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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOAISBUJ,
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1909.
The Zoological Press Bulletin
of the Division of Zoology, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture. Timely Topics of Plants and
Pests Discussed Weekly. By H. A.
Surface, State Zoologist.
THE t'NDKSIRABLE MOSQCITO.
"Preparations should be made at
once to down the undesirable mos
quito," is the suggestion made by
the Division of Zoology of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture. Mosquitoes carry the
germs of disease and there is no
more potent disseminator of fevers.
The utmost precautions should,
therefore, be taken to keep the mo
qpito out of our homes.
As pools of stagnant water, cis
terns and cess-pools are breeding
places of mosquitoes, Prof. H. A.
Sorface, the State Zoologist, rec
ommends that all tanks of water,
cisterns, or vessels which hold wa
ter, or which might be filled with
water afterarain.be covered, or
screened with a screen of at least
18 meshes of wire to the inch.
Standing water on lots or commons
should not be permitted. All shal
low lots should be drained and
kept dry, and post holes filled, old
tin cans and bottles emptied, and
all breeding places destroyed. All
stables ought to be. provided with
air-tight receptacles for refuse, and
this refuse should be removed everyj
week.
Where there ar large natural
bodies ot water whi:h cannot be
drained, the surface should be dis
infected and oiled with kerosene at
regular intervals. Kerosene is in
valuable in this connection, and it
is also "good as a disinfectant.
Chloride of lime, or common cop
peras (sulphate of iron) can be
thrown into cess-pools. Even the
water used in sprinkling carts can
be charged with disinfectants, and
will prove a valuable aid in keep
ing away the mosquitoes. The
proprietors of restaurants, meat
market, milk depots and bakeries
should be compelled to screen their
premises as well as all receptacles
in which water stands or food is
kept and prepared, in order to
guard against mosquitoes and flies.
SETTING AN ASPARAGUS BED.
'What is the best method to
pursue in starting an asparagus
bed?" . This question was referred
to Prof. H. A. Surface, State Zo
ologist, Harrisburg, by one of the
newspapers of Philadelphia, the
information having been asked by
i correspondent of the paper. It
elicited the following reply:
"In planting an asparagus bed
:he ground should be spaded or
flowed deeply, or to a depth ' of
.welve inches, if possible. In turn
ng the soil, manure should be
nixed well with it and, in fact,
ome of the fertilizer should be
urned under completely. The soil
:annot be mads too fertile. Three
r four inches of manure well turn
d under and stirred into the soil
vi!l not be too much. Dig holes
a depth of eight inches with a
ircumference of two feet, making
.hem five feet apart each way, or
tt least noc less than four fett.
?nt two inches of well-fertilized
rood earth in the bottom of each
tole and set the asparagus plant or
oot on this firmly, with . the roots
pread in every direction. Over
his place about two inches of good
ich soil that is not so damp as to
ack or cake when tramped, and
hen tramp it with the feet firmly
.round the heart of the stalk of the
lant. The secret of making this
ind of plant grow is to pack the
arth quite firmly about the roots,
ut not to have it so wet that it
ill cake or form a ball. Next,
hrow two or three inches cf loose
arth over the packed earth, leav
ng a depression in the ground for
.atering and future filling. As
he little weeds start, hoe and grad
ially fill the space around the new
lants. Cultivate them deeply,
.horoughly and frequently, and use
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considerable silt and commercial
fertilizer. In f ict, much salt can
be used on the surface of asparagus
beds to kill the weeds, and at the
same time benefit the asparagus
plants greatly. I have seen the
ground covered with salt to a
depth of one inch, killing the grass
and weeds and not injuring the as
paragus roots.
"The chief pests will be the
'Rust,' for which spraying should
be done with Bordeaux mixture,
and the Asparagus Beetles, which
insects should be dusted with fresh
ly slaked lime (thirty parts) and
Paris green (one part); or sprayed
with arsenate of lead, one ounce in
each gallon of water or Bordeaux
mixture."
KILLING POTATO BUGS IN CITY LOTS.
