A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THOSE CHICKENS Everyone Should Head These Inter- 1 octinn awI.1p. I "Well, wife, I guess I will go - down to tho barber shop and get an other shave." "Well say, tell the barber that we have a dog and a cat and that we have adopted two children to get the necessary experience to become sue- for a spraying mixture to be cssful poultry raisers, and tell him used on peach, plum and cherry trees that we are raising the children on I to keep the fruit from rotting. The cow's milk and baby chick food, and i answer of Prof. H. A. Surface, the that, so far, the results are proving ; State Zoologist, Is as follows: very satisfactory." ' "The ripe rot or brown rot is due "All right, wife; I will do any- j to a fungous disease, which attacks thing you say. I am Just commenc- the ripening Iruit of peach, plum and ing to think that a woman does I cherry trees, and is to be prevented know more than most men give her by spraying before or about the time credit for" tllc grown with the self- "I am glad that you are commenc-j boiled lime-sulfur wash, into a bar ing to be a little more considerate rel put . eight pounds of fresh lime or towards women." '?u,ck li,ne, nd sht pounds of sul- "Well, wife, I guess I had better cr0,i TnkB rnn,l rare of the Take good care of the children while I am gone, and don'f bl OHH VVUI allow anything to happen to them, whatever you do, as it would spoil our experience, and we would not have anything to practice on; and I you know that our future in the dilute it to ntty gallons, ana spray it poultry business depends upon these 'over the trees. Cold water should two kids." j be used for diluting. Repeat this "Well good-bye, wife!" after a hard rain, or if it does not "Good-bye! Don't forget your- I tn repeat in a week or two, and self, and Just think about me and! continue until just before the fruit the children occasionally, while you commences to ripen,, when there is are getting shaved. Tell the barber j no need to continue the spraying, be to make the poultry lesson brief this l'use to spray it on ripening fruit tjme means to-discolor the fruit and thus "All right, just as you say, not ' render it unmarketable, although it that I care." ' w"' 1101 l'oisonous, and will not be On reaching the barber shop. !'"iit for e. even though It should "Hello, barber! Busy tills morn- i be stained 1 y the spray liquid. tli , rlnv nitrht. from l ei ,r hei Id e l at's all 1 ""d it h not to be replaced by tll0 riders of note, the La Rues' being W 11 sav barber I dldn ' ,ro rowontrato.1 lime-sulfur solutions , of the star acts of that day. vou i - the Poultry meet ng Wednes- now on U.e market, nor by the home- dice's circus, with whom his OU at 1110 POUICIJ mCLUIlt, MUIIl-h . , , .. . nnrM. Irnvnllnr M-nu i.lnvlmr ..-! i . v.. I Hill. 1 ...... . J S IIIII 11111111 111111111' II 1111' KI'MII' IIMI'CIK. ,, nu i it'll w i wmcu we lecuiuiucuu us ...... "No, what would I go to a poultry j the best and cheapest material for meeting for? I have studied poul- i treating scale insects. It is a dlffer try from A to Z. and I can show you 1 ent preparation, made by a different my certificate of proficiency as an i formula and method, and these ma experienced poultry raiser. It would teriuls should not bo confused, be a waste of time for mo to listen ! "Tiro Woolly Aphis on apple trees . , i. .... i...ii in... n..,t tienerallv works in snots where the Stenhe SS'ever "iey say that fellow has got the chicken fever so bad .. .. i- ....... i i i unit lie Sleeps in 11 muuier lieu, mm i i reallv believe myself that when hu.olll solution wen into tn cracks 01 dies "it will be with the hen fever." the infected parts. .If not treated "Oh. 1 don't know! He seems to It keeps the wound sore and often ro i. ..i...... i, i ti.ini.. it suits in knots, sails or other kinds ,. :. ,., ,w t i,m 1.!,,, no savs the Democrats have been firing bullets at him for a long time anU there ain't a mark on him yet. Mavhe he is Republican hide-bound." 