Farm and
Garden
SAFE DEHORNING CHUTE.
8lmplo Daviee That Will Not Hurt
the Animal,
An authqrlty on the dehornlug of
cattle furnishes the following Informa
tion on the- construction of the chute
for the operation:
Make the chute strong. Next make a
plank table In front of the same about
PLAN FOn DEnonNINO CnDTE.
two foot wide, throe feet long and two
and onc-linlf foot from the ground.
Then preimro a square with an eight
Inch side out of plank and hinge it to
the tnble n few Inches from the chute
at right angles to the face of the same,
so that it can move freely from one
side to the other. For the hinge use
two good pieces of strap Iron, prefer
ably wagon tire, and let each extend
BA.FB AND EASY FOR THE ANIMAL.
clear across each side of the width of
the square. To make the hinge wrap
the end of the tire around a bolt staple
secured to the table by taps beneath.
Through the end of the tire opposite
the hinge and about an inch from the
top face of the square bore a hole
large enough for an inch and a half
rope. You will then have two ropes
attached to the top face of this square,
and these are lutcndedi to pass over
the neck of the nnlmal and be secured
by a lever at one end of the table. An
other identical square is prepared, and
this Is set on the table facing the
hinged square, but distant enough
from It for the neck of an animal to be
sot between. The second square Is
braced firmly In n vertical position
with blocks and steel braces. Two
holes are bored through the table near
the front side, through which a rope Is
passed to bo placed over the nose of
the animal. The head of the animal to
be dehorned Is held In position by the
stationary square, against which the
neck of the animal Is bound by the
hinged square. In this position there
Is no danger of on animal hurting It
self, and the work can be done much
quicker than if the head is less firmly
held In position.
Farmer May Make Cigars.
At intervals after the cigar leaf to
bacco crop has been harvested inquiries
arc received concerning the right of the
farmer to manufacture cigars for home
use or to sell thetobacco to a person oth
er than nn authorized dealer or manu
facturer. For the information of all
such persons nn explanation of the
laws nnd regulations of the treasury
uepartment has been obtained from
the ofllco of the commissioner of In
ternal revenue.
"Under existing laws," writes the
commissioner, "a farmer or grower of
tobacco has a right to sell leaf tobacco
of his own growth and raising to any
person in any quantity which may be
desired, provided the condition of such
leaf tobacco has not been changed in
any manner from that In which it was
cure on the farm. The manufacture
of cigars in a. small way by any per
son for his own use and consumption
is permissible when the cigars arc
manufactured solely for tho use of the
person making thorn nnd nro not re
moved from tho placo of manufacture
for consumption or sale. No taxes are
required, nor is the person so manu
facturlng required to qualify as n
manufacturer or make any reports.
"Unless tho person Intending to man
ufacture cigars as nbovo desired
should be a farmer or shall secure his
stock of tobacco directly from tho
farmer nil other sources of supply
would bo closed to him by the require
ment of the law, which provides that
dealers in leaf tobacco shall sell only
to other dealers nnd to manufacturers
of tobacco or cigars or to such persons
as aro known to bo purchasers of leaf
tobacco for export."
V
GOING AWAY 'GIFTS.
Set of Cuthlont Far Steamer Chair.
Folding Workbox.
Of the making of bags there would
seem to be no end in these days of re
vived interest In practical needlework,
and some recent productions In this
line are worthy of special reference.
A few of them arc here pictured, fash
loncd from denim or cretonne In strik
ing looking floral patterns.
Tho laundry bag made of heavy den
lin in a serviceable shade of blue dlf
fers from tho usual collection of such
iff
FOLDING WOHKBOX.
receptacles by reason of the extension
piece at the back, which permits of
tho bag being hung against the wall
for Its full width. This is a practical
nrraugement nnd effectually discounts
tho old time laundry holder with a
drawstring at the top.
There are two new workbags In
flowered cretonne one In tho shape of
a fetching little chafing dish npron,
with a hoop handle, and tho other the
conventional shirred typo except for
tho outside pocket, which Is nn added
convenience.
The regulation steamer cushion, with
its familiar "Bon Voyago" Inscription,
has not lost prestige, but It is supple
mented by a set of cushions connected
by straps of self material and designed
for tho back and seat of the chair, with
CUSHION FOB STKAMER CHAIR
loops to slip over the frame at the
top. These cushions may bo folded up
when not in use and occupy but a
small space In the trunk.
Tho folding scrap basket has been
the boon of the traveler, and now
comes a folding work box or basket
covered with cretonne in a pretty de
sign. Tho customary pockets and
straps are attached to the basket, and
tho illustration shows the basket fold
ed and open.
