THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1909.
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. DAVISON
Rntla.d, Vt
ANCIENT AND MODERN
SEA VOYAGES.
International Bible Lesson for
Oct. 31, '09 (Acts 27: x-a6).
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KEEPS ROADS IN CONDITION.
A sea voyage
Is a memorable
experience. It is
an event to be
anticipated with
roseate dreams,
and to be remem
bered with pleas
urable emotions.
From time im
memorial, the
ocean has been
tho object of the
deepest interest
to the dwellers
on this planet
Lure of the Sea.
Its all-encompassing emDrace, ica
mystery, its calms, Its storms, its reBt
Icss motion, its heaving tides, its eter
nal secrets have allured and baffled
the minds of men. Mythology has
peopled its depths with gods and god
desses; Ignorance and superstition
have made It the abode of entrancing
sirens and seductive mermaids. Art
ists have raved over it, poets have
sung its praises, scientists have writ
ten learnedly of Its value, explorers
have pushed their prows 5nto its bays
and inlets, or droppod their sounding
lines and dredges Into Us fathomless
depths, commerco has whitened Its
bosom with the sails of Us merchant
men, and countless multitudes have
pitched their tents upon its beach in
search of health and vlmr, or, crowd
ed Its floating palaces ot light, which
by day and by night, pint their way
through its healing waters.
The Bible is full of references to
the sea, and some of its most drama
tic incidents relate to that natural
wonder, David, who perhaps never
saw the ocean In a storm, In one of
his Psalms has one of tlie most vivid
descriptions of a nild-o;oan hurricane
that has ever been penned. One of
the books of the Old Testament,
around which the fiercest criticism
has centered, deals with the interrupt
ed voyage of a preacher on the stormy
Mediterranean, and no more accurate
and vivid story of a shipwreck was
ever written than the account, by the
Amanuensis Luke, of the foundering
of the corn ship off the Island of
Mellta, on which the apostle Paul was
being conveyed, a prisoner to Rome.
Up to this, time Paul had been a
land traveler. On foot, he had
tramped all over Asia, with only oc
casional excursions by water on short
trips from shore to shoie, but his ap
peal to Caesar, at his farcical trial
at Caesarea, made It necessary that
he should appear at the capital at
Rome. That meant a long and dan
gerous voyage in the winter season
through a sea, swept by equinoctial
storms, in merchant vessels, and any
and every sort of crazy craft, whose
owners dared or could be persuaded
to take the risk of tempest and break
ers. Ancient and Modern Ships.
In these days of swift ships and
modern improvements u voyage to
Europe is about as pleasant at one
season as another. The accommoda
tions are palatial, every comfort and
luxury of life Is provided, every wish
is gratified, there is instant and con
stant communication with the hemi
spheres ahead and astern, the news of
the world is found at the breakfast
table in a newspaper damp from the
press, and it is only a little matter of
four days and a half from the shore
of America to the shore of Europe,
3,000 miles apart. But Paul had no
such conveniences on his historic
voyage, 2,000 years ago. He was a
prisoner under guard of a Roman
soldier. The fare was of tlie coarsest,
the accommodations were of tho poor
est, herded with the imperial prison
ers from all parts of the empire, be
ing transported to the capital to an
swer for their crimes, i-o considera
tion was shown the man whose name
was destined to endure forever; in
hunger, cold, and weariness this dis
tinguished prisoner tooK his Mediter
ranean voyage from Caesarea to
Rome.
Personal Influence.
And yet before that voyage was
ended, that solitary man, little, and
prematurely old, was providentially
put Into a position, where his person
ality and influence, parmeated and
controlled the whole situation. In
tho midst of a fourteen days' cyclonic
tempest, the captain lost his head, the
sailors were panic-stricken, tho sol
diers wore ready to assassinate their
prisoners, riot and utter absence of
discipline prevailed. At that Junc
ture, when all hope of being saved
had expired in overy breast, this
landlubber, unknown and unsklWed in
sea craft, assumed command of the
ship, put heart into the hopeless, by
his calmness soothed the panic of the
hysterical, and stopped their at
tempts to abandon the passengers,
gave directions about llfe-preserv-
lng methods when the ship struck
the beach and began to go to
pieces under the pounding of the
waves, and by his christian fortitude,
calm trust, cheerful words, sensible
directions, and general, all-around
manhood brought passengers and
:rew all fife to land without tho Iom
jot a soul. -j
It I a 8lmple Arrangement Attached
to a Wheel Cart.
