TKB OIXDODN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 99, 1909. Remedy For Fleas. "The beat remedy for fleas In a house," Bays Stato Zoologist H. A. Surface, In reply to a number of let ters seeking information on the sub ject, "is fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, the same as for all other household pests. This will, of course, destroy flies, roaches, etc., as well as the fiens. This, however, must be done with considerable care, because th) gas Is deadly, and besides, rather Expensive. One of the simple and less expensive but slower methods of ridding a house of fleas Is to do It by means of sticky fly paper. If the fly paper Is placed hmiAfith chairs, tables and stands where It will not be in the way of anyone walking, it will be all right. I should warn you, however, that If a cat happened to get on such a pa per, It would cause a lively time and quite a mussed-up animal. It has been said that if pieces of meat that are lean are placed in the middle of the floor the fleas will Jump toward them. However, the Janitor of a certain seminary cleaned the parlors of fleas by wrapping sticky fly paper around hlsrubber boots with the sticky side outwards, and walking slowly through the rooms. "The nature of the flea Is to Jump toward, instead of away from, a moving object. Perhaps the draw ing of paper slowly across the car Det a number of times would kill many of them. The chief thing is to remove tho fundamental cause of the plague of fleas, which Is gener ally due to Infested cats or dogs. Have the animals sleep on a cloth or carpet in a box outdoors, and at least every other morning remove the carpet and beat It on the ground some distance from the house. Tho larva of the flea lives in dust and all cracks should bo thoroughly cleaned and washed with a four per cent, creolin in water: or. in other words, a solution of water and creo lin, containing one part of creolin in twenty-five parts of water, and then the cracks should be lined witli a mixture of melted bees wax and resin. "If carpets are discarded and rugs used instead, it will help to get rid of both ileas and carpet beetles. Tho rugs or carpets should be taken out freauently and the floor scrubbed with the creolin solution." Getting Hid of Weeds. Among the hundreds of specimens of pests and infested plants received bv Professor H. A. Surface, State Zoologist, at his offlce In Harris burg, in regard to which Information is wanted, weeds of various kinds occasionally loom up. A box of weeds came the other day from War ren county. The sender wrote: "Enclosed find a specimen of new kind of weed which made its first appearance In my sheep pasture last year. It has a desire to spread ranidly and this year I found it in three different places on my farm It looks very much like a potato vine; blossoms like the potato, bears seed-balls also, and grows about as high, but it does not produce tubers, My sheep will not eat it. How can I get rid of it." Professor Surface's reply covered the eeneral subject of weeds. His explanation was as follows: "The weed which you sent to us for identification is the one common ly known as the Horse Nettle, the scientific name being Solanum Caro linense. It is, as you have noted closely related to the potato, and in fact, belongs to the same genus of plants. Theoretically, where it thrives tho potato, tomato and other plants of its family should also grow well. It is quite a pest because its sharp spines make it possible for it to usurp the space near it, and cat tie will not pasture where they must brush against it. Also, it produces many fine seeds which come up In great numbers. It gets so dense that it covers the ground to the ex elusion of all other forms of vegeta tion. I have been informed that in some parts of Maryland entire farms have been abandoned because of this weed pest. "While the subject of weeds doeB not belong to the office of the Econo mlc Zoologist, yet we can ten you that there is no magic metaod of destroying such pests. The best thing to do is to put the ground Into some crop that can be cultivated and hoed for two years, and keep tho weeds down as soon as the green parts appear above the ground Avoid dragging the roots or any fragments of the weeds by means of cultivators, plows or harrows. Above all else, be sure to prevent such pests as weeds from going to seed. Even if It be not possible to cultivate the ground and keep them rooted out they should be cut off two or three times per year Just before they bloom, or not later than the time when they first come into full bloom Pulling the weeds by hand when the ground Is soft, as after a rain, and burning them is also advisable. Of course this can be done by having something like buckskin gloves on the hands. "These directions also apply to the destruction of all such weeds as it must be said that the popular be lief that one can spray for all kinds of weed pests and kill the weeds and not hurt tho other plants 1b an error. Spraying for weeds in general is not to be recommended, although In a few cases, such as destroying the wild mustard in oats in the early spring, It will be found that a strong solution of sulfate of Iron will