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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02


make the Nets good leader.
Denver has signed Billy Mailman,
an old player who can work in almost
any position. He will catch for the
Grizzlies.
Only four of last seasons players re-
main with the Springfield Midgets:
Gray and Outfielder Ellis. Several play
ers were drafted by higher leagues
They are: Kunlxle to Louisville; Bren-
nan to Kansas City; Tonneman to
Nashville; Wilson to Nashville; Erloff
to Columbus, Ohio; Dalrymple to Mus
kogee; Kaufman to Louisville, and
Karsten to Denver.
The Joplin team now has Is men on
the payroll from which to select a
team to campaign for the Western AS
ISOLATION rag in 1909. The numbers
consists of: Vanderbilt and Graham
catchers. Beckenbaugh, Pollard, Dun
ham, Mershon, Stewart and Howe,
third base; Cutter. Ludes, Davis, and
Kelly, second base; Keithly, Lavinel
and Misse, shortstop; Landes, Earl and
Reed, first base; Smith. Barnes. Will
Jams, and Farrell. outf1elders. OF this
number one, Vanderbilt, is sure OF
sticking for he ds the manager of the
team. 70
The Springfield team is to have new
grounds next season. The old White
City grounds will be fitted up again
The Midgets have two or three differ
ent diamonds every season.
lack O'Conner, the veteran st. Louis
catcher, tried to purchase the Denver
club a few days ago, but President
Burke refused to entertain any offers
| from him The trouble was O'Connel
couidn't get enough stock to contro
| the club, so passed it up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02
Was Postmaster Forty Years.

Grenville, Pa, Feb. Mrs. Mary
Mccoy, aged Sc years, said to be the
oldest woman postmaster in the United
States, has resigned her position at
SheakIyeville, Pa, which she filed for
forty years. Mrs. Mccoy was appoint
ed by President johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

- ~~OAAe AAS.
A French scientist has discovered one
secret of long life His method deals with
the blood But long ago millions of Amer
leans had proved Electric Bitters prOlongS
life and makes it worth living. 1t purifies,
enr1ches and vitalizes the blood, rebuilds
wasted nerve cells, imparts life and tone
to the entire system. It's a godsend to
weak, sick and debilitated people. kid
months writes 1o w NJ Shern1ag5 ~ S,,s sSr
Ing. Me, but Electric Bitters cured me
entirely" Only SOC at Campbell Drug ca.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

sometimes the heart acts badly. rheu-
matism, bloating. lack of ambition.
may be loss of flesh, sallow complex
ion
Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the
alarming increase and remarkable
prevalency of kidney disease While
kidney disorders are the most COM
mon diseases that prevail, they are al
most the last recognized by patient
selves with doctorlng the effects, while
the original disease undermines the
system
A Trial VIII Convince Anyone.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford
natural help to Nature, for Swamp
Root is a gentle healing vegetable
compound-a specialists prescription
for a specific disease.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need. you
can purchase the regular f1fty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles at all the
but remember the name, DR.. K1lmer'S
Swami Root, and the address, Bing-
hamton, n. Y, which you will find on
every bottle.
rove the wonderful merits of Swamp
nd a book of valuable information,
e book contains many of the thou
d women who found Swamp-RQot 70
value and success of Swamp-Root
vised to send for a sample bottle. Ad-
N. Y. Be sure to say you read this
urnaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

Special attention given to children's
savings accounts at the Prudential
Savings bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

Piles Cured in to IA Days
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case ofitching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles in to IA days or money refunded. Soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02
Five of Pittsbu rg,s Best BowIers.

as he has a little too much of it, but
he is a hard working player and will
make the Nets a good leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

Denver has signed Billy HalIman,
an old player who can work in almost
any position. He will catch for the
Grizzlies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or
Bladder Trouble?

To Prove what Swamp-Roo The Great Kidney, Liver and
Bladder Remedy, will do for YOU All Readers May
Have Sample Bottle Semi Free by Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

Roy Witherup, one of Des Moines
pitchers of last season who was
drafted by Washington is holding out
for more pay, but expects to have
matters fixed I'D in short time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
Getting Ready for Coming Census.
Appointments VIII Likely Be Made Soon -
There Will Be Many Applicants.

