THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1009. DRY FLY FISHING. Hints to the Angler How to Entice Big Flan. Dry lly fishing Ib very little prac tised In "lis country for the reason that almost all authorities seemed to agree that the wet lly method Is the only one suited to our strenms. G. M. L. La Hranclio, In an article in Re creation, declares that a lly "doctor ed" with a very light application of parafllne is nearly always to be pre ferred to n wet lly, if an angler onco gets "wise" to the right way to cast. A few of the points ho emphasizes are as follows: "If the angler wants big Ush and we all do -the dry lly will take thorn when nothing else will; but it must be presented properly to the highly 'educated' trout of streams that are much fished. My one great difficulty at the start was a seeming inability to check the Impulse to give the lly, after it had alighted, n few spasmodic jerks, thinking to make It look alive. This action is fatal. The small fish will take it, of courso, as they will also when It Is Just floating; with the current, but I have never taken a good fish except when my line was quite slack and the lly floating naturally with the current. What Is known as the 'drag' also destroys any chance of a rlsi, but this in not always the fault of the angler. It must bo avoid ed If possible, and the only remedy I can prescribe is practice, if a cast should be bungled, don't become exasperated and snatch the leader and lly off the water In disgust you court disaster when this Is done, for the chances are better than even that you will bang up good and fast In some tree behind you. Permit tho fly to drift downstream until It reaches u point Dearly opposite you, and then retrieve, and the danger of scaring a llsh that you might get on the next cast Is minimized. "The lly should rest on the surface for but an Instant, then be lightly whisked off and a false cast or two made In the air to dry It before drop ping It again on the water. Each cast must count! If tho point of the rod is raised gently at the end of the cast, just before the lly alights, and this elevation continued afterward, tho leader will be kept out of water, and the danger of drowning tho lly, i. e., drenching it, will be avoided. Care must bo taken, however, not to make (his action too quick, or a motion will be Imparted to the lly which is as unnatural as that caused by the 'drag.' " PRIMITIVE ANIMALS RETURNING Wild Creatures of Which Kansans Thought They Were Rid of. Some time ago Kansas newspapers printed a lino or two about the dis covery of a white weasel at Oak .Mills, adding that white weasels are ex tremely rare. Lewis and Clark, in 1S0., in tho journal of their famous expedition, speak of having procured from an Indian on the Missouri "a wct-'cI which was perfectly white, ex cept the extremity of the tall, which was black." I'c. ips this weasel was the progenitor of the Oak Mills ani mal, lly the way. It seems that Kan sas is coming back to its primitive condition again, especially as regards wild animals. Many wild creatures that wcro thought to have iong since disap peared from our soil are making their appearance again. A little over a yo:ir a;;o a paroquet was killed on the Uem.iburg farm east of Potter. Paro quets sw.irmed in this locality in tho early days, A beaver is occasionally won in the Missouri River along the Kansas shore. They were formerly as plentiful in Stranger Creek as mtiskrats are now. Last year Herbert Rogers caught a beaver In the Kaw River near l.ooompton. Sam and Will Mct'onnell Wiled a large black bear near Elk City some time ago. John II. Illcks of Kingman county killed a lino specimen of a bald eague out there recently. John Hums caught n white squirrel near Sallna last .lan-.iary. It was a perfect albino and had pink eyes. Charles Hus'ed. ' e ir Lawrence, comes for ward villi a hl-clt pocket gopher, cap tured near that place. It is on exhibi tion at the uit" university. Some time e.-e u deer was roaming about In tho wes'toni part of Atchison county, but w have not hoard wheth er It was captured or not. Deer wore onco plentiful and Atchison county has a stream named for them. Klk, antelope, buffulo, wild turkeys and other game which once abounded hero have entirely disappeared, but we may expect a stray specimen of most any of these primitive beasts and birds to bob ua any old time. San Salvador Prosperous. "San Salvador Is In a good many respects the bust country in Central America," declared Felix Mugden, a merchant of that place, who has Just returned from n trip to Europe. "I make this statemont because I bo liovo that it Is true. Financially and In a great many other respects tho country is far ahead of its neighbors. Wo have not tho disturbances that have racked somo of tho other Central American natious, and wo have not intorfored in the troubles of others, Tho President of our country, Figue roa, Is a fine man In many ways, and wo all love and respect him. lie is doing much for San Salvador. IIo Is honest and Ih an ablo statesman of tho highest typo, besides having a fine rocord as a soldier. He has been a conspicuous flguro In public affairs for moro than forty years. Wo did not fool the depression that disturbed buslnoss in this country, and commer cially wo aro prosperous. The Indi cations aro that tho coffee crop this year will be good, and prices promise