prove effective." PERFECT RACE TO BE OF Dr. Schutz Expects to Produce Ideal Human Being Through Their Intermarriage BABIES FOR A NOVEL TEST Physician Has American Children and Little Mexicans, Portugueses, Jap anese and IndlanB, and Hopes to Ob tain Healthy Australians. Los Angeles, Cal. Dr. M. A. Schutz, philanthropist and founder of tho Long Beach International Baby Farm, has purchased five acres of land on Signal Hill, in Long Beach, for the enlargement of his scheme. On this site he will soon begin the construc tion of the buildings which are to be a part of the great school which he Is to attempt to build up. He now has American babies, little Mexicans, Portuguese, Japanese and Indians, and hopes to obtain healthy specimens of Australian and FIJI Isl anders. These he will train mentally, morally and physically and then try his theory of intermarriage. For more than three years Dr. Schutz has been gradually gaining ground in his work, and now has a family of six children, five of whom are of different nationality. A Corean, an Indian, a Mexican find a Scandina vian are among the number, and his own two children, Russian-Americans, complete the colony. With this foundation the physician hopes to build up a new race of peo ple which he predicts will be the high est type of human beings. He will attempt to Intermarry the orphans which come under his domain, al though he positively insists that he will not force them to marry. Nothing In his colony Is to bo done by force. The children will be taught by expert teachers and given a good education. Attention is to be paid to the diet of the children and the "coarso meats" which tend toward Increasing abnor mal animalism in the human race will be done away with. These children will be raised as vegetarians. The Golden Rule shall be the law of this colony of orphans Is the plan. Money will not be used at the farm nor will such a thing as competition be taught. That competition is '.he source of all selfishness of to-day the founder believes. Dr. Schultz Is scholarly and since his arrival In Long Beach fourteen years ago has accumulated considera ble wealth. He is looked upon as a good business man. Signal Hill site, which he pur chased, is ideally located for such an institution as the founder expects to establish. It overlooks the city of Long Beach and the ocean, with the harbor of Los Angeles in the dis tance. ATE HIS OWN CHILD. Starving Esquimau, Driven Mad Hunger, Became a Cannibal. St. John's, N. F. Tragedy In by the Icy waters of the Far North formed the burden of the news brought to this port by the Hudson's Bay Com pany's steamer Adventure, which ar rived with the crew of the lost Dun dee whaler Paradox. The Canadian mounted police re ported an act of cannibalism. An Esqui- mau, whose hunting and fishing had been a failure, driven mad by starva- tion, killed one of his children and then ate his victim. When the man's neighbors learned of the deed they attacked him, according to the prlml tlve law of their race. The outcast fled the shelter of his igloo and beat off all assaults, shooting down several of the attacking party and escaping into the ley wilderness. SCORE SIX TO NOTHING. Grace Chapman, Married Half a Do en Times, Never Divorced. Kansas City Grace E. Chapman pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy in Justice Miller's court at her pre liminary trial here. "Yes. I'm Kuilty." she testified. "I've had six husbands and I'm sick of ma- trimony. Most of the men I married were farmers. I would live with them until I got tired of them and then I'd leave. They were so tiresome. "Were you ever divorced?" "Not that I know of," Mrs. Chap- man replied. SLAYS HIS GIRL CAPTIVE. -Young Piute, 8ought by Posse, to His List of Crimes. Adds Riverside, Cal Wild Boy, a young Pluto Indian, who has been pursued for several days across the desert by a posse, has added to his crimes by murderine the eighteen-year-old In dian girl he was carrying with him in his flight after having slain her father. The body of the girl was found far out on the desert. DIED SOME YEARS AGO. Human Skeleton Found In Lower Mid dle Post Tertiary Stratum Paris. A fossil human Skeleton has been discovered at Ferrassle, De partment of Dordogno, In tho stratum of tho lower middle post tertiary per iod, which dates back at least 20,000 years. Thin Is tho second discovery of tho kinjl.ln. Fiance within a year. BRED ORPHANS lTge" taI"! "LaT """" ui- imeresi to Women Tfaa Rettful Borne Arraagaaaata of Antique and Furnitixra Should Harmonlzo ia Line F. A. Parson's n . w IIW n napon on noma views- hwhiuh' A Liho" Type An Entertainer. People go to the museum to be sur prised, entertained, or instructed, but in the home they expect to And rest, recuperation and quiet, and theso things are the result of harmony. Nearly every one has at least some rudimentary notions of the laws gov erning color harmony, but harmony in lino is probably less understood, though it is quite as Important in the furnishing of the home. The lines to be used In the ornaments, furniture and picture frames of a room should be decided by its structural features. The straight line structure Is tho sim plest of all, the