II. C. HAND, President.
V. B. HOLMES, Vice Thes.
II. S. SALMON, Cashier
W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashier
New Year In Philadelphia
We want vouto understand the rensons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY
of tills Hank.
NOTES
BY
Wonderful Parade of
Knights of Mis
rule. By Frederick R.Toombs.
Copyritfht, 1D08, by Amer
ican Press Association.
-i'JLJ.E-
CttBARMTZ
IRRIGATION UP TO DATE.
TUVEESIM
FA.
I Farm- and
1 Garden
&m The
Great Desert Area Made Arable In Re
cent Years.
In America Irrigation was practiced
thousands of years ago by the prehis
toric town building Pueblo Indians in
New Mexico and Arizona.
The first systematic application of
Irrigation to be made by the whites In
the United States was Inaugurated by
Jho Mormons on the shores of the
jprcat Salt lake In 1847. The Mor
I Imons found Utah anything but the
I promised land for which they had
hoped. From necessity they resorted
to Irrigation and soon made the barren
Bite of Salt Lake City one of the most
prosperous communities In the west.
A few years later the placer miners
In California utilized their placer wnsh-
on
COEEESPONDQKX
SOLICITED
commrccriHa an irbioation ditch.
tag streams for Irrigation purposes
and raised large crops of vegetables
and grain. However, Irrigation did
not make any extensive headway until ,
the civil war and during the early
seventies, when the great tide of Im
migration turned toward the west. In
1870 only about 20,000 acres of land
were cultivated by Irrigation in the
United States. In the next ten years
this number was increased to 1,000,000
neres. During the years between
1880-00 Irrigation experienced a great
boom, and the number of acres in
creased to nearly 4,000,000. In 1002,
the last census, the acreage was 0,034,
520, and each month sees thousands
of acres added until the total Is nearly
15,000,000 acres today.
Among the great irrigating engineer
ing feats of this country Is the won
derful Strawberry valley project at
Vernal, Utah, now under way. where
a storage reservoir will be built to
hold 5,000,000,000 gallons of water, and
a tunnel three and one-half miles long
Is being cut through a mountain. The
work Is being done by electrically driv
en tools, and when completed the wa
ter will first be used to generate elec
tricity for lighting and power purposes
nnd then for Irrigation. The entire
electrical equipment for this plant was
furnished by the General Klectrlc com
pany. The Williston (X. D.) project
and the Iluford-Trenton project in the
same state are operated entirely by
electricity. The current is generated
by Curtis steam turbo-generators and
Is used to drive the large motors con
nected with the centrifugal pumps.
Another system has been Installed nt
Garden City. Kan., and still another
nt Salt Lake, Ariz. At the last named
place the vertical shaft General Klec
trlc generators are directly comiectej
to largo water wheels for generating
the current.
The amount appropriated and ex
pended by the government for Irriga
tion from 1001 to the close of the fis
cal year ended June .10 last Is over
$37,000,000.
The Irrigation act gives the secre
tary of the interior a very wide latl-
Copyright. IMS. by C. M. Darnltz. These
articles nnd Illustrations must not be re
printed without special permission.
WHITE WYANDOTTE SUPREME. '
The Yankee Is a great rooster in-1
ventor. i
Xot content with making his coun )
try the marvel for machinery . he .
tinkers with flesh and blood.
It is a race horse to beat the world,
a mule to pull more and kick higher,
n cow to give more milk, a hog of
heavier ham or a cock-a-doodle of
finer flesh, fancier feather or fairer
form? He tackles the contracts and
delivers the goods.
When he Invented the White Wyau
dotte be created the nc plus ultra.
To attempt to add is to subtract
Of standard varieties it is most pop
ular because it Just fills the bill for
economic value nnd beauty, with a
balance over.
It meets the market demand for a
yellow, plump, pretty medium sized
mature fowl without dark pinfeathers,
feather leggings, rough skin, coarse
fiber, large bones and objectionable
weight of the big breeds.
