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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
VEGETABLE PARASITES.
Enstcrs Market Gardener Tel1s Law
Hs Carried On . successfsI
War Against Them.

OF late have been using nitrate
and in every case the results have
been far beyond my expectations. We
planted a patch of Hubbard squashes
near the early tomato ground, and as
the soil was good and the hills were
fertilized We were expecting good
things from them. The next news
received was that they were up and
growing finely, but in few days the
men reported that the bugs had de-
stroyed them all | packed my kit OF
soda solution, srx)lnr, tobacco dust
and weeder, and went over to view the
ruin. They were sorry looking lot, in
deed. with cucumber beetles and stink
bugs pooled 10 see which could work
fastest. | killed all the stinkbugs
could find and what beetles | could
catch. Then with my table-fork weed
er | carefully stirred the soil around
the plants, pinched off the ruined
leaves. and we dosed them with the
soda solution. Next | sprinkled the
ground around the plants quite liber-
plenty of tobacco dust The growth
has been astonishing I find that the
tobacco dust goes into the ground
quite rapidly. which Is all right but
the sulphur for the most part at least
stays on the surface. Both seem dis
tasteful TO the beetles. and the two
seem to work nicely together. with re-
suit that the beetles disappear, and
are giving me very li.le trouble. As
long as this works so well | shall stick
by the plan. ! found the same treat
| ment worked we'll with the early Gu
cumbers. At first the beetles disputed
my right TO any portion Of the pro-
coeds but of late they seem to view
things in another light, and have
vacated the premises consider rapid
and vigorous growth one Of the surest
preventives against their ravages. The
nitrate of soda gives this. and as
| think. is a valuable aid in keeping
| them in check It's use on beans has
always brought the best OF results
| with me, but wherever practicable I
always prefer the solution to the
crystal form. OF course broadcasting
| Is the only practical method of ap-
plication upon large areas. but It can
| be very successfully applied with the
| sprayer even in field use. With pres
| ent experience, and I have used 1t
considerably here and there. I vote
| early and often for nitrate of soda
| Rural New Yorker
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS.

Notice Is hereby given that the following
widows Appralsements will be presented 10
the Orphans Court or Columbia county on
Monday, September nth, A. u. 1902, by the
Clerk Of said Court and confirmed nisi, and un-
less exceptions are filed 10 same within four
days they viii be confirmed finally
Estate Of calvin Derr, late OF Jackson town
snip deceased personally Sli5.U realty $4,000.
Estate OF James W. Kitchen, late OF Jackson
township deceased, personally $4,000.
Estate OF Daniel :. Kitchen, late or Fishing
creek township deceased, person atty 1880 bal
ance OF the exemption the widow elects to take
In cash from real estate S262.70.
Estate Of simon Helwig, late Of Locust town
ship deceased, personally t3COW.
Estate OF Edward X. Jones, late OF the town
or Bloomsbury deceased, personally $500.
Estate OF Peter X. Baldy, late Of Catawissa
borough deceased. personally Sl29 80, balance
due from realty SlT0 45
Estate OF Daniel Miller, late OF Minllnville
deceased, personally 5000.
Estate OF william Patterson, late OF Green
wood township deceased, personally S2i.00;
realty $4,000, total fl64 CO.
Estate or Joseph Fausey, late OF Scott town.
ship deceased personality s2i6 0O; realty S5i 90
Estate OF John " Shultz, late OF Pine town.
ship deceased, personally 5000 balance from
sale OF any property or cash on hand S26O.OO
Estate OF Isaac Klingaman, late Of Beaver
township deceased, for the use OF minors from
the assets OF the estate S}O0UU
Estate OF Gideon Helst, late OF the town of
Bloomsburg deceased, personality SGD 95.
G. NJ. TERwILlIGER, Clerk o. G.
Clerks Office
Bloomsbury, Pa, Aug. Il, J3.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
Profanity Uost Farmer 500.