straight line being monotonous and not calling attention to Itself. Therefore, that arrangement of a room In which all the lines are straight, being either horizontal or vertical, conforming to the structure of the room Itself, Is the simplest, plainest and least distracting possible, though such extreme simplicity is sel dom desired. Curved lines, on the contrary, attract attention, some more forcibly than others, but most Intri cate of all designs are those in which both straight and curved lines are employed or into which various types of curves enter, and these occasion great mental alertness and a conse quent strain on the nerves. In an interview on "The Restful Ar rnncement of Rooms." reported in 'Good Housekeeping." Frank Alvan Parsons, director of the New York Art School, tells how to obtain lino harmony in rooms of different forms. An understanding of tni3 subject, he says, would help to correct the view that any antique Is beautiful in any room, which so often makes the home like a museum. Not only is it neces sary to consider the lines In tho arti cles of furniture that are to be as sembled together, but there should be among them a general harmony In thickness, heaviness, weight and amount of ornamentation, so that no one piece shall seem too plain or too highly decorated. If patterns appear on the walls or floor coverings their forms and comparative sizes should be harmonious throughout the room. For Instance, a small, conventional, half obscure pattern on a curtain must not go with a rugged, clumsy, cloarlv defined pattern in a rug. The principle of balance must also be con sldored, and articles of equal weight should be placed at opposite extreml ties of the room. When the materials a of dissimilar sizes the balance may do estamisnea Dy moving iuo heavy articles toward the centre. If a piano Is placed in one corner of the room it will feel as If it were tilted unless something: equally strong in size and color Is in the opposite cor ner. If there Is no such article the onlv remedy is to put the piano in the middle of the room. Dreary-day Cheer. Emma Winston is my "dreary-day cheer," smiled Mrs. Long to a lady friend as a bright-faced young girl passed through the hall, with a cheery "Good-bye." "How is that?" asked the friend. "Why, her eyes are too weak for her to attend school, nd so I see a great deal of her. They live next door, you know. She delights ln do ing favors I think. Just as sure as the weather Is bad and it Is an effort to keep off the depression bad weath er usually brings, Emma will bob up like a blessed ray of suushine. She'll amuse the baby, or get the children off ln the kitchen, start a Are, and soon have a pot of candy boiling, and a happy crowd of youngsters around her. She's so thoughtful too. She makes the children think it's fun to clean up; so the kitchen is always left in order. If my head aches, she seems too glad to come ln and watch dinner or make up the rolls for me. Her mother says she Is the same lit tle bit of Joy and comfort at home, and everybody on the place depends on her." E. B. Crawford, in Kind Words. Jilts Fourteen, Keeps Rings. Fourteen broken engagements led to the arrest of a young woman in Lelpsic the other day. A detective became suspicious when he saw her looking in the window of a pawnbrok er's shop with fourteen diamond rings on her fingers. He took her despite tearful protests to a police station, and there she told sho had a ring from each of fourteen jilted fiances The story sounded so improbable that the police held the girl until they made an investigation. They rounded up all the hapless wooers, and when each one had told the sime story, of buying an engagement ring only to be cast aside, the young woman was released. Women's Work and Infant Mortality, In eight industrial towns, where the proportion of married women of child-bearing age at work in tho fac tories was 43 per cent, the Infant mortality rate for ten years averaged 182 per 1,000. In eight industrial towns of a different typo, where the proportion of married women at work was only 3 per cent., the Infant mor tality was only 160 per 1.000. The ex cessive rate ln the first group Is not due to bad wages nor to bad condi tions, but to tho absenco of tho mother. Time to intervene. A Newark newspaper prints tho following nmuslng little story: While on his way homo one night recontly a small boy rushed up to Policeman John Eckerllne, of the First Precinct, and, in great excitement, said: "Hoy, officer, my father and an other man have been a flghtln' around the corner for the last hour." "Well, why didn't you call an officer sooner?" asked Eckerllne, as ho ac companied his guide to the scene of the combat. "Why," said tho precocious young ster, "paw was gettln' the best of It up to a few minutes ago, but de other guy has got his second wind now, an' he's wlpln' de street, wld the old man." Prevaricating Figures. Those to whom the mathematical mind has not been given will appre ciate tho fun an Irishwoman. Mrs. Ln Toucho, of Harrlstown, has with num bers in "Tho Letters of a Noblo Woman." 