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CHAS,
THE COLUMBIAN.
M.OOMSBURG, TA.
'rTfiTi isn a y , "h e ft k m i i rc i i 2, 1oo
Kntrrnl at ttm I'unl OfliV, lllmmit'mrg, Yi.
niiiiiiroii(Ii!(fiii(i matter, March l.lNHfc.
The thermometer
this morning.
registered 49
Misses Dora and Martha Brown
are at Ocean Grove. N. J.
Mrs. W. S. Rishton is spending
a couple of weeks at Kaglesmere.
. .
Mrs. K. B. Tustin and sons
have returned from the sea-shore.
Mrs. H. L. Gemberlingof Lewis
town is visiting her sister Mrs. II.
C. Jones in town.
The Tudce Elwell property on
West Third street is being thor
oughly done over on the interior.
The west wing of the l'arliament
buildings at Toronto was destroyed
by fire yesterday, the loss being
$100,000.
A laree crowd enjoyed the con
cert Riven by the Citizen's Band on
Sundav afternoon in front of the
Town Hall.
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Walter S. Brooke has relumed
home from Lopez, where he ha
been with a corps of the Mate
Highway Department.
There was a number of wagons
in market this morning, and the
assortment of vegetables was good
considering the dry weather.
Burelars broke into tlie l'etin
fylvania depot at Kst Bloomsburg
Saturday morning, but were fright
ened away before they had .secured
any booty.
Silas S. Riddle, who has been
with an engineering corps in the
Maine woods since his graduation
.at Lafayette College last June, has
returned home.
Dr. P. H. Freeze brought
laree yellow lacket nest into ou
office this morning which he found
on his farm. It is an exceptionally
large one, and well formed.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., .osi office
Mr. Kail C. Moore, Mr. B. Rouns
lev. Mr. L. R. Vipond. Cards
Miss Clarissa Coxe, Miss
JIagenbuch, Mrs. Knima
Mr. G. II. Miller.
A. M
Hawk
Two tramps who made them
elves obnoxious in the lower part
of town on Tuesday were put in
the lock-up. They were given
tearing before Guy Jacoby Esq
vesterdav morning. One was sent
to iail and the other back to the
lock-up.
By the will of the late Henry
Streeter, Esq., of Towanda the
Towanda Public Library receives
fa.ooo, and the residuary estate
after paying other bequests, goes
to the mother of the deceased, for
nse until death, when it will
given to the Packer hospital
Sayre.
Columbia Theatre Notes.
There will be moving pictures at
Columbia Theatre on Saturda
nicht. Admission five cents to all
A long program will be given, and
an orchestra win iurnisn mu&ie
The season will open on Thurs
dav. Sentember 16th. with "The
Lost Trail."
Tickets will be sold this season
at Harman & Roan's shoe store on
Center street, where the reserved
seat board will be kept.
Services Will Resume.
Rev. J. W. Diggles and family
have returned from Brentwood
Long Island, where they spent the
past month.
Regular services in St. Paul
church will be resumed on Sunday
next.
THE
EVANS' SHOES.
It isn't necessary for you to sacrifice
comfort for style if you wear
EVANS1 SHOES
Because tlicy combine the highest de
gree of style and comfort. Finest
Oualitv Materials in
EVANS' SHOES.
PRICES ;
WOMEN'S - SI. 25 to $.00
MEN'S - $1.25 to 7.00
Come in and let' us sell you a shoe
that proves.
MAIL ORDERS AND PEDDLERS.
We reprint in this issue a short
rticle on Shenandoah's war on
neddlers. The Milton Standard
contained the same article, and in
commenting on it very aptly said
'We print this because we think
the action is right. Because
means protection to merchants and
business men of the community
nd protection in most cases to the
public, which is often the victim 0
unscrupulous and dishonest can
assers and peddlers. But belicvin
111 protection to home institutions
we believe it should be general ant'
not confined to a few classes
of
trades-people. For instance, if
it
is against the local business niter
ests to have peddlers come in and
go around the town and sell dry
goods and rugs and soaps and toilet
articles and spectacles and solici
orders for liquors and groceries
etc., it is equally against the afore
said public policy to have men come
111 and sell job pr nting and station
ery and to take orders for the same,
when local institutions that employ
local labor can do the same work.
And we might state in this connec
tion that there are a few business
men who take an advanced stand
against the outsiJer when it affects
their c.wn business, whose job print
ing generally bears the imprint of
an out-of-town concern."
The Cor.UMHiAN would add that
what the Standard says is quite ap
plicable to Bloomsburg. A large
sum of money is sent away from
here everv year for various articles
that could be furnished by home
dealers just as well.
Nothing helps to build up a town
so much as local pride, and local
pride can best be manifested by
patronizing home institutions
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UNUSUAL ECLIPSE OBSERVED.