A gardener having a potato
patch, 40 by 140 feet, in the city of
Reading, close to the built-up-section,
wrote to State Zoologist Sur
face, saying that he is "plagued by
potato bugs which have appeared
in immense numbers," and he
asked for the best remedy for get
ting rid of the same.
The Professor's reply was:
"Spray them with arsenical poi
son, using either six ounces of
Paris green in 50 gallons of water,
in that proportion in mixing a
smaller quantity. Or, use two
pounds of arsenate of lead in 50
gallons of water, or in that propor
tion which means about one and
one-half ounces of arsenate of lead
to each two gallons of water..
By means of a spray pump, in
applying either of the above solu
tions, no difficulty whatever will be
experienced iu controlling these
pests. Prof. Surface, however,
had reason to believe that his cor
respondent was cultivating one of
those "town lots" in the north
western section of Reading, the use
of which is granted free of charge,
and may not have a spraying equip
ment. Therefore he gave the fol
lowing additional information:
"If you do not have a spray
pump, I would advise you to make
up a solution and dip an old broom
or brush into the liquid, and then
by swinging it down and up quick
ly, or with a jerk, over the pota
toes, throw the liquid over vbe
leaves in fine drops. Do this in
such a manner as to have the liquid
as finely divided as possible, mak
ing a kind of spray by so doing.
"Also, you cau mix dry Paris
green with flour, or with fine ashes
or dust, or with any other carrying
agent, and dust it over the infested
plants. Use one part, or measure,
of Paris green to about 40 parts,
or measures, of the dust or flour;
mix thoroughly, and then dust it
over the plants. A good plan is to
put the dusting mixture into an
empty tomato can, into the bottom
of which hole6 have been punched
with a small, sharp nail; then oper
ate the can as you would a pepper
box, and sift the powder over the
leaves of the potato plants. It is
best to do this while the leaves are
wet with dew; but if the dust is
thrown where the beetles, or their
larvae, are feeding, these will be
destroyed at any time of the day.
"It would be well, while apply
ing the arsenical poison for destroy
ing the bugs, to add some Bor
deaux mixture for the prevention
of blight. In making the Bor
deaux, use 3 pounds of bluestone,
4 of lime and 40 gals, of water then
to this add either one-third of a
pound of Paris green, or two
pounds of arsenate of lead. Blight
does not occur every yeear, but
when it is liable to come it is best
to take measures for preventing it
by spraying from time to time with
Bordeaux mixture.
The Democrats in the house of
representatives made an unsuccess
ful effort last Thursday to defeat
an "urgent deficiency" proposition
to appropriate $25,000 for traveling
expenses to swiDg around the cir
cle." The bill was passed by a
strictly party vote. It was point
ed out by Democratic members
that when the president's salary
was increased at the last session it
was agreed that there should be no
additional allowances for traveling
expenses, and that to now propose
this appropriation was an act of
bad faith on the part of the Repub
licans. Ihe majority party were
also reminded that Mr. Taft had
himself counseled the congress to
to keep down expenditures. But
all protests were unavailing and
the appropriation went through by
an almost unauimous party vote. The
Republican members of congress
consider the "swing around the cir
cle" is an absolute necessity to avert
the pending disruption of the Re
publican party as a result of the be
trayal of the people in the Aldrich
tariff bill, and they are entirely
willing that this piece of political
wire pulling shall be performed at
public expense.
Children Cry"
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
MODERN HBM16S
Sensible Method that Have Slmpll
fed the Caring for the Dead
In the Big Cities.
Modern methods of undertaking
now call for the highest possible skill
In embalming and arranging every de
tail of burial.
From the old methods of placing a
body on Ice. with Its attendant unsani
tary conditions, the undertaker has
reached a high point of perfection In
embalming, but not content with the
advanced method experiments are
now under way which will. It Is con
tended, make It unneecesary even to
make any Incision in a body when the
embalming process Is being per
formed. One of the most advanced under
takers In this country says that with
in the next five years It will be pos
sible to embaim by placing tbe body
In an air tight chamber and by sub
jecting It to a pressure of the gases
of certain embalming materials to
perform the work which now is done
by injecting fluids Into the veins.