'I do hate Bums," Mrs. La Touche confesses to a friend. "There is no greater mistake than to call arithme tic an exact science. There are per mutations and aberrations discernible to minds entirely noble, like mine; subtle variations which ordinary ac countants fall to discern; hidden laws of numbers which it requires a mind like mine to perceive. "For instance, if you add a sum from the bottom up, and then begin from the top down, the result is al ways different." caustic. "I have adopted a new motto for my life," sighed the man who resided with his mother-in-law. "What is It?" they inquired. "Everything If relative." Director of the United States logical Survey. Geo- BLACK CUPID STIRS EMPIRE. German Government is Trying to Save Silly Girls. Berlin, Germany. Under the title "A Warning to German Parents and Teachers," the official Norddeutsche Allegemelne Zeltung published an article, which has been reproduced by tho whole German press, upon young German girls of good family who have been in the habit of writing to negroes in the German African colonies. The official investigations show that edu cated blacks visited Germany and while here entered into more or less tender relationships with morbidly disposed damsels, the acquaintance being kept up by letter after their re turn home. Then one day a dusky swain would receive word from his white admirer that she had a friend who would also gladly conduct similar correspondence with a black gentle man, and so after a similar exchange of sentimentalities the letter writing would spread from one couple to an other with great rapidity. The newspapers report that many of these girls sent photographs which the blacks put upon the walls of their cabins by the side of pictures of na tive damsels. The press argues that this correspondence passing between white girls and black men is likely to have a bad influence on the labors of the colonial officials In their instruc tions to the aborgines. An appeal is made to teachers and parents to use all their lnfluense to stop the per nicious practice. AIR LINE TO THE POLE. Zeppelin Exploration Society Will Send Out Scouts in 1910. Berlin, Germany. At a meeting of the Zeppelin Polar Expedition Socie ty, over which Prince Henry presided, It was decided to send a preliminary expedition to examine the polar region in all directions. The expedition will start in the summer of 1910 for Spltzbergen, from which point small parties will be sent out to report on what arrangements are necessary with a view to explora tion of that region by a specially con structed airship, which according to the present plans will be ready early In 1911. Good Fellow, the Constitution. New Brunswick, N. J. An Italian applying for naturalization bofore Judge Adrian in the Common Pleas Court here was asked: "Do you know tho Constitution?" "Yes," ho said. "What do you think of It?" "Oh I ho ver' good fella." His application wan refused, BMgBMsHMHNHaaiaiHI1EaaaB",Ma,BIiasBBKII,a GIGANTIC SHIPPING COMBINE. Shipowners' Federations of Eight Na tion Represented In It. London, Oct. 20. A gigantic Interna tional federation of shipowners has Just been formed here by delegates from the shipowners' federations of Groat Britain, Germany, France, Hol land, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, representing more than 10, 000,000 tons of shipping. - This international federation Is in tended to embrace ultimately all ship owners' federations of the world. It is "designed to resist unreasona ble attacks which may be made by trades unions and others upon tho shipowners' freedom of contract ln the employment of labor." Operations will be conducted from a chief office ln London by a general council composed of representatives of the affiliated federations. TEXAS THREATENS JERSEY. Wants For $10 What Texas Would Tax Jersey $17,000 For. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 20. The Texas company, an oil concern Incorporated In the state of Texas and having a capital stock of $12,000,000, has served notice upon the secretary of state that application will be made to the su preme court next week for n peremp tory writ of mandamus compelling him to Issue the company a license to transact business in this state upon puyment of the usual feo of $10. Under the retaliatory provision of the general corporation law the sec retary of state Insisted that tho fee should be $17,000, that being the amount which would bo charged a New Jersey company with a like cap- ltal stock for authority to do business ln Texas. BAPTIST PASTOR DIVORCED. Wife of Rev. C. E. Bonham Obtains Decree on Statutory Grounds. Newburg, N. Y., Oct. 20. The Rev. Charles E. Bonham, a Baptist clergy man, has been divorced by his wife, Clara M. Bonham, the decree beln granted ou statutory grounds by Jus tice Tompkins of the supreme court. Mr. Bonham came here from the Black River Baptist association about live years ago and became pastor of the People's church. While here lie was married. About three years ago ho started a new Baptist church at Waldon. