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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Make the Tropics Contribute

Development of the great natural re-
sources hetropical belt ofthe earth is,
in the opinion of Hon. o. P. Austin, chief
of thebureau Of statistics, necessity for
the future progress of the world
Although this belt contains practically
one-half of the land area OF the globe,
II now contributes but one-sixth Of the
exports which enter into international
commerce. With the growing popula-
ton of the world, and the increase OF fa>
cilities for transportation, a change
should be wrought in this respect. Sci
ence has shown how life and health can
be protected in the tropics, and India,
southern China, and other oriental coun-
tries contain populations capable Of la
boring, and willing to labor, In the trop-
les. Finally, Mr.. Austin points out that
in comparatively recent years practi-
pally all the tropics, epttropical Amer
lea, have been brought under the con-
troll of temperate-zone countries.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
FISH That CAKkIES wEArUNS.
Species That Has swim Like sand-Pn-
per and Armed with Three
Corucred EilCs.

Two of the fish al the aquarium wear
trmor and carry concealed weapons.
AS the police seldom visit the aquari-
um and no complaints have been hled,
the fish have not been disturbed in the
possession of their aImaments, says the
New York Tribune. They are the or
ange filefsh, which are coated with a
skin that resembles sandpaper in the
latter's most striking characteristic, and
In hollow on the top of the back they
carry sharp three-cornered files. When
not in use these lie along the back.
When a grudge is TO be settled the file
fish literally gets his back up and vi
ciously tickles the object of his hatred
in the ribs.
The two specimens at the aquarium
were secured short time ago in
Gravesend bay. The fishermen in the
neighborhood of the bay have other
names for them. "Old SOW, "old maid"
and foolish" are some of the designa-
tions which they apply to them when
they sit over the fire and spin yarns.
The shape of the head and mouth is
responsible for these names. The
mouth opens upward, the lower jaw pro-
truding beyond the upper, Cristaceans
are the diet of this fish. and the shape
of the mouth and the sharp teeth with
in are for catching and destroying this
kind of food. One would say. judging
from their appearance, that their diet
was not well suited to their needs, for
they have starved look. The other
day party of sightseers observed this
look.
Here's fish trying the starvation
cure remarked one. turning to his
companions There's something the
matter with him. Don't you see how
thin he is?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
MASSAGE BY THE BLIND.
London Institution to Open New cc-
cupntion for which They Are
Peculiarly Adapted.

There is to be very new field of
work opened for the blind by the Lon
don Institute for Massage by the Blind,
which is about to be started under a COM
mittee that includes many representa-
tive medical men. 1t is not an expert
ment. 1t has proved that the blind can
become expert in the practice of mas
sage. which in Japan Is commonly rec
ogni2ed as their work, reports the Phil
adelphia Press, The occupations open
TO the blind are few and rarely remuner-
ative. The difficulty is one of the gravest
obstacles to the improvement Of the
condition of this afflicted class There
are already several blind masseurs In
that country. Some $500 is needed, and
central rooms are then to be secured
under hospital matron. Blind stu
dents must obtain first-class medical GER
tificates in an art which is daily more
used, especially by surgeons in sprains
and bruises, and masseuses will be al
lowed to treat only women and children
and masseurs only men. The whole
scheme needs only to be mentioned to be
approved. 1t is also worthy of note that
the blind are usually endowed with a
sense of touch exceptionally fine, so
that here, and perhaps here alone, is a
field in which they may surpass their
seeing brothers, massage being depend
ent for its success upon the nicely Of
its application, dependent in its turn on
the nicely Of the operators tactile sense.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Cabbage Worm Remedies.

