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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUfcA
THE COLUMBIAN.
" tJLOOMSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1910
It Is Running
Out
Is your subscription to this pa
per runnintf out ? If so, don't you
want to renew It and start the
year ritfht?
Newspaper Medicine.
Dr. E. Franklin Smith, of New
York, has sent the following letter
to the Sun, of New York.
To the Editor of the Sun: Sir-
On page three of the Sun of Janua
ry 17, appears an item entitled Pa
ralysis among Children. Strange
Epidemic in Vienna. Poliotnyetis
Cripples and Kills. This is a spe
cial cable dispatch to the Sun.
Medical journals have for a long
time called attention to the absurd
ities foisted upon the public as med
ical news, and the daily papers still
continue to publish statements that
are an insult to intelligent readers.
In the item above alluded to, the
first error is in the word "polio
tnyetis." The writer evidently
meant poliomyelitis. Who ever
heard of a malignant epidemic?
Again we suspect the writer in
tended to Sdy an epidemic of ma
lignant spinal paralysis. To say
that the name was hardly known
until this epidemic broke out is er
roneous. The disease has been
known and mentioned in textbooks
on medicines for at least sixty
years. Colmar wrote' aoout it six
ty years ago. As we had an epi
demic here several years ago, it is
quite evident that the disease was
known before the present epidemic
in Vienna. The description of
symptoms, while sensational, cau
not by any stretch cf the imagina
tion be called accurate or truthful.
Excellent research work in the stu
dy of this affection has been car
ried on here in our city by the
Rockefeller Institute of Medical
Research. The editorial on News
paper Medicine which appeared in
The New York Medical Journal, of
January 9, 1909, should b sug
gestive. In m address Dr. A. Ja
cobi made a brilliant plea for the
employment on the editorial stiff
of every newspaper of a competent
medical man in order that the pub
lie might be protected from tbe
misstatements of those who attempt
to write on subjects upon which
they are utterly uninformed.
Dr. Smith, formerly lived in
Bloomsburg. He is a great neph
ew of Mrs. Judge Elwell.
WILL MAKE a'sOuTsUEVEY.
At the request of Congressman
McHenry, the Secretary of Agri
culture of the United States has
agreed to make a complete soil sur
vey of Northumberland county.
This is the first time in the history
of the county that a soil survey will
bs made by the Department of Ag
riculture of the United States.
GOOD ROADS A LIVE ISSUE.
Everybody Recognizes the Importance
of Better Public Roads.
The Milton Standard 'says: "Al
most everybody recognizes the im
portance of good roads. It is a
live, living issue, becoming more so
every year. Hie automobile h
bound to usher ;r. a new era in road
improvement and the motor vehicle
is u 'stined to be the agency in
bringing it about. In the next de
cade it will 1 e a question of na
tional importance as great as the
tariff and the currency problem.
Everybody is vitally affected in
this question. The dairyman, far
mer, doctor, huckster, storekeeper,
mail carrier all are benefitted by
good roads. Hut it is a question
that has been grappled with for
yea s. Washington and Jefferson
advocated good roads and projected
the highway from the capital to the
Mississippi Valley. Caesar in his
day constructed roads and even
though his architecture has crum
bled and is buried with the past,
still the roads which he inaugurat
ed, remain to thi.sjday. Our states
men realize that the highway ques
tion is a great one and are keenly
alive to that fact. William J. Ro
an, in an address before the Na
tional Good Roads Committee, elo
quently portrayed the need thus:
"Transportation by wagon did not
seem slow until the steam enitine
made more rapid travel possible.
The tallow candle seemed bright
until it was dimmed by oil, gas and
electricity; the flint and steel were
convenient enough until the fric
tion match displaced them. The
telephone, rural mail service, etc.,
are great improvements. But af
ter all that has been done and is
being done, there still remains a
pressing need for better roads and
it is now one of the greatest issues
of the day."
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pieasea to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure Known to the medical frater
uny. vatarru being a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitu
tioual treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, actiue di
icwiiy upon me 0100a ana mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de
titroymg the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
ny Duuciing up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its
nut.- iuc yruprieiors uave so
tuutu lajiu iu us curative powers
mat iney oner une Hundred Dol
lars lor any case that it fails to
cure, bend for list of testimonials
Address: l. J. CHENEY . &
CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.:
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
The Poultry Yard.
Keen the old fiehters anait and
so remove them from temptation.
1 ne laying hen cevelops a great
ppetite and an enormous thirst.
Lack of a constant surmlv of
clean, pure, fresh water before the
towis mean deleat in the end.
Egg-shells are largely lime. The
lens can't make good shells unless
on furnish plenty of lime.
