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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21
Big Snake Story.

Joe and Martin Courtright, while
walking through an old clearing be-
yond Hunters Range, Pike county,
on Thursday afternoon, came upon
two large rattlesnakes, summing
themselves near an old cellar wall.
The gentlemen jumped back and
quick as a flash, drew their guns
and each singing out a snake
shot" Martin killed the snake he
shot at, which measured nearly five
feet in length. The other was kill
ed by Joe, who shot its entire head
off. 1t measured five feet, four and
five-eighths inches, without the
head, and the skin measured nine
inches across.-Stroudsburg Press.
The Rev. S. B. Keeney, for many
years one of the best known minis
ters Of the Wyoming Conference,
died at his home in Newark Valley
last Monday night The funeral SER
vices We're held from the home,
Rev. II. NJ. Crydenwise of Bingham
ton, an intimate friend and associate
for 40 years, officiating. The re-
mains were taken to his boyhood
home at Cuyler, n. Y, Friday morn
ing, where interment was made be-
side the remains of his first wife.
The Erie is earning something on
its common stock, but the prospects
of dividend on this issue are very
remote, inasmuch as present plans
call for the extraction of $4,000
600 from earnings during the next
three years to pay for part of the
douD.e-tracking to Chicago.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-21

Can we send you The Citizen?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
TRAVELLING" STONES.
When One Is Disturbed 1t VIII Roll
Back to Its Place Again.

'"Traveing'' stones. from the size
of a pea to six inches in diameter. are
found in Nevada. When distributed
on a floor or other level surface. with"
in two or three feet Of one another
they Immediately begin to travel to-
ward common center and there lie
huddled like q clutch Of eggs in a nest.
A single stone, removed to a distance
of three and half feet, upon being
released at once started with wonder
full and somewhat comical celebrity to
join it's fellows.
These queer stones are found In re-
cion that IL comparatively level and
little more than bare rock. Scattered
over this barren region are little basins
from few feet to a rod or two i'm
diameter, and 1t is In the bottom OF
these that the rolling stones are found
The cause for the strange conduct of
these stones is doubtless to be found
in the material Of which they are COM
posed, which appears to be loadstone
or magnetic iron ore.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
FOR PRESERVING EGGS.
They Will Keep Well if Treated With
Watera!ass Solution.

I want to know how to put eggs up
in waterglass just TO keep them for two
or three months, says Texas CORE
spondent OF Farm and Ranch The an
swer is:
Waterglass (Silicate of sodium is
compound which can be purchased Of
wholesale dealers in chemicals in five
Or ten gallon lots and of a specific grav-
ity Of approximately ID at from so to
IS cents per gallon. When purchased
of local druggists it should not cost
more than 81 per gallon. One gallon
when properly diluted is sufficient to
preserve sixty or sixty-ive dozen eggs.
For use dilute one gallon of this COM
pound with ten gallons of pure re-
Gently boiled water.
Mix thoroughly and when cool pour
the solution into earthenware jars Of
convenient size for the storage of the
eggs. Stand the jars in Il cool cellar or
basement and place in them only fresh
" laid eggs. The eggs may be kept in
the solution or merely dipped in it sew
eral times and then stored in cool,
dry place.
In either case the pores of the shells
will be SO efTectually closed as to pre-
vent the entrance to the, interior of air
and the agencies which effect decay.
SO treated they will keep perfectly for
five or six months and even longer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
DO CATS UNDERSTAND?
Strange Tale From Columbus, @.
Which Indicates That They Do.


If the house cat does not actually en-
ter into the family conversations there
is no question in the minds Of a north
side family, says the Columbus Dis
patch, that its cat keeps in touch
with family affairs as discussed by the
members. This cat had four kittens.
and one by one they disappeared until
but one was left
AS the wife was going out one even
ing she said to her husband, Il wish
you would pick that kitten up and
drop it some place where it won't find
its way back"
Almost Immediately the old cat COM
menced trying to coax her offspring to
go with her, but the little one was not
wise and insisted on staying at
home. The old cat therefore did not
go away that night, as was her Gus
tom, but lay down on the porch with
her front paws around the kitten. The
husband did not have the heart to
drag the young one from its mother,
and it therefore remained.
A few days later the wife and daugh-
ter started on a weeks trip, and again
the husband was instructed about the
kitten, which was to be lost during
their absence. The husband came
home that night with the firm deter
mination of losing that kitten. but nei-
Their kitten nor old cat was anywhere
to be found. Several times during the
week the old cat came back for some
thing to eat, but nothing was seen Of
the kitten.
Within an hour after the wife and
daughter returned and while the hus.
band was explaining that he had not
seen the kitten ali week both cat and
kitten came back and at this time are
still members Of the family
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
His Last Burglary
BY ELIZABETH Y. DAYTON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