John Miller, a farmer residing in
Bratton township, Mifflin county, was
arrested on complaint of party OF
young men who pitched their camp
adjacent to his farm. 1t is alleged
that Miller came into camp IN a vio-
lent manner and ordered the party to
leave, being very profuse In the use of
profanity. Magistrate Patton, OF
Lewlstown, fined Miller $21 and costs
for cursing.
Subsequently Miller was again ar
raigned before magistrate Zerbe for
the use of profanity while attending
the hearing IN magistrate Patton's
Office. This time he was fined $I8,
and was then bound over to answer at
court to the charge of assault and
battery, preferred by one of the
campers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
To Get Gas Out of Cold Water.
Chicago Inventor who Studied In New York
Makos Startling Claim.

Heat and light from cold water at
the cost of song is claimed for new
invention now being perfected by
Attllio Monaco, druggist at NJ. 4z5
Clark street, Chicago. He says that
he has found inexpensive chemicals
which will separate water into its con-
stituents, hydrogen and oxygen, and
believes that he will be able to fur
nish gas for heating at 1sc. per too,-
900 feet and for lighting at asc. per
100000 which will revoIutonze the
industrial world.
"The process will cut the cost of
light and heat to one four hundredths
OF what they are now" said Mr.. Mon
AGO. "My invention is not yet per-
fected. but ! hope to have it in prac-
ticabe shape within a short time
Water can be reduced to hydrogen
and oxygen by means OF electrolysis,
which is simply decomposition by
means Of electricity. The cost is pro-
hibi,iye, however. An oxy.hydrogen
blast may generate almost the most
intense heat known to science, and
may also be used for lighting pur-
poses. Mr.. Monaco claims that the
simple addition OF chemicals, known
only to himself, will decompose water
rapidly and effectively. 1t then only
remains to store the two gases IN
tanks.
The inventor is 20 years old and is
native of Italy. He has studied
chemistry in the New York school OF
pharmacy andin Italy. Steambodting
and raiioading, together with manu-.
tactures. smelling, treatment of ores
wilt be made new industries, he
claims.
He IS now at work on branch of
the invention by which he hopes to
eliminate the salt from the water,
enabling a vessel to start across the
Atlantic empty and arrive at her des-
tlnation with cargo of salt drawn
directly from the ocean at small cost.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
National Aid for RoaGs.

The Washington Post in leading
editorial condemns both national and
state aid as paternalistic. II says that
"the duty of road building attaches
solely to the communities immediate
ly concerned" This Is narrow view,
The same view applied to education
would make the local communities pay
all the expenses Of the schools; yet
state aid to education Is the rule not
the exception, If the Posts conten-
tion is right, the local community
should be required to establish its own
post ofiice, and hire It's postmaster and
mail carriers. In fact nearly every
thing the state and national govern
ments are doing for the people would
be condemned as paternalism viewed
from the same standpoint.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
Comments on Rhubnrb.

Rhubarb is one OF the first plants of
the garden to come into use in the
spring, and the stalks make an excel
lent sauce at time when apples of
the year have become scarce and out
of season II is very easily propa-
gated, and only a few plants are re-
quired to furnish supply for a fam
lily A piece of root separated from an
existing plant is quite sure to grow
where planted. either In the fall or
spring, and this is the best plan for
multiplying the number of plants.
Early growth may be forced in a
greenhouse or cellar, but less trou-
blesome way is to surround each plant
with fermenting stable manure, part
Of which may be raked off when the
ground grows warm and part remain
as fertilizer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
Diphtheria Germs Live Long

That diphtheria may live in packed
clothing almost indefinitely is shown by
an incident which occurred in an Ohio
village. A child died of diphtheria and
it's mother packed its dresses and toys
In chest The mother died Is years
afterward, and her daughter and grand
daughter, who opened and handled the
contents of the chest, were duly taken i'll
of diphtheria, although there had re-
Gently been no cases In the village.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY viItue OF a writ of Fl. Fa. issued out of the
Court OF Common Pleas af Columb'. County,
Pennsylvania and to me dir" cted there will be
exposed to public sale at the court House in
Bloomsbury, county and state aforesaid on
SATURDAY, SEPT. I2th 1908,
at two O'Clock p. m, all that certain piece or
parcel OF land situate In Berwick Borough Co.
lumbla County, bounded and described az
follows to wit; on the north by North street,
south by Smith street, east by lot No. 10 and
on the west by lot No. s. Said lot being forty
nine and one half feet in width; and one hundred
and seventy-nine feeet IN dept' md marked
and numbered nine ts) in smith addition to
Berwick, Pa. Whereon is erected twc-story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
Seized taken in execution at the suit of G.
W, Case VS.. John A. f OK ana to be sold as the
property OF John A. kck.
FRITZ, Atty. DANIEL KNORR.
Sheriff
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
May Spank the Scholars.

