THE! CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1000. AN ILLUSTRATIVE SUGGESTION. Hints In Regard to the Beautifying of the Farm. Looking at the grounds surrounding the farm and suburban homes through the country, the lack of well-planned and well-cared-for driveways Is noiico able; or, where kept In good co.idl tlon they far too often lead to the barn by the moat direct line of Ap proach, with no apparent care for the effect they have on the place as a whole. Granting that every foot of unnec essary driveway represents added labor, and admitting that it must bo well cared for, or take from rather than add to, the beauty of the placo, brings one to the same fact that must . A keulful horn it&ndlni In Use center of lU AaiaenM lawn with no Tluble wax of diirlng op to It, or to the bun, exotpt by driving ore ike tod be faced In securing anything worth having It means work, When considering the question of whether or not the work Is really worth while, the first thought Is, nat urally, of the bealtlfylng effect of the curved lines as contrasted with straight ones. Such consideration, If carried far enough, will show that spaciousness is a fundamental element of beauty and that curved lines have a wonder ful power In seemingly Increasing space if (note the "if") they are so carried that one cannot see the entire length of them at one glance. As every place has differing condi tions calling for differing plans, this phaso of the subject may be left with the suggestion that where rounding a VIlMllllkiriMMtHa a fad of the front; circlet la a broad iwecp Mora to home and. In ttlj eurrea lead gaaureJrjtfound It, anf to tna bun In Um rear. bulging 1b not practicable, a bit of special planting will break the line of view and is desirable, also, as a means of securing additional beauty. Viewed from the standpoint of labor Involved, there Is no denying that It requires more to lay out and make a long driveway than a short one and, too, the longer one must be a wider one, or look like a streak through the od. When, however, the work of mak ing has been done that of keeping In good condition Is not proportionately greater for the reason that In the curving, endless driveway, a home made scraper, a steady old horse, and a careful driver will do the work with no greater outlay of time and strength than would be required to keep the shorter and narrower one in order by the power of the "man behind the hoe." Farm Gleanings. Provide ample pasture for the calves. Overcrowding of the chickens is a strong bid for trouble. Have a driveway right through your barn. It will prove valuable In many ways, especially In the matter of keep ing it clean. Nothing better for growing swine than good pasturage, and there is no more economical method of raising them, either. The Connecticut Experiment Sta tion recommends that for the best results In hatching, eggs not over five days old be used. The work of raising chickens has only begun when you get the downy things out of tho shell. Dip the sheep right after clipping them and then again about ten days after to be sure and kill those that hatch after the first dipping. An excellent feed for all kinds of young stock Is fine cut clover hay, cooked and steeped in boiling water and mixed with salt, bran and corn meal. To have finely colored fruit it is necessary to have plenty of light. A dressing of wood ashes, or potash, around the base of the trees, will also help considerably to Improve the color. Farm Success. Success on the farm depends verj much more on the man than on the land, Some men will make a nlc home and farm out of a very unprom islng tract of land, while some others, with a naturally nice situation, can make nothing of lb Examples of each can usually be found in every neigh borhood. Threshing 8ted Peas. Try threshing your seed peaa with an old flail willed to you by youl grandfather. Don't get mad when Uh immature ones fall to thresh out; jus) feed them to the cows, If you hart a large acreage adjust the threshlnj "machine and use that, vLmTmmvmmWBSHlmWfV 8AVAQE8 LOVE MEDICINE. Medical Missionary Tells Stories of Her Patients. Mrs. F. Rowling, medical mission ary at Gayaza, Uganda, tells many stories about her patients and their implicit faith in the skill and knowl edge of "tho white medicine woman." What she haB to say on tho matter is as amusing as It is Interesting and instructive, and serves to illustrate a curious trait of the savage mind that has been commented upon by travel ers in practically all parte of the world viz., the keen delight which natives take in sampling the white man's drugs. It matters not whether the medicine be palatable or nauseous, they must have it if it