It satisfies the call for best broilers
nnd roasters, ns young birds plump up
prettier, quicker and cheaper than
chicks of all other breeds.
It fills the need for a dual purpose
fowl that matures and lays earlier
and oftener than the other meaty
cacklers of chlckendom.
Yes, this velvet skinned, yellow
tinged, plump breasted, round bodied.
short backed, bulter ball bird is In a ,
class by Itself, nnd all the lmnmli'
of pink fleshed fowls Is wastrtl -i t'ii
Mn. ursiuc dowx
ON PARADE.
OU really ought
not to spend New
Year's day in
Philadelphia if
you have made
resolutions that
you want very
much to live up
to, for very like
ly you will uol
be able to resist
the fascinations
of participating
In the annual cel
ebration of the
renowned "Shoot
ers." Existlngno
where else In the
world, the Shooters are latter day pro
totypes of the Mummers that flour
ished for scores of years in England
nnd France. Their watchword could
well be: "Death to sorrow. .Toy is the
one fit companion of mankind."
Preaching continually the doctrines
of happiness and Jocularity, the Shoot
ers open each New Year with a rous
ing feast day to the memory of the
shade of King Mourns, the accredited
Insplrer of the cult, which dearly loves
to have Its members known ns Knights
of Misrule. Such a riot of color and
gnyety as marks the gigantic parade of
the Shooters, which is the particular
feature of their celebration, is certain
ly not seen anywhere else In America.
Prom six to ten thousand paradcrs lr
extravagant costumes have appeared
In their pageants of recent years. As
many as a half million people have
gathered along the line of march. The
prizes offered are the most valuable
ever put up for elaborateness or origi
nality In costume nnd accouterment.
The city of Philadelphia always appro
priates $5,000 yearly to swell the prize
fund, which Is largely made up of con-
nnd received some valuable advertising.
Predominating features of the pag
eant are humorous costuming, antics
nnd floats representing with carefully
enacted characters various public hap
penings of Interest or importance. The
"Irish Indians" are a popular bevy of
contestants annually. These charac
ters have been given faces made from
coconuut shells, but the libel on the
Celtic race ha3 never yet caused trou
ble. Citizens of "Topsy Turvy Land,"
who appear to walk on their hands,
have proved Immense laugh provok
ers, ns also have eighteen foot giants
(on stilts), "typhoid fever germs" In
human form from the Schuylkill river,
according to signs; the order of "White
Caps." the "Home Breakers' associa
tion." the "Wyoming Hayseeds," the
"Ilolled Owls." the "Ited Onions," pol
iticians on floats and shown to be
walking railroad ties since passes were
abolished: the "Wogglo Bugs," resem
bling a cross between a boll weevil
and a grinning grampus, etc.
When exposures were made of graft
In n branch of Pennsylvania state pol
itics the procession of that year had
a float on which had been built a ceme
tery In miniature, and over It was a
huge sign bearing this legend: "Hall,
Hall, the Gang's All Here."
For almost n hundred years the cele
bration has been developing until to
day It even outclasses the original
phantasmagorias of England in the
eleventh century and of Normandy nnd
France at a later date. William the
Conqueror held the first pageant of
this nature after the battle of Has
tings, nnd it became a regular featuro
of British Chrlstmases In the ages of
chivalry. Venturesome knights would
break each other's skulls In the festi
vals of those days, but as Philadel
phia is the City of Brotherly Love
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
HONE SD ALB , PA.,
HAS A CAPITAL OF - - 6100,000.00
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF - 365.00O.0v
MAKING ALTOGETHER - - JBft.OOO.OO
EVERY DOLLAR of which must be lost be fore any depositor can lose a PENN Y
It has conducted a growing and (successful business' for over H5 years, serving,
an increasing number of customers with fidelity and satisfaction.
Its cash funds are protected by MODKRX STEEL VAULTS.