Observers who gazed at the east
ern sky last evening saw an eclipse
of an unusual nature. It was that
of the planet Mars, which dodged
behind the "..loon, and stayed there
for nearly an hour during the early
part oi the evening. This is the
first eclipse of this kind which has
occurred since 1892.
Mars is extremely brilliant just
now, rising shortly after sunset,
and being the brightest body in the
heavens throughout the night. On
the eighteenth of this month it will
be at its least distance from the
earth.
COUNCIL LETS PAVING CON
TRACT. At a closed session held hist Fri
day night, the Town Council
awarded the contract for paving
Main Street between Iron and Ivast
Streets to George H. Keiter, the
lowest bidder. Mack brick is to be
used, and the cost will be $1.65 a
square yard.
Before any of the work is started,
the unanimous consent of the abut
ting property owners must be ob
tained to pay their portion of the
cost.
Benefit Game for Hospital.
A base ball team representing
the Northumberland Lodge of In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows
will journey to Bloomsburg on
Saturday, and will play a game
with Bloomsburg Lodce No. 140
I. O. O. F. at Recreation Field in
the afternoon.
The proceeds of the game will
be given to the Joseph Ratti Hos
pital. Tickets will be fifteen cents
each.
Mr. Creasy in the West.
Hon. W. T. Creasy is visiting
his son in Western Canada. On his
way out. he made several stops to
attend Grange Meetings, at which
he was scheduled for addresses.
He was accompanied by his brother,
F. P. Creasy, of Eighth Street.
Otaltdrwa Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
COLUMBIAN. BLOOMPB- "s
AMERICAN DISCOVERS
THE NORTH POLE.
r. F. Cook, ol Brooklyn, Rcachot Iho Goal
The feat which men have for cen
times struggled to nccomplis 1 lias
last huen achieved; the North
Pole has h-en discovered, and that
iv an American, Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, of Brooklyn.
l'he ol)eivatory at Brussels yes
terday received a message dated
f.erwick, Shetland Island, which
read, "Reached North Pole April
1, 1908. Discovered land far north.
Return to Copenhagen by Steamer
Hans Ksiede. (Signed) Frederick
Cook."
Another message was received by
Mrs. Cook, the wife of the explor
er, in urookiyn, as touows: suc
cessful, well. Address Copenhagen.
Fred."
Details are yet lacking, but the
discovery has been confirmed by
Esquimaux.
Dr. Cook, who is a prominent
physician and surgeon, is now on
board a Danish vessel sailing trom
Greenland to Copenhagen. Upon
his arrival, which is expected to oe
Saturday, he will be royally wel
comed, and at that time the tun de
tails of the wonderful discovery will
be made known.
The explorer left New York,
July Fourth, 1007, traveled from
Denmark up through Greeland and
across the frozen Polar Sea in mid
winter, and reached the Pole on
April 2t of last year, since which
time he has been struggling across
the ice. on his return to civilization
Only one white man started with
him on the expedition, but he re-
tnrtiprl nbout a vear ago, so that
Dr. Cook was alone with a party of
Esquimaux at the time of the dis
coverv.
Scientists throughout the world
are delighted at the news, and
Americans are rejoicing that one of
their own explorers should be the
first to plant Old Glory at the
northern axis.
A fine new line of Weddinr in
vitations just received at this c.'.Sce.
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Leader Among Newspapers.
Tho Philadelphia Record a Jourral That is
Not Selfish as to the Nsws.
One of the many traits that com
mend tie Philadelphia, Record to
t people who do not live in the great
cities is that it is a newspaper mat
is not selfish about its news, and is
net city-centered in its ambitious.
There has long been a well ground
ed complaint that most of the great
metropolitan dailies. are provincial,
and take it for granted that city
news is all that it is necessary for
them to print.
Th Record apparently takes a
different view. While giving a
faithful chronicle of all that occurs
in its own city, it does not neglect
nor skimp the news of any part of
the wide field that it covers. Any
issue of this big newspaper is full
of proof that it prints full and reli
able reports ot everything ot inter
est that occurs in its whole t?rri
tory.
The Record is refreshingly differ
ent from other big dailies in many
wavs. It is steady and reliable,
and not prone to get wildly excited
over some spectacular muck-raking
crusade of its own making. Instead
of packing its columns with fren
zied discussions, it simply prints
the news, and, according to well
verified claims, more items of news
than anv other newspaper in the
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country.
State Wants a Snake.
So many stories have come to the
Division of Economic Zoology of
the State Department of Agricul
ture of the finding of specimens of
a so-called horn-tailed snake that
Professor II. A. Surface, head ol
the division, offered a reward of
$50 for one. He says there is no
such reptile.
