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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
sh. Repudiatsd the chara..

At the mems service in Yorkshire
parish the vicar tried to convey the
lesson that the truest heroes and hero
ines are those who do noble deeds in
the secret corner of the home, where
none can see or applaud.
Few of you seem to think" he con.
cluded, that your wives staying at
home uncomplainingly to mind the
children and prepare the meals are
heroines, and yet their touching devo-
ton to duty proves them to be So"
1t certainly hadn't struck one old
farmer in this way before, and as soon
as he got home he promptly told his
wife that the vicar had called her a
heroine
Whatever does that mean?" asked
the good lady.
"Oh, it means woman who stays in
Z house instead of goin' art to show
hersen," explained the farmer vaguely.
''Then Pm not n heroine, an I'll
thang { vicar to mind what he's say
in" snapped the wife II go to his
church rs much as t. other women do,
an he must be blind if he can't see
me. Why, I'd five different colors in
t. bonnet | wore last Sundayr'-Lon-
con Spectator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
DOPING The FEEDS.

Swindlers have bumped their backs
doping feeds since the rise in prices of
grain and grain products.
Bran selling at 500 to $50 per ton
has been salted to the extent of 200
TO 800 hundredweight to the ton. salt
selling at $3.50 to $3.50 per ton.
Rice hulls and corncObs pulverized
to dust are mixed with bran and mid
dlings. and offal, corncobs and oat
hulls have been found prominent in
"Al chop"
The prepared chick and hen foods
have been an easy mark for swindlers,
all sorts of old stock being dumped
into them, the seed companies and
seed stores being especially generous
with their old beans, peas, sweet corn
and what not.
These feeds, selling from $40 to $50
per ton, in many cases were moldy,
dusty and had a big proportion Of oys
ter shell and grit that only costs from
81 TO So per ton. Even certain highly
guaranteed beef scrap is carrion and
tankaEe, in one case mixed with
oak bark. 1t is your business to have
suspected articles analyZed, TO put the
matter in the hands of proper authori-
ties, for In most Of the states there
are stringent laws TO meet cases like
these
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
A Leqend of February.

Here is the pretty legend which tells
why February has only twenty-eight
or twenty nine days. Long ago, they
say, February was gambler, and he
was so unlucky that he soon lost all
his money. Like other gamblers, he
tried to recover it, and he said to his
companions that if they would lend
him some money he would give them
as security one of his days. January
and March, who were naturally asso-
ciated with him more often than any
of the other months, accepted his Of
fer, and as poor February soon lost
the money which he had borrowed
each of them acquired one Of his days.
That is why January and March have
each thirty-one days and February has
only twenty-eight in ordinary and
twenty-nine in leap years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
'FARx4<sa,1|
,xxEAPOEN)
A HOMEMADE GREENHOUSE.
How You Can Get One Ready for
Next Winter.

A small house SO feet long, of even
span. made in the following way.
will prove useful and inexpensive.
The foundation may be made Of
brick, concrete or grout. whichever
is most convenient to build, and
should be 12 inches wide and 1-2
feet high, of which 3 feet is in the
ground.
On this is built frame the length
OF the house and nigh enough to hold
a 14x24 inch pane Of glass, the sash
bars being set at right angles to the
foundation. The top of the side
frame is made of AHA inches stud,
planed and finished like a hot bed
sash frame, to hold the sash bars
The ridge, made of 2x4 inch material,
is supported on iron pipe posts. which
are strong and light. There are two
rows of sash on each side OF the
house. Half of the distance between
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Clean Milking by Machine.

In using the milking machine at
the Pennsylvania experiment station,
it was found that in general cows
were milked cleaner as they become
accustomed to the machine, but in
dividuals varied widely in this re-
spect. Two of the COWS tested could
never be MIXED with the machine
without leaving one or more pounds
of strippings while the others were
often milked as completely as would
be done by hand under ordinary cir
cumstances. No difference yield of
milk was observed that could be at
tributed to the machine milking, but
there was usually slight drop when
changing from one method to the
other, always in changing from hand
to machine milking.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06

the ridge and the side there is 2x4
running the length of the house and
supported in the same manner as
the ridge with pipe posts. The sash,
6X3, glassed with 10x12 panes are
just laid on and then held on place
by two wood screws, which pass
through the sash and take hold of
the wood beneath.
Provision is made for ventilation
by making every third sash of the
upper row on each side of the house
movable at its lower end. This ad-
mits fresh air just over the walks on
both sides of the house. These ven
tilating sash are hinged to the oppo-
site sash at the upper end, says the
Country Gentleman. The joints Of
the sash are covered with weather
strips to keep out the cold, and along
the peak of the roof where the sashes
come together there is nailed a strip
of roofing paper, which turns the
rain and snow. The beds are made
directly on the ground, three in num-
ber, separated by sunken walks, a
little over a foot in width and a foot
deep. From the top of the middle
bed to the peak is six feet
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06