Apple Superstition.
Tho ruddy winter apple Is much
used as a lover's test. Itomau lovers
used to take an npplo pip between
their fingers nnd thumb and shoot it
up to the colling. If the pip reached
its, destination It was regarded as a
sign that their love was returned. An
other method once much used was to
throw the pip Into the fire, uttering
the beloved one's name. If the pip
burst with a loud report it was a
good sign, but tho love would not last
long if tho pip burst silently.
Many rustic lovers used to place tho
pips upon their closed eyelids. If the
pips dropped when their eyes were
opened it denoted unfaithfulness'.
Swiss maidens often follow tho follow
ing custom: They buy on apple from
an nged widow tho uglier she is tho
better and eat half of it with a salt
ed herring Just before the mystic hour
of midnight. Tho other half of tho
apple they place beneath their pillow,
nnd prophetic dreams are sure to fol
low. Kitchen Stools.
Only tho woman who owns a sizable
kitchen stool knows the comfort of it.
If she has two or three, so muen rhn
bettor.
They are not expensive articles, and
therefore It does not strain tlin lmnsn.
keeper's purse to provldo her kitchen
wun enougu or them to make work
comfortable.
Tliero should always be one to slip
under the kitchen table. It should be
high enough to put tho worker in a
comfortablo position for using her
hands. She will And herself using it
hours during tho day that otherwise
iho would have spent on her feet.
The laundress who knows how to'
take caro of herself has n high stool
with rungs for her feet, on which shei
may Bit when sho Is Ironing tho light'
pieces. It will glvo her renewed
itrength for tho next day's work.
Shapely Poached Eggs.
If you want poached eggs that have
not spread out of shapo in cooking,
itlr tho boiling water until it is whirl
ing ropldly, then drop tho egg In quick"
ly and cook until set.
This kcops tho eggs round nnd
imooth, nnd If lifted carefully on a
(lot cako turner tho egg will ho as
lhapely as if it wero cooked in a
poacher.
In serving poached eggs uso freshly
toasted bread, thickly buttered, r,
what is still better, rounds of bread
fried In butter llko a crouton,
c5
BY,
C.M.BARNITZ
RIVERSIDE
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED
Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso
ciation. These articles nnd Illustrations
must not bo reprinted without special
permission.
AWAY1 AWAY TO THE COUNTRYI
When seeking for tho balm of life,
Turn not to patent quacks.
Nor stay within those dusty streets
Where noise tho brain racks.
Come, con'ie awny! Oh, come with me
Where air Is puro and health Is free,
Tho pnraiUse of valo nnd tree
Out on tho farm In tho country!
Coma whore you ntmln't llvo In lints,
Where neighbors light like dogs nnd
cats.
Come from tho car man yelling "Fare!"
Come from the city's mad dog scare.
Rush from bad smells nnd Salome's
rnnros
Out Into Hod's sweet country airs.
Yep, join tho song birds In their glee
,Out on the farm In tho country. ,
Oh. come away from tin can faro,
With deadly acids lurking there!
Hun from those nwful rots and spots
That 1111 up cemetery lots.
Here get your eggs laid while, you wait.
Spring chickens fresh from pen to plate.
Knock that dyspeptic misery
Out on tho farm In the country.
Away! Awny! Leave care behind
And that Mccssant offlco grind.
Hero Is the placo to rusticate.
Where fresh 'milk's making while you
wait.
Hero Indies may kimonos wear
And lay aside their golden hair.
They even climb a cherry tree
Out on the farm In the country.
C. M. n.
SETTING TURKEY EGGS.
Smart Aleck will nature fake by set
ting turkey eggs under clucks, but If
he just know that n chicken's tempera
ture isn't equal to the hntchlng heat
of n vigorous turkey he would then
have the know-how why ho doesn't
get livable profitable poults.
Then there's that shell game!
If a looter loots a bank, ho takes out
the nest eggs and puts In his note.
When Smart Aleck robs the turkey
nest ho puts in a nest egg nnd takes
out the turkey egg, and mother turkey
keeps on laying.
So by this hog-in-tlio-turkey-iiest-pollcy
ho makes the turkey hen an
egg machine and the lousy old cluck a
turkey incubator.
Now,, the man whoso brain Isn't a
doughnut knows that a turkey lays
several sots of eggs In a season and
thc.llrst two are the finest.