'Oh, I don't know. He said tho other day how funny it Is that thew little particles of criticism creep out, , and when he hears them you ought m honr him lunch. Hmhuvs that when a man has his 01 ubuhiry ---'king ins-cus, such as plant lice, measured by inches and then innnot rose-leaf l'cppers. young scale in read or understand a paragraph sc ts, etc. It Is made by shaving one- iiWs..lit. tt Is enou'-'h to make a chicken laugh." "Next! Well, have you started in fh ,.i,ini.n i,i,einn vof" No. I want to learn some more about it this time; there's no use starting until you know how to handle the business. My wife says that she thinks that what you told me tho other day about examining i. .. if ,.oior,,.., " " ' '.I' ni,t Vholcnu take a supply to mix in water Stadt- l " ten where he had seventy-seven dollars I I'arts of water, and this will make stS and nay f the contlnua on out eight percent, actual kerosene 11 " V f i,p in the dilute emulsion. By this treat- and how they work. I don't say j that it will change my mind on the local option question. ' JOSEPH STEPHENS. , iTiix-cirir i.Tjinr-i.-' t I... 4.1. n 1.1 wifl Innorth I "i, . : .."',: : :V.'" X"'r:L": " r;. "' 1 VZ! Hit; UUCCIiaUUlU Ul lUhC Ul ua East river from Fifty-ninth street, New York, to Ravenswood, Queens, is the greatest bridge in the world. Including approaches, its total length is S.600 feet, width 8C feet and greatest height over 300 feet uoove uie a powdered tobacco dust, and then shore to shore, Ui. feet nboo the, the fertilizing 1182 feet. GS0 feet and 984 feet BufflcIe,it to Justify tbln work. the middle one reaching across the t full width of Blackwell's island. . ,, , Xi v rn. Besides these there are two more i ChAMLb IJlLIi JM.W FAIL. great "anchor" spaus, one at each r- end, wholly over dry land, with a I Continuation of Present Lnw Wow length of 3,724 feet for the five, 1 to Civil Service Reform, which together contain over 105,- A Washington special says: Un 000,000 pounds of steel. No other less the two houses of Congress spans in this country, except suspen- adjust their differences over the sion bridges, approach the longest of these, and the only trussed span In the world which exceeds it is the Forth bridge, which, although 1, 710 feet long, has a capacity for only two railroad tracks less than one third of this. There are two deck:, the lower carrying a wide driveway and four electric car tracks and the upper one two sidewalks and two elevated railroad tracks and having in all an estimated capacity of 200, 000,000 car passengers and millions of vehicles and pedestrians annually. It cost over J20.000.000. Sure of His Ground. "It is a mere formality, I know, this asking for your daughter's hand; but we thought it would be pleasing to you if it were oberved." Mary's papa stiffened. "And may I Inquire," he asked, "who suggested that asking my con sent to Mary's marriage was a mere formality." Yo.. xcy. f rc'.rC tho y- man, simply. "It wes Mary's mother." GRANGE. Weekly Press News Letter Cherries Hottlne on tho Trees How to Hotting Prevent It Plant Lice on Apple Trees. A number of inquiries were receiv ed lately by the Division of Zoology of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for a scientific formula ,'". i'""r "r uvu gallons of hot water, and cover it with a cloth to keep in the heat. Stir occasionally with a hoe or something to keep it from burning to the bot tom and to keep it from settling too much. Let it remain an hour. Then i uis huii-uuuud mm'-. -ilium uwu "nrk has been injured and can at " - h be easily killed by paint- i"R iui a very strong soap solution, nsini? :i nntnr hins i. mum tiiirimnir r u " - - - " , of deformation. Where the nest has i it i ...i . i.. i spread to other parts of the tree, such I'b'd 1'i 'ts and acted as stage di- to the leaves. It can be killed by I rector with : Dan Fro nnan and three sprayhiff with whale oil soap, one.vears in stock in d fterent parts oi pound in six gallons of water; or com-, the country with hlaw k hr anger. "ion laundry or other soups, one "ce then 1 have been with tho vonmi in tnree or .our gallons 01 wutw; or, perhaps best of all, with - lSht percent, kerosene emulsion.! emui ion is i ecumuieuueu lor an po""" "ani soap oi any Kinu ,nito a gi.ilon of Dolling water and I ... .. . . . . ! 'rnng u ,intu it is dissolved, into .this pour two gallons of kerosene la'ter removing it from the lire), and beat it or whip it like beating I eggs, or, better, churn it around through the spray pump, about five ! minutes, when it will assume a thick creamy mass, and will be a perman- 'ent stock emulsion from which vou ment the kerosene loses some of its original qualities, and does not float on the water, but becomes dissolved or absorbed in it, and does not do the injury to vegetation that it would if the pure kerosene were used on foli- 1 n fn o strong enough t0 km such pests The Woolly Aphis also works the roots, often causing serious de formities or knots, and remains