The Duke of Wellington was one
day sitting at his library table when
the door opened and without any an
nouncement in stalked a figure of sin
gularly i'll omen.
"Who are you?' asked the duke in
his short and dry manner, looking up
without the slightest change Of coun-
tenance upon the intruder.
81 am Apollyon. am sent here to
kill you"
Kill me? Very odd"
81 am Apollyon and must put you to
DEATH
'Bliged to do it today?"
II am not told the day or the hour,
but / must do my mission
Very inconvenient; very busy; great
many letters to write. Call again or
write me word. I'll be ready for you"
The duke then went on with his cor
respondence. The maniac. appalled,
probably by the stern, immovable old
gentleman, backed out of the room and
in half an hour was in an asylum.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Novel MIX Cars.

One of the American consuls in
the United Kingdom reports that a
new plan has been adopted by the
for transporting milk, and the idea
is being tried in Ireland also. The
milk cars are fitted with special ad-
justed ventilating apparatus, and the
oscillation which has on number
OF occasions nearly cnurned milk
into butter during a journey has
almost disappeared. Even at rap
id speed on sharp curves there Is
scarcely any oscillation. The vana
are forty feet long and run on two
four wheeler bogies
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
BREEDING FROM WEAK STOCK

So many breed from weak stock
then fail in egg production and rails
ing stock, and then what knock. .
Its all a fiZzle! 1t doesn't and never
did payv'
They've surely a brainstorm. They
demand perfect stations and brood
mares, breeding cattle must be stand
ard, and brood sows must be Al, and
even their garden seeds must be test
ed and guaranteed. But turkeys,
chickens, ducks and geese may be in
bred, i'll feed, half dead, undersized,
full of lice, yet they must roll out the
eggs and raise perfect progeny,
Occasionally they buy a rooster and
expect him to work a miracle with
their calico colored culls, or they trade
a deadhead gobbler for one that has
TO stand up against the fence tc COB
bic. What fowl fizzle! What Il
fool farce! Vigor is the essential to
success, Without it, nit,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
IN FOND REMEMBRANCE.

The poets have sung of the old oaken
bucket
That hung in grandpap's we'll
They've struck their harps about moth
ers big slipper
That made us bad kids yell.
But how did they miss grandad's specliled
hen.
The hen with SLY squint in her eye,
a demon to scratch in grandmother's
truck patch.
A ripper in wheat field and rye.
Old hen. do you now from hen heaven
look down
To your lousy old nest in Fans rack
And regret the day when you Topped
down on me
And clawed those big holes in my back?
Ha, ha! You remember the ducking you
got
In the trough in the oozy barnyard
Where you cackled and clucked in the
smell and the rot
And dug your poor toe nails so hard
But if singing bards could forget grand
paps hen
How could they pass by her hen fruit?
The egg of the NOV that gave nog its
wild fizz
And at politicians went "Tootr
Our hat is off now to the egg of the NOV
That was hidden so long in the heat.
That drew through its shell the old barns
rich smell
And the fragrance of mown hay so
sweet.
I'm longing right now for that egg from
the mow
For like vase in which roses have once
been distilled"
Years may break, they may shatter that
egg if they WILL
Yet the scent of the barnyard will hang
round it still.
C M RARNITZ
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
poN,Ts.