The only sure and abiding remedy
for cabbage worm, says an authority,
is small handful Of fine sawdust. 1t
is cheap, sure, harmless and effectual.
Probably the best and cheapest way to
combat worms on cabbages is simply to
sprinkle salt on the infested heads.
From the moment the salt is applied
the worms cease to feed, and in an hour
or two they drop from the heads to the
ground. Get five cents worth Of cayenne
pepper, put it in the teakettle and make
a strong tea When cool put 1t in a
bottle and squirt some on each head or
sprinkle out OF a pan with a whisk
broom
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
SUBSTANTIAL ROOT CELLAR.

to both cellar and alley. There are three
windows, one at each side and one at
end. These are well banked in winter.
Roots are aired from doorway dur
ing severe weather. There is also a
loose stone wall, built four feet high
around the cellar about four feet from
wall of cellar. The space between is
filed with clay six feet high. There is
no danger Of roots freezing even In cold
est winters.
In such cellar they winter perfect
ly. | winter over / 800 bushels Swedes;
1000 bushels could be put in, but if too
many are together they are liable to heat
and spoil I keep turnips until there
is green feed ready to cut in the fields
for my show sheep and lambs The cell
lar shown was built about 35 years ago
Material was cheaper then, but such a
cellar would cost here now from 5000 to
$3.50. Mine are we'll built and will last
many winters yet.-Henry Arkell, in
Farm and Home
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
A Full House.

According to a Washington story
writer President Roosevelt says that
the incident on his long trip that
amused him most occurred at a small
town in Kansas, where a two-minute
stop was made. The president had been
talking freely of his race suicide" no.
tion that day, says the Kansas City
Journal At the station in Kansas a
man stood holding three small children
on his shoulder and woman close be-
side him carried two babies. The presi-
dents speech was going along smooth
ly when suddenly the man with three
children broke in with a voice that
could be heard a quarter of mile,
"Hey! Teddy" he shouted, "can you
beat this? It's full house, Teddy
triplets and twins; three of kind and
a pair!"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
SPRAYING OF PLANTS.


In an address on spraying, Prof f.
M. Webster said The canker worm,
The tent caterpillar, leafrollers and
other native leafeating insects, find
instead of an occasional wild cherry
tree, wild crabapple tree or wild plum
tree, whole acres of improved varieties
OF these, acres upon acres of rasp.
berry, blackberry, strawberry and
grape. Grass feeding insects find
hundreds and thousands of acres of
grassy plants more tender and Juicy
han the natural grasses. Is It any
Yonder that native insects, before
onfined to a less number of less
'uitful trees, with an occasional year
at permitted almost no fruit at all
grow, thus almost exterminatng
hem should. under such favorable
onditions as are offered by our pres
mt system of fruit, vegetable and
grain culture, thrive and increase in
numbers far beyond what they would
under less artificial and less favor
able surroundings? We first create an
environment, unnatural and vastly
more favorable than the original for
the development of insect enemies of
our crops, and bring about the very
conditions that these insects are in
tended to prevent, and then wonder
Why it IS that they do what is the most
natural thing in the world for them
feed and breed in the midst of plenty.
Il has always seemed to me that the
fruit grower who planted out his or.
chards, vineyards and berry fields,
and gave them no protection from
their natural enemies. was doing
what a commanding general would do
If he we're to send a division of his
army into the enemy's country and
not support it with other troops. 1t is
as plain as can possibly be that the
fruit-grower must Ase artificial meas
ures to fight the enemies of his crops,
if he expects to succeed. The present
conditions are now what they are
and we cannot now change them.
This being true, it is manifestly the
proper course to pursue. In seeking
by artificial means to counteract, so
far as possible, the adverse effect Of
these present conditions Thus. the
spraying Of plants with insecticides
and fungicides becomes Imperative
Farmers Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
The Art of TrnnspIantinn.

Set plants into freshly turned soil SO
that moist earth will come into contact
with the fine roots. A rainy, or at least
a cloudy, day late in the afternoon is
favorable time Make the hole about the
depth OF the root, insert plant and press
the earth closely and firmly to the roots.
In dry weather press the soil with the
foot, and then go over lightly with a rake
to stir the surface and TO hold in the
moisture Keep the plants wet during
setting Ten minutes Of willing either
before or after setting would often set
tie the fate OF the plant.--American Gull
tivator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Name Famine In Denmark.