A feed of finely-chopped onions.
once a week, is a tonic that helps
to keep broilers lively and healthy.
Keeping too many fowls in a pen
with an insufficient amount of floor
space is a pitfall to be avoided.
lue which sap the life blood and
undermine the flock furnish a pit
fall into which far too many stum
ble.
Deal pretty spariuelv with red
pepper as a spice for poultry. It
is sharp stuff. Better warm vour
chicks up with some other way
than by teeding it.
oucannot feed hens that lav
colored eees so that thev will lav
white ones. If you want white
eggs get the kind of hens that lay
tnem.
The white-feathered broilers nl-
ways have the more attractive ap
pearance in market, as the pin
feathers do not show as thev dr nn
dark-plumaged birds.
A nest egg calces a nest more at
tractive to most hens, especially cf
the smaller breeds. We like the
china eggs. An egg eater will pick
at trjem tor a little bit and give it
up as a bad job.
Ice-cold water can not heln chill.
ing tbe hens. It must be warmed
up somehow, and that takes vitali
ty. Save the ben's strength of
body by warming the water on the
Kiicnen stove. You can do
cheaper than the hen can.
Here is a new plan for killing
nines on poultry roosts. Take twe
pieces to make a roost seven-eLlith,
inch thick and two inches wi'He
bevel the edges a little, and nail to
gether, not too close, and set up on
edge. The mites will all eontrre-
gate in the seam between the two
pieces. Pour kerosene in the
groove formed by the bevel on top
and you have them dead.
Many who keen noultrv over
look the importance of grit. Lack
of grit means poor digestion and
tew egES. A load of travel near
the chickens' home would improve
wie iieaun and increase the egg
yield on many a farm. I know it
is claimed that the Grit of
is the best, but the gravel is good
euougn grinding material.. If you
have never tried it vou will be snr.
prised how ast it will disappear
wuen piacea in a box where the
nens can help themselves.
rrora February 'arm Journal,
Trescass Notice,
Card si'ns ''NoTn!nnsstno-, in.
sale at this office. They are Drint
u in accordance with tbe late
ot 1903. frice 5 cents each.
act
tf
Gtalti:: Cry
Regulate
the Bowels
"I have been troubled with
constipation for several years,
and have tried a great many
kinds of pills, as well as medicine
from the doctor. Nothing
seemed to help me until I be
gan taking Dr. Miles' Nerve and
Liver Tills. I found the little
pills very effective, and I am
thankful that at last I have a
reliable remedy."
MRS. V. M. DUN KIN,
LcRoy, Ills.
Dr. Miles'
Nerve and Liver Pills
simply cause the bowels to move
in a normal manner, and with
out the griping effects of cathar
tics and purgatives. That's why
they arc so universally used by
women and children. The
longer they are taken the less
are needed. Natural conditions
gradually being restored.
Sold by druggists everywhere. If first
package does not benefit, your druggist
will return your money.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
The Zoological Press Bulletin.
Timely Topics of Plants and
ests Discussed Weekly, by H. A.
Surface, State Zoologist.
HUNGRY RABBITS ARE PEELING
TREES.
The earth being covered with
snow iu many sections of Pennsyl
vania, and not all the rabbits hav
ing fallen victims last fall to the
gunners, numerous complaints are
being received by the Division of
Zoology of the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture, in regard
to trees being damaged and destroy
ed by ra!bits preying upon the
bark. One grower in Westmore
land County wrote to State Zoolo
gist II. A. Surface, stating that of
1,200 trees, planted one, two and
three years ago, and which made a
nice growth, quite a number have
had their bark peeled off by rabbits.
He asked for some simple remedy
to prevent this destruction, and
made this further inquiry:
Would black, roof paint some
thing of a coal tar nature be inju
rious to the trees? I have tried it
on a few trees, and the rabbits have
not worked on such trees, and this
would be an easy way to stop them,
but I am afraid I might injure the
trees by such an application."
1 he advice of Professor Surface
was to the following effect:
"Replying to your recent letter
asking how to prevent rabbits from
peeling your young trees, I beg to
say that the chief thing to do is to
cut some branches from trees that
need pruning (from either these or
older irees), and drop the branch
es on the snow where the rabbits
can get at them. The next thing
is to paint the trunks of your young
trees with pure white lead and a
good quality of raw linseed oil.
' Painting or spraying with lime-
sulphur wash, or with the sediment
that is left from boiling lime-sulphur
wash for ban Jose scale, will also
prevent injury for some time.
Some persons recommend killing a
rabbit and rubbing its msides over
the trunks of the trees. Blood
painted or sprayed on the trunks of
trees is often used to repel them.
Personally, I prefer either the paint
or the lime-sulphur wash mention
ed above. I have tried both, in
our experiments on my owu trees,
with good results.