doesn't begin TO get light now till 5
O'clock Can you do it in that timer
.'If can do 1t at all"
l heard somethin' between a sigh and
a grunt
rs it very Important" says.
Yes. It is. I'm responsible for the
vault bein' shut without any one know
there by 8 o'clock tomorrow mornin'
there'll be no end o trouble. I'll get
fired, Of course"
'.Don't worry I says. Il wouldn't
have such perlite young gentleman
fred for all there is inside Just you
stop talkin' to me for awhile. 1t both
ers me, and reckon can do the job. :"
l worked till near O'Clock before I
got on to the problem; then r. heard
the last lumber drop into place, and.
turnin' the. knob, opened the vault
door.
Keep your face@te the vault and lay
your weapon on the floor behind YOU"
said the clerk
I 10y not only one revolver on the
floor, but two, and knife and billy
besides. I reckon this gave him conf
dence, for he told me might so and
stand by a desk some ten feet away.
did so, and he went to my light, took
1t up and turned it on me. s
600 in there and bring me tin box
on a shelf to the right"
did as he said. He opened the box,
took out a fifty dollar bill and tossed
ii TO me. ! picked it~up and handed it
back to him. Somehow felt ashamed
O takin' money from man who would
keep faith with me under the circum-
stances.
Il don't make any charge for this
small service I remarked. "You can
make it hot for me if you like
"And it would have been hot for me
today if it hadn't been for you. Can
you give me the combination"
/ called it off, and he wrote it down.
"Now you can get out the way you
came in, and I hope you'll do it safely.
1t wouldn't do for me to risk bein'
seen lcluH you Out. IL you lulHh
you'd like to break the dishonesty
habit, come and sec me here about
half past this afternoon
| got out just as the dawn was be-
ginnin' to break and went home.
Ellen | said to my wife. II haven't
got any swag, but mebbe I got an
| honest job
"Oh, Tom" she gasped. God grant
that it may be true.''
/ told her the story, and we both
| went to sleep feelin' better than any
time since I went into the business.
The next afternoon | called on the
clerk, and he succeeded in gettin' me
job. I've made an honest livin' ever
since
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
THE HORSES SHOULDERS.
Now Is the Time to Prevent Trouble
With Them Next Spring.

DR.. {. l.. Barnes of the Colorado
Agricultural college writes as follows
OF shoulder gals and assesses:
In the fall. after hard summers
work, the shoulders Of the work horse
should be carefully examined for gals
and Assesses. If they are neglected
during the idle months OF winter the
animal is in no condition for spring
work
The causes of shoulder gals and alb
scesses are ill fitting and dirty collars:
also horses unaccustomed to work are
put at hard. continuous pulling before
the shoulders become toughened. The
first symptom of sore shoulder is
that the hair stands erect in the ioca-
ton of the INJURY. Later, if the ami
mai is continued at work with the
same kind of collar. the skin and hair
slough, leaving a raw, bleeding sur
face. The size of the sore may be
from that Of a silver dollar up TO three
inches in diameter.
L AC SUIT SAfoulpCk CGuSSS LtIt llCLSC
considerable pain. and if not relieved
the animal soon loses flesh and a sound
animal may become balky.
Many times soft swelling appears
just above the point of the shoulder.
II opened at the outset q straw colOred
liqnid escapes. On the other hand. if
not molested it becomes infected and
an abscess forms.
These assesses are often superficial.
but may be 50 deeply seated as to re-
quirc expert attention. The deep alb
scesses may be located six inches or
more below the surface Of the skin,
between the shoulder joint and the
chest wall. These assesses often
prove serious and should only be treat
cd by qualified veterinarian.
By way of prevention of shoulder
assesses and gals. give particular
attention to the collar. See that it
fits snugly at the TOP with only room
enough between the neck and collar to
admit the arm; also remember that It
should be kept clean. Wash the dried
sweat Off the collar at night and battle
the shoulders with cold water after the
horse is embarrassed
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n
YOUTH.
Old Age Can't Down the Man Who lg.
- nores His Birthday.