I havo added a very simple arrange
ment to my wheel cart that I use for
moving hives, making It a practical
hive-lifter, says H. R. Boardman, in
Beo Culture. A weight is placed be
tween the handles of the cart In such
a way that It may bo easily removed
to and from the axle. The object of
this weight Is to counterbalance the
weight of the hive. When lifting a
hive I slide the ends of the framework
under the hive cleats in tho usual
A Serviceable HIve-Llfter.
way and then move the weight back
far enough so that It will hold the
hive suspended. In this way the up
per stories can be removed and hold
to one side while tho frames in the
lower story are examined; or the low
er story may be removed entirely, if
necessary, or replaced by another
ono.
For a weight I use an ordinary hive
body in which I put whatever heavy
material I desire. The illustration
shows the trunk-rollers on the under
side of the cleats, so that the weight
may be slid back and forth without
much exertion.
with tnis arrangement 1 can
weigh hives as well as move them.
With my regular scales I weighed dif
ferent hives and marked the position
of the weight on the framework when
a good balance was securnd. In this
way I can get the weights of differ
ent hives accurately enough for gen
eral purposes.
Directions By Which Home-Made
Ditcher Can Be Constructed.
A complete homemade ditch digger
may be made by following the de
scription here given.
The bed piece, Ave and a half inches
long, is cut out of a hard plank two
and a half inches thick, bolted at each
end and In tho middle to prevent split
ting. The rear half is nine inches
wide, and the front half six inches
wide.
The diggers are made of steel bars
two and a half inches wide, three
quarters of an Inch thick and twenty
four inches long. They are fastened
to the plank by a right angle turn and
bolted. The two rear diggers are
held firmly by a rod with nuts inside
and out, the points being spread out
so that the bed piece can easily drop
Into the space when the ditch Is two
feet or more In depth. The front din
ger Is the samo size, but set In the
middle. All are held lirmly by brace
rods and sharpened like the flat end
of a pickax. A wheel Is set under the
front end to steady the movement
and is braced backward. An adjusta
RULE OF THE SEA,
Whaling Law Applied to a Twice-
Caught Cod.
That etiquette is observed among
the fishermen that Journey to the fish
ing was discovered by an utm'eur
angler his first trip tho other day.
The amateur hooked a codfish, but
his line parted just as the fish was
above the water. Back fell the codfish,
carrying with him two sinkers and
the hook.
Twenty minutes later another ang
ler cried out that he had captured a
cod with two sinkers and a hook.
The amateur went up to the angler,
who appeared to be an old salt, and
asked for his hodk and sinkers, which
had his name stamped on them. Ho
was surprised when the old salt told
him to take the flshlso.
Accnrdlne to tho rules Generally fol
lowed on tho fishing boats the second
nnelor wnn untitled to the fish, but
the hooks and sinkers should be re
turned to their owner. The old angler
explained why he wanted to glvo up
the fish.
It seems that he had followed the
sea a great part of his life. When a
young man ho was a whaler, and ac
cording to whaling law, a dead whale
belongs to the ship whoso name ap
pears on tho harpoon that killed It.
Therefore the old salt ligured that the
amateur owned the codfish ne had
taken.
The Parachute.
Tho inventor of the parachute la
unknown. In 1875 an Englishman
named Blanchard constructed a para
chute in which he descended eight
years later, but with such rapidity
that ho camo near being killed. Tho
first person who sucessfully descended
from a balloon In a parachuto waa
Andre Jaques Garderln in 1797.
Health in City and Country.
Despite general belief to tho con
trary, it Ib a fact that, though th
cities show higher death ratea from
disease of the respiratory systom, tho
rural districts have a higher dcatk
rale from ' diseases ot the circulatory
and nervous systems. Typhoid la a
rural rather than an urban disease.
So is anaemia. The latter fact ta
t.nmo nut hv tho TTnttort Rtntog fonwia
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Notes on Bee Culture.
Don't tolerate a leaky cover.
Success does not come without an
effort.
There are no Ironclad rules in bee
keeping.
You should read one or more good
books on bees.
One must be a thinker as well
a worker to succeed with bees.
Think what you are doing and
It right, and you'll succeed.
The new pure food law will
some help to the bee keeper.
The one and one-half story hive for
comb honey is the best hive for one
who is raising comb honey for mar
ket.
All small tools used in the apiary
should have a red string tied to them
so they can be easily found if lost
in tho grass.
The pound foolish, penny wise fel
low does without Improved hives and
fixtures that make work with bee3
more pleasant and profitable. Farm
ers' Home Journal.