is to be ob tained. "Tho native patients," says Mrs. Rowling, "are most amusing in the implicit faith they have In the musao (doctor), as they call Miss Pilgrim, the dispenser here. Anything she likes to give them they take, but many of them cannot yet see how a pain In tho head can be cured by swallow ing a pill, and would' much prefer to rub tho pill on tho place affected. One day we visited a woman with a bad pain in tho ear. Wo gave her two pills to swallow, but Instead of doing. so she proceeded to drop them into her ear. Another tried to put her medicine up her nostrils. The Jeweler's Diagnosis. "Can you tell me what's the mat ter with this watch?" inquired the Average Looking Man anxiously. The Jeweler stuck a dice box in his eye and glanced at the Instrument's Inwards. Then he looked up1. "You find it necessary to shake it real hard every now and then to start It going, don't you?" he Inquired. "That's right." "And you And that It gets dusty, don't you. Perhaps you don't blow hard enough on the works?" "Oh, yes, I do every day." "Well, well! But are you careful to start the balance wheel going with a toothpick every hour or two?" "Yes, I do that, too." "And in spite of all your precau tions, it needs about five dollars' worth of repairs. It's very strange." For the Jeweler possessed a dry and sarcastic wit. Opposes Course In Cobbling. A suggestion that shoe repairing, or cobbling, be made a part of the manual training activities In the un graded schools and in the Parental School of Baltimore has been made to the authorities, but the Sun of that city sees no merit In the scheme. It says: "That class of boys who would desire to become cobblers or who would profit by learning the trade have, as a rule, only a few years to devote to school, and those few years had best be devoted to learning how to read, write and cipher, with such other practical and necessary ele mentary studies as their time will per mit" Dickens Family Lost Big Fortune. Dickens was one of the most suc cessful financially of all authors. His was no case of genius starving in a garret "Pickwick" placed him above want at 25, and for a period of 30 years following its publication In 1836-7 he received a princely Income from his writings. His American tour brought him $50,000. His estate at his death In 1870 was estimated at $400, 000. That his grandchildren should now be In need of the trifling pension bestowed on them is a painful Illus tration of the vicissitudes of family fortune. Care of Snowshoes. Snowshoes need very little care. You don't have to wipe them dry with a chamois, for Instance, the pre scribed treatment for skates. When taking them off merely tap them against the wail or a tree to shake free the clinging snow and stand them up on their heels outside. Never attempt to dry them before a Are. When they, are put away for the summer select a dry place where there will be no danger of mice. Country Life In America. Different Sorts of Ambition. There are different Borts of ambi tion; some persons, violent and im petuous, carrying everything as It were by storm, restrained by no kind of cruelty or murder; another sort more gentle, like those we are speak ing of, put on an appearance of mod eration and Justice, and yet, by clan destine means, arrive at their point as surely as the other. Charles Rollln. Market for Steel Windmills. Not the least important foature of the general agricultural revival which Is in progress In so many over-sea markets, and particularly In South Africa and Australia, is the interest thus created In steel windmills as motors for such purposes as pumping and operating small machinery. Spider That Qoea Fishing. There has recently been discovered in Buenos Ayres a spider which prac tices fishing at times. In shallow places it spins between stones a two winged comical net, on which It runs in the water, and captures small flsh, tadpoles, etc. What's the Use of a Twlnt A Chicago man has been arrested for appropriating and wearing the clothes of his twin brother. What's the use of being a twin? They'd Be Lost. Did you over wonder what the worn en who are always talking about their own aliments would do for conversa tion, Hither should ever get well , Errand of Love 0H There was a wild, hunted look in the eyes of the young man who slunk furtively Into the reading room of the club and sought a dark corner. An other young man in a pepper and salt suit, who had observed his entrance, got up and went over to him. "What's the matter, Lovell?" he In quired. "You aren't ill, are you, or have had bed news or anything?" The first young man glared at the other. Then he spoke. "I've been buying a veil!" he explained, Intense ly. His