THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1000. GATE NEVER SAGS. Essential That Can Be Cheaply Con structed and Keeps In Repair. In order to build a gate that will never sag and requires very llttlo re pairing countersink two pieces and pin them together. Then set up two 2x4 pieces two feet higher than tho gate so it can bo raised in winter. l Wire-Covered Gate That Balances. Mortise and set in between the cross pieces, which are 12 Inches apart, the board, A, and fasten a cap to the top of the frame. The gate Is 16 feet long, 12 feet being for the gateway and four feet for the weights to bal ance It. Tho frame is 2x4's. Cover the 4-foot end with boards and fill with enough stones to balanco It when hung. Cover Uio gate with wire fenc ing and hang by a chain. Put a bolt through tho lower part of the frame Into tho crosspicce, A. For the Amateur. It is well to cultivate as soon as possible following a shower, for the rain packs tho earth hard, and rapid evaporation of tho moisture results. In thinning flowers and vegetables, do tho work thoroughly. H may seem almost cruel, but the results will Justi fy the action. If you have any wood ashes and soot, apply tho former to the fruit trees and the soot to tho rose bushes. Keep tho suckers pinched from fruit and ornamental trees; never let them grow over an inch. The new strawberry bed should bo thoroughly cultivated and free from weeks. It Is a good plan for tho amateur to prune his shrubs as soon as they have bloomed. Remove all dead wood and the branches that have just borne flowers. The new wood will bear next season's blosoms. Sand on Clay Subsoil. If the sand Is to bo placed upon a clay subsoil, the clay surface should be plowed and harrowed to a depth of about four Inches and then covered with six or eight inches of sand. Upon the completion of the mixing and pud dling the road should bo shaped while It is still soft enough to be properly finished with a scraper, and at tho same time stiff enough to pack well under the roller or under the action of traffic. Transplanting Rhubarb. Rhubarb can be transplanted in tho fall, although tho best time to do this work Is in tho spring. Plow the ground thoroughly, then plow deep furrows four feet apart, and put ma nuro in the furows, placing the cut tings from the old roots upon tho ma nure about 30 Inches apart A one horse plow can be used In filling the trench and ridging over. Rhubarb thus planted will be ready for cutting a year from the following spring. As Good As a Bank. The woodlot is almost as good as a bank to draw upon in winter when cash income is scarce on most farms. It offers good wages for men and teams, and something besides for skil ful marketing of the product. With careful cutting, some wood and lum ber may be taken off every year. Prune Carefully. Do not prune such plants as lilacs In early spring. Their flower buds wero formed last season, and to prune them now would bo to destroy the spring crop of flowers. All early flowering shrubs should bo allowed to bloom before pruning. When to Prune Roses. Roses can be pruned as soon as you are able to tell which branches have come through tho winter in best condition. It is well to cut away all weak wood, and to thin out the old growth. Also, to shorten mo3t of the branches at least a third. Tho hired man has rights. Try to glvo him a squaro deal and he will appreciate It and generally do the squaro thing by you. Clean up tho garden plot and burn up all the rubbish. This' will make tho place look more tidy and will de stroy a host of insect pests and weed seeds. Pluck off tho smut balls from the corn and burn them. Corn smut spreads rapidly If tho smut-balls are tnrown on tho manure pile and the manure spread on corn-fields. 'Never throw a smut-ball on tho manure pile. Cement floors in tho hog pen are good if covered with plenty of good bedding. Rye pasture Is good for bogs, snambar ibiu next scmecm. Re- ll Comment: Of Interest to Women Readers CLOTH MARKER. Moves on Wheels, Assuring Graceful Curves When Marking. Tailors have no satisfactory devico for marking cloth. Tho usual custom Is to employ a piece of flat chalk, us ing tho edges of tho preliminary paper pattern as a guide, producing very poor marks on tho cloth. When tho lines are straight a rule Is employed, it being posslblo In this way to make intelligible marks. A novel contri vance, far superior for tho purpose, has been designed and patented by a Cincinnati tailor. It Is shown In tho accompanying