The Digger Equipped.
ble draw iron is placed above, through
which the rod may pass at any height
suited to the depth of the ditch.
The handles are also adjustable.
raising them as the digger drops lower.
In hard subsoils ono will save the
cost of this simple device in digging
seventy-five rods of ditch. In our
hardpan sections of the east, which
always need drainage, one does not
feel encouraged to dig ditches with
pick and shovel when more than half
the energy Is required to loosen the
dirt. With this machine the toughest
subsoil when dry handles as rapidly
as loose sand.
Solar Wax Extractor.
I very much doubt whether there is
a better way for the rank and file of
beekeepers to render wab than
by using the sun, or solar, wax
extractor. I believe it will pay
to have a sun wax extractor. If
you do riot care to buy one you can
make one. All that Is necessary Is
to have a box with glass over it, and
you will find that when it stands In
the sun the Inside of the box will be
a very warm place. To melt your
combs, put in the box an old dripping
pan having a hole at one corner, or
having one corner torn entirely open,
and that corner the lowest, with some
kind of a dish set under to catch the
dropping wax.
It is claimed that all the wax can
not be got out of the combs in this
way, but if any person will take off
the glass frame after most of the wax
has run out, and with a trowel, or
something similar, rub down the ref
use, so as to break down the cocoons
that may remain whole, I think he
will have no trouble In securing 90
per cent, of all the wax contained In
any comb, no matter how old or tough
it may be.
Good Roads.
A resolution was adopted at Darden
Pomona Grange asking all the subor
dinate and Pomona Granges to dis
cuss the advisability of having the
State Grange at their next session to
ask the govenftr to include in his call
for a special session a request for a
law permitting ood road districts to
be formed and the property owners of
the district to be allowed to vote a
special tax levy or vote bonds for
good roads In that district.
We belleva that the subordinate
lecturer should have this subject dis
cussed in their Granges. Under tho
present system of building roads by
subscription half of the people pay
their share and the remainder do not.
and receive the same benefits, while
under this system everybody would
pay his share.
A Big 'Gator Skinned.
An alligator considerably over seven
feet In length attracted much atten
tion while lying In front of Fire De
partment Headquarters, where it was
skinned by several colored firemen.
The 'gator was a beautiful specimen
of its kind, with a well-preserved hide
and a beautiful head, according to the
standard by which our alligators are
Judged. The reptile was shot on tho
Hagan plantation, about thirty-six
miles north of Charleston, on the
Cooper River, by Stephen Fraser,
keeper of the Hagan tract, famous for
tho splendid hunting opportunities
which it presents and for its lumber
preserves. The rifle ball which put
an end to tho alligator entered the
skull, and left only a small mark,
which was hardly to be noticed with
out close observation.
The colored firemen who "peeled"
the 'gator took care that the stoaqs
situated near the tall of the animal
were not lost. This portion of the alli
gator anatomy Is considered as an ex
ceptionally choice morsel by colored
people. Charleston News and Courier.
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This vfl.ir rnrn. with a deluore of now mixed naints. A con
dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind
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PAINTS. Their compounds, being new ana neavny auvoruseu,
may find a sale with tlie unwary.
"iSSSESZ ;rrECHILT0N'S MIXED PUNTS
Is JADWIIM'S PHARMACY.
Sawdust for Roads.
Sawdust is utilized in the South for
roadmaking. Two ridges of earth are
thrown up with a road machine at the
required width from each other, and
the space between Is filled with a six
Inch bed of sawdust, which is then
mixed with the dirt. This is said to
make a roadbed on which the tires
of the heaviest loaded vehicles make
no impression. The cost is stated by
the Jacksonville Times-Union to be
about $300 a mile, showing it to be
about the cheapest road material in
use. One or two such roads were con
structed in a South Georgia county
twenty years ago and still In good con
dition, showing its durability.
Industry Full of Details.
Beekeeping Is an industry full of
details the neglect of which will haw
an effect upon tho earnings of the api
ary, and the detail that seems to re
ceive a llttlo moro than its share of
neglect is tho saving of wax. Beeswax
is a verv important product, and in
tho markets of the world It has more
standard value than honey. There
Is no substitute that can take the
place of beeswax in tho many uses to
which it is put in tho industrial arts,
and when we havo a pound of wax
we know there Is moro gold In it to
tho snuare inch than there is in an
equal amount of honey.
To get the most wax from an api
ary, it pays occasionally to scrape
tho frames, honey boards and the In
side of the hives, and when old frames
aro broken up, to bo sure they make
fine kindling wood, but before using
them for that purpose they should be
boiled; there is much wax sticking to
old frames even after they are scrap
ed seemingly clean.