also to be very favorable." Cn nn .rii mi mi iim I THE DRUMMER'S I j STORY .11 .iim iisi -nil "iiii mi u5 ; Tho short December afternoon had closed In the little Colorado village among the mountains, and this was Christmas Eve. i The boarders nt the Fountain, a , small hotel, and the only one tho town afforded, had finished tho evening 1 meal a meal similar to that which was to be found at all small villages in the West. i Tho Inmates of the hotel comprised tho landlord and his buxom wife, two hired girls, some 10 or a dozen min ers, and five or six drummers, knights of tho grip, who were forced by tho Inclemency of tho weather to take ref"ge nt the Fountain. The snow had been falling steadily all day, and wns still falling, tho drifts in some places being several feet deep. The men were seated around tho table, some playing cards and others ; tolling stories. "Come, Tom," said ; one of the drummers, "It's your turn for a story; give us something good something true this time." Tom was a dark, handsome fellow, with black hair and deep blue eyes eyes that were full of magnetic pow er. He pushed back his chair, cross- ' ed one leg over his knee and, with his bands thrust deep In'o Ills pockets, began; I onco know a fellow at school, who for Instance, I will call Fred bright, quick-witted, generous to a fault, but very mischievous. His pranks some times brought him to disgrace at school, but as Fred was a general favorite he finished the term all right and was graduated with honors. Ho entered college with bright hopes and high aspirations, and while there made some brilliant successes; but, alas! there was to be a fall. Ho . became Intimately acquainted with an other fellow of an entirely different stamp. i Dob Turner was a la:.y, good-for- nothing fellow, who wanted to see the world at tho expense of someone else. He told Fred that if they had a few hundred dollars their fortunes would bo assured. Ho accordingly Induced Fred to forge a check with his fath- er's name, and thus was committed i his first act of crime. They then went to New York, where their money was speedily dis posed of, and Bob. seeing that Fred was now penniless, basely deserted him. Fred at first did not know what to do, as ho was without money or friends. He could not go back to his home with such a disgrace attached to him, so the next thing was to look for employment. After a long and tedious pursuit ho succeeded in ohtaluing a position In a small office, for which he was poor ly paid. He ren..ii,ied there aliout six months and then obtained a moro lucrative position as travelling sales man for a leading New York firm. One of his trips took him to Ohio, to the city of Cleveland, where ho met a beautiful ghi. Alice Hastings was a pet of society and used to being admired. Sho showed a marked preference for Fred from the lirst and soon became as much attached to him as ho was to her. They were engaged about six months and then there was a quiet wedding at Alice's home. Their lioneymoon was spent in making a tour of the State;--, but alas, his hap piness was to bo short lived. While stopping at one of the prin cipal hotels In Chicago Alice met a stranger whoso polished manners and flattering tongue, together with his handsome face, soon won her affec tions. She walked with him, danced with him and drove with him. despite her husband's objections. His kind heart forgave her many things, thinking she would soon for get tho stranger. One night, after a hard day's toil of travel and dust and smoke of trains, Fred returned to his hotel footsore and weary. IIo cl'mbed the stairs to ills room with a heavy heart. There was an Indescribable so'uet'.-.lng which would not take form tugging at his heartstrings. Ho longed, yet dreaded to enter his apartment. At last he reached tho doo- and fitting the key to tho lock ho pushed it open nnd stood inside. The room held no other occupant. Ho passed on to the next, calling as ho went, "Alice, Alice!" but no re sponse. He searched them all, but in vain. Then he thought she must bo at tho opera, when suddenly his eye caught sight of a note on the mantel, in a conspicuous place. Ho snached it. opened it and read, "Dear Fred You know the lines, 'I have another life to meet, without which life my life is incom plete.' I have met that life and must abido with it. Don't look for mo, for by tho time you read this noto I shall bo far away. Don't grieve for me, Fred, but try to to; give and forget. Your lost Alice." "And tho husband?" nsked tho miners and drummers who had been listening Intently. "Is here," Tom said, as he dropped his head upon his breast, while a choking sob shook his frame. HELEN GERTRUDE KELLER. Flavors of Honey. It is not generally knowu by ti.e consuming public that there are us many honey lluvors, and just as dis tinct, as ilavors to apples and pear grapes, and other kinds of fruit. Tho average consumer seems to havt the idea that any honey that doe. not taste like what was produced "oti from tho old farm" Is bogus. A person reared in a hasswood-olover district regards as impure a honey that is mild in flavor, like tho moun tain sage of California; indeed, he very often will cluss it as nothing moro nor less than sugar syrup. The unsophisticated in a buckwheat dis trict foel a suspicion toward any honey that does not have the char acteristic tasto and color of that sec tlon. Another, who