"Loal tar might be all right, but
I know where a nice orchard of
young apple trees was killed by
painting with coal tar and linseed
oil, and I hesitate to recommend
this 011 that account. I have never
tried it on my own trees, and I am
satisfied with the efficacy of the
linseed oil aud white lead treat
ment."
Doiiih kiqht thing If vou have
Nasal Catarrh, (let Ely's Cream JJului
at once. Don't touch the catarrh pow
ders and miutl'd, for they contain co
caine. Ely's Cieuni Balm releases the
secretions that In flume the nasal pa-
Hiies and me turoiti, w herein medi
cines made with mercury merely dry
up the secretions and leave you no bet
ter than you were. In u word, Kly'g
Cream Bulm lit a real remedy, not a
delusion. All dniKtrists. 60 eenU. or
mulled bv Kly Brothers, 60 Warreu
Htreet, New York.
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Envulopts
75,000 Envelopes carried in
stock at the Columbian Office.
The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin, batonial, commercial
sizes, number 6, 6, 6, 9, 10
and 11. catalog. &c. Pri
from $1.50 per 1000 printed, up to
95.00. largest stock In the conn
ty to selcet from.
Marvels of Titanium.
Tho cause of the remarknble effects
produced by tbe addition of about ono
per cent, of titanium alloy to Iron and
steel Is mill under discussion. In the
cane of chilled Iron car-wheels, It la
found that the alloy makes the metal
closer grained, and free from blow
boles. The wearing qualities are
greatly Improved, because the metal,
being freer from Impurities, does not
become so hot under the application of
the brakes. In consequence of this
there Is less expansion and contrac
tion, and so less strain. That there
Is less absorption of heat when the
alloy Is used Is Indicated by experi
ments with Ingot molds made of titani
um Iron. When filled with molten
steel the molds remain black, and
have proved very lasting. A casting
of titanium-alloyed Iron heats less
than an ordinary casting when worked
under a tool, and, on the other hand,
tools of titanium steel are less heated
than others In service.
Keep The Money At Home.
An Ohio concern is sending cir
culars here, offering to furnish an
outfit of printed stationery for
$3.85, in advance, customer to pay
express charges, which would be
60 to 75 cents.
We will duplicate the offer, save
you express charges, will guaran
tee as good if not better stock, and
you can see just what you are get
ting belore you pay for it.
Don t send your money away
from home for printing when you
can get the same thing for less cash
right here. tf.
CIIARTKR NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that an applica
tion will be made to the Governor of
Pennsylvania on Monday the aist day of
February, K)io. by U. M. t-reveling,
B. LuUard C. V. Miller, under the act
of assembly, entitled "An act to provide
for the incorporation and regulation of
certain corporations", approved April
H), 1&74, and the supplements thereto,
for the charter of an intended corpora
tion to be called "C. M. Crevelinjj Com
pany,, the character and object of
which is the buying aud selling general
merchandise consisting of dry goods.
groceries hardware. Queens ware, boots
and shoes, rubber goods, clothing, drugs
and all other articles usually bought and
sold in what is known as a department
stare, and for these purposes to have,
Eossexs una enjoy all the rights. Dene
ts and privileges of said act of assem
bly and supplements thereto
W. MILLhK,
1-27-4-t. Solicitor.
CHARTER NOTICE.
Notice is herebviven that an applica
tion will be made to the Governor of
Pennsylvania, on the 95th day of Febru
ary, igio, by James B. Montgomery, G.
M. Whitrrue. Levi A. Kemiey, c w.
B. Bower, John Thomas. James W.
Shellhamer, W. E. Shellhamer, aud oth
ers, under the Act of Assembly, enti
tled. ,'An Act to provide for the incor
poration and regulation of certain cor
porations," approved April 29, 1874. 'nd
the supplements thereto, for the charter
of an intended corporation to be called
The Eberiezer Telephone Company, the
character and object of which is
for the purpose of constructing, main,
tain ing, operating, buying, leasing tele
phones and telegraph lines, tor the iiri
vate use of individuals, firms, corpora
tion, municipal and otherwise, for gen
eral business and for police, fire alarm
and messenger business, the operation
of telephone exchanges, and the furn
ishing of facilities for communication
by means of the transmission of elec
tricity, over or through wires, and doing
a general telephone and telegraph busi
ness by such means, through the town
ships of Orange, Center, Briar Creek,
West Berwick and Berwick borough, all
in the county of Columbia, and for these
purposes to have, possess and enjoy, all
the rights, benefits, aud privileges of
said act of assembly, and the supple
ments thereto.
CHRISTIAN A, SMALL,'
3-3-4L Solicitor.
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