKKRIKS ROTTINO ON THKTKKKS.
A number of inquiries were re
ceived lately by the Division of Zo
ology of the Penna. Department of
Agriculture for a formula for a
spraying mixture to be used on
peach, plum aud cherry trees to
keep the fruit from rotting. The
answer of Prof. II. A. Surface, the
State Zoologist, is as follows:
"The ripe rot or brown rot is
due to a fungous disease, which at
tacks the ripening fruit of peach,
plum and cherry tree, and is to be
prevented by spraying before or
about the time the fruit is half
grown with tne sen boned lime
sulfur wash. Into a barrel put
eight pounds of fresh lime or quick
lime and eight pounds of sulfur
and into this pour four or five gal
lons of hot water, and cover it with
a cloth to keep in the heat. Sti
occasionally with a hoe or some
thing to keep it from burning to
bottom and to keep it from settling
too much. Let it remain an hour.
Then dilute it to fifty gallons, and
spray it over the trees, Lold wa
ter shonld be used for diluting
Repeat this after a hard rain, or 1
it does not rain repeat in a week or
two, and continue until just before
the fruit commences to ripen, when
there is no need to coutinue the
spraying, because to spray it
on ripeuine fruit means to discolor
the fruit and render it unmarketa
ble, although it will not be poison
ous, and will not be unfat for use
even thouch it should be stained
by the spray liquid.
This self-boiled lime-sulfur wash
is not recommended for scale insects.
It is a different preparation, made
by a different formuli and method,
and these materials should not be
confused.
PLANT LICK OR APIIIDS ON APPLE
TREES, ROSE BUSHES, ETC.
In answer to a correspondent,
writing from Pittsburg a few days
ago, as to what treatment to use to
destroy the Woolly Aphis on Ap
ple trees, State Zoologist Surface
gave the following information,
which is published for the benefit
of everybody interested: . "The
Woolly Aphis on apple trees gen
erally works in spots where the
bark has been injured and can at
such places be easily killed by
painting with a very strong soap
solution, using a paint brush, and
pushing the soap solution well into
the cracks of the infested parts If
not treated it keeps the wound sore
and often results in knots, galls or
other kinds of deformation. Where
the pest has spread to other parts
of the tree, such as the leaves, it
can be killed by spraying witu
whale oil soap, one pound in six
gallons of water; or common laund
ry or other soaps, one pound in
three or four gallons of wattrj or,
perhaps best of all, with an eight
percent kerosene emulsion. This
emulsion I recommend for all suck
ing insects, such as plant lice, rose
leaf hoppers, young scale insects,
etc. It is made by shaving one
half pound of hard soap of any
kind into a gallon ot boiling water
and stirring it until it is dissolved.
Into this pour two gallons of kero
sene (after removing it from the
fire), and beat it or whip it like
beating eggs or better, churn it
around through the. spray pump,
about five minutes, when it will as
sume a thick creamy mass, and
will be a permanent stock emulsion
from which you can take a supply
to mix in water when needed. For
this take one part of the stock emul
sion to ten parts of water, and this
will make about eight percent ac
tual kerosene in the dilute emul
sion. By this treatmeut the kero
sene loses some of its original qual
ities, and does not float on the wa
ter, but becomes dissolved or ab
sorbed in it, aud does not do the
injury to vegetation that it would
if the pure kerosene were, used on
foliage. At the same time it is al
so strong enough to kill such pests.
The Woolly Aphis also works on
the roots, often causing serious de
formities or knots, and remains at
such injured places. Whenever
they are discovered they can like
wise be treated by painting with
strong soap solutiou or by uncover
ing the roots and coating them well
with finely powdered tobacco dust,
and then replacing the earth. The
fertilizing value of tobacco dust
will alone be sufficient to justify
this work.
DOES THIS MEAN YOU?
Indication, lour itomach, conitlpatlon then
beadocho, backache and a general mlaerable feeling.
Do yon know that the pleaaant kerb tea, Lane'i
Family Medicine will remove all these trouble
altnoat Immediately T If you do not know It, get
a package to-day at any drugglef! or dealer' (5c)
aud you wlil bu glad we told you.
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH
RELIEVED.
I? mf," Vtl
ill
SOME OTHER
ALDERMAN GEORGE W. WEICK,
M7i South Seventh Street, Denver,
Col., Alderman Eleventh Ward, writes:
"I have used Peruna for catarrh of the
stomach and it has helped me wonder
fully." Chronic Stomach Trouble.
MR. SAMUEL A. SEAL, Route 2,
Troadway, Tenn., writes:
"It gives me great pleasure to testify
to the great good your medicine, Perunu,
has done for me in a chronic case of
catarrh of the stomach. I was confined
to my bed for some time, and could not
sit up. I had tried everything that I
conld find recommondod for catarrh,
without any benefit, I tried the host
physicians in Hancock County, with
little or no benefit. 1 then tried two of
the best physicians in Hawkins County,
and found they were doing me no good.