The Shamokin school board has
decided to grant the teachers the
right to administer corporeal punish
ment during the coming term. The
pedagogues of Shamokin were denied
that sweet privilege last year but the
rule was not a success. This year,
however, the teachers are not allowed
to spank the youngsters while in the
heat of passion, but must wait until
after school, and then another teacher
must be called in to witness the per-
formance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
One Gent His Annual Pay.
Mail carrier Receives Smallest Check
Drawn BY Government.

Maurice Proctor, of Mineral Point,
Mimi, receives the smallest check
that is drawn by the government. The
check comes annually and is for one
cent.
Mr.. Proctor bid for carrying the
mails from Mineral Point to Dodge
vile, offering to do the work for one
cent. His bid was accepted, and
each year he receives a check for
that amount. The first one he sold
for SIS, and the next one is spoken
for at $25.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
TO KEEP STREAM CLEAN.
Fish Commissioner @eehan Coniors With
Owners OF Tanneries.

Fish Commissioner Meehan has
been in consultation with owners of
tannerles in the northwestern part of
the State and has about reached an
agreement with them in regard to a
method Of preventing the pollution Of
fish streams by these industries.
The Commissioner says that the
source OF revenue TO the State under
the fish basket license law would be
small. Not more than twenty five
applications are expected for this
means of catching fish and the fees
will be small.
Applications for gold fish for educa-
tional purposes in the schools IN the
counties, cities and districts will be
received by the Department of Fish
cries. Only public schools will be
supplied.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsbury, Pa, postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter Office
Sept. rs, 1903. Persons calling for
these letters, will please say that ''they
were advertised Sept. 3, 1909,
Mrs. George II. Brant.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
J. c. Brown, p. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
A Lucky Find.

One hundred and ten twenty-dollar
gold pieces were found in a stump
Saturday by William Beller, a shoe
maker, of Dallas, who was chopplng
down the stump near his home. The
gold had been hidden there SO long
that the wood had grown around the
bag and concealed it, Chester Gates,
an old resident, says that he believes
it was hidden by an outlaw In the
early part OF the century.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
THEY REQUIRE SUPPORT.
suffer Unless Protected by Some
Sort of Device.

My raspberrie5 and blacSberries
have made an unusually rank growth
and many of the large blackcap canes
have been knocked over and wholly
or partially broken off near the roots
What is left of them ] have given a
severe trimming, so as to make them
short and to prevent further breaking
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ of Fl. Fs. issued out of the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county and
TO me directed there Will be exposed TO public
safe at the Court House Bloomsburg, county
and state aforesaid on
SAT URDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1903,
at two o'clock p. m. All that certain lot OF
ground situate in the town OF Bloomsbury, in
the county of Columbia and State OF Pennsyl-
ania, boun ded and described as follows to wit:
Beginning at a point in the west side OF Magee
Avenue, forty-two feet north OF Sixth street,
In said town and running thence westwardly
IN a line parallel with said sixth street seventy
feet to corner; thence northwardly In a line
parallel with said Magee Avenue fourteen feet
to a corner; thence eastwardly in a line parallel
with said sixth street seventy feet TO said
Magee Avenue, and thence touthwardly along
the west side OF Magee Avenue fourteen feet 20
the place or beginning, whereon is erected a
TWO STORY BRICK DWELL
ING HOUSE,
with necessary outbuildlngs.
Seized, taken In execution at the suit OF Mary
E. Pursei VS.. Arthur Lewis apd Philip S. Hessel
partners trading as Hessel Lewis & Co., and to
be sold as the property Of Hessel, Lewis & Co.
&. NJ. TUstIN, DANIEL KNORR,
Atty. Sheriff
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-03
Struggle With a Wild Oat.

J. H. Monroe, a phosphate sales
man from Hazleton, had desperate
struggle with wild cat on Mount
McCauly near Catawissa about
eleven o'clock on Thursday night.
The animal jumped into Monroe's
carriage, tore his clothing into
shreds and lacerated his lett hand
before it could be shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-26
THE CONSUMERS GAS TRUST
COMPANY.