Old Age Can't Down the Man Who lg-
- nores His Birthday.
With all the advice that we are get
ting these days on how to remain
youthful and how to grow old grace
fully and kindred topics relating to
the common desire to cut the acquaint-
.ance of Father Time it is gratifying
to note. says the Providence Journal.
that a few exceptional persons have
really mastered the secret and can get
along without expert advice. The Sc
cret after all is not buried very deep.
1t consists mostly OF the ability to for
get rs far as possible the annoying
little matter of age Any man is like
~ to stay compare lively young so long
rs he can succeed in actually forget
ting how old he is.
The life that is properly busy has no
time to think about birthdays. The
trouble is that nearly all Of us estab-
lish the habit Of thinking about birth
days in our juvenile years. when we
s.hSessAf'e " cN"AiN tiiC pdSodSC VI Tine
somewhat impatiently, and it is hard
to Break the habit in later life
Our birthday gets into the minds of
our relatives and intimate friends as
g minor annual festival, an event to
be celebrated with gifts and congratu-
and we are rounded up and
forced to gaze regretfully at each
milestone as we reach it with a crude
attempt at pleasant smile.
The joy makers radiate their gloom
with painful "reminiscences and with
such inept remarks as well, we're
getting along" Hairs getting kind uf
thin, George. amt it," "Only six more
years to go and then you'll be fifty"
Il must say. you hold your age pretty
WE'LL Many Of the remarks are in
tended TO be complimentary or CON
solatory, but somehow they convey a
subtle sting, After one has reached a
certain age" there is apt to he the
suspicion that a conGratulatorv utter
ance may be only polite euphemism
for "get the hook" The way to dodge
these doubtful emotions is to keep
busy and sprinkle such things as birth
days literally with n strong solution
Of oblivion.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08

poorer class. but the prosperous middle
class consider the goat an advantage to
them also.
The advantages claimed are, first, the
possibility of procuring a goat is gen
orally within the reach Of the poorest
famlies:\ second, the risk and insur-
ance premium is disproportionately
less in the case Of the goat; third, the
goat utilizcs its food better than the
COW and gives considerably more milk
in proportion to its body weight; fourth,
tie goat is satisfied with feed which
would be entirely undesirable for the
COW; fifth. by keeping two goats in
stead of COW. the family of work
ING man may be provided during the
entire wear with milk by the proper
regulation Of the time OF the birth of
the kid.
Goats have great aversion to cold
rains and sleet storms, and these CON
fitions. where they frequently occur,
arc drawbacks. Milk goats do not like
rain at any time, but they are not In
iured by it during the warm season.
\ high and rocky locality is prefera-
bic for goats, where there is an album
dance of vegetation upon which they
may Craze and browse. 1t is all the
better if the air is quite dry. How
ever, the animals thrive well on level
land provided 1t is we'll drained.
Goats have a habit OF eating brush
wood and weeds in preference TO any
other feed Whether or not brushwood
is the best food for them is a question
that should be considered. German au-
thorities discourage the practice. con-
: tending that the tWigs and leaves have
tendency TO impart an unpleasant
flavor 80 the milk, just as in the case
Of COWS. and. besides, it lessons the
mills supply and shortens the period
Of lactation A brush would prove q
most excellent place for the kids and
dry goats. and in this manner a flock
might be employed IN the clearing of
brush land.-Home and Farm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
Odds or the pessimist.

The pessimi is,,lly comes out
ahead in the long run. For instance.
the grasshopper is an optimist and
makes no provision for winter and so
turns up his toes and dies. II you
catch grasshopper. like a great many
other optimists he can only wiggle his
tongue at you and spit tobacco juice.
The bee is pessimist. He looks ahead
and lives. And if you interfere with
him he promptly sends you about your
business with a gratis dose OF formic
acid for the good Of your rheumatism
Toronto OXan.) Republican.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
Poison Squad For Horses.