Some time this fall the supervis-
or, who will have direct charge of
the taking of the census in Colum.
bia county, will be appointed in or
der that he may get 70 work and
map out the districts to be assigned
to the enumerators. Word from
Washington is to the effect that Di.
rector Durand has not as yet fixed
the exact date for the appointment
of the supervisors, but that they
will be named in time to get every
thing arranged for the work before
them. Special agents who are to
gather the statistics about manufac-
turers will be placed In the field
about January. They will be put
to work early i'll order that they
may get the information they desire
covering the current calendar of the
year, and get 1t while it is fresh in
mind. All of the data concerning
the mills and factories of the dis
trict will probably be gathered by
these special agents and not by the
supervisor. 1t has not yet been de-
cided what pay will be given the
enumerators for gathering names.
Director Durand says it will be be-
tween two and four ceuts per name
in thickly populated communities,
while more will be paid in sparsely
settled districts, where enumerators
must travel miles between centres
of population.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
THE BAG-WORM PEST,

A not uncommon pest, and one
which is often quite destructive,
was received at the Division OF 70
ology of the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, attached to a
twig of the black locust.
State Zoologist Surface, in ac-
knowledging the receipt of the spec
linen, said:
1.-The locust branch which you
sent to us has been received, with
the attached insects. This is enter
ed in our collection as No. 1859.
The pest is the Bag-Worm, which
is chewing insect, and feeds on
the leaves of various kinds of trees,
especially apple, plum, ounce,
cherry, and the conifera. 1t can be
killed by picking by hand, and de-
stroyed by burning; or, it can be
killed by spraying with arsenical
liquids, using one-third pound of
Paris green, or two pounds of ar
senate lead, to fifty gallons of
water. Its chief destruction is in
feeding on the foliage of trees on
which it is found, making them
brown and full OF holes.
"You have noticed the little
pieces of wood On the outside of
the cocoon. This, of course, is the
bag, and by cutting it open you
will find the worm inside. There
is a similar species found in India,
where it is believed the worms rep
resent the departed souls of persons
who stole kindling wood in this
world and are doomed to carry it
with them through the next"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19

"Snails and slugs, although very
great and serious garden pests, es-
pecially where the gardens are
damp or the vegetation rank, can
be prevented by the Use of an i'm
passable barrier of powdered sub.
stance around the beds of plants to
be protected. SCOT is excellent for
this, although dry ashes will serve
the purpose, and air-slacked lime
will be found very good. Also,
you can kill them by busting them
with freshly-slacked lime mixed
with Paris green using thirty parts
of lime to one part of Paris green,
busted abundantly over their bod
les. Also, busting their food plants
with flour and Paris green will de-
stroy them. Another method is to
poison some leaves of plants of
which they are particularly fond,
and put this where the snails will
find and eat them and be destroyed.
Another method is TO place boards
loosely on the ground, as traps,
and i'll the morning examine them
and pick out and gather the snails
and brush them into a vessel con-
tanning salt, which will kill them.
If the ground is dry and cracked
pour salt water into the cracks and
thus destroy them. The barriers
mentioned above should be kept
dry, or renewed every time after a
rain. Keep the vegetation around
the garden moved low, or keep the
ground cultivated so that these
pests will not find suitable places
where they can multiply.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
Mt. Carmel's Population.

The Mount Carmel Item has COM
pleted count of the people in its
town, and announces the figures at
1888. This total is not up to the
expectations of the paper, and the
statement is made that in many
cases incorrect returns were made
from houses, and that accuracy
could be obtained only by the aid
of police officers. 1t is estimated
that the number of boarders, or sim
gle men, is 1000 less than normal
on account of the lack of work at
collieries. The Item is convinced
that in good times Mount Carmel's
population is more than IS, 900.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
NOTICE IN PARTITION.
In the Orphans Court OF Columbia County

In the Orphans Court Of Columbia County.
In the matter of the partition of the
real estate of Abraham Stine, late of the
Town of Bloomsbury.
To the heirs, Mary Stine. Bloomsbury.
Pa, Sarah S. Billman, Liverpool, Perry
County. Pa, Isabella Mourey, Mount
Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa,
Edward Stine, 80 North Sth Street,
Reading. Pa, Jane Chrisman, Blooms
burg, Pa, Hattie Yeager, Bloomsbury,
Pa, Mary Jones, Sagan, Northumber-
land County. Pa, Jessie E. Stine,
Bloomsbury, Pa.
Description of the premises in question
is as follows All that certain house and
lot situated in the Town of Bloomsbury,
Pa, beginning at the northwest corner
of West First street, and Murry Alley,
thence westwardly along said First street
eighty-six feet to a corner, and land of
J. II. Geiger, thence northwest along
the said land, one hundred feet to the
eastern bank of Fishing Creek, thence
eastwardly along said creek one hundred
feet, to the place of beginning, whereon
are erected Double Frame House and
out-buildings.
Take notice, that in pursuance of an
order of the Orphans Court of the Coun-
ty of Columbia, aforesaid, a writ of par
ttion has issued from said Court to the
Sheriff of the said county, returnable on
the 4th Monday of September Term of
the said Court, being September 27th,
1909, and that the inquest will meet for
the purpose of making partition of the
real estate of the said decedent on Fri
day, September 18th, 1909, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, upon the
premises, at which time and place you
are requested to be present. if you see
proper.
CHARLES B. ENT,
Sheriff
Sheriff's Office,
Bloomsbury, Pa, Aug. 10, 1909.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19