The Copenhagen correspondent of the
Berliner Tageblatt has sent his paper
an interesting article on the name
famine" in Denmark. In no nation, he
says, is the choice of the family name
so limited 1t very often hLppens that
four persons unknown to each other
sit down to game of whist, and later
present themselves, respectively, as
Hansen. He proves this statement by
quoting Or. Krak, the compiler and pub
Usher of the Copenhagen Wegweiser
the largest Danish street directory Ac-
cording to DR.. Krak, out of population
Of 100000 in the Danish capital, AZ per
cent. end their names with sen" Some
so, 1000 are named Hansen, which is used
by the largest number of persons
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
CORRECTED HIS MISTAKE.
klondike "Dentist" Got the Right
Tooth Later On and
Charged for IL.

High prices often prevail in frontier
towns, and those who live in new settle
ments become accustomed 10 the charges
and think little about it. A man who
recently returned from the Klondille
tells good story which is printed in the
Now York Tribune.
People get used to paying big money
for trifies, he said, and two dollars for
a box of sardines or five dollars for a
pound of bad coffee came to be regarded
as reasonable prices But once l had
the surprise of hearing an Unexpectedly
low price named. 1t was like this: |
had jumping toothache--was nearly
wild with it-and went to a shanty
where | was told there was a dentist.
A rough-looking fellow told me that
he was the dentist, and | asked him
to draw my tooth. He looked me over,
got his forceps fastened on my tooth
and yanked it out after a couple of hard
twists.
How much?' | asked.
well, two dollars; | guess" said the
dentist.
P"iN hihi' aiIHou5h my Jaw slili
ached badly.
That's the cheapest thing I've seen
round here" | remarked, as gave him
the money.
WELL he said, 81 thought I'd make
1t low, because on account Of the bad
light | pulled the wrong tooth"
had to go the next day and have the
bad tooth out, and he made matters
square by charging mo ton dollars
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Queer Underclothes.

Eskimo women wear the most curt
Gus kind of underclothing, its pecuiari-
ty being that 1t Is made Of the skins of
birds. These skins before being sewed
are chewed well by the women in order
to make them soft. About hundred
skins are required to make a shirt and
the labor of chewing the skins which
form their garments is quite enough to
account for the massive, we'll developed
Jaws of Esk.Do women.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
HOW TO KEEP ROOTS.
Every Farmer Who Keeps stock
should build IA Substantial
Cellar for Them.

Roots are one of the common feeding
crops Of Canada and the northern states
They are crop it pays to winter prop
erly. My root cellar is 24x30 feet and
en- feet high, having stone sides. The
3of is first covered with three-inch
-dar plank, then with a covering Of
awdust six inches thick, and a shingled
oof with space between to keep out the
rost. There is an alleyway at entrance
+ cellar six feet long. Doors close tight
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01

AVOID ALL DRYING INHALANTs AND UsE
that which cleanses and heals the membrane.
Elys Cream Balm is such remedy and cures
Catarrh easily and pleasantly. Cold in the
head y.anishes quickly. Price so cents al
druggists or by mail.
Cotarrh caused difficulty in speaking and
to great extent loss of hearing. by the use
OF Ely's Cream Balm dropping OF mucus has
ceased, voice and hearing have greatly i'm.
prroyed.-J w, Davidson, Atty at Law,
Monmouth, Ill
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01

Scientists Are Making AN ExrenSive
Search Tor Missing SiAtecnth
of u secOnt.