at juch injured places. Whenever they are discovered they can likewise be treated by painting with strong soap solution or by uncovering tho roots pending census bill no measure of that character will be passed by Congress, and the law providing for the taking of the last census will become operative. This was assur ed yesterday when Representative Tnwney announced that lie was pre paring an appropriation bill to cover the expenses of the next cen sus and the permanent census work. This bill will authorize the expendi ture of $10,000,000 to carry on the work of the census for two years. When this is passed the Appropria tions Committee will consider that it has done its duty and will leave tho method under which the census is to be taken to Congress. Under the old law the "Spoils sys tem" was in effect, and If no adjust ment of the differences between the two branches of Congress is reached this system will prevail In the thlr teenth census. The old law pro vides that the employes shall be ap pointed by the Director of the Cen sus after a non-competitive exami- 'nat'on. ar.!. tv,f- e"h nnnolntraent must be indorsed uy a dt..ntor or; Representative to become eligible. It was this provision in the bill which was responsible for its being vetoed by President Roosevelt and which, it is understood, has met with the disapproval of President Tnft. If no new law is passed, how ever, it will be Incumbent on the President to accept the present law or to delay the census until Con gress passes a satisfactory measure. The failure of Congress to enact a new census bill will be regarded by the friends of Civil Service re form as a hard blow to their cause. A VKTKHAN ACTOR KUGENK LA RUE. Next to Mr. Gardner and Miss Vincent, probably the most satis factory actor nf their company, which closed its month's season at The Lyric on Saturday night last, was Eugene La Rue. Mr. La Rue Is remaining in Honesdale, direct ing the production of "The Burglar," which will be rendered largely by local talent under the auspices of the "Eagles" on Thursday night, June 10th, at the Lyric. Mr. La Rue will take the title role, In which he starred for large runs of the play, and in which he appeared here fifteen years ago. Yesterday he had the good fortune to find stored away "In town a frame of scenes and photographs of the play exhibited here on that occasion, and in which he may readily be recog nized as "The Burglar." It may he seen In a window of Sommer's Jewelry Store. Young ns ho looks, Mr. LaRue may well be regarded as a veteran in tho theatrical and cirrus business, hav ing been engaged In the ring and on the stage for forty-live years. He was born of a family of circus In New Orleans at tho time of his birth, and the boy continued with his parents In the sawdust ring from the time he could talk. "I played with the Dan Rice cir cus for 11 years," said he one even ing, "and left It on obtaining a theatrical engagement with the Colonel Simms stock company of V. . ," ,, . .r, . , V, , . 1111111111 . Henrne's 'Hearts of Oak riien followed several years with Charles Thome's Union Square ;tock company In New York, and later a season with tho Daly stock company. Then for seven years I ' - hen a man has to lowed the ""iJ, IT lll ,. - ..' .... already risen to something above the rank and tile of players. The business has become a matter of dollars and cents to me as well as "'" omuis uo nusm aspire tn l.trtlw... fl.lnn-.. If , I, ............... u. ,i ..u,.,Sn !a"d people reduce acting to a mere commercial plane the actor can but look for the best salary and be con tent. "That is not to say that I do not appreciate art and high-class drama. There is no one whcT longs more for consistent, strong parts, demanding meritorious acting than I, nut where Mond" pan afford t0 survc themselves ami wait months for Places with the higher-class com- Panies, I am beyond the age where a man can afford to waste time. In my five years with the Blaneys, I saved more money than in my whole previous career, and purchased a home for my wife and myself on Long Island." English as She Is Uttered. "What is the cabbage?" inquired the departing patron who wished to o to the railway station from the ho tel. "What's tho what?" exclalraea the clerk losing bis clutch on the perfect English he usually handed over the counter. "What's the cabbage? I said." "I know you did but I do not quite get your meaning." "Oh, you don't? You know what abbagfi is, don't you?" "I guess I've seen enough of it to .now. I