Several Arms In New York and
other largo cities have done much to
relieve families of the very trouble
some work which follows death In
small houses, boardiug bouses or ho
tels by fitting up chapels where bodies
are taken until ready for burial. Em
balming Is done In the establishment,
burial clothes are furnished and
watchers If required.
These firms also have clergymen to
perform services, lawyers to attend to
will, or insurance papers.
Map of EO.000,000 Stars.
Astronomers from all parts of the
world will meet In Paris for the "In
ternational Congress of the Map of the
Sky," under the presidency of M. Ball
laud, director of the Paris Observa
tory. This map of the heavens will be the
most colossal and also the most deli
cate and difficult task ever attempted
by human genius in tbe realm of as
tronomy. Seventeen Important observatories
besides the Paris one have for the
past twenty-two years been at work in
their respective spheres on this stu
pendous task those of Greenwich,
Rome, Catania, Helsingfors, Potsdam,
Oxford, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Algiers,
San Fernando (Spain), Tacubaya
(Mexico, Santiago (Chili), Cordoba
(Argentina, Perth (Australia), Cape
Town, Sydney and Melbourne.
Twenty-two thousand and fifty-four
negatives are necessary. So far 2,200
of them have been engraved on cop
per. The map, when completed, and
the catalogue will give the exact posi
tion, measurements and size of 6,000,-
000 stars down to the eleventh magni
tude and of 0,000,000 stars down to
the fourteenth magnitude.
An Aged Ocokbook.
Amid the horrors of the siege of
Paris in the year 1871 one Cadol found
time to Issue a book of recipes for
preparation of tbe strange fare to
which the city was reduced. "Our
stomaches are turned Into natural his
tory museums," he wrote, "but we
must make the best of the circum
stances and render our food as palata
ble as we can." So housekeepers
were instructed bow to disguise the
flesh of degs, horses, rats and mice,
and were shown one could make an
omelet without breaking eggs. The
recipe for an eggless omelet was as
follows: "Soak an army biscuit in
sugared water flavored with orange
flower, chop finely and spread on a
hot dish, powder well with sugar, then
pour over and eet light to a liberal
helping of run." With eggs at 6 a
dozen and with rum at a little more
than its usual price, this imitation of
an "omelette au rbum" became popu
lar. How Old-Age Pensions Work.
Many pensions were granted where
there were considerable sums Invest
ed in securities and where there was
comparative comfort, while men over
seventy who had during the past year
earned over seventeen shillings a
week were disqualified, although their
prospectof future work was remote.
Tbe marriage of an Englishwoman to
an alien now dead was a hard In
stance of disqualification.
The case is cited of a man born In
Hanover and not naturalized; on in
vestigation it appeared he was born
before the accession of Queen Vic
toria, when Hanover was a possession
of the British Crown, and therefore at
the time of his birth he was a British
subject. The question arose. Did
the death of William IV. cause a Brit
ish subject to lose his rights? Lon
don Outlook.
Crow and Winkles.
Lack flocks of crows are In the
fields and on the shores. Clams and
mussels are about all the food they
can get, except perhaps a few winkles
now and then. As these winkles have
a tough shell the crow, when he finds
one, will fly for the shore and over a
flat ledge when at a height of thirty
or forty feet the crow will stop his
flight and drop the winkle on the
rocks, thus breaking the shell.
Then perhaps a dozen will gather
around and ravenously eat the sweet
morsel. It Is doubtful if the crow de
stroys as much as he is accused ot
doing. Lewlaton Journal.
Oldest N. T. Manuscript.
The most ancient of the New Testa
ment manuscrirts is tbe one known
as the "Codex Slnaltlcus," published
at the expense of Alexander II. of
Russia since the Crimean War. This
Codex corers nearly the whole of the
Old and New Testaments, and was
discovered in the Convent of St. Cath
erine on Mount Sinai by the celebrat
ed Tlschendorf. It is generally
ascribed to tb fourth centur,
In Extreme Hot Weather.
Fish. Bird and Animals All Suffer bjr the
Hett Just Men Do.
"Humans, said a nature lover,
"are by no means the only suffer
ers from intense summer heat;
there are plenty of lower creatures
that suffer.