illustration. Tho chalk Is clamped to a graduated strip, one end of which is attached to n wheel. In using the device tho wheel follows tho outline of the pattern. Tho chalk thus follows the same outline, mark ing an outline the desired distance. In this way the pattern can be ac curately enlarged In proportion. Tho user is also assured of marking tho curves gracefully. Chalk of any color can be Inserted in the marker. Novel Uses For The Chaflng-DIsh. Tho housekeeper who uses her chaf ing-dish only for tho purposo for which it was originally intended Is not making the most of her opportuni ties, for there are several other ways in which it may advantageously ap pear on tho family table, says Tho Delineator. Especially is this true where the table equipment is nono too ample. If, for instance, the table service docs not boast a soup tureen. the ingenious housekeeper has oi 'y to discard the entire chafing-dish t with the exception of tho hot-w: 3r pan and the cover. The upper p; a, usually designated the "blazer," is set aside with tho rest, and the cov er put directly on the hot-water pan. This improvised soup tureen may bo placed on tho small circular tray which usually comes in connection with the chaflng-dlsh set, and, with the addition of a soup ladle, the out fit Is complete. If the housekeeper lacks an attrac tive baklng-dlsh for vegetables, maca roni, oysters or the hundred and one au gratin dishes now so popular, and which should be served direct from the dish In which they are baked, she has but to take the hot-water pan belonging to her chaflng-dlsh to any houscfurnlshlng shop and have lit Into it either a granlteware baklng-dlsh or one of fireproof earthenware. This inside dish should be so carefully chosen as to size that it will fit inside tho hot-water pan closely and come just a llttlo below tlu metal rim. A careful and patient .earch for just the particular size Is sure to be re warded. However, If there is any space between the two dishes when one Is set inside the other, it may easily and prettily be concealed by a garnish of parsley or by a frilling of white tissue-paper long enough to go around the inner dish. The hot-water pan as a receptacle also applies to the baking of puddings and other hot desserts which are to bo served direct from the oven. Myonnlse Dressing with Oil. Put tho yolks of four fresh raw eggs, with two hard-boiled ones, into a cold bowl. Rub these as smooth as possible before introducing the oil; a good measure of oil is a tablespoon to each yolk of raw egg. All the art consists in introducing tho oil by de grees, a few drops at a time. You can never make a good salad without taking plenty of time. When the oil is well mixed, and assumes the ap pearance of Jolly, put in two heaping teaspoons of dry table salt, ono of pepper, and ono of made mustard. Never put in salt and peppor before this stage of tho process, because the salt and pepper would coagulate the albumen of tho eggs, and you could not get tho dressing smooth. Two tablespoons of vinegar added gradu ally. The Mayonnaise should be the thickness of thick cream when finish ed, but if it looks liko curdling when mixing It, set in the ice-box, or In a cool place, for about forty minutes or half an hour, then mix ;t again. It is a good idea to place it in a pan of cracked Ice while mixing, It tho weather is warm. Salad dressing should bo kept in a separate bowl in a cold place, and not mixed with tho salad until tho moment it is to be served! Queen Goes Hatless. Queen Holena of Italy and most ot tho ladles of her court do not wear hats of any description, but Instead have adopted a sort of light mantilla tn wrmr fn TUihllo. J - READY FOR THE BOARDER. Dignified College President Tells a Joke at His Expense. The dignified president of a well known nnd flourishing New England college, In his moments of relaxation, tells the following story at his own expense: One summer some years ago ho spent a vacation of several weeks at a farmhouse In a Maine town. The next season he received a letter from his former boarding mistress inquir ing If he would like to return. In reply he stated that he would bo very glad to pass another summer va cation with her, provided some need ed changes were mado about tho place. "First," wrote tho college president, "your maid Mary Is persona non gra ta, being anything but neat and order ly in her ways, and if she is still with you I trust you will at least not allow her to wait on tho table. "Secondly, I would