used to live In the suburbs of Chicago." "Well, what is it from here to the depot?" "I suppose it is Just what It Is every where else; that is, a vegetable which" The departing- patron interrupted with violence. "Aw, say," he protested, "you ought to be plowed under, or fertilized, or something. Cabbage is cab fare, ain't It?" Foghorn Arouses Birds. There has just been erected on the Bass Rock, the precipitous island In the Frith of Froth, off the Hadding tonshire coast, a new foghorn which has cost $200,000. It will be Interest ing to note the effect of tho hooter on the nerves of the sea birds, of which thousands of one kind and an other are to be found on this desolate spot. At dusk the captains of the pas senger steamers In passing generally sound their whistle or siren for the amusement of their passengers, and It Is a Bight not easily forgotten to watch their protest after the manner of the owa In "Gray's Elegy." The new fog horn will give three blasts every two irlnntes. THE MERRY MONTH OF JUNE Gnndcrhonc's Shrewd Predictions Why tho Month was Dedicated to, Juno A Poetical Fore cast for tho Coining Four Weeks. June was dedicated by the Ro mans to love and marriage, and was therefore named for June, whose experience was thought to more nearly typify that of the average married woman than anything that had happened up to that time. Juno married Jupiter, ono of the best and most exemplary of gods, giving him her simple trust and all tho rope compatible with a reason able enjoyment of liberty though married. Nevertheless, they had not been married long enough even to feel sure that they were suited to each other when the bride made tho terrible discovery that the co owner of her wedding presents ifnd the man who was to Hag the family breadwagon had an alllnity. Fortunately, though it had proven to be with gods as it is with men, it was not with goddesses as It Is with women. Juno had a, come back coming to her, and sne got busier than a mother robin rustling worms. She turned her husband's affinity Into a heifer, and set Argus to watch over her as shepherd. Argus had a hundred eyes, nnd do what he could, Jupiter could not catch him asleep all around and steal the heifer away from him. As a last resort he sent Mercury to slay him. After trying everything else Mercuny told him that Urynn was elected, and he fell dead. Juno took the eyes of Argus and set them in the tnll of a peacock, where wo may see them any fine morning in tlie country to lemlud us of that oldest of domestic tragedies Insepar able from the history of June. The wedding march will fill the land, And the quail will get to pipin', The Muse will rouse the village band, And Patten's wheat will ripen. The old self-binder will come out And sing u few sweet stanzas, And the college graduate will shout And hit the trail for Kansas. Come out with us at harvest time, when the sickle sings at moving, when the rose is blooming In the field, and the breadth of June is blowing, when the golden harvest ebbs and Hows in undulating billows, and the water hoy is fast asleep (lowu whei.t Ul0 s ,K n (m(l i, 1)elRl.lth Uw wilIows ThoP0.B notMnR ,lke it anywhere up()n U)e e.u.th m, ()V(Jr the ,B rresh aml fl.aK1.nnt wItn tho swuot breath ot the clover, t lie birds are ringing operas, nnd the puoltry is a-suunlng, and the old familiar din ner hell sets everybody running. There may be men in .Marathons that run a mile a minute, but it's a ques tion if St. Yves or Longboat would be in it if he were working in a field, though many times a winner, and a bunch of twenty harvest hands knocked olf to go to dinner. It's simply wonderful the way A harvest hand gets going You look at him one instant and You see him calmly mowing. And wov'-in't think if forty bells Should ring that he would -hear them, Of if ten banquets beckoned him That he would venture near them He looks as whipped out as a rag, And dead to all attraction But you want to hear the dinner bell To see his triple action. You want to see him double up As if he had the colic, And tear the field up setting out Upon that little frolic. It is as if the fumes of beans Had reached htm, or the vision Of chicken had appeared to him, Or else that some Elyslan Mirage had shown him cornenkes, pie. Fresh biscuits, or food such as Gods eat teased him, keeping just Outside his eager clutches. The meadowlark will chirp and sing, and the bumblebee will bumble, the colt will do a Highland fling, and the tumblebug will tumble, the calf will buck and