All of tht'e things, coupled with conservative nmnni.a'iiient. Insured
by the OAUKl'UI. I'KIISUXAL ATTKNTIOX constantly ctven the
llniik'snffiifrshyn notnlily utile Hoard of Directors assures the patrons
of that SL'IMMiMK SAl-'KTY which is the nrlinc essentlul of 11 cood
Hank.
Total Assets,
$2,733,000.00
II. c HAND,
A.T.SKAULK.
T. 11. CI.AHK.
oar deposits .may be made by mail, -a
DIRECTORS
CHAS..T. SMITH,
ll.J.CONOKK.
W. K. SUYDA.M.
V. II. HOI.MKS
I'M'. KIMHI.K
II. S. SALMON
ONLY $2.00
I FOR ALL!
COUritUIUU MUIQATIOH UIIlII.
tude In the Investment of this huge
fund, although he Is rciiuired to spend
the major portion of tho fund arising '
from the sale of public lands within
each state or territory for the henclit
Df Its lands so far as practicable.
Turnip Taste In Butter.
Tho following Is from a (!ermnn ag- ,
flcultural publication: I
Tho milk from cows fed on turnips
has a peculiar odor and taste. Ap- '
parcntly some volatile product from
the turnips gets Into the body fluids
of the cow and thus affects the milk.
This fault luay be corrected by warm
ing or aerating tho milk. But, besides
this, certain organisms, as coll bac
teria, Actinomyces odorlfer, Penlcll
Hum brevlcaule nnd lactic acid bac
teria, which are found in tho faeces of
cows fed on heels or turnips, nlso
produce the turnip flavor and aroma
in butter made from milk or cream In 1
which they are present. Tho turnip
taste of butter may be duo to both of
these causes together. Butter may j
have tho turnip flavor nnd aroma,
howover, even when no turnips are
fed, as coll bacteria causing tho taste
,aro found nlso on oats, barley, corn,
irapo and other feeding stuffs. Pas
teurizing the milk, with subsequent
aeration, is recommended as a means
of preventing; the development of tbe
turnip flavor in butter.
OUH WIIITH WYANDOTTE WINNER.
desert air, for the White Wyandotte
Is ahead, and you'll see it stay there.
It's line as silk, good as gold and
quickly sold at bon ton prices. It wins
on the table and at the show. Xo
class has bo large a representation at
exhibitions or so many admirers or
wins so many trophies.
It has over 1,500 admirers In the
American White Wyandotte club, the
largest specialty club In the world.
Xaturo abhors an angle. Thus her
sunsets are framed in ovals, her fair
flowers aro mostly circles nnd bend in
graceful curves, while her great bril
liant round worlds swing In blazlug
rings around tho universe.
A Wyandotte cock from his rosy
comb down his curved neck, across
his broad, snowy back and up the
concave sweep to the top of his pretty
poised tall Is a double reversed curve,
aud the rest Is all curve.
And tho gentle, cackling, snowy
white queens of his harem present a
scene to excite tho admiration and
test the skill of n Rosa Bonheur.
The White Wyandotte Is supreme lo
utility and beauty.
On top to stay there
liecausc you're tho stuff.
For meat rich nnd tender
And just weight enough.
On stop to Btay there.
With many brown eggs,
With yellow plump body
And clean yellow legs.
You bet you're tho daisy!
You'ro surely tho eo.
You make me hen crazy.
You're Just the whole show.
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l ahle to offer
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care and feeding of all dome-tic animals, and his ai'tldc meet Die ninls of
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.: THE
IIMonese!ale,-iPa.
i8EAWS
mi
UCH
A KING AND HIS TKAIN, "IRISH INDIANS" AND A GIGANTIC
SURVIVOR OF THE MAINE.
DON'TS.
Don't fall to bo polite to visitors even
If they aro only sightseers. It costs
mighty llttlo to bo polite and 13 a cheap
price to pay for good advertising.
Don't pick live feathers if your stock
Is in fattening coop or breeding; will
stop laying on flesh and luylng eggs.