Statu op Ohio, City op gs
Tolkdo, Lucas County, j "
Frank T. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the firm
of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing bus-
iness in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D. 18S6.
, . N A. W. Gl.RASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F' J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation,
The Zoological Presi Bulletin
of the Division of .oology, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture. Timely Topics of Plants and
Pesis Discussed Weekly. By H. A.
Sur.'.ice, Sta'e Zoologist.
TIIi: POTATO STALK HORKR.
Three specimens of potato stalks
were received by the Division ol
Zoology (f Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agricultuie Ironi Chester
county, which had been killed by
insects, and information concerning
the same was requested.
Slate Zoologist Surface, in re
porting upon them, said: "The
potato strdksyou sent to us contain
insects known as Potato stalk-nor-.
. . . , ,.?
ers. this pest cannot oe Kineci al
ter it enters the stalk. The only
thing to do is to pull and burn the
diseased vines as soon as the insects
are discovered. Do not let the
vines lie around to wilt, but burn
them as soon as they have become
infested. This disposition of the
vines may demand co-operation by
other persons in the neighborhood,
if their potato stalks have been at
tacked, but it maybe the only way
to prevent a serious outbreak ot t lie
pests, and great loss in the next
year. It is a comparatively new
pest, and shows that such things
are coming before us more anu
more, and need our careful atten
tion." THE GRAPE VINE LEAF HOPPER.
A Lancaster correspondent wrote
to State Zoologist II. A. Surface
for information in regard to a
"small, white greenish bug," as
he described it, which is destroying
the leaves on his grape vines.
The Professor's reply to this let
ter was as f jllows:
"Replying to your recent letter,
slating th -.t there is a small, white
. . , . . , , . 1 .. r
greenish b..g cn tne uiuier biues 01
your grape leaves, which causes
diem to dry up, I beg to say that 1
should not venture a guess as 10
what this is without seeing it, as
there are several kinds of insects
that may attack the grape leaf. Al
ways with such inquiries specimens
siu iiKi Le sent to us dv man, as 11
becomes impossible to suggest the
proper treatment without accurate
knowledge of the cause, and this
can not be ascertained without the
examination of the specimens, and.
in fact, the injured parts of the
plants should also be sent.
"However, in your case I think
the pest is the Grape Vine Leaf
Hopper, which can be killed by
spraying with ten per cent, kero
sene emulsion, or with one pound
of whale oil soap in six gallons of
water. Of course, this must reach
the undersides of the leaves, where
the nests live. It the material is
used much stronger than the pro
portions here named, it may dam
age the foliage, but as the Leaf
Iloppers fly to the ground or grass
in an attempt to rub thi spray liq
uid off their wings after they are
sprayed, it is possible to spray them
again on the ground with a strong
er solution, -ind thus kill them
without injury to the grape leaves,
it is evident that these are sucking
insects, and, consequently, must be
killed by contact sprays. They can
not be killed by arsenical or inter
nal poisons such as we would use
for the chewing insects.
"You should also fertilize the
ground around your grape vines
and stimulate the growth of the
vines by watering frequently. Soap
suds from the wash tub, poured
abundantly about the roots, would
be good for it. Loosen the soil so
the water will penetrate it well. A
little commercial fertilizer or small
quantity of nitrate of soda added to
the water will be a help."
WHITE SCALE ON RASPBERRIES.
State Zoologist Surface, Harris
burg, has had his attention called
to the prevalence this year of a
white scale on raspberry bushes,
which has done much damage. In
replying to one correspondent, who
stated that a number cf his rasp
berry stalks were killed by the scale,
Professor Surface said:
This pest is known as the Rose
Scale, and is sometimes called the
Raspberry Scale. It does not at
tack trees, but it is quite injurious
to rose bushes and raspberry bush
es. It is no be killed by a good
contact insecticide, such as can be
used successfully for San Jose Scale.
I have friends who have entirely
cleaned it up in their fields by the
thorough use of the lime-sulphur-wash
spray. I should use either
the commercial litue-sulphur-wash,
diluted one to eight, or the home
boiled, using the, formula of seven
teen pounds of sulphur and twenty
two pound of lime, boiled together
one hour, with enough water to
boil, and then sufficient water added
to make fifty gallons, supplying
most of the water after boiling.
"This is the regular lime-sulphur
wash as prepared for San Jose
Scile. It is intended only for dor
mant plants, or, in other words, to
l e applied when the leaves are off;
but it can be used on the trunks of
trees and the stems of raspbti ries
and roses, where it docs not get on
the new growth of this y- ar nor on
the leaves. You can apply it to all
paits of the tree above gmund save
those which have grown this year.
It can be rppli.-d with a pdnt
hrnsh, but it will iw (pucker and
mere economical to use a spray
pump, and a more thorough job
can be done.