Well, he mates a strong young torn
to twelve finely matured two or three
year old hens, makes provision so he
always has enough to brood and turns
all these superfine early eggs over to
thrifty turkey hens to hatch. Ills
poults thus under mother turkey's care
get the early worms and insects nnd
nro prepared for the heated period
and the Insect famine that comes with
it.
Chicken hatched poults, especially
the late ones, can't stand a strain,
seldom bring gain, and but few remain.
Turkey hatched poults are best to
grow. They win at tho show and
bring in the money to make tho mare
go.
BILL OF FARE FOR YOUNG TUR
KEYS. Mrs. Turkey says, "Feed little, but
often." Good advice.
Drop a fresh egg into cold water,
boil thirty minutes, grind up shell ami
all, add equal amount of dry bread
crumbs, ti sprluklo of grit and feed
this quantity to six poults twenty-four
hours after hatch. Feed thus for two
duy.
Third' day chop tender onion tops,
egg, curd and grit for breakfast; bread
dipped In milk and squeezed dry for
dinner; egg, curd and grit chopped up
with dandelion or lettuce for supper.
In a week gradually introduce rolled
and cracked wheat, but don't feed
chick feed nnd do not give turkeys
corn until they "shoot the red" at three
months.
An overdose of onion physics; a rea
sonable quantity Is a liver tonic,
worm and cold cure.
Don't boll curd, as It gets too tough
to digest.
When poults rufflo their feathers,
drag their feet and don't eat they are
overfed. Administer nn old style liver
pill arid give ouo grain of quinine for
five nights In succession.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
Get n good prepared chick feed to
start tho peeps on nnd then branch off
on cracked corn nnd wheat.
A small mill for grinding grain, shell
and dry bono costs 5 nnd pays for
Itself In a season.
Two sad 'deaths occurred In Pennsyl
vania the past winter from tho gun
trap set to shoot chicken thieves. The
men killed wero tho owners, who forgot
tho traps were there. Too sad for
comment.
A young girl In tho middle west
cleared $310 last year raising peafowl,
receiving ?15 per pair, while a boy In
tho suburbs of Philadelphia cleared
.$150 on his Whlto Itocks. Buy your
boy somo good stock' nnd le,t him com
bine pleasure, pots and profit.
Tho claim Is mndo that you can
inako on ducks to $1 on chickens.
Wo believe thero is money in ducks,
tint back of such claims wo often find
q fellow with an ax to grind.
IP;
8
PACK TO NATURE, THOU FAKER!
No; you shouldn't let lousy'old clucks
play stepmother to your pretty turkej
poults. No senso or cents In it.
Biddy's too kind to them. Sho Just
sings all day, "Come and fill up your
little turkey glzzardl" nnd sho Just
turns things upside down to keep them
stuffing from morn till night. She
leads them to the corncrlb, tho chick
en confectionery, and they stuff with
yellow pellets that paint yellow spots
on their -little livers, nnd they resign
sine die.
Sho steals across tho barn floor Into
the grannry. They gorge In the grain
bins and become has bcens.
What a scavenger she Isl
What n dirty tablecloth! What
filthy food she spreads before those
sweet voiced, delicate little poults!
She scratches down in the lousy, red
mite, dirty microbe hencoop nnd raises
a cloud of germ dust over her tender
charges.
In the filthy old rat hole hogpen,
where tho hogs nnd rats get 'cm If
the microbes don't, she digs up filth
and maggots.
In tho oozy, germ breeding barn
yard sho roots like n hog to turn up
decayed vegetable matter, rotten ex-1
crement and wriggling death dealers
for the poor little birds and then In
vites them to drink from the horrible
barnyard pools, where tho dunghlller
hens drink In part of their "puro fresh
farm eggs" that change so quickly to
"rots nnd spots."
Now, do you wonder that scientists
hiivo found tho lii-ecdlnrr nlnri nf thn '
deadly blackhead parasite that do-
.NVJMf1TT&.
BACK TO NATURE.
stroys the turkey in the digestive tract
of the dunghill hen?
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; go
back to the turkey hen, thou rcverser
of nature."
No nature faking In the'. turkey coop!
Mother turkey lays her 'eggs on tho
pure earth, out among the tall grasses,
fragrant ferns and flowers! Her pretty
babies open their wondering eyes, not
In a lousy nest under a scabby legged
old cluck, but on God's pure, bright,
beautiful world.
Mother turkey never stuffs her turk
lcts. Sho raises them for you to stuff.
When you wish them to eat more
she trills them away to the Vtreen hills
and vales afar, where delicious turkey
food abounds.