Or. Wiley's noted poison squad is
TO be initiated in tests upon the horses
aud cattle of the government expert
mental farm near Bethesda, Md. Sui
phured oats and other treated grains,
the food value Of which is causing a
controversy between the pure food au-
thorities and the grain men of the mid
die west. will be fed to the animals for
short time. and upon the result prob
ably will depend the expenditure of
about $30,000000 year.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
AMERICAN POTTERY INDUSTRY
Output Had a Value of S34,5t3,5Go In
f011

The output Of the pottery industries
of the United States had a value of
34,5lS,5G0 in 1911, according to the
United States geological survey chart
of clay products production. by states.
compiled by jefferson Middleton. The
pottery production for 1911 was great
er than that of 1910. when the output
was valued at $33, 7s4,678, the increase
beingIS733. $50.
OF the total production Ohio was
first, with an output valued at S14.775.-
265; New Jersey second. with $S.401..
941; West Virginia third. with $3.50
202; New York fourth. with S217S.3G4:
Pennsylvania fifth, with $2.156.S17.
and Indiana sixth. with $1,004, 1877.
The output of no other state had val
ue in excess Of million dollars.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08

gave me long talk. She said
that our ways Of gettin' Twin was
KILN her and I'd soon have our kids
on my hands to take care o till got
caught and put in prison Then they'd
have no one to look after them. Inc
boys would soon be in Jail too, and
worse fate was in store for the girls.
But what was I to doy Not an honest
Job was open to me. But | needed all
my nerve, and after a kiss for her and
the kids / threw off the depression
and in an hour was in the bank before
the vault.
I had set my dark lantern so that
the bullseye shone on the spot | want.
ed to perforate and was about to ap-
DIV nv drill when heard voice be-.
hind me say:
do you think you can do it
The words were spoken In the coolest
possible tone, and GOODNESS begets cool
ness. / couldn't see behind me with
out takin' Up my lamp and bringln It
to bear on the speaker, and before |
could do that and shoot I felt reason
ably sure a bullet would come crashin'
through me somewhere. So l never
turns around at all, but begins to work
my drill remarkin' at the same time;
''It won't be any trouble at ali. I've
done it often before"
Hold on" said the voice, g mans.
care you artist enough to Go the JOB
without injurin' the door,
I'm course says /. IF you wanted
it done that way, why didn't you say
SO? But it'll take longer
Pick the lock- said the voice, be
tween now and daylight, and I'll give
YOU q new crisp fifty dollar bill.
Couldn't you make it q hundred:' l
asks r.'r
reckon my impudence must a took
him fat aback, cause ne didn't answer
for small while; then he says:
Fifty Is all and more than l can
spare. I'm only clerk in the bank.
and I'm sufferin' under an attack O.
honesty Just now
I puts away my drill and begins to
Work VIII NY uu&SLS anu LILY Ss>A7'
talkin' with the Teller sociable-like. It
was very kind O. him to treat me SO
perlite, for knowed he wouldn't be
that away onless he had me covered
and ready to enforce orders. Referrin'
to his last remark, I says:
II had that disease myself onct, but
a wife and couple o kids cryin' for
bread TUX it clean out o me. Diseases
require medicine, and sometimes the
cures worse than the disease. I gave
myself dose o. dishonesty for an anti
dote, ard the habit got fixed on me like
takin' a drug"
But you kept the kids from starvin',
suppose
That's what I've done SO far, but If
nv work gifts check for the matter
o ten years or SO they're still liable to
starvation If I could "a got through
a few years more they'd be old enough
10 fill their own mouths
He didn't make any answer to this,
and KEEP on monkeyin' with the tum-
blers, listenin' to how they fell and
maxim up my mind what was the com
bination.
''What's the timer" ! asked.
1.-TWO twenty he said. "It
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
Things Farmers Should Know
Q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ALFALFA.