is accustomed to the delightful, rainty tasto of al falta car. scarcely be persuaded t bolieve that a willow-herb or a pal metto honey is tho ;.cnulno product from tho hive. Throughout this broad domain we find that beo-koepors have been cat ering to the peculiar flavor to which tho locality Is accustomed to such an extent that tho consumer thinks there is but one flavor to honey. Mr. Selser says that he can not sell for his bottling trade anything but a clover honey; indeed, ho will reject anything that has any basswood or other flavor In tho clover, "because," he says, "my trade won't have it." Gleanings in Deo Culture. A LEAN-TO POULTRY HOUSE. Very Comfortable and Convenient When Built Against a Stable. Tho accompanying cut represents n very convenient and comfortable poultry house, built against a stable or other outbuilding. The portion ad Joining tho other wall is eight feet high, and the lowest part of roof Is six feet. The roost3 and droppings boards are set parallel with the yards, and a partition separates the two 1 The King and the Doy. An amusing anecdote relating to the King'1! recent stay at llrlghton wrs related last evening by the Rev, Cecil Maunsell, vicar of Thorpe Mills or, to a gathering of his parishioners, who made a presentation to him In celebration of his return from llrlgh ton, where he has been staying for the benefit of his health. , Tho reverend gentleman, who vouched for tho authenticity of tho story, said that a few days ago a boy walked up to his Majesty as he was strolling along the esplanade at Howe and said to him: "Mister, can you toll rae tho time?" "Yes, replied the King, taking out his watch; "It is a quarter to one." Tho boy then informed his Majes ty that he lrid "been waiting two hours to see the biooming King," add ing. "I am not going to wait any long er." "Neither shall I," replied the King, as he resumed his walk. His Majes ty himself, aald Mr. Maunsell, after ward related the Incident with much gusto. London Globe. I I Discovery of Peat Bog In Maine. An analysis of tho strange mixturo which spurted ten ieot in the air wl.cn Henry Ilagan was digging a trench on tho Alonzo Davis place at NoiTidgowook, Me., a few weeks ago tiows that it is the finest peat. So finely separated are the parti cles that tho substance after the wa ter evaporates Ironi it is nearly all carbon. It hardens quickly, and when In this state bums readily. Hawaii wan digging a trench through a pice of low ground when he struck the vein. It spurted into the air with r rush that drove the men from the trench. The substance was so fine that tho men thought it contained oil but the analysis showed this contu sion to the orro eous. About ton urns are in sight, and it is believed ti...t there is a still larger dopo:-'it under tho surface. Those suppositious are borne out by the fact that the stun spouted out like an oil well for a while, indicating that somewhere it is under great pressure from a clay or other deposit. A Good Bargain. "I wish," said a Capitol Hill man recently, "that peddlers would keep away from my house. Somehow or other my wife can't help buying their wares, whether sho needs them or not. All the peddler has to do is to say his article is cheap. When I get home at night I usually find some new stove polish, a new fangled kitch en utensil or something else lying around. Last night my wife had a bottle of something to show me when I entered the house. " 'It's an asthma cure, John,' sho said. " 'Asthma euro?' I repeated with a frown. 'Why, Mary, no one in our family has asthma. Wo don't need that stuff,' " 'But, John, just think how cheap it was,' sho said, it only cost a quar ter. " Denver Post. ! Decapitated Turtle Walks. 1 Arthur iiiomason caught a fine tur tlo ono day last week, cut off its head i and placed it on ice, expecting to havo a fow friends enjoy it with him the i following night. The next day ho i went to tho ice-box after it, but found 1 the croaturo walking aimlessly about. ; He has been back to the Ice-box sov- oral hours dally since, but tho turtle Is livelier than ever. Arthur le op posed to boiling it nllvo and ho foars . tho turtle feast may have to bo post' ' poned Indefinitely. Friends havo In' formed him that n turtle will glvo signs of life six months after It Is de capitated. Liberty (Mo.) Tribune, A Wonderful Rabbit Fence. After five years' work Australia's great transcontinental rabbit-proof fence has been comploted. Its length Is 2,036 miles, and the cost of Its erec tion has been noarly $1,250,000. It Is furnished at Intervals of five miles with systems of traps, In which hun dreds of rabbits are captured and de stroyed dally. Inside the barrier thore appears as yet no trace of their presence. Pity She's No more. There was an old-fashioned woman who would blush if company caught her with less than six different kinds of cake and soven different kinds ot preserves in tho house. If a guest liked coffee for supper, sho thought It was right that sho should havo It, Her pies were always rich, and sho used lots of butter and cream. Sho had never heard of tho dlot cure, and believed In people oating Just what they liked. What u pity It Is that son Isn't alive, so we folkB who are tlrf4 of dieting could go and visit her. houses, so that they may each have a ynid, as shown In illustration. The nest boxes are placed under the dropping boards nnd the