jump for oy of simply being loose, the droll grasshoppers sit around and spit tobacco juice, the luckless tramp resume his march and the bullfrog chase and bite him, and the horsefly irritate the mule, and so ad infinitum. It is hard to forecast tariff phe. nomena at Washington, but the prospect is that when the dust of conflict settles this time we, Instead of trusts, will be found to be the goat. Mr. W. H. Taft will continue as President, and Mr. Theodore Roosevelt as hunter to the Associat ed Press. Messrs. Morgan and Rockefeller will divide the money Mr. James Schoolcraft Sherman will furnish the silence. Mr. Joseph G Cannon will run the country, Mr, Nelson W. Aldrlch will be the vll lain, and Mr. Albert J. Beveridge will be the young lady hesitating between two loves. June will be notable In astronomy, There will be two eclipses a total eclipse of the full moon on the 3d and a central eclipse of the sun on the 17th. The eclipse of the moon will be visible generally in North America, except the northwestern and the eclipse of the sun In the United States and Canada, ex ' MW 1 JUJU1V. l UUttlftl CttipOD cept, south of a line drawn from San Francisco through Tucson, Ariz., to Corpus Christi, Texas. The effect of these phenomena will be to make fishing better than it has been for years. Subscriptions to the fund of 10,000,000 which Prof. Pickering is raising for communication with Mars will be received up to the 15th. Country newspapers forced to send wood need not feel embarrassed. Many of the large city papers are nly giving advice. And then July will come again, When the warlike boy and skit tish Will fill his little brother lull Of what we gave the British. MEDICINE 1,000 YEARS AGO. Ancient Tibetan Book Which Con tains Many Modern Truths. A Tibetan "Hand Book of Medi cine," published 1,000 years ago, has been recently examined by the Rus sian Academy of Medicine, and it is found to contain many valuable truths that have been discovered and redis covered by modern physicians. A few extracts from the ancient volume are given: "Number of bones In the human body, SCO; number of nerves, 99; number of pores, 11,000,000." "The heart is the king of the organs and the staff of life. The lungs embrace it not unlike a mother would a child." 'Illnesses are due to man's malice, ignorance and inability to curb the passions, for these things lntercre with the proper nourishment of ho human organs." "All unkind thoughts react upon the heart and llv ." Methods for ascertaining the condi tion of a person's health were much like those that are used to-day feel- lnr of the pulse and looking at (ho to'gue, taking the tempurature, etc. In those doys tho law Imposed flrss up"n surgeons and physicians who lid nol keep their Instruments clean. . -"g-etrlo medicines wero advocated; also th. bath, compresses, massage, etc. Egyptian "Sabak." This name Is given to a peculiar kind of manure employed In Upper Ejjypt, and found on tho sites of ancient Arabian habitations. Kvcn the crumbled walls of the habitations themselves have added valuable In gredients to the deposits, because the walls were composed of earth Inter mixed with an abundance of straw. Tho sites of these ancient dwelling- pieces are recognized, In the first place, by the finCing of relics of house hold articles, and even bits of jewelry. The deposits are found in successive layers. Indicating that tho sites have been occupied, abandoned, and reoc cupied a number of times. Chemical arnlysis shows that tfco deposits of sr.bak" are veritable beds of nitrates. An Old, Old Life Site. Recent excavation at tho .Maumbury R'r.s-s Circle, in KiiKlantl, is regarded ( erroborating the tradition tlmf a an amphitheater once existed on U site. A stratum of quartz, flint i fragments of fjliells, such as tho as placed on the surface of tho ' '-"u v.'here rladlators fought, has o:i found there;. A very interesting ' f ct ia that other remains indicate t'.i:;t the place was used by Neolithic I enple ns a flint workshop. It Is ap y irent that they used picks made ot do r's antlers to excavate the pit vhore the flint was found. The pit is 30 foet deep. The place seems to have been almost continuously occu pied since Neolithic times. An Actor's Ruse. One of the leading comedians of the Frankfurt Theatre In Germany went to the director and asked for an ad vance on his week's salary. The books showed that the whole amount had' al ready been drawn, and the director said "No." "Very good," said the actor; "then I shall