"Fish, for instance, are oppress
ed by the heat just as men are,
and if they can't find shelter from
it they may be killed by it. In
shallow fresh water ponds fish
sometimes die by the hundred,
killed by the excessive heat of the
water, warmed beyond their endur
ance by the heating sun. '
"In streams fish seek the 6hady
stretches and tbe deep places and
the spring boles where they can
keep cool, and in salt water fish go
away from the shallow overheated
water close to shore and seek the
cooler depths.
"Birds suffer in the same way,
oppressed by extreme heat, and
how they do welcome a chance to
get cool! Look at the sparrows ia
the city's streets when the sprink
ling cart goes by leaving in the hol
lows of tbe pavement little pools of
water that will serve them for
bathing places. How eagerly the
sparrow seeks this bath, and it will
bathe, if it gets the chance,, a doz
en times a day.
"It is just the same with domes
tic fowls. Extreme hot weather
distresses them greatly; at such a
time you can see chickens with their
beaks open and fairly panting with
the heat, and then they want plen
ty of water.
"Cows? Of course. On the
very hct days they seek the trees
if tliere are any in the pasture lot,
to stand in the shade of them, and
then if they are bothered by flies
the cows seek shaded pools or
brooks to stand in them in water
up to their bellies or deeper to es
cape the flies and for cooling
refreshment. How horses and
dogs suffer with intense beat every
body knows." New York Sun.
CHARTER NOTICE.
In the Court of Common Ilea of Columbia
Count.
Notice is hereby given that an appli
cation will be made to the above named
Court on Monday, the 37th day of Sep
tember, 1909 at 10 a. m., under the Act
of Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to pro
vide for the Incorporation and Regula
tion of certain Corporations," approved
April 39. 1874, and the supplements
thereto, for the Charter of an intended
Corporation to be called "Orthodox
Catholic Brotherhood of Saint Nicholas
of Centralis, Pa.," the character and
object of which is to provide funds to as
sist the members in case of sickness, ac
cidents, or death, and for these purposes
to have, possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of the said Act
of Assembly and its supplements.
me names ot the subscribers are Ja
cob Hroda, Andrew Hudick, Michael
Onushkawich, Wasyl Oryniak and Dem
itry Kosack, and others.
Tbe proposed Charter is now on file
in the Prothonotary's office.
EDWARD J. FLYNN.
Solicitor,
7--3t- Centralia, Pa.
CHARTER NOTICE.
Notice is hereby jriven that an applica
tion will be made to the Governor of the
state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the
26th day of July, A. D.. 1909, by Lewis
b. Hewell. Adam Hummel, Christian A.
Small, A. J. Hummell, and William B.
Ferguson, and others, under the Act of
Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania,
entitled "an act to provide for the incor-
. : a . 1 r .
miuu uuu icgumuuu ui certain corpo
rations," approved the 39th of April,
1874, and supplements thereto for the
charter of an intended corporation to be
called Bloomsbure Brick Manufacturing
and Construction Company, the charac
ter ana object of which is the manufac
turing of brick and construction of build
ings and for these purposes to have and
enjoy all the rights, benefits and privi
leges of the said Act of Assembly and
supplements thereto.
Christian A. Small,
7-8-3. Solicitor.
DIVORCE NOTICE.
Freda Rabb Hall
In the Court
of Common
Pleas of Colum
bia County, PrJ
Subpaena in
divorce.
No: 161 May
Term, 1909.
vs,
Walter Townsend Hall
To Walter Townsend Hall. Respond
ent in the above cited case. You are
hereby notified, in pursuance of the or
der of the Court of Common Pleas of
the said county of Columbia and State
of Pennsylvania, to be and appear in
said Court on or before the Fourth Mon
day of August, 1009, being the 33rd day
of said month, to answer petition here
tofore preferred by the libellant, Freda
Rabb Hall, your wife, and show cause,
if any you have, why the said Freda
Rabb Hall should not be divorced from
the bonds of matrimony entered into
with you, agreeably to the Act of As
sembly in such case made and provided.
Hereof fail not, under the penalty of
having the said petition heard and a de
cree of divorce granted against you in
your absence.
CHARLES B. ENT,
Sheriff.
' Clinton Herring, Attorney, 7-33-4t.
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