THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24, 1000.
A HEN WATERING PAIL.
Mow It Can Be Made from Old Pall or
Butter Tub.
I send you a sketch of a pall wo
ire using for watering and giving
nilk to chickens, writes a correspond,
mt of Rural New York. They will
tot soli the feed because they dont
taud on the top. Take a candy pall
Good Waterlno-Pall for Fowl.
and put a hoop six Inches from bob
torn of pall; take off the top hoop,
then saw out three five-Inch slota
down near to the hop for the fowls to
reach through. Better then give a
coat of linseed oil, then two coats of
paint, and keep In the shade. Ours
has worked a year and yet looks new,
Fattening Turkeys.
The necessity for having turkeys in
good, plump condition before market
lng, is pretty generally understood
among farmers. But there Is conoid'
erable misunderstanding as to the
way to go about the matter.
Turkeys, if taken aright, are easily
fattened; In fact, easier than most
.other fowls. But one must go at it in
the right way. If turkeys have had
free range all summer, you cannot
fatten them with any satisfaction in
an enclosure. The change will cause
'them to fret and refuse to eat and
Ithus you will lose Instead of gain.
jTeach them to come up every even
;ing at least, and then stuff them with
'all they will 'possible eat You will
;soon find them ranging at short dis
tances only and coming up even be
tween feeding times.
Don't try to fatten the turkeys on
tcorn alone. A close diet of new corn
(often results in bowel troubles.
Gradlng Up Fowls.
The grading up of our common
stock of fowls Is a matter that should
receive more consideration than It
usually gets. Even In instances
where attempts have been made to
acompllsh this object failure has often
resulted by reason of wrong ideas en
jtertalned by the breeder. If you are
;to grade up your flock you must use
jpure bred males of one breed only.
jLittle or no progress can be made by
using pure bred males of moro than
one breed In the same flock. Mixing
of breeds means rapid degeneration.
A scrub is a typical mixed bred anl
mal whether it be bird or beast.
Grade up your flock If you will, but
choose the breed you prefer, and use
males of that breed only. Farmers'
Home Journal.
Too Much Heating Food.
The causes for sickness ' among
fowls can be .traced to lice, filth, no
grit, overfat, sour food, leaky roofs,
lack of exercise, crowded quarters,
cracks in the wall, exposure to hot
suns, cold houses In winter, hot
houses In summer, irregularity in
feeding, not enough bulky food, im
pure drinking water, poorly ventilat
ed houses, exposure to bad weather,
and too much heating food. Indus
trial Hen.
Young Turkeys.
Young turkeys, from the time they
are six weeks old until winter be
gins, will glean their own living If
.they have good range. They are tru
ly the farmer's friend, and keep busy
converting grasshoppers and other in
sects that are injurious to the grow
lng grain, as well as stray grains that
would otherwise bo a loss, into bone,
muscle and fat. Farmers' Home Jour
nal. Means Hard Work.
Many who embark In the poultry
business think It Is but a pastime.
They soon learn, however, that the
raising of poultry, like any other In
dustry, requires skill and persever
ance. To become a good poultry
raiser will take years of experience
and intelligent work. There is good
profit In the business when It is car
ried on by one giving It time and at
tention.
Pure Bred Fowls.
Some think that by crossing pure
bred fowls bettor results can be ob
tained, and they proceod to cross this,
'Vthat the other varieties to suit their
theorizing fancies, and thus the flock
ii degenerated. Careful breeding has
boau carried on for years to bring out
varieties useful for overy known re-
'QUireiXieuu liu uuna in du &wu tw
the pure breed in an its purity.
Parmer's Home Journal.
Abundant and Varied.
It Is well that the roadmaking ma
terials are abundant and varied. For
there are roads enough in the United
States to reach eighty-six times
around the earth at the equator and
nearly all those roads are had. Tha
advocates of good highways irtll find
ample room for their missionary en
terprise for a generation to coma
Rocky Mountain Kawa.
Motes and
Of Interest to Women Readers
FIRELE88 COOKING.
Do not Leave Thing In the Box Too
Long Nor Put Them In
Too Soon.
In tireless cooking there are certain
things to be remembered by the In
experienced cook. One is that If a
dish is left Indefinitely in the cooker
it will sour. Soups, stews, vegetables
and such things must be removed
after twenty-four hours, and lees In
hot weather.