"Instead of spraying the old
raspberry canes for scale at this
time of year, I recommend cutting
U12111 out and burning thein at
once. This gets rid of a great
many ests. The canes have al
ready done their duty by bearing
fruit nn.l it will give more room for
. . . . 1 j
new stalks to develop. 11 wouiu
be excellent practi:e to cut and
burn old raspberry and blackberry
bushes as sojii as the fruit is gath
ered. You would not only kill in
sect nests but also destroy disease
cerms. To get the best passible
results, one should have a lut brush
fire built, upon which the newly
cut stalks could be thrown, even
burniiitr them before thev wilt, if
all the pests are to be destroyed. If
some of the young insects escape to
the new canes they will not mum
ply ramdlv enough to prove seri
ous, and this fall, after the leaves
hve rirormcd. vou can spray the
stalks thoroughly with the lime
sulphur wash, just the same as for
San Juse Scale.
Wilkes-Barre Discovers Grait.
Now Court House Investigated.
The Grand Jury probing the
ch irges of graft in connection with
the building of the new $2,000,000
Court House selected W. C. Shep
herd, the largest general contractor
in the city, to b'i thir special ad
viser in the examination of the
work on the building.
Two plasterers, who were em
ployed by a sub-contractor 011 the
ornamental work, pointed out to
the Grand Jury where plaster of
Paris hid been substituted for
Keenc cenunt. Their testimony
confirmed the exposure previously
made, viz : that lan;e amounts of
plaster of paris (which costs only
Si. 50 a barrel) had been substituted
for Keeue cement, which costs
$7-50.
It is rumored that oil of the .sub
contractors of the new $2,000,000
Court House at Wilke.s-Barre has
made a confession to the Grand
Jury in which he tells all about the
alleged crooked work in connection
with the building of the r.e v tem
ple of justice. It is said he impli
cates several of the county officials.
It is said the new charges of
grafting show that the county was
defrauded out of $300,000.
It is expected that it will take
the Grand Jury fully two weeks to
complete the investigation.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Hv virtue of a writ of Fieri Fa.:ias is
sued out of the Court of Common Pleas
of Columbia County, Pa., and to mo di
reeted, there will be sold at public sale
at the Sheriff's Office, in the Court
House at Bloomsburg, county and state
aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25th, 1909,
at 10 o'clock a. m., the following de
scribed real estate:
All that certain piece, parcel and tract
of land situate in the Town of Blooms
burg. in the County of Columbia, and
State of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
scribed as follows, to wit:
Beginning; at a stone in Hue of lands
formerly of B. K. Sharpless and C. R.
Kressler, thence by land of C. K. Kress
ler and other lands of the said B. B.
Tustin, south seventy-eight and three
fourth degrees west, seven hundred and
twenty-nine and one-half feet to a stone
in line of lands of the Rosemout Ceme
tery Company, thence by the same south
sixteen and one-half degrees east six
hundred and twenty-five feet to a stone,
thence south twenty-three degrees east
six hundred and thirteen and eight-tenth
feet to a stone in lino of lands of Lyrera
Creveling, thence by same north seventy-one
and one-fourth degre ;s east seven
hundred and fifty feet to a stone in line
of lands formerly of B: V. Sharpless.
thence by the same north twenty-two
degrees west eleven hundred and seventy-two
feet to a stone, the place of be
ginning, containing
TWENTY ACRES OF LAND,
strict measure.
Seized, taken into execution at the
suit of Permelia B. Hulshizer vs. B. B
Tustin. and to be sold as the property of
E. B. Tustin.
CHARLES B. ENT,
Clinton Herring, Sheriff,
Attorney. o-a-4t.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing accounts have been filed in the office
of the Prothonotary of Columbia County
and will be presented to the Court for
confirmation ni si on Monday, Septem
ber 21, 1900, and unless exceptions are
filed within four days thereafter, will be
confirmed absolutely by the Prothono
tary, namely:
First and final account of the Berwick
Savings and Trust Company, Trustee of
the estate of Elijah Fullmer, dee'd.
First and final account of M. C. Het
ler, guardian of M. Alex. Lutz, dee'd.
First and final account of T. J. Van
durslice, Trustee of Jacob Mover, dee'd.
FREEZE QUICK,
Prothonotary.
B'oomsburg. Pa., Sept , 1009. rj-a-4t.
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BLOOMSPURG. PA
FOR SALE!
The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El
well is for tsale.
Location :
"West Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. 13 rooms. Lot
about 06 by 212 feet.
FKAME BARN
AND COW STABLE,
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Koom,
Stationary Bange and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will
terms.
be sold on
Apply to
easy
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney,
Bloomsburg, Pa.