suggest that tho sanitary conditions on your placo would be greatly Improved if tho pig sty were moved back a few rods fur ther from tho house or gono away with altogether. "I will wait until I hear from you before deciding about coming." Tho somewhat particular college president was reassured by tho receipt of the following reply: "Mary has went We hain't had no hogs on tho place since you was hero last summer. Bo sure and come." SHAKESPEARE UP TO DATE. King Richard III A spark plug, a spark plug, my kingdom for a sparlt plug! One on the Man of Method. "Don't wait for me," he said to hia better half. ."I may be rather late, but 'business is business,' you know, and can't bo helped." The next morning the man of meth od was far from cither looking well or feeling well. At breakfast ho sat toy ing listlessly with his toast and coffee, while his spouse sat stonily silent be hind the coffee pot. Tho breakfast room clock was equally silent "Maria, my dear, there must ba something wrong with that clock. I am sure I wound it up last night," ro- marked the husband. "No," answered his wife. "You wound up Freddy's music box instead, and had it nlaylng 'Home, Sweet Home.' at 3 o'clock ii. tho morning! The hall clock has also stopped, and you have screwed your corkscrew right into the telephone!" A New Version of It. Robert, the small son of Mr. Brant, has lately acquired a stepmother. Hoping to win his affection, this new parent has been very lenient with him, while his father, feeling his responsi bility, has been unusually strict The boys of the neigliDorhood, who had taken pains to warn Robert of the terrible characters of stepmothers in general, recently waited on him in n body, and the following conversation was overheard: "How do you like your stepmother, Bob?" "Like her! Why, fellers, I just lovo her. All I wish is I had a stepfather. too." A Great Scholar. Tho new minister in a Georgian church was delivering his first sermon. Tho darkey janitor was a critical list ener from a back corner of the church. Tho minister's sermon was eloquent, and his prayers seemed to cover tho wholo category of human wants. After the services one of tho dea cons asked the old darkey what ho thoucht of tho new minister. "Don't you think ho offers up good prayer, Joo?" "Ah mos' suhtalnly does, boss. Why, dat man axed do good Lord fof things dat do odder preacher didn't even know He had!" An Analogous Case. A short time ago an old lady went on board Nelson's flagship, tho Vic tory. Tho different objects of interest were duly shown her, and on reaching tho spot where tho great naval hero was rounded (which is marked by J raised plate) tho officer remarked "Hero Nelson fell." "And no wonder!" exclaimed tho old lady; "I nearly foil there mysolt" How to Tell a Bad Egg. "What's tho best way to tell a bad egg?" "I don't know, but I would suggest that if you have anything really im portant to tell a bad egg, why brnals it gently." Circumstances Alter Cases. "Would yo beltovo I was standln' nenr a flfty-do.lar bill whin no ono was lookln', an' tho thought av steal In' nlvor entered mo head." "'Pon mo sowl, I would not!" M 'TIs so but 'twaH me own bill" LIVE M LfT irrnv STOCK. IfljjgEISh MAKE WORK EASY. Two Ways of Feeding Grain to a Flock of Sheep. The man who docs tho work of the farm the more easily Is the man who gives it the most intelligent thought and Improves every opportunity to save strength and to take advantage of short cuts. I called on a neighbor lately and saw him feed grain to a flock of forty fattening lambs. He remarked that It was a "picnic." It looked to me more like a "circus." They would climb over one another, crowd between his legs nnd almost lift him to his feet. He made some wry faces, but finally got most of the grain In tho troughs, distributed in uneven bunches that mado a good opportunity for the strongest to get the lion's share. I suggested to him that I could tell him how he could feed those lambs far more easily and with less tax on his patience. He remarked that any suggestions in that line would be gratefully received. In an adjoining yard ran his flock of breeding owes, with ample grain troughs. The ewes had the run of a small orchard adjoining their yard. Here were the finest possible condi tions for easy feeding of the lambs. I snld: "After your ewes get through eating, turn them out of the yard and shut the gate. Now put the grain for the lambs in the ewes' troughs, at your leisure. Open the gate between the two yards and