I was gradually growing worse.
"Then a friend of mine, passing by,
handod me ono of your pamphlets, and
seeing how Peruna was recommended
for catarrh, I sent to Rogersvllle,
Tennessee, next morning, a distance of
about fifteen miles, and procured some
of your Peruna, and began taking same
according to directions, and after taking
it a few days I began to get better.
"I continued using it until I was able
to go to work on the farm again, and
now I am in very good health and do
work on my farm
People who Object to Liquid Medicines Should Buy Peruna Tablets
PENNSYLVANIA UIUI1D
Bulletin.
JUNE ON THE GREAT LAKES
Restful, delightful, interesting, and instructive, there
is no trip like that on the Great Lakes, those inland seas which
form the border line between the United States and Canada.
And June is one of the most charming months in the year in
which to take the trip.
For comfort the fine passenger steamships of the An
chor Line have no superiors. As well-appointed as the pal
atial ocean greyhounds which plow the Atlantic, their sched
ule allows sufficient time at all stopping places to enable the
traveler to see something of the great lake cities and to view
in daylight the most distinctive sights of the lakes, and the
scenery which frames them.
The trip through the Detroit River, and through Lake
St. Clair, with its great ship canal in the middle of the lake,
thence through Lake Huron, the locking of the steamer
through the great locks at the Soo, and the passage of the
Portage Entry, lake and canal, across the upper end of Michi
gan are novel and interesting features.
The voyage from Buffalo to Duluth covers over eleven
hundred miles in the five days' journey. Leaving Buffalo,
the steamships Juniata and Tionesta, make stops at Erie,
Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac Island, the Soo, Marquette,
Houghton and Hancock, and Duluth.
The 1909 season opens on June 5, when the Steamer
Tionesta will make her first sailing from Buffalo.
The Anchor Line is the Great Lake Annex of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, and the service measures up to the high
standard set by the "Standard Railroad of America."
An illustrated folder, giving sailing dates of steamers,
rates of fare, and other information is in course of preparation
and may be obtained when ready from any Pennsylvania
Railroad Ticket Agent, who is also prepared to book passen
gers who may desire to take this trip through the Great
Lakes and back.
Damages Settled.
The borough of Shenandoah has
agreed to pay grist mill owners who
nave mills along Catawissa Creek a
total of $6000 damages. This is
for water taken from Catawissa
Creek during the drought of 1908
and diverted to city uses. Shen
andoah owns its own water works
and depends upon its water supply
from streams emptying hi to Roar
ing Creek. When the drought be
came very bad it diverted water
from the headwaters of Catawissa
Creek and tised it in its reservoir.
FapmFopSaic?
M, lnFarnu In 14 Stttel
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Perhaps No Medicine in the WorW
Has Relieved More Cases of
Catarrh of the Stomach Than
Pe-ru-na.
The Symptoms of Stomadi
Catarrh Are Heaviness After
Eating, Belching Gas, Sourness
of the Stomach, Slugglsi
Bowels.
ALDERMAN GEO.W.WEICK.
ays:- ;
I HAVE USED PERUNA rOR
CATARRH OF THE 5T0MACH
AND IT HA5 HELPED ME
3
WONDERFULLY."
STARTLING TESTIMONIAL?!.
"I do honestly believe your gnat
medicine, Peruna, saved my life, ul I
cheerfully recommend it to like luStr
ers. You re At liberty to publish Wf
testimonial, and I truly hope It mays
a beDeflt to Rome one."
Catarrh of Head and Stomadi.
Mr. Fran k Rich ter, of 809 East Seooat
St rent, Winona, Minn., writes! "A a
rcmody for catarrh I take pleasure IB
recommend I njt Perun a for catarrh of tkm
stomach. I know what It in to be af
flicted with thl awful disease, and ooa
eider It my duty to sny a word In behalf
of the remedy which gave me such rellet
"Peruna cured mo, and 1 know it wfli
cure any ono else who suffers from thai
disease. It gives me great pleasure to tes
tify to tho curative effects of this medi
cine. "Peruna is a well tested and fre
quently wed remedy, and for catarrh
of the Btomuch it is unsurpassed.
"My catarrh was principally located
in my hond and stomach. I tried many
remedies without success. I triod sev
eral doctors, but they were unable to
cure me. I read of Peruna in the papers,
and five bottles cured mo."
Almost from the first dose Peruna,
will relieve symptoms of stomach ca
tarrh. Pernna at once sharpens the
appetite, increases the digestive power,
and gives renewed strength.
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