Don't let the late chicks be without
shade. They need extra care and
fare
Don't feed molting hens heavy. The
lean hen always finishes her molt and
starts to lay first.
Don't leave your fine stock in the
care Of know not and go off on a
jaunt. When man gets gay it doesn't
pay.
Don't wait to prepare winter quar-
ters for young stock until the frosts
prepare your birds for the undertaken
Don't spray fruit and potatoes with
paris green and acetate Of lead while
chickens are around or you'll be put
ting them under ground.
Don't keep that strong disinfectant
in the drinking water. Make your
place sanitary, keep real cool and let
the other fellow play the fool.
Don't let the ground in those pens
get rank. Scatter lime and get busy
with the spade or cholera will make a
raid.
Don't let those birds you intend to
show get along anyway and then ex-
pect to fix them up In a day. Your
chance to win win be thin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
"What Is III" R7er.arc4.

Jones was inqulsitive. ..u was also
and everybody talked to him As a
news gatherer and news distributor he
was without peer.
Jones was strolling down the street
one evening when he met Doc Smith
ers rushing along at breakneck speed.
Evening, Doc. Say, Doc, what's
'No time to stop. Jones'" gasped
Doc and rushed on
Huh! Funny Docs in such hurry.
Wonder what's Good evening, rev.
erend."
"Good evening, MIR Jones'"
Say, just a minute. What's Doc
81 am in great hurry, Mr.. Jones.
Good night"
"Well, l declare! Something's up
sure when Rev. Thomas has no time
TO talk. Now, just wonder-ah! How
de do, judge. In a hurry? just want
ed to ask you What? Haven't time
Well. don't it beat the world? Now.
wonder what the Judge How are
you, Aunt Sally? Where are you GO
ing? What do you suppose
"Now. Mr.. Jones. just cannot wait
a minute"
Dear me, If that isn't about the
strangest thing! Doc and the preacher
and the judge and Aunt Sally all in a
hurry. l wonder what's up out this
way"
Jones sauntered on down the street
and shared his astoniShment with Bill
Conway, Elias Peters and other citi-
zens.
The final conclusion of this conven-
ton of citizens was that something
serious had happened. 1t could be
nothing else. An accident-a death per-
haps! SO the company began to move
west. AS they walked the number was
augmented by newcomers at every
corner.
On up the street they pressed, talk
ing, gesticulating and prophesying un-
til they came to the home of Mrs. Ark
wright, Judge Gross daughter. Here
they halted. The judge was just leav-
ing the house. Jones motioned the
crowd to silence and. addressing the
judge in an awed whisper, inquired,
"What is it. judgeY'
The judge Strengthened up, smote his
chest with pride and answered. Its a
boy, by gumr'-Success Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
JAIRI~~s
q REAMERV
FIVE STAGES OF DREAMING.
Last and Best One IN the Age of the
Separator.

Originally the calf got all of the
cream. This was in the period when
the COW was kept for the beef which
she would produce. The next step
showed the milk upon the cellar
shelf. Here the calf got about halt
of the cream, and the other half was
made into butter. The third stage
shows the long milk cans in spring
or well water, says Kimball's Dairy
Farmer. Here the calf gets less of
the cream, but still he has part of
it. Inventive genius introduced the
fourth step, and we have the patent
creamer operated with ice and water.
BY the use of this fully threefourths
of the cream goes into the butter and
the calf must content himself with
the remaining one-fourth. Finally
we come to the present time and the
age of the separator. All the cream
now goes into the butter and the calf
is doing just as well as he did before.
The dalryman makes two profits in
stead of one. Carefully worked out
experiments show that the dairy calf
vi bdbS bttl Cdn D0 IdlEtu upon ShlIll
milk more cheaply than upon the
whole milk Some breeders will tell
you that they must have the whole
milk, but such men are usually de-
votees of thin-milk breeds. The
milk from COWS that give a large per-
centage of butter-fat need not be fed
whole to the calves. A little oil-cake
and corn meal will take the place of
the butter-fat and produce just as
good an animal. In fact, science has
shown that the calf's stomach, as
well as the human stomach, is often
overworked by the large percentage
of butter-fat which enters with whole
milk. The separator then represents
the great economy and the LARGEST
profits in the present day of dairy
ing.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
VaIue of Looks.

Keeping a COW for her good looks
may be fine esthetics, but it is not
good business. Business demands
that a COW give at least 5000 pounds
of milk a year; make $50 worth OF
butter; that she furnish one calf,
worth IS or more; $40 worth OF
sweet skim milk, and manure enough
to pay for her feed. In this way
farmer can eat his cake and have il
at the same time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Before the Drug Act.