stand back and see those lambs make a grand rush for that grain and then toll me If you don't think it beats the acrobatic performance you have been going through all winter away yon der." E. P. Snyder, Huron County, Ohio. The Value of Green Cut Bone. Variety in food is essential to health with fowls as well as people, and tho hens roaming over a wide area In summer get tho green food with its attendant bulk in the grass and tender leaves of plants, while weed seeds and grains furnish the more concentrated food In addition to the bugs, worms, etc., devoured. Animal food Is a stimulating ele ment in the ration of the fowls nnd in winter must be supplied In a limited way by saving up meat scraps from tho table or the refuse from butcher ing, but tho most satisfactory way to do is to buy a bone cutter and grind up bones, meat and all. A bone cutter is just as neceS' sary on a farm as a corn sheller. feed grinder, or any other machine which is prized by the average farmer and It would scon par for itself in converting waste into money. If the home supply of refuse meat and bones Is exhausted before the needs of the flock are satisfied It will cost but a trifle to get what is needed from the local butcher. The writer made an arrangement to buy a certain number of pounds twice a week from the butcher In the nearest town. As a trip had to be made that often any way in order to ship cream there was no time wasted and those who will try this will be convinced that the added dozens of winter eggs will more than pay for the cost of both butcher stuff and bone cutter the first season, with the advantage of having the machine for many years to come. Mrs. D. O Cornman. Packing the Fleece. One of the best ways to pack the fleece is to lny it upon a table, turn in the head and tall, then the flanks, After this roll it up into a neat roll and tie it firmly, using such a device as here illustrated. The tying box is made from light lumber with slots, as shown, through which the rope is passed. The fleece Simple Fleece Packing Box. is placed upon this rope tsod the roll easily tied. Wool buyers prefer to have the lleece loose, iignt 10 nanuie and elastic and tied up so that it can bo easily opened If needed. Farm and Home. Art, of Breeding. Very many of our farmers get the Idea that all they havo to do is to breed their nondescript mares to the leggy, coarse typo of so-called coach horses being peddled through tho country to get this useful farm horse. I have seen hundreds of colts rom this kind of breeding and must say that not five per cent of them are even fair specimens of tho general purpose horse, whllo fifty per cent, or more are failures from overy point of view. I havo seen much better results where tho coach stallion has been a finer and more compactly built ou, or where a Hackney or American trotter of a compact, smooth, muscular type haB been tho sire. Thcso observations havo Med me to tho conclusion that this latter plan Is tho surest ono to bring somo measure of success In pro ducing tho general-purpose farm horse. Georgo McKerrow, Madison, Win. UNDERFEEDING CHICKENS. Such a Mistake is as Bad If not Worse Than Overfeeding. Underfeeding chickens Is as bad as overfeeding. It is impossible for chickens to lay well without the "corn crib cross." There are years when barns and granaries are full to over flowing and tho chickens become too fat for profit; there are poor years when every ear of corn almost Is counted, every ounce of grain care fully measured, It seems, when there Is very slim picking for the farm chickens on range. The only way to find out whether the chickens are get ting enough feed at night Is to cither offer them more or to feel their crops on the roost. All through the day the hen should scratch for her living, but at night she should go to bed with a full crop. In cold weather there Is better night feed than corn. Coarse ly cracked and thrown Into litter about .three o'clock In tho afternoon the hens have healthy exercise in get ting their supper, and will not be In jured by having a good big one. Tho morning feed, says Wallace's Farmer, should vary, ringing the changes on wheat, oats, barley and any other grains procurable. If practicable to glvo a noon meal let it bo of green food, cabbage, turnips, mangels, any good green food, or lacking roots, keep a poultry netting bag or pocket of clover or alfalfa hay before them. Tile amount of hay chickens will eat Is surprising. Beef scrap, fresh cut bone, milk, cottage cheese