Alfalfa is the only crop that
can be taken off the land year
} after year and still have the
land increasing in fertility with
out applying fertilizer. To grow
this crop on land able to produce
but twenty-five bushels of corn
an acre. will soon fit it to make
seventy-fve with the same labor
that was needed to get twenty
five. We bought 500 acres of
wornOut land twelve years ago
at $50 an acre and began raising
alfalfa, soon getting where we
could produce four to four and
one-half tons an acre i'll three
cuttings each season. All of this
was fed away from this land,
and all resulting manure spread
on other parts Of the farm. Not
withstanding this, the income
} from this plot in 1910 made 6
per cent on $1OO an acre. We
} have demonstrated that an acre
of alfalfa not only builds up the
} acre, but also two additional
acres Of poor land. When the
plants are two or three years old
the soil should be pulveriZed and
dragged each spring, as this
treatment makes them thrive
better.-Payne Sargisson Before
Woodbury. County (Ia) Institute.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
WARM FEED FOR PIGS.
Cheaper to Use Wood For the Purpose
Than Supply Expensive Fodder.

ran supply Expensive fcuoer.
We imagine that warm feed tastes
just as much better to 8 SOW than
cold feed on cold day as u hot dinner
tastes better to man than does a cold
lunch. However that may be. we do
know from observation that either
SOW or pig will eat much more and
is greatly stimulated by getting little
warm feed into its body. Straightway
it will become active and begin to hustle
about, whereas a sow or a pig that is
very indifferently and then crawl right
back into its nest again to get warm.
Many a SOW that is eating irrcgularly
and seems to be off feed can be brought
back again by warming the feed a lit
tie. Warm feed sharpens the appetite,
stimulates activity, makes the sOws
and pigs regular about their eating and
helps to keep them warm.
Some time before the feed passes
from the body it must be warmed up
considerably. If it is warm when it
enters the body. less body heat will
be required to raise it's temperature
than if it enters the body cold. Now,
body heat is attained only by the
breaking down Of the nutrients con-
tanned in feed. 1t is apparent, then,
that 1t is using up feed to warm other
feed taken into the body cold and this
feed might far better be utilized in
building up and maintaining the body
than for heating purposes. 1t is Il
great deal cheaper to use little wood
for warming the water used in mixing
feeds than to use expensive feeds for
the purpOse.--Farm, Stock and Home.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
The MILK COAT.
Not Much Known Here, but Ap-
preciated Abroad.
CALLED poor MANS cow"
Germans Especially Enthusiastic on
Subject of Animal Which Not Only
Gives Rich Milk but Clears Up Brush
Land-Rest Pasture Ground.

In foreign countries, notably Swift
zerland, Italy, Germany. France, Spain
Austria and Norway, the Germans es-
pccially are enthusiastic on the subject
Of milk goats and have written more
about the possibility Of the goat for
milk production than have the people
Of any other nation.
Goat culture is carried on on q very
limited scale in the United States. The
native goat here is fair mixer, but
the American people do not take kindly
toward the goat or its milk. In Ital-
ian colonies milk goats are frequently
found, as we'll as in colonies of many
other people from the south of Europe.
In Germany the goat is the poor
mans cow" 1t is said that IS per
cent of the families in Germany keep
goats, and that it is not confined to the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
The Kind She Wanted.

A charming young woman walked
into the First National bank few
DAYS ago, and, stepping up to the win
dow, she said:
IL should like to open an account at
this bank, If you please"
The teller gazed at her admlringly
and replied:
"We shall be very glad to accommo-
date you. What amount do you wish
to deposit:"
: "Oh." she said. smiling, II mean
regular charge account--you know the
kind mean-such as / have at the
stores" Judge.
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Which Suited Her Purpose!

Young Lady-What is the secret OF
your happy life with both your hus-
bands-two such different men? Old
Lady-Why, L guess I wasn't fussy
over trif1es And then let them have
their own way sometimes They
thought they always did.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
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Worthless Suggestion.

He had to drop note to his stenog-
rapher.
What is the proper way to address
a young LADY," he asked his host
would you say My Dear Miss Dear
Miss or what!''
Just address her as you would in
the Office" advised the friend.
'Oh. that would never do" the visi-
tor exclaimed, Suppose my wife
should get the letter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-08
Green Corn For Ftoos,

Green corn will furnish about three
times the amount of feed secured from
1t by most farmers in giving it to
hogs if it is hacked up with an old
corn knife and fed stalk and all. The
danger Of eating too much green grain
also will be averted by this plan of
feeding-Iowa Homestead
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To Protect the Soil.

II possible SOW winter cover crop
on the land to protect it through the
winter. Of the legumes crimson Glow
err, bur clover and vetch are good for
this purpose Wheat, oats. rye or bar
ley are nonlegumes that afford protec-
fion to soil