Another thing Is that some foods
require a longer time on the fire be-
foro being put In the cooker than oth
ers do. According to Harper's Bazar,
cereals may take only ten minutes,
and tough meat half an hour; it Is
best to find out something about the
length of time the different things
require before beginning to use the
cooker.
Generally speaking, all Indigestible
things take longer than the rest; oat
meal, beef stew, corned beef and
beans need more time than steamed
puddings, rice and Thicken.
A third thing to remember is this:
Everything that takes a very long
time to cook is Improved and the pro
cess hastened if, when the time is half
up and the food cooled, the pail is
removed and reheated without open
ing It, and put back again.
In all cooking also you must be
careful not to uncover the pall with
the food In it before putting It in the
box. It must be kept tightly covered
from the time it Is put on the fire or
the steam will escape and the meat
or soup cool so that It cannot cook.
Put everything in as quickly as pos
sible, and cover at once.
NEW KIND OF TRUNK.
Drawers Can Be Adjusted to Vertical
or Horizontal Positions.
In recent years there has been such
a marked improvement in trunks that
it is now possible to travel all over
the country and keep one's clothes in
as good shape as if hanging in the
wardrobe at home. Not so long ago
a traveller who could not locate any
one article In his trunk without claw
ing the entire contents into chaos was
a man of unusual dexterity, and, at
the end of a long Journey, everything
was jammed In one corner. The com'
blnation trunk designed by a New
Trunk Always Upright.
York man is so constructed that It
will always stand on one end, the top
and sides having convex projections
which insure this. The drawers of
this trunk are so pivoted that they
can be tilted to either a vertical or a
horizontal position. There Is a gen
erous number of drawers and flaps,
and the trunk Is especially conveni
ent for the safe carriage of women's
hats. There are also hooks on which
suits of clothing may be hung and
kept always In an upright position.
Boston Post,
Frozen Fruit Custard.
Three pints of sweet milk, eight
eggs, one teaspoonful of vanilla, one
and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cup
ful of raisins, one-half cupful of pe
cans chopped fine, one-third cupful
of citron or candled orange peel.
Directions for Mixing. Put three
pints of sweet milk in a double boiler
and slowly heat. Beat eight eggs to
gether ten minutes, add one and. one
half cupfuls of sugar to the eggs, then
gradually stir eggs and sugar into hot
milk, boll thoroughly, flavor with one
spoonful of vanilla and set aside to
cool. When cold put Into a freezer,
pack with crushed ice and salt; when
almost frozen add the fruits and nuts
and set aside to hardon. This quanti
ty will serve twelve people. Alice
Rlgga Blanton, Frankfort, Ky.
Curried Eggs.
Four eggs, one ounce of batter, one
ounce of chopped onion, half an ounce
of flour, one gill of milk and water,
one teaapoonfulful of curry powder,
tha juloc of kaK a Iemoa..holld rUa,
WENT TO SMASH.
Why the Fortieth Annlverversary of
the Wedding was a Failure.
'Ycst-day was do fo-tleth anniver
sary ub our weddln'," imparted the
white-haired negro, "an' aftah plan
nln' a great celebration de whole t'Ing
went to smash I"
"What kind of a celebration r
"A re-weddln'. Yo' see, me an'
Chloo had it all fixed to Invite all our
friends to de chu'eh, an' den accom
panied by de same bridesmaid, bes'
man and ushers, ma'ch up de aisle
an' be re-wedded befo' de same pah
son as fo'ty years ago."
"What prevented the celebration?"
"De pahson. Yo' see, wo wanted
everyt'ing do same as befo', but de
pahson he refused to gib back de fifo
dollars so's Ah could pay him de
same money!" Brooklyn Life.
The Limit of Laziness.
Dr. Charles A. Eaton, of the Madi
son Avenue Baptist Church, said in
the course of a brilliant after-dinner
speech In Cleveland:
"Laziness is responsible for too
much of the misery we see about us.
It is all very well to blame alcohol
for this misery, to blame oppression
and injustice, but to what heights
might we not all have climbed but for
our laziness?"
He paused and smiled.
"We are too much like the super
numerary in the drama," he went on.
who had to enter from the right and
say, 'My lord, the carriage waits.'
"'Look here, super, said the stage
manager one night, 'I want you to
come on from the left instead of the
right after this, and I want you to
transpose your speeech. Make it run
hereafter, 'The carriage waits, my
lord.'