The suggestion that the Consumers Gas
Trust Company should continue its benefi-
cent career, now that natural gas has
failed. by manufacturing and furnishing
artificial gas for fuel purposes. deserves
very careful consideration. Two questions
arise at the threshold-first, whether the
company has a legal right to do as sug-
gested, and second, whether IL is under any
obligation to do so. AS to the first there
can be no reasonable doubt. Under its
articles of association the company had
as much right at the beginning TO engage
in the manufacture of gas for fuel and IL
Eliminating purposes as il had to engage in
drilling for natural gas and distributing it
to patrons. Had it chosen to do so it could
have engaged in either or both of these
lines Of operation at the beginning. Now.
natural gas being exhausted, the right to
manufacture fuel gas from. petroleum or
from coal still survives. That the COM
pany possesses this legal right there is not
a particle of doubt.
AS to the question of obligation, it must
be remembered that the Consumers Gas
Trust Company IS peculiar in its origin,
purposes and organization. 1t originated in
a determination of the people 10 secure for
themselves certain benefits generally Sc
cured by private corporations. 1t sprang
from movement of the people, by the
people and for the people. 1t was never in
tended to become an instrument of mo-
nopoly or for the promotion of individual
greed. The placing of its management in
the hands of trustees shows that it was re-
garded as a trust for the benefit of the
community. When land or property is
decided or bequeathed in trust for GER
tain purpose it can never be diverted from
that purpose to any other. All the property
and assets Of the Consumers Gas Trust
Company were acquired under a moral OBJ
legation and implied contract that they
should be devoted to the service of the
people of Indianapolis. This is particularly
true OF its pipes and lines within the city.
which were laid under a contract with the
city formed by the company's acceptance
of a city ordinance passed June q. 1887.
The Consumers Company accepted this or
dinance in writing Nov. %. 1887. Under its
articles of association creating trust, and
under it's contract with the city, it is under
the strongest kind of moral obligation to
operate in the interest of the people at
large, and has no moral or legal right to
operate In the interest of individuals. 1t Is
believed the courts would hold that an
attempt to so operate 1t would work for
fixture of it's charter Admitting that the
assets of the company belong to the stock
holders, they have no right to divert it
from it's original purpose. as public utility
for the distribution of either natural or
artificial gas for the benefit of the people
and to change it to the entirely new pur-
pose OF being operated as a private plant.
1t should be somebody's business to see
that this is not done.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-26
Among the Publishers.

Mcclure. Phillips & Co. are about
to bring out '"rhe Encyclopaedia OF House.
hold Economy" by Emily Holt. II Is an A.
Il, of home management containing, IL
is claimed, all the Information that the
young or old housewife needs 10 help her
keep the house in order and running
smoothly.
The Macmillan Company announce the
publication of Mr. Charles Majors new
novel, "a Forest Hearth" This is the novel
upon which Mr.. Major has been working
ever since he finished Dorothy Vernon OF
Haddon Hail." The publishers speak OF 1t
as a simple appealing love story or simple.
unconventional people
Mrs. Margaret Deland's new volume OF
Old Chester stories is just published by the
Harpers under the tide "Dr. Lavendar's
People" This volume. with It's compan-
ION book ''C.d Chester Tales" represents
Mrs. Deland's most important work. and
the most successful OF her fiction since
'John Ward. Preacher" published some
time ago.
A book which promises to be one OF the
unique offerings OF next spring Is an
nounced by Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell 81
Co. 1t IL entitled Minute Marvels OF
Nature" and is written and profusely a.
Illustrated from microscopic plates by John
j. Ward. Many wonderful phases OF min
ute plant and animal life are pictured and
described in a popular style which viii
interest both nature lovers and general
readers.
The A Vessels Company has secured the
American edition OF 'Stevensoniana." by
J. A. Hammerton, which will be published
by them Immediately. The edition Is lin
tied to 1900 copies for England and Amer
lea and is issued Uniform with colvin .
Letters OF Robert Louis Stevenson. The
single aim ever before the compiler was
10 search for his material only IA the for
gotten pages OF English and American pc
riodicals, and In books by writers OF efni-
nence not entirely devoted TO Stevenson.
The Macmillans issue the following novels
this month: Mr.. crawford's The Heart
OF Rome" Mrs. Edith Elmer Woods The
Spirit of the Service" Mr. ouiner-Couch'a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-26
Current Periodicals.