fortune. A device for this purpose is
that shown in the illustration, and is
the invention of an Illinois man. 1t
consists of a single curling iron,
which has grooves along its length
large enough TO receive one side OF a
double wire hook, of much the same
shape as a safety pin.
The hair is curled around the cy-
Under and over one end of the hook
and when the curl or puff is made
the hook is fastened at the free end
which is constructed to permit fasten-
ing, and the puff is held together un-
til it can be pinned In place on the
head.
The device can also be used in
curling natural hair, and the hook
will hold the curl in shape until that
shape is well set. The chief annoy
ance in rolling false curls is expert.
enced in their coming unrolled before
cdiuStpd
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
Folds UP Like a Fan.

for persons who acquire sunburn or
freckles. This sunshade is made OF
strip of light plated material, with
fasteners on the ends to hold the
strip together in circular form. When
not in use the shade folds up like a
fan into small space and can be car.
ried in the pocket without any inco1.
venience. To use the device II is
placed around the crown of the hat.
either derby or small straw, and rest.
ing on the brim, extends far outside
it, protecting the wearer from the
suns rays. For fishing trips or other
outdoor excursions where people are
exposed to the glaring sunlight, this
pocket sunshade will be found great
convenience.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
How the Aphids Are Befriended-
Planting Corn in Sod Land.

Planting Corn in Sod Land.
DR.. r. J. Grossman, of Butler,
Pa, planted all orchard about six
years ago in piece of new ground.
The land had been in sod tour
years. This year the land was
plowed and planted with corn. The
doctor now finds the ground infest-
ed with ants. He wrote to the
Professor of Agriculture Of the
Pennsylvania State College for in
formation. The letter was referred
to State Zoologist Surface, Harris
burg, who replied as follows:
II note that you say that ants
are exceedingly numerous on corn
planted on sod, and that they ap-
pear to be injuring both corn and
fruit trees. beg to say that they
are going up the trees for the sake
of the green lice, or aphids, which
are to be found under the curled
leaves. If you will remove the
leaves that are so badly curled as
to protect the pests, and spray those
that are not protected, with one
pound of whale oil soap in FIVE or
six gallons of water, you will very
soon stop the ants from going up
the trees. However, if these ants
are causing trouble by making nests
in the ground at the roots of the
trees, you can kill them, without
injury to the trees, by making
hole in each ant hill, and pouring
into it from one third to one-half a
teacupful of bisul6de of carbon or
carbon bisulfde, and closing this
hole by tramping the earth into it.
1.-THE ants on the roots of corn
are not directly destrut tive to corn,
but are indirectly so by taking care
of plant lice which are there. This
corn roots aphis becomes a serious
enemy of corn. 1t drops its eggs
in the soil, and the ants gather
them and take them to their nests
and take care of them during the
winter. They even go so far as to
find the roots of corn in the spring
and place the aphis eggs, or young
lice themselves, on corn roots in
burrows prepared for them by the
ants. AT this time of year there is,
unfortunately, no remedy that can
be applied.
"In planting your corn if you
had used an abundance of wood
ashes, or even commercial fertilizer,
it would have had a decidedly ben
efcial effect in checking these pests.
It would have been best to have
olowed the sod in the fall, stirring
t or working it as late as possible
:owards winter, and again COM
nencing stirring with springtooth
narrow as early as possible in the
pring. Then keep up the cultiva-
ion with spike harrow as late as
'ou think you can safely postpone
he planting of your corn. By this
:reatment you would get rid of the
olant lice and ants as we'll as of cut
worms and many of the wire
worms.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
SNAILS IN THE GARDEN.

A Mifflin county woman wrote
% State Zoologist II. A. Surface,
Harrisburg. asking for instructions
low to overcome the snails in her
garden. She said: "Our garden
5 completely overrun with them,
md they are destroying everything.
Beans suffer the most. l have tried
ime and ashes, both mixed and
.eparated. Salt will kill the snails,
{ you cover them with it. l have
ried picking them, both in the
corning and evening, but the more
OH pick the more they come"
Prof. Surface answered this COM
nunication as follows:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
800 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
EAST one dreaded disease that sci
nee has been able to cure in all its
tages, and that is Catarrh. Hall 5
'atarrh Cure is the only positive
ure now known to the medical fra
.rnity. Catarrh being a constitu-
onal disease, requires a constitu-
ional treatment. Halls Catarrh
,ure is taken internally, acting
irectly upon the blood and mucous
urfaces of the system, thereby de-
troying the foundation of the dis
ase, and giving the patient strength
~ building up the constitution and
ssisting nature in doing its work.
he proprietors have SO much faith
its curative powers that they
fer One Hundred Dollars for any
ase that it fails to cure. Send for
,st of testimonials.
Address +. J. CHRNEY & Co.,
To!eGo, O..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
.tipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
Tip for Baldheads in Fly Time.