A sixteenth OF a second Is missing,
and despite the work ol scores OF learned
scientists no one can tell where ii has
GOne.
A search for this minute fraction of
time that Is costing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars is under way, and 1t
will be continued till the lost is found.
for its recovery Is of worldwide i'm
portance, states the New York World.
If one grain of sand on the shore of
the ocean were lost and scientists were
to spend years in trying to find II, their
search would seem to be little more
hopeless and unimportant than this
task, upon which the leading astron-
omers of England and France are now
working.
The sixteenth of q second is missing
between the suns time as recorded at
Greenwich and as understood in Paris.
The failure to discover the discrepancy
IN observations may change the nation
ality of thousands of people.
Longitude is calculated on the basis
of Greenwich time. The boundaries of
countries are determined by the call
culations at this famous observatory.
If the Paris calculations and not the
Greenwich observations are found cor
rect boundaries may be moved miles.
No expense Is being spared to trace
the missing fraction. A special build
ing has been erected at Paris, costly in
struments installed. corps Of skilled
mathematicians engaged and process
that may take years to complete has
been commenced.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01

Inc following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa, postofice, and
WIN be sent to the dead letter office
Oc'' 49, 1903. Persons calling for
'heSe letters, will please say that "they
were advertised Oct. I, Ioo3",
Shaffer.
one cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
u. c. BRowS, P. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Electricity in Dentistry.

1t is proposed to use currents of cleo
tricity in place of anaesthetics for opera
tions on the teeth. One pole is connect
ed to an electrode nodded to fit the tooth
and lined with wet asbestos to counter
act any heating effect on the tooth it.
self. Five minutes suffices to render in
sensible tooth with single fang.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
MY Heart was Thunping
NV Life outD is the way Ms Il II

Wright, of Brocliwille, Ont, describes her
suiferlngs from smotheIing, huttsring and
papltatlon. After trying many remedies
without benefit, six bottles of Dn Agnew's
Cure Tor the Heart restored her TO perfect
health. The first dose gave almost instant
relief, and in day suffering ceased alto.
gether Ill
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01

Wigwag-"As poet he stands alone. "
Borrowell -"Nonsense never head of a
poet who had money enough to stand loan ),
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
British CoIoniaI Territorx

Three-seyenths of theto colonial ter
ritory of the world, Egypt and the Sou
dan included, belongs to Great Brit
ain.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01
Conl Lands for Indinna.

In the Indian territory 100000 acres of
coal lands are to be sold at auction. and
the proceeds divided among the In
dians.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-01

- Tommy--"Pop, what is a chaperone ?H
Iommy's Pop-"A chaperoae, my son, is an
old lady who keeps her eye on the chaps"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-19
Tarrant & Kings
Cotton Letter.
Special to News and Observer)