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Rochester and the Rochester Theological seminary. He is n man of lino presence, and his actions have been a great surprise to his friends and parishioners. LAST DAY OF LOW DUTIES. French Custom Houses Will Be Open For American Entries Next Sunday. Paris, Oct. 20. French custom houses will remain open for the clear ing of American Imports next Sunday, Oct. 31. This is the last day on which goods may be brought into France under the old commercial agreement, which be comes obsolete under the operations of the Payne-Aldrich tariff la FOREIGN RAILWAY PLATFORMS. As a Rule Only Passengers Are Al- lowed on Them. It is much harder for non-travelers to get onto the platform of a railway station In England than It Is in this country. Even at the small stations one cannot pass freely from the wait ing room to the platform. The same restriction is practiced on the Conti nent Some of the British railways aro now considering the advisability of issuing platform tickets, says the Queen. Such a system is followed in Germany, where the friends of trav elers can procure these tickets for about two cents each from an auto matic machine. So far the idea is not regarded with favor in England, Plunge Cures Deaf Mute. Miss Bernlce Pooler, a visitor at Los Angeles from Philadelphia and a deaf mute since childhood, regained her speech and hearing the other day, following an involuntary plunge In the Pacific Ocean at Balboa Beach. How ever, she lost a pair of gold combs and a diamond pin and ruined her gown. She says it was worth It Miss Pooler lost her speech and hearing by falling into n lake ln Pennsylvania when she was an Infant, 19 years igo. "It was a Jolly good wetting," she said. "My poor gown is wrecked, but I am not complaining; I am the hap piest girl ln the world. I am also the most talkative, probably; but do you blame me? Wouldn't you talk till your tongue was tired if you were me?" Prlvlleae of English Husband. A wife who complained at the Marylebone police court in London the other day that her husband used abusive lanKuase to her, was informed by Mr. Plowden that this was one of a husband's privileges. "You must put up with It," the mag- tiitrato told her. "Better an abusive husband than no husband at all." "But I have had so many years of this kind of thing." she protested. "I cannot glvo you any redress," Mr. Plowden replied. "You must ex pect a certain amount of abuse in this world." Long-Spitting Range. A llama looks as innocent as an of ficer man In tho Salvation Army. He chows no tobacco, but he can spit Into a man's eye twelve feet away and never touch an eyelash, and oh, how it stinks and stings. Little boy, don't tease, tho. llama In .the Zoo I 'ItOFESSIONAI, CARDS.; , Attorncva-at-Lnw. TT WILSON, S- JLL. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. OfTlrn. Mfiftnnln building, second floor Honesdale. Pa. WM. H. LEE, ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW. Office over cost office. All leenl hnnlnnun promptly niienucu to, Honesdale, Pa. EC. MUMFORD, . ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW, Office Liberty Hall building, opposite the Post Office, Honesdale, Pa. HOMER GREENE, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office over Keif's Btore, Honesdale Pa. AT. SEARLE. . ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW. Office near Court House Honesdale. Pa. 0L. ROWLAND, WW.. . ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW. Office ver Post Office. Honesdale, Pa, CHARLES A. McCARTY, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Sneclal and nromnt nttontlnn i-lvpn in i hn collection of claims. Offico over Kelt's new store, Honesdale, Pa. F. KIMBLE, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Office over the post office' Honesdale, Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, Office in the Court House, Honesdale, Pa. HERMAN HARMES, ATTORNEY COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Patents and pensions secured, Offlce In the Schucrholz bulldlne Honesdale, Pa. PETER H. ILOFF, ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Offico Second floor old Savlncs Brik bulldlnc, Honesdale. Pa. M. SALMON, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Olllre Next door totiost cilice, l-'ormprl occupied bv V.lI..DImmick. Honesdale, Pa Dentists. DR. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST. Office First floor, old Savlnes Bank build ins, llouesdule. Pa. Dr. C. K. BRADY. Dk.ntist. Honesdale. Pa. Office Hours 8 a. m. to 5 p. m Any evening by appointment. Citizens' i)lione(; Residence. No.fiG-X Physicians. D R. II. B. SEARLES.'I HONESDALE, PA.M Ofllco and residence 1019 Court street deplumes. Olllco llourb 2:00 to 4:00 and 00 lo b:00. v. in Livery. IVEKY. Fred. G. Rickard has re I moved his livery establishment from corner Church street to Whitney's Stone Barn. ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl JO PH N. WELCH Fi Insurance The OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency in Wayne County. Office: Second floor Masonic Build ing, over U. (J. Jadwin's i drugl store, Honesdale. For New LatejNovelties -IN JEWELRY . SILVERWARE WATCHES Try SPENCER, The Jeweler "Guaranteed articles only sold." If you don't insure wit us, we both lose. 1TB k III General Insurance White Mills Pa. O. G. WEAVER, Graduate Optician, 1127X Main St., HONESDALE.
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