Before we had governmental in
spection Of drugs" said a chemist OF
Washington, queer things used to
happen. Here is one:
"a Washington man was taken vio-
lently i'll. and his wife got him box
of nux pills. He took three and re-
covered. The remainder of the box
was put away in a damp closet
Some time later, going to the
closet, the man found that two of the
six pills left in the box had sprouted.
A healthy green shoot had sprung
from each. Instead, you see, of being
nux pills. they were nothing but peas
covered with a coat of flour"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Care of the Churn.

II the churn is turned upside down
1t will not dry out rapidly. If it
stands right side up, dirt containing
bad germs may fall in. When put
ting the churn away lay 1t on its side
having the open end slightly lower
than the other. This gives good drain
age and permits air to circulate freely
enough for drying purposes, while
preventing dirt from falling into the
churn easily.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
RenIanting Corn.

Making every hill contain at least
two stalks, and each stalk contain at
least one average sized ear is the Sc
cret of successful corn raising. AS
soon as the corn is an inch high re-
plant every hill that contains no
plants. While this may be a little
later than the first planting, and
some may not get out of the way OF
frost, it will make a good cattle feed,
II nothing more.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
WaterCPeSS.

Watercress can be easily grown in
the shadows of any pure water
stream that has a sandy or gravelly
bottom, steady flow and a moder-
ate current, II the seeds are sown at
once in the moist soil at water level;
or a crop may be secured quickly by
pegging down cuttings in en- inch or
two of water until they take root. Al.
ter planting no cultivation is need
ed except to keep free from weeds
and aquatic grasses.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
A Forqotten Art.

New Customer see you have Van
Falutin for a customer. Are you aware
that his ancestors came across on the
Mayflower?
Tailor-So? It's too bad he doesn't
try to emulate their noble deed.
"What do you meanW
II made him two suits, and he hasn't
come across yet."-Puck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
A Restless Profession.

"You make it rule to keep your
constituents interested as much as pos
sible."
YES" replied Senator Sorghum. "In
politics there is no use of trying to let
well enough alone. If you don't give
people something to think about they'll
be giving you something to think
about. Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Tit For Tat.

Stranger Ito prominent clergyman
l came in here, sir, to scriticise your
church management and tell you how
it ought to be run.
Prominent Clergyman (amazed)-
What do you mean, sir? How dare
you? Who are you, anyway?
81 am the humble editor of the pa
per you have been writing to."-Life.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Birds Wages.

In the garden there are a thous
and small offenders that he who tills
the soil for pleasure would willingly
forgive. II It be granted that the
thrush and the blackbird steal Ger.
tain amount Of fruit. still their pres
ence is so beautiful and their song
so sweet that what they take may
gladly be accorded as wages.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
What a Difference Now.

Are you going to visit those rural
relatives of yours this summer" we
ask of our friend who so often has
amused us with his accounts of vaca-
tions on the farm.
81 will if they invite me-" he an
swers, but they're so blamed rich and
exclusive now they make me weary
Judge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06

Do not sacrifice good dairy COWS
or heifers from such cows. They
can often be sold near home at fair
price; but If necessary, advertise
them. The papers at have the
most practical reading for farmers
In them will be good mediums in
which to advertise such animals.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Soporifc.

81 heard one man." said the play
wright. who attended the premier Of
my new play last night complain that
it was so late when he got out"
"Yes?" queried the critics.
Eyes, and yet the final curtain fell
before 1O45."
"Ah! Perhaps he oversight him
f."-Catholic Standard and Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Weakening 10 Parental Respect.

The Visltor-Well, Johnnie, l sup
pose you are going to grow up and be
man like your father?
Johnnie-No, sir; not like my father.
You ought to hear what ma calls him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
On the Wrone Side.

Il once knew man." remarked the
observer of events and things, who
thought he was always on the right
side of things until one day he got on
the wrong side of a COW and tried TO
milk her."--Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
A Hard Proposition.

Anxious Father-I wish knew what
to do with my son.
Business Friend-What is he like?
Anxious Father-Well, they say he's
very like me. (Silence.) )-Boston Her
aid.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Doubtful Compliment.