New York. June 18.-Continued good
weather at the South induced further
short selling today and as the market was
rather dull affair. it was an easy mat
.er for the bears to depress prices. but
he market has had decline of SO points
rom the high level of the week. and the
jhort interest must now be Of considerable
magnitude, indeed, the market has every
appearance of being over-sold just as it
aas had on every so point reaction this
entire season.
While the weather has been good for
ohree days. the crop outlook is still the
most unfavorable ever known at this date.
The mills are shutting down, not because
they want to, but because they cannot
.ecure the raw material to feed their ma
chinery. In view of the great scarcity
Of the raw material, and the unfayorahle
outlook for the new crop, it is not unrea-
ionable to expect spot cotton to rule above
II cents for some months to come, and
December contracts under ten cents N
this market are attracting the most cor
sentative investors, and spinners are also
buying them fearing that they viii not
secure their supplies on so favorable
basis at the South during the early fail.
TARRANT q KING,
6S Broad Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-19
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, June 1S.-There were a few
individual stocks In which active trading
and wide movements made cross currents
in the stock market today but the great
body OF securities listed for trading on
the exchange was stagnant. The market
started Off with some show of strength
with the influence of the reduction in the
rate OF discount CT the Bank of England
To per cent and to the easier tone of
private discounts IN response. A higher
range OF quotations for Americans as
consequence awaited the opening of the
stock market here. Some of the leaders
We're lifted point over last night during
the first half hour. Pennsylvania was in
special demand and rumors continued to
circulate that the Pennsylvania Gould dis
;ute had been settled. 1t was possible To
secure official admissions that efforts tn
this end were being made but these seemed
to be made by outside interests rather
than by mutual approach of the two
parties to the difference. The progress
OF subscriptions to the new Pennsylvania
stock had a favorable effect on its mar
ket as we'll When 1t was learned that
the price OF cotton was running off sharp
ly the professional operators in stocks in
dulged the hope that they would be able
TO force an upward turn but they met
selling pressure and had TO abandon the
attempt The selling was especially acute
IN Metropolitan Street Railway, Metropol-
itan Securities and the Iron and Steel
stocks. the selling being notably large ID
United States Steel. both common and pre-
ferred. The former touched q 71S and the
latter exceeded its previous low record
Of IS "a by fail Of IS IA The presence
IN the market OF large and persistent
selling order in United States Steel was
the occasion of much surmise as to the
source. The whole group was depressed
by the admissions made by an authority
in the trade that concessions was made
in the price of iron do not yet tempt con-
suIners and that concessions are being
quietly made by some of the larger inter
ests in the steel market. The incident of
a delayed payment of maturing obligations
bv the Colorado Fuel Company was con
tinuing factor of depression in the whole
group. Colorado Fuel itself dropped at
one time . "a but recovered the great
er part of that loss. The weakness of
Metropolitan Street Railway and of Met
ropolitan Securities was directly trace
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-19
For Whooping Cough use
CHENEYS EXPECTORANT
City Extension Election.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen
OF the City of Raleigh:

Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen
or the City of Raleigh:
Section l. That notice is hereby given
that an election is called to be held on
June Goth, 1903, for the purpose of sub
hitting the question of extending the cor
porate limits of the City of Raleigh as
provided by an act of the General AS
sembly of North Carolina at it's session
in 1903, entitled. 'fAn Act to amend the
Charter of the City of Raleigh by increas-
ing its corporate limits" ratified March
9th, 1903; and providing for the following
extension:
''That the corporate limits Of the city
of Raleigh be, and the same are hereby
extended, on the East to the road run
ming North and South, just East Of the
Soldiers Home and known as the Tarboro
Road, to line on the western side OF said
road, which line shall run due North and
South and parallel with said Eastern
limits of said city; on the North three
eighths (ss) of a mile to a line running
due East and West and parallel with the
Northern limits of said city; and on the
West one-half (1k) of a mile to a line
running due North and South and parallel
with the Western limits of said city. And
the new boundary lines on the East and
West shall extend North until they inter.
sect with the new Northern boundary line,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-19
]. D. Boushall, Manager, Raleigh, N. c

able to the statements regarding the com
pany's earnings made by its president on
the witness stand. The drop in Met
ropolltan Street Railway reached "a
and in the securities company 3 with a
partial recovery in Doth cases. The mar.
ket closed intensely dull and weak and
near the low level Of the day. with losses
of about a point in a number of leading
stocks. Bonds were weak Total sales
(par value) $1,610,000.
U. S. bonds were all unchanged on the
last call.
Total sales Of stocks today were 524-
100 shares, including Atchison 81 $50; Bal
timore and Ohio 1850; Canadian Pacific
10000; Erie 10000: Metropolitan Street
Railway II 745; Missouri Pacific 25.3Oo
Pennsylvania 72.S40; Reading 1880 St.
Paul 14.O50: Southern Pacific 1880:
Southern Railway 27C0; Union Pacific 49,
eco; Wabash preferred $500; Copper TO-
eco; b. R. T. $500; Colorado Fuel and
Iron $500: Tennessee Coal and Iron g.
ESQ: L. S. steel 81 .290; Z. S. steel preferred
2S,SS7; Rock Island II 1900