Don't let the sparrows get tho chick
en feed. Set tho tablo under screens
or set the cat on them.
Don't feed beef scrap when your
chickens arc on range, and use balsam
of Peru In alcohol (1 to 5) for the
mange.
Don't teach your homers to fly dou
ble nnd then expect them to fly single.
You'll lose your bet
Don't neglect tbe old stock for tho
young, nemeruber, you breed with old
and not with young stock next spring.
Pullets' eggs aro not so Important as
pullets bred from sturdy breeders.
Don't think every ben going light hn-i
consumption. It's gray head louse co"
umptlon.
trlbutlons from merchants, clubs, In
terested Individuals and organizations
1 taking part in the pageant. Prizes are
offered for tho best dressed paradcrs,.
(ho most elaborate, the most humor
i os, tho most unique, etc., and it Is pos
sible for an individual to capture
prizes enough offered for the same
specialty to amount to ?G000. How Is
i that for a prize for a masquerade ball
' (outdoors) costume?
Shooter parades have grown until
! they now average from five to six
, miles In length, requiring from live to
, Bis hours to pass a given point. Somo
i of tho costumes are so extravagantly
made that u is no uncommon sigui
for ono of the many personages, rep
resenting kings, to have a gowu with
a train a city block long aud a block
wide, reaching from curb to curb. Ono
contestant In last year's festival had
a gown of such dimensions, and it
required forty page boya to carry tho
train clear of the street. Even vdth
all that help tho "king" was wearied
by the burden to such nn extent that
ho fainted, remaining unconscious for
nn hour. Twenty men were employed
In completing that gown, which cost
$3,000, and the wearer won over $2,000
in prizes.
Rivalry Is extremely keen among
Phlladelphlans and southern New Jer
seyites, numbers of whom take part
iu tho creating of costumes. The story
is related of a German butcher in tbe
"neck" section of the Quaker City
who mortgaged his homo and store for
$10,000 in order to outdo all other com
aatllnxa. XIa.se an aver Z00 In nrlzci
I such thlngu would not bo counte
I nouneecl. Tho original Phlladelphlans
who took part In the Shooters' propa
! gauda were (Jerman residents of the ,
"neck" section of the city, where tho
SncIiu.vikiii ami Delaware rivers come
close together.
Lamb For the Greeks.
The unique Greek dish on Now Tear's
eve Is the roast lamb, set up in Greek
style, of which eacli sou of Hellas must
partake. The roasting of tho lamb is
attended with a great deal of pomp.
The entire carcass of n lamb Is set up
on a pole, and this Is held over a tiro
until it Is duly roasted. Then It is
sliced and apportioned among tho va
rious persons present at tho feast, and
the roast is eaton along with tho other
strictly Greek dishes and washed down
with Greek wine.
Good and Bad Luck.
It was supposed to bring bad luck
to n house to take anything out of it
on New Year's day before you brought
something Into it
Take out, then take In,
Had luclc will beetn;
Taka In, then take out.
Good luck comes about.
Roman Extravagance.
Tho New Year's gift, no doubt, orig
inated with tho Romans, for with
them giving and taking was carried to
such an extravagant degree during all
tbe 305 days of the year that Emperor
Claudius prohibited tho "demanding"
of presents except oa New Year's day.
To the level-headed young
man, a bank account,
added to a determination to
make it larger, means
much. The names of many
such are enrolled on
our books and the number
is steadily increasing.
Are you among the number?
FARMERS' and MECHANICS' BANK.
Honesdale, Pa.
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year opens with n deluge nf new mixed paints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to got somo kind
of a mixed paint that would supplant CHlhTOtf'S MIXED
PAINTS. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with the unwary.
"'SST'SZT'CHILTOICS MIXED PIIHTS
IsJADWIN'S PHARMACY.
There are reasons for tho pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS:
1st No ono can mix a better mixed paint.
2d Tho painters declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
Ud Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his
own expense, every surface painted with Chilton Paint that
proves defective.
4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it.
and recommend its uso to others.
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