There, drinking from crystal rills.
wandering through cool woods, flow-
cry meadows and fruitful orchards,
they gather those dainty titbits that
help to make them the beautiful, vig
orous fowls the Creator Intended them
to be.
DON'TS.
Don't imagine because you've won a
cup your away up. Many a slip be
tween the cup and tho tiptop. V
Don't stuff your hens all day and ex
pect thein all to lay. Make them
scratch for a living, as you do.
Don't neglect to tamo your fowls.
Cruelty is foreign to a true fancier,
and friendliness counts everywhere.
Don't get mad. if others differ with
you. It's a sign of a kink In your
think.
Don't run that incubator in your
barn nor have your brooder In among
tho mites and lice.
Don't raise Leghorns for market fin
ishing. Big breeds for fattening feeds.
Don't expect an order from every in
quiry nor waste your gray matter on
long business letters.
Don't strain yourself to sell birds to
cranks. I matters not, you get no
thanks.
Don't thi'h because severe winter Is
hard on fr N that warm weather is
not a dlso.i e breeder.
Don't lor ihoso young turkeys run
in the fil'hy barnyard nor expect
squabs to develop In dirt.
Don't f'"ed much corn In the sum
mer. On nnd wheat for grains, add
brau and 'd mash for gains.
Don't keep crippled chickens nor
one eyed roup victims in your pons.
It spoils tho picture.
Don't have a beautiful farm and a
flock of spotted culls. They don't
match.
Don't advertise thoroughbreds and
hide part of your stock. That looks
fishy.
Don't have a beautiful cut and a
largo display ad. and expect It to pay
if you sell what Is bad.
Don't worry nbout the trouble of to
morrow nor leap ahead to seek some
future sorrow. Soon will come tho sot
ting sun and your work will not bo
done; then you'll bo bad nnd sad whero
you might have been good and glad.
Don't forget that neatness nnd dls
patch in shipping gain a customer's
nrproval. Fine goods, well sent, make
tho best advertisement.
Don't fall to change drinking water
In tho brooders often. Tho heat makes
it stale.
Don't buy largo quantities of crock
cdborn except for immediate uso. Tt
hen,ts and molds,
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Shanghai exports up to 30,000 deer
skins a year.
There is cno postofilee In Switzer
land to every 1)10 Inhabitants.
Every cat In Berlin must wear a :
metal plato containing Its license num-!
bcr.
Tho flour mills of the United States
represent fixed invent ments of about
$300,000,000.
Tuberculosis germs can sustain the
greatest cold nnd succumb only at 2.G
degrees below zero.
Turkey has more aged people In pro
portion to her population than any
other European country.
Tho fifteenth son In tho fifteenth
year has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Boiler In Noble township, Cass
county, Ind.
A New York stato farmer has re
quested an Insurance policy which will
protect his property from damage by
airships as well as bylghtntng.
Ordinary corncob are worth 10 cents
per eighty pounds in India. They are
ground to a coarse meal, mixed with
molasses and used as a food for cat
tle. Trofcssor Enrico Batolll of New ITn
ven, Conn., has composed n musical
composition to tho memory of Consul
nnd Mrs. Arthur S. Cheney, who lost
their lives In tho Sicilian earthquake.
A "foot" measure varies In China
from eleven. Inches to fifteen inches.
Each district lias its own foolrules, its
pounds nnd Its pecks. An effort Is now
being made to Introduce n uniform sys
tem. The largest chimes in the world are
being Installed In the tower of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance compa
ny's building nt Now York. The four
bolls weigh 1,!j00, 2.000, r,000 and 7.000
pounds.
Two English inventors claim to save
from 50 to 73 per cent on gas bills by
tho use of their machine, which carbu
rets tho air with a small portion of pe
trol vapor, producing a highly Illumi
nating nonexploslve gas.
An odd wedding which took place In
Washington recently was that of Jesse
E. Jevons of Philadelphia and Jessie
E. Jevons of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Both
the parties had been married before,
but despite their simlliarlty of names
wero In no way related to each other.
Thanks to the present efficient state
of the Siamese navy, sen robbers are
no more to be seen, and the confidence
of the people in the protection of the
government is now so great that they
have no further apprehension in car
rying on their coast trade with free
dom and protection.
Tho long war with Yaqul Indians in
Mexico, in which scores have been
killed at different times, Including
many Americans, has been terminated
by a treaty of peace agreed upon by
three Indian chiefs and 1G0 of their
followers nnd the governor of the
state of Sonora, Mexico.
There has been a considerable In
crease In Japanese shipping losses.