refuse to go on to-night." The director saw that it was dan gerously near curtain time and reluc tantly gave the actor tho amount ask ed for, but said: "Remember, sir, this is nothing short of extortion, and a cowardly one at that." "Not at all, Herr Director," said the actor, stuffing the money in his pocket, "my name is not on the bill for to night, anyway." The Argonaut. A FISH-SNAKE TRAGEDY. Harpooned on Hook, Fights Trout TIM Both Are Speared. Jacksonville, N. J. Harley Yeager who was spearing for eels along tht Gravel Run stream, a mile from here, saw a great thrashing of the water In a secluded pool near the Brink tan nery. He Jammed his five-pronged spear into the water, and when it en countered an object he gave it a quid; jerk into the air. There was a flash of whirling color for a moment, and then Yeager saw what appeared to bj a snake and fish in deadly combat. Yeager, feeling sure neither could escape into the water, watched the reptile and tue fish, which proved to bo a large speckled trout, until they lay quiet. Then he Investigated. He found the reptile, which was a water snake about two feet long, was fast ened to the trout in a curious manner. Through the gills of the monster trout stuck a fish hook, which the ilsh evi dently had broken from the line of an angler. It protruded about half its length, the butt being apparently solidly anchored. On that harpoon the snake had been caught as it skimmed over the water. The effort to escape resulted in the terrific struggle Yeager saw in the water before he yanked fish and snake to the surface. The snake still was alive, but utterly exhausted, and Yea ger had little trouble In killing It The trout he placed in his basket, and its size attracted much attention here, as It was one of the largest ever brought to the town. New lot of Young Men's and Hen's $i2 and $i5 suits At $9.85 USE?"1 There are several very smart styles and models that young men from 33 to 30 inches chest measure will especiall like, and there are plenty of suits a little more conservative in stylo for the older men. These suits come in all the newest shades and styles, stripes and plain fabrics, all sized, worth S12 and 15 Sale Price Stetson Hats $9.85 ENTERPRISE CLOTHING HOUSE. Crawford Shoes Sole iisents for the Hnrt, Hinder & Marx I'lotliluc. Stlckley-Brnndt" Furniture Is the kind that serves you longest and best. Only $7.85 For this handsome Library Tables In the Golden Qunrtercil Ouk. Polish Unlsh.sa Inches loDir, 24 Inches wide, beveled top French stylo lens, shaped umlershelf wide and deep drawer. Every detail of construction strlctlr high-erade. Hand somer In deslitn, hotter In loaterlal.work manshlp and llnlsh than similar tables that retail from 410.50 to $13.1)0 Carefully packed and shipped freight charges.prepaid$7.85. For 500 other styles of dependable Furniture at factory price3 see our new catalogue. Send for one. SIF) GHAMTON, N. Y. yriHUKNA IN DIVORCE, ij In the ('mm of Common I'leas of W'livni' County. I'.OSK I.. NKl'ISAt'KIt, I.lliflliUlt. I'HKD". ('. NKfltAl i:!!. Ilipimdcnt. No. ilil Oct, Term, I'M. I.lhcl In Divorce. To l'rcd. ('. Nculiaucr: You are hereby rcciuli't'il to iippciir in the Mild court on the third Monday of .lime next, to answer the complaint exhibited to the Juiit'c of said conn bv UuH' I.. Ncubiiiier, your wife, llbel- laut.lntlic cause above Mali (I. or in ueiauit thereof adeciceof divorce as prayed for In said complaint may be made against yuu I your absence. M. I.KK 1IKAMAN. Sherilf. Honesdale l'a. MaVJl lliuil w4 ROLL of HONOR Attention is called to the STRENGTH of the Wayne County The FINANCIER of New York Citv has published a ROLL Oh HONOR of the 11,470 State Ranks and Trust Companies of United States. In this list the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Stands 38th in the United States. Stands lOtli in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wavne County. Caphal, Surplus, $455,000.00 Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00 noneedale, Pa., May 20 1908., AUDITOR'S NOTIUh. Estate of MARIA IIUFTELN Late of Preston, decensed. The undersigned, an Auditor appointed to report distribution of eald estate, will attend the duties ot bis appointment, on TUKSDAY, MAY lA 1009, nt 10 o'clock n. in., ut bis olllce in the boroueh of Honesdale. at which time and place all claims uL'ulnst said estate must be presented, or recourse to the fund for distribution will be lost O. L. HOWLAND. Auditor, Honesdale, Pa., April 20, 1003. 13 I N II I