How to Set Fence Posts.
Any timber will last quite well If
set in this way: Dig a square hole
about a foot deep, throwing the dirt
well back. Sharpen the post and
drive well into the bottom, then put
a flat stone against each side and a
chunk against the post, the boards
holding it the other way. This pre
vents their rotting off at the surface
of the ground as they always do.
Automobile an Aid.
Tho automobile has from tho first
been a powerful and persistent advo
cate of better roads. It would be im
possible even to estimate with any
degree of accuracy the responsibility
that should In fairness be given the
motor car for the present revival of
interest in tho movement for im
proved highways.
For Pure Wax.
Any plan by which the wax is kept
In a liquid state for a long time, the
same being perfectly stationary dur
ing this time, and while cooling and
using quite a body of water with the
wax for the dirt to settle into, has
a tendency to separata tho impurities
from the wax and give It a bright yel
low color.
A "Calico" Road.
Des Moines, Iowa, Is to build a
mile of experimental roadway to de
termine the best method of construc
tion. One section will bo of concrete,
another of flag covered with broken
stone, etc. A local newspaper facetl
ously refers to it as a "calico" road
Need Good Foremen.
In macadam work, as In all other
construction work, there should be a
competent foreman or superintendent
in charge.
The Compass.
The Chinese seem to have used the
compass, or us equivalent, ai a very
early date to guide them in their
Journeys across the vast plains of
Tartary. They made little images,
whose arm, moved by a freely bus
Dended magnet, pointed continually
toward the pole. An apparatus of this
kind was presented to ambassadors
from Cochin, China, to guide them
in their homeward Journey, some 1,100
years before our era. The knowledge
thus possessed seems to have graun
ally traveled westward by means ot
the Arabs, though It was fully 2,000
years afterward before it was fairly
applied among the peoples 01 West
ern Europe.
Availability.
A nobleman was once showing
friend a rare collection of precious
stones which he had gathered at
great expense and enormous amount
of labor. "And yet," he said, "they
yield me no income."
His friend replied: "Come with me
and I will show you two stones which
cost me but 5 each, yet they yield
me a considerable income." He took
the owner of the gems to his gristmill
and pointed to two gray millstones
which were always busy grinding out
grist.
The Llama's Load.
When the llama Is too heavily
loaded, about 125 pounds, the wise
beast lies down right then and there
and goes on a strike ana refuses to
budge a peg despite any amount of
coaxing, beating or swearing actual
ly knows the weight his burden should
be almost to an ounce, or that's what
they all say in the Andes. Most men
know when they are overloaded, but
they are afraid to He down.
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There are reasons for the pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS:
1st No one can mix abetter mixed paint.
2d Tho painters declare that it works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
3d Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his
own expense, every surface painted with Chilton Paint that
proves defective.
4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to others.
We Pay the Freight
No charge for packing tills chair
It is sold for CASH
at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE
at $4.50 each
Macaroni.
The word Is derived from the Mac
aroni Club, instituted by a set
flashy men who had traveled In Italy,
and Introduced Italian "Maccheront
at Almack's table. The Macaronis
were the most exquisite fops that over
disgraced the name of man vicious,
Insolent, gamblers, drunkards, duel
lers; about 773 the curse of the Vaux
hall Gardens.
Pity the Poor Horse Fly.
Every purchaser of a motor car dis
courages tho life of the horse fly.
Some sort of a bug or fly will have to
be invented to bite autos and mako
them stamp, switch their tails, and
kick up. We don't know what effect
a cinder beetle would havo on autos.
The question is referred to Judge
Adna P. Gristlebone for an expert
opinion. Ossawatomie (Kail.) Globe.
Henry Snyder & Son.
602 & 604 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Pa.
PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR
Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Lambs, Calves and Live Stock.
Apples in Season
A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMER.
Old Phone 588 B
New Phono 1123
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Less Need of Railroads.
If our country roada were what they
should be what they are in Eng
land there would he much less need
of railroad oxtgmflon. . .
Martyrs to Science.
At Lisbon, during the plague, Dr.
Camara Pestana was infected whilo
searching for plague in a person sup
posed to have died of pneumonia. It
was plague; and the intrepid searcher
died also. He wrote down hlB hor
rible symptoms to the very end, for
the benefit of medical science.
Victim's Wall.
It's all right for a woman to save
time, but making cherry pies with tho
stones in 'em is a poor way to do it
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