or animal food of some kind is essential for the health of the hens and a good egg yield. No poultry breeder would think of omitting good sharp grit, and most successful poultry breeders have como to recognize the importance of char coal as well. We rob ourselves when we overfeed our chickens; we rob the chickens as well as ourselves when we underfeed. Let us give them enough to live on comfortably, whether wo provldo enough to lay eggs on or not. A Profitable Breed. Golden Wyandottes rank among our most profitable breeds of poultry. In general, they are exactly the same as other members of the Wyandotte fam ily, the main difference being in silver laced. They are slightly larger than the silver-head, but in shape, carriage and general characteristics they do not differ in any material point. Their color is a beautiful golden race, evenly distributed on both male and female. They have clean shanks, rose combs and a stately carriage, which attracts attention wherever they are seen. They are good layers, docile and thrifty and are Justly en titled to the place they occupy in the world of poultrydom. Poultry Notes. Though it is well known that poul try need sharp grit, to grind their feed, yet many a flock Is deprived of this necessity. It is time to mate for hatching eggs Don t use a scrub rooster when a good one can be bought for a dollar or two. If the henhouse walls are dripping with sweat and the floor wet and filthy you may expect a sickly lot of fowls. Open up tho doors and windows and lot the fresh, dry air in. Use muslin on a south window opening or two and let the fresh air In all night long You can't get a good hatch unless tho eggs are fertile and very vital Don't blamo tho Incubator for poor hatches if the fault is in the vigor of tho flock. When Uio hens are shut in during bad weather keep them scratching in somo dry straw ov litter. Just a llttlo grain thrown in tho straw will mako them work all day. Flight is as disastrous for a hen as for a cow. Be goutlo around the flock, Raise more chickens this year than over before. Havo some to sell this next summer and fall. Color No Key. Many people beliovc that brown eggs are richer in nutriment than white eggs. A number of Government experiments havo determined conclu slvoly that the color of tho shell Is no key to nutriment, flavor or other quail tics of tho meat of tho egg. There is a decided difference In nutritive ratio and flavor under which fowls are kept, Keep Nests Clean. Look woll to tho nests. During tho rainy season tho hens carry in much mud on tliclr feet, thus soiling tho nests and eggs, and, as a washed egg never looks us fresh or koeps as well as tho others, It pays to keep the noota nlaan ROLL of HONOR Attention is called totne STRENGTH of the Wayne County The FINANCIER of New York City has published a ROLL Oi 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 10th in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wavne County. Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00 Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00 Honesdale. Pa., May 29 100S., Tims Table In Effect June 20th, 1109. SCRANT0N DIVISION io Stations Si 133 11 20ArN.Y.W.4MSt.T.V 8 IS oo Ar....caausiu i.vi 60S 1250 " ...uancocK.... " 13 " ..Starllglit.... " 12 29, " Preston Park " 1210 " ..winvrood... 215 610 625 6 40 6 60 2 30 2 45 2 65 BIG 357 840 " ..Poyntelle... " orson.-... " " Pleasant Mt. " " .. Unlondale.. " " .Forest City. " " CTb'ndaloYd " " .Carbondalo. " " Wlilto Bridge " " .Mayrield Yd. " " ....Jermyn... " " ..Archibald.. " .... Wlnton.... " " ...PeckvlUe. " " Olyphant... " " - .Dickson.., " u ..Tbroop. " " .Providence- " " ..Park Place.. " 6 11 8 21 8 35 8 43 8 0S 8 881 e Boi ll 04 13 59 410 705 7H 718 7 23 418 4 2-1 4 2S 4 SO 434 4 39 7 25 7 39 7 34 7 37 4 4! 4 45 7 401 4 481 7 43 4 51 74M Lt... Bcranton ...At 455 r u 76M P Additional trains leave CarDondaln for Hart field Yard at 6.60 a. m. dally, and 5.88 d m Ca&r except Sunday. Additional trains leave May. field Yard tor Carbondalo 6 38 a m dauy ana IB p. m. dally except Bunday. J. C. Andebsok, 3. E. Welsh, Tramc Manager, Traveling Ajreat, 66 Beaver bu. How York, Scraatojwl ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OP TRAINS Delaware & Hudson R. R. Trains leave at 6:55 a. m., and. 12:25 and 4:30 p. m. Sundays at 11:05 a. m. and 7:15 p. m. Trains arrive at 9:55 a. m 3:15 and 7:31 p. m. Sundays at 10:15 a. m. and 6:50 p. m. Erie It. R. 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