Otis f. Gillette, an enterprising
porter at the Highland Lake hotel,
is baldheaded, says a Winsted
Conn dispatch. Flies have made
his bald dome their favorite alight-
ing place. Gillette, of ingenious
turn, has had large spider painted
on his bald crown, and now he says
the flies don't bother him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
POCKET sUNsHADE.
Faeteno on Hats and Protects the
Wearer from SOILS Rays.

II manufacturers of complexion
creams had known what a certain
New Jersey man was doing recently
they would doubtless have tried 10
buy him off. They had no inklins o.
his activities, however, until there
was placed on the market COLLAPSE.
bl. sunshade that leaves no excuse
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
KEEPS HAIR CURLED.

Hook Holds Hair In Shape Until II Is
Pinned Fast.
In these days Of puffs and curls and
other marvellous components of the
modern coiffure the man who can
find a way to make curls better or
easier is on the high road to fame and
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
The geological 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.
ANTS AND PLANT LICE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-19
Trespass Notices,

Card signs No Trespassing" for
sale at this Office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
Of 1908. Price 5 cents each. If
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07
LIGHTNING.
Facts About This Mysterious Force
OF Nature

Lightning IS still more or less a
mystery. We can initiate it on 4
small! scale in the laboratory. but !ts
gigantic manifestations IN TIE SKI
and its wonderful vagaries make the
gises. savants shake their heads.
We know. at any rate. TIA: light
aiag is tie electric discharge az
high tension between masses oppo-
si,ely electrified. Every !!,tle pa1tt-
'cle os moisture II The az carries a
charge. and when %ia. particles
coa!esce II cloud their electricity
collects oa the surface Until! the
tension becomes enormous. Il two
clouds are opposiie!y electrified they
vii! lombard eaca other unt:! equ!ii-
orun Is established between them.
II the opposition is between the sur
charged cloud and al object on the
around terrific bolt passing be-
tween tie earth and tn. sky w!ii re-
l!eve tie electric strain without re-
gard 20 "a. we'll being OF any c.ea-
tu.e that stands II the way.
a lightning fash often darts for
niles through the air. I: begins With
discharge between two adjacen;
particles. The next particle re-
c.!ros ;a- shock and transmits Il TO
is dearest neigSbor. and thus i;
rushes on. ziszagging a!ons tie line
o. least resistance until the unbal-
a:ced energies are restored 70 equal
ity. The way Of lightning is crook
ed way when the path IS long. be-
cause the distribution o: the electric
charges in the clouds is irregular
tn. positive seeks the negative and
.ush.s 10 its embrace wherever II
a1ds it.
TIE eye is not quick enough 20
un-ay.l lightning stroke. bu, pho
Biography can do 1t 70 Certain de-
gree. and photograph: prove that the
path OF the discharge IS waving
line. No discharge occurs until the
tension has seached the breaking
point. G.. the point where the re-
s.stance OF the al. can no longer re-
strain the force OF ;he gathering
charge. What might De called the
inner structure OF lightning stroke
Is marvel. Professor E.nry proved
that every stroke is an alternating
current. the oscillations occupying
but few Dil!ioDtlS OF second.
while -. duration OF the fash may
De considerable fraction OF Sec
ood
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07
mSiand's Colonies.
Tyv Amendment. 4

TIE Imperial Press Confe:eace n
London seems 20 have been really
important meeting. While sight $40
!ag. bacquets and o:he. soc!a. cour-
tes!es consumed a good dea, Of che
time there vas also much Interchange
OF though: resulting II c!ea.e: uc-
derStancing OF some vital questions.
Perhaps tie most significant thing
hou; the conference was the en-
pha;ic recognition by members OF tie
British government that the SELF
governing colonies are really !I6e-
pendent. Lord Crewe. Colonial Sec
reta.y. 81 presiding at one Of the
sessions referred 70 the colonies as
equals sad allies
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-07
Orders to Russian Troops.

Orders nc.e issued :ew 6.-rE
ago a: ST. Petersburg. Russia. 20 the
military oepa-t0ent o: tee Caucasus
20 prepare troops so- Russ;so ~
?ec!t:oa into Tete.a2. tho capita! o.:
Persia. The vessels necessary &
:-aaspor. the expedition Assem- So
at 8aku. whence ebe troops Will t-
taken TO Ecze!i. OF ;he Caspian Sea.
Everything IS in readiness II case
.Tr;hc. advances or the part OF
Baxh:!a.i t:.h-sG1en az! Kasb:n
make Russian inter
rea;:oc necessary.