Some attribute this to tho trade de
pression, which Induces shipowners
to take more risks, while others think
the mishaps are due largely to the
Inferior boats, of which many wero ac
quired during the war with Russia.
A striking illustration of tho rate at
which savings bauk deposits will grow
Is afforded by an account at a bank In
Worcester. This account was opened
by C. II. Walters of Groton in 1S35
cvlth a five dollar deposit, which, with
no other accumulation than the an
nual interest, now amounts to $210.62.
Edward McCouo of Dover, N. II.,
has in his possession a bauk bill more
than fifty years old. Issued in 1854 by
a bauk of Fall Itlver, Mass. Tho back
of the bill Is plain and resembles a
piece of brown paper. Tho bill came
Into Mr. McCone's hands forty years
ago and Is in nn excellent stato of
preservation.
Lancashire (England) medical offi
cers are calling attention to tho dan
ger of weavers In the cotton mills
contracting Infectious diseases from
tho practice known as "shuttle kiss
ing" sucking the weft through tho
eye of the shuttle. Diphtheria, con
sumption and many other diseases are
spread by this custom.
Gold was discovered in tho Klondike
placer gold districts a little over a
decado ago, since which time this field,
with an area of 25 by 50 miles square,
has produced gold to the value of
about $125,000,000. Nearly all of this
has been mined by the primitive proc
ess of pick nnd shovel nnd washed by
the pan, the rocker and the sluice box.
Professor W. II. Pickering of Har
vard university has completed calcula
tions which not only prove tho exist
ence of an unknown planet In the solar
system, but describe Its orbit, beyond
Neptune. The discovery is much llko
that; made by Lovorrier in 1S42, when
Neptune was discovered through calcu
latlons of tho eccentric motions of
Uranus.
Herr Bollagen, the celebrated fresco
painter of Berlin, has been commis
sioned by a German steamship com'
pany to procuro In America accurate
historical data and locol color for o
series of pictures dealing with tho llfo
and tho times of tho first president of
the United States, Tho works are do
signed for the Interior decoration of-a
now vessel for one of the transatlantic
lines.
Tho Bev. Sydney Goodman, director
of the Men's club of Atlantic City,
N. J., Is being congrntuloied on tho
success of his work.. Tl6 .Sunday night
gatherings nt his ciif 1 knvo become
a fenturo of AtlanVHMr life. They
arc limited to tho malo sex. Cigars nro
parsed around nnd tho men mado to
feel at homo whllo the minister is
preaching thoeospej to them. From a
congregation of 200 in 1007 his church
has now reached a total membership
of mory tkan
2,00.
We have iro Insurance against
panics, BUT-
Wo want to sell
Kvcry. business man in Wayne
county n eood sized llfo or en
dowment nollcy tbnt he may
use as collateral security for
borrowed money-tldeyou over
. tiKlit places when sales nro
poor ami collections slow-possibly
head oil Insolvency.
We want to sell
Kvcry fnrmern policy that will
absolutely protect his family
nnd home.
We want to sell
Kvcry laborer nnd mechanic a
saving policy that will be Im
possible for him to lapse or
lose.
If not Tjlfc Insurance
Id'JJ.YryS.Wcc'yoorFHtK
INSUUANCK. Standard, re
liable companies only.
IT IS HKTTHH TO DO IT NOW. THAN
TO WAIT AND SAY "IF"
HITTINGER & HAM,
General Agents.
WHITE MILLS, PA.
JOSEPH N. WELCH
Fire
Insurance
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Ollicc:'?.Sccond floor Masonic Build
ing, over C. C. Jadwin's drug store.
itonesaaie.
Tooth
Savers
We have the sort nf tnnth hmslins thn nr
mado to thoroughly cleanse and savoithe
octh.
Thev are the kind that derm tenth wlthmit
lcavinc vour mouth full of bristles.
We recommend those costln? 23 cents nr
more, as we can guarantee them and will re
place, free, any that show defects of manu
facture within three months.
O. T. CHAHBER5,
PHARHACIST.
Opp.D.&H. Station, IIONESDAtE, PA.
For New Late Novelties
IN-
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
WATCHES
SPENCER, The Jeweler
"Guaranteed articles onlv sold'
WHKN THE ENGINE COMES
s no time to be regretting your neglect
to get insured. A little ;are beforehand
is wortti more than any amount ol re
gret. KRAFT & CONGER,
General Insurance Agents
HONESDALE. PA,
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children,
Tfta KM YwHtvt Always Bugfct
Bears the
fe'fefe A fly f -
EHgn&ture