"The super pressed his hand to his
brow.
" Moro study! More study!' ho
groaned." Cleveland Leader.
An Oppressive Ointment.
A Baptist minister of Kansas City
tells this incident of services which
he conducted in the court house of
Stanley County. North Carolina, on
the occasion of a visit several years
ago; "Uncle Wash" Russell, whose
piety and faithfulness no one ever
questioned, was a deacon in the
church and a leader in the movement
to complete the partly finished church
building and stop holding services In
the county court room. The minister
called on Uncle Wash to lead in pray
er. What his prayer lacked in ele
gance It made up with fervency. In
it, with the North Carolina pronuncia
tion, were these words:
"O, thou, exhaustible God! A'Int
this here vlsitin' brother with the Isle
of Patmos?" Kansas City Times.
SOME SOUVENIRS.
"Did your wife bring many souve
nirs back from Europe?"
"I should say she did. Sixteen
spoons, a silver sugar and creamer, a
dessert fork and eight wine glasses,
all from different hotels, too." De
troit Free Press.
A Question of Baldness.
"William F. Babbitt, traveling sales-
man, Is not quite as bald as a billiard
ball, but very nearly. One day while
on a train a gentleman sitting oppo
site had his hat off. Babbitt went
over to him and said: 'Say, my
friend, would you believe I had no
more hair than you have two years
ago?' Tho gentleman was at Just
that stage where he still had hope
and was willing to try anything. So,
looking ap.he said: "Is that so? What
did you do for It?"
"Babbit took his hat off and showed
him."
His Party.
A matron of the most determined
character was encountered by a young
woman reporter on a country paper,
who was sent out to interview lead
ing citizens as to their politics. "May
I see Mr. ? she asked of a stern-
looking woman who opened the door
at one house. "No, you can't," an
swered the matron decisively. "But
I want to know what party he belongs
to," pleaded the girl. The woman
drew up her tall figure. "Well, take
a good look at me," she said, "I'm the
party he belongs to!" Argonaut
Fame.
The fickleness and mystery of fame
Our scorn provokes;
Borne give their names to rivers,
States and towns,
And some to smokes.
The Goods,
"We live in exacting times."
"Aa to how!"
"One must deliver tho good, and
yet not be caught with tha&i" LouW-
rllif Courier-Journal. .. .
HOME DRESSMAKING
By Charlotte Martla.
LITTLE GIRL'S NIGHTDRES8.
Pattern No. 444. For the summer
time this plain little gown, made of
the thinner white materials Is "ery
good. The neck and sleeves are fin
ished with a lace edging and the neck
also has a beading run with pink rib
bon. This pattern Is cut in five sizes, 2
to 10 years. Size 6 requires 2 3-4
yards of 36-lnch material. '
8IMPLE MORNING JACKET.
Pattern No. 448. A morning jacket
oi almost military plainness with its
nearly tied collar and closely fitting
belt and peplum is a pleasing change
from the more elaborate kimonos and
negligees. The design here is made
of plain blue challls and the edges of
the collar, cuffs, belt and peplum are
trimmed with a single band of blue
soutache set on about a quarter of an
inch from the edge. The closing Is
made in a new and simple manner by
sewing soutache on as shown in the
picture, leaving one end of tho rectan
gular design free at the edge to serve
as a loop. The buttons are covered
with silk like the ribbon ties.
This pattern is cut in 5 sizes, 32 to
40 bust measure. Size 36 requires
2 2-3 yards of 27-Inch material.
LADIES' BIB APRON.
Pattern No. 421. This apron affords
protection to the dress where most
needed without being too large, and
the absence of gathers makes it easy
to launder. Tho skirt is circular and
has a round waist line and the bib is
sewed down over this in front in a
becoming point, or may be sewed to
the round waist line of the skirt.
This pattern is cut in three sizes
82, 86 and 40 bust measure. Size 36
requires 8 1-8 yards of 27-inch mo-
tertal.
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0nd tea oaeta for aach pattern de-
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ft NW CUT M. of pat-
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A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMER.
Old Phone 588 B New Phone 1123
Telephone Announcement
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work in the , .
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the
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We Pay the Freight
No charge for packtag thla chair
It is sold for CASH
at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE
at $4,50 each
Roll of
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Attention is called to the STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Oi
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and' Trust Companies of United
States. In this fist tho WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
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