The November Cosmopolitan contains the
first installment of Mr. wellss new scien-
tific romance, 1.-THE Food OF the Gods.
The November Century win begin publi-
cation OF some new Thackeray letters, re-
lating the story of '"Thackeray's Friend
ship with an American Family"
Miss Mary Johnston's long-expected novel,
''Sir Mortimer" begins in Harper's Magazine
for November with illustrations in color by
f. c. Yohn. 1t will be recalled that this
story was to have appeared in Harpers
Johnston's illness. from which she has now
recovered. The story opens in the tavern
of the Triple Tun. where Sir Mortimer
Ferne, in company with Sir John Nevil and
other gallant gentlemen, is toasting Eng
land and her merry Adventures before de-
parting on a voyage.
In the November Pearson's, Mr.. A Sarath
Kumar Ghosh writes Of a discovery by a
Hindu scientist, Jagadis Chunder Bose, Pro-
fessor of Science in the Calcutta University,
which IL substantiated by further expert
ments will prove one of the most marvellous
of the age. Prof Bose has been conducting
a great number of experiments tending TO
prove, through the medium of the galvano-
meter. that there is a form of electrical VIZ
bration that operates in all matter, animal,
vegetable, or mineral. and he now asserts
that If capacity TO respond TO external
stimulus is test OF life, then metals also
are "alive." From his experiments he de-
duces as a logical conclusion that the ply
Biological distinction hitherto made between
organic and inorganic" matter viii no
longer exist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-26
The Maids of Paradise.

Robert w. Chambers. whose previous
clever novels, Cardigan" THE Conspira-
tors" ''Maid-at-Arms." etc. have pleased
many readers. has published another book
that is certain TO prove popular. The
Maids of Paradise" his latest work. is a
story of the Franco-Prussian war. Para
disc is a village not far from Paris. and
in it is fought one of the bloodiest battles
of the war, considering the number of men
engaged. II is not of the war. however.
that Mr.. Chambers tells most about. He
deals mainly with the piotungs of a coterie
of Anarchists and how the conspirators
are hunted down by Lieutenant Scarlet.
inspector of imperial police. Scarlet, in
the course Of his duty. meets the Countess
de Vassart. who is being robbed by the
plotters. He becomes the hero of the story
and she the heroine, and after the war is
over they wed. Scarlet has his ups and
downs, and after retiring from the police
service joins an American circus that is
touring France. His greatest work against
the Anarchists is done while he is a trainer
of animals. He saves the French treasure
train, drives German spy, the companion
of the countess. out OF France and secs
the leaders of the revolution meet death.
The book is illustrated. Harper & Brothers.
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-26

Persons who did not READ A. Conan
Doyle's latest stories in The Strand now
have an opportunity to peruse them in book
form. Brigadier Gerard, whose adventures
are related by the famous author of the
Sherlock Holmes detective stories, was
soldier in the army of Napoleon, an officer
of the Hussars OF Conflans-the finest regi-
ment of troops on the face of the earth,
according TO Gerard. What the Hussars
could not do, and what Gerard failed to
accomplish, was impracticable. Gerard is
not modest in his claims; In fact, egotism is
his greatest characteristic; it crops out in
almost everything he says and does. AS
a trusted officer, man OF great yalOr,
whose knack of surmounting difficulties
less brave would shrink from, he is
given many opportunities 10 gain fame by
risking his life. That he lives TO relate mis-
adventures is proof that his superiors never
misplaced their trust in him. Some OF his
most notable deeds, according 10 himself,
result in saving the honor of France. the
rescuing OF Napoleon's army from defeat
and the feeding OF starving soldiers. Some
times he captured whole cities. and at
other times he directs great campaigns.
OF his loves he Is not backward I'm telling
many fair women are enslaved I'm his af-
fections. for who could fail TO admire such
brave officer, such gallant beau. and
such military diplomat az the brigadier
makes himself out to be. The author has
given his stories a resemblance OF genuine