Mr. Bored-I wish had your voice.
Miss Bawler (delighted)-Why SO?
Mr. Bored-Well, then, l could stop
1t whenever pleased. - Baltimore
American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-06
Better Pay.

stella-The census man gets only 2
cents a name.
Bella-well, I'll get $4,000 for TAX
ing Jack'R.-New York Sun.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24

was thrown into a soaking pit contain
ing a white hot lngot yesterday ana
before his Mortified and helpless nlii'
mates the body was consumed by The
rectal
Mitchell was at work az the soaking
pits where the steel ingois are treated.
standing on the door OF one which was
covered no gave tho signal for tho
{ pening OF another pit Through mis-
take a wrong lever was pulled and
Mitchell fell is feet 10 the bottom OF
the pit, alightins on tho ingots.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24
SAYS HIGH PRICES ARE
NOT DUE TO TARIFF
Committee Submits Report To Senate
On SubJect-oemoeratie sena-
tors Denounce Report.

WASHINGTON. June 24.-Declar'
ing that the tariff is not TO blame. a
report on the cause of the high cost OF
living was made in the senate yesfer-
day by Lodge REP, Mass) for MS
committee which investigated the sub
ject. Among the reasons given Tor
the increase OF lI.9 per cent In whole
sale prices from 1900 10 1909 were:
Increased cost OF production or
farm products by reason OF higher
land values and higher wages.
Shifting OF population from food pro-
ducing TO food consuming occupations
and localities.
immigration to food consuming To-
Calities.
Reauced fertility OF land.
Increased banking facilities In agri'
cultural localities which enable farm
crs to hold their crops and market TO
the best advantage.
Cold storage plants which result IN
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24

amendment TO the big supply bill
which caused rumors tc spread that
there undoubtedly Norld be ! delay
in the adjournment CT congress. Mr.
Taft felt he had a longer fight before
him than proved 20 be the case. and
was doubtful OF the result until tho
vote was finally taken. When In
formed of the result he made no AZ
tempt %. conceal his qualification.
Incidentally the president sent 4
long TELEGRAM 10 the convention OF the
OF Locomotive Flremen
and Enginemen. meeting in 81. Paul,
In which he outlined his views on the
subject. The telegram was In re-
Spouse 10 message OF protest from
the convention. For four days past
the White House has been fairly bonn
barded with letters and kilograms
from labor organizations in favor OF
the house amendment.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24
ADCRAFTERS TO MEET.
Two-Days' Session OF 8uffalo-cleNe-
land-Detroit Men Start Saturday.

The Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroi,
affiliated clubs will hold . convention
in Detroit. Saturday and sunday tho
Adcraft club OF this city. ac,ing as
hosts. The visitors wall be given 4
breakfast In the Ho;el EULER between
and o'clock Saturday morning. and
will then repair 10 the root garden or
the hotel where business session
will be held until noun, when luncheon
will be enjoyed.
Resumption or business Is schedulei
for l so O'Clock 10 continue until l
o'clock when the lad" men will march
in body to the Detroit Industrial eN'
position. A banquet in the Hotel TUT
Ter will conclude the days activities,
fine list OF speakers having been Sc
cured for the occasion Sunday viii
be devoted To sightseeing. commenc'
ing at o'clock i'm the morning with
an automobile ride around the city and
Belle Isle. finishing up 1T noon at the
Woodward-ave. dock where, tia
steamer Sappho Will be In waiting tn
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24

Business-iIkr Printing. 20 fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks risht. Time. Printing Co. l5
John X st Mar i4SS or civ 2sSs
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24
Southern Pacific.

The only road in the whole United
states having four highways through
California and affording its patron"
maximum latitude In the selection OF
routes OF travel in the great state as
we'll rs greatest variety OF scenery and
opportunities for pleasure and sight
seeing trips. coupled with comfort
able, high-class equipment, frst-class
service, attentive employees and miles
or track protected by the safety block
signal systeni, Il YOU arc contemplate
ing visit TO California consult our
nearest agent as To lines TO travel,
what YOU should 80 and how 10 do II
when here Cali or write. j. c. Fer
y1son General Agent, IL FOREST west.
Detroit.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-24

preventing extreme nuctuatioi OF
prices OF certain commodities witae
seasons.
Increased cost OF distribution.
Industrial combinations.
Organizations OF producers. ,of
dealers
OyercapitalizatiUn.
Higher standard OF living.
Democratic senators denounce,he
report, charging that It was desied
as Republican campaign material,