straw and litter ,i e kept on the floors of the houses. Of course wo prefer the sopnrate scratching shed, but when something cheap, designed for utility, Is wanted then the above Is most admirably suited. It may bo built any size de sired, and the most will bo much less than that of a separate house and yards. Size of the Eggs. While it is true that small eggs and large eggs all sell alike, yet it is equally true that a basket of largo eges will be tho first to soil, even though they bring no more than the small ones, and It Is also true that the poultryman who can furnish large eggs of uniform size and color will have customers, when those who sup ply a mixed assortment will some times lind that his supply exceeds tho demand. A good way to develop large eggs is by selection of hens. Each year those that conto nearest laying tho kind of eggs wanted should be kept for the next year's breeding yards, and in tills way a flock of fowls that will lay largo eggs may bo obtained, "ho time is surely coming when market men will discriminate against small eggs, and the tooner wo secure a flock which will furnish us tho pre ferred kind, the more cortnln are we to reap the early profits from tho change. How to Improve a 'Flock. It often happens that ono who has heretofore kept only mongrel fowls becomes convinced that lie should keep a puro breed, but tor some rea son he fiuds It inconvenient to secure tho same. The cost in many cases Is too much, and, though ho would like to havo boiler fow!-;. ho feels that he cannot alfoi'd it. In such cases wo would suggest a gradual Improvement, a bulldlug up, as it were, of the mongrels he has. A male h'.vil of souio good breed will give him the first year half breeds, and these mated with a pure breed will tho next year further im prove tho Hock, and so on for a few years, when ho will have a good strain of puro-bred fowls. Begin next year to got on the right road for nrofit, A Change of Food. Fowls not only relish a change of food, even from the. best, but It Is ab solutely necessary that they have It. Continuous feeding of tho same things In the same way will in tlmo become tiresome, and the fowls lose their ap petite. They must have a change oven though wo give them something not so good. It is best to plan for this and ar range tho food so that each day will find a different kind for them. If wo have not enough variety to do this, then wo should prepare those wo have in different ways, so that each kind may be inviting to the fowls. One day we can cook their food, an other day we can feed in somo other way, and so on, giving a change al most every day. Foolish Hens. There are some foolish hens which should never bo allowed to set. They will step on enlckens, smother them, trail them through tall, wet grass, lose them, and do all sorts of silly things. On the other hand, thoro aro natural mothers which may be de pended upon to bring successfully through the ills that chickens aro heir to, a dozen out of every thirteen. To those hens may be entrusted valuablo eggs. Muslin Curtain Front. You have hoard of the muslin cur tain front for poultry houses. Why not try such a covering over at least one of the windows of your poultry house? Tho verdict of those who have tried them Is that tho hens aro healthier and lay better where houses aro so equipped. Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which has been In uso for over 30 years, has foorno tho signature- of and has been inado under his per gonal supervision since- its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" aro but Experiments that trillo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is it3 guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Fcvcrishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation nnd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears tho Signature of St The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STI1CCT. NCIU YORK CITY. H. ('. HANP, I'U'-sinr.vr. W. II. IIOLMK-, Via: l'iu:s. U.S. SALMON, CWsiiiKK W. .1. WAliD, Ass'r Cashier We want yen to iindeistai.d tlie reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY f this Hank. Geese Are Hardy. Geeso are good fowls to raise. Thoy aro hardy, and subject to no particu lar diseases as are turkeys. Old geoso of two or throe years are more profitable than younger ones. There Is two-fold profit to be had from geeso, flash and feathers. Marr R. P. Hatch. SOUNTY SAVINGS B HONE SD ALE, PA., II AS A CAPITAL OF - - - tfluu.uon.uo AND SCKPl.l S AND PROFITS OF - ;?;,:.,oii(i.i)(. 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The way to accumulate money is to save small sums system atically, and with regularity. At ." per cent, compound interest money doubles itself in 25 years and 1U4 days. At (i per cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 327 days. If vou would save "0 cents a duv, in oO years yon would have $47,520. If vou would save $1.00 a day, ut the end of f0 years you S would have $95,042. Begin NOW a Savings Account at the Honesdale Dime Bank THREE PER CENT. INTEREST PAID Money loaned to all Wayne couiiteaus furnish lug bihm! security. Notes discounted. Klrst niort!:iii,'tM)nreal estate taken. Safest and cheap cm way to send money to foruit'ii countries Is hy drafts, to be had ut this hank. 9 8 IIOUSKIIOLI) liAN'rlS Fit KB. 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