friend In the pepper-and-salt suit seated himself deliberately. "You have been buying a a " he said, brokenly: "Veil!" almost souted the hunted young man. "And I came In here to let myself surged back Into real exist ence again! I should have been see ing uncanny things In another min ute! "You see," he explained, "I was down at Marie's laBt evening and she was packing to take a train east to day. She said her heart was broken because she wouldn't have time to go downtown this morning and buy a veil for hor new hat. It was a mighty pretty hat did you ever notice how pretty her clothes always are? But she said the effect would be Just ruin ed unless she had a veil to tie around It, so I offered my services as a shop per. I said I was quite sure that If she'd explain what she wanted I could get It and send it out by special mes senger." He groaned. "And you have always passed for an intelligent human being," mused his friend In the pepper-and-salt suit. "Of course, she was er awfully pleased," went on the first young man. "And when Marie is pleased well, never mind! She explained careful ly that I was to get a veil two and a half yards long and It was to be lace, not chiffon, only It musn't have spots too close, because they would hurt her eyes. And It was to bo a dark Bordeaux shade. She said I could easily remember the color If only I'd think of Bordeaux wine. It didn't sound difficult "But when I got Into the first shop and found I had to plow through a wall of women four deep around the veil counter, life began to look seri ous. A young woman with a large pompadour and a roving eye hailed me across the feathered hat just be low my chin and I shouted back that I wanted a veil for my sister. It was easier to say sister than to explain In public. After she had held up a bunch of veils at random and I had wigwagged back that they would not do there was a break in the ranks and I got up to the counter. "All the women customers stopped proceedings and looked at me. I tried to tell the young woman about the veil, but somehow I did not seem to make It clear to her. She seemed aw fully hurt because I would not take a pale blue automobile veil, with vel vet ribbon on the edge, for she said It was the very latest thing. She draped it around her face coquettishly and called upon me in a grieved voice to witness that it was becoming. I'm a timid man and it confused me to have a fair creature embowered in the folds of pale blue gaze at me wltb her soul In her eyes. Besides, all the other women were watching. They seemed to think she was flirting wltb me. "Her feelings appeared to be so hurt that I simply had to get out. I said I would take the blue veil and she said she knew I was a man of dis cernment and that it was only $3. Then I tried another store and very firmly told a meek, elderly saleswom an what I wanted. I remembered by this time that it must be lace. She seemed anxious to please and she stacked up the counter with snuj. "I had no idea there were bo many kinds of lace veils. Some were thick and some were thin and how was I to know which was the kind Marie want ed? The saleswoman said when I ask ed her that some liked them one way and some another and didn't I think this one with the double scalloped edge was real stylish? She said It was a veil that would please any young lady. But It was brown and that saved my life. "When I hesitated between two which I thought might do, though I couldn't tell whether the spots were too close together, she doftly tied one acroHB my face, so I could Judge them better. As the filmy folds were dang ling down my .back two girls whom I know slightly came by, stared at the pleasing spectacle and backed away into the next department, watching me, open-mouthed. I couldn't have told whether tho spots I saw were on the veil or not. "I was hot and tired and mad. So I bought the veils because if ono wasn't long enough Marie could sew them together or something and I could tell her I struck a sale and the two cost Just what she said one would, be. I tell you I was mighty glad when I saw the heels of that messenger boy starting off with the package to Marie's." He began to look more cheerful and mop his face. Then suddenly be beat his hand on the table and sprung Into the air. "I've bad a feeling that something was wrong after all!" lie cried. "Those veils I bought were champagne color instead 'of Bordeaux I" He dashed wildly out of the club with a yard or so of pale-blue chiffon automobile Telling rtreamlng from oss poctst (Jclcago News. HOME DRESSMAKING By Charlotte Martin. LADIE8 UNDERGARMENT. Pattern No. 429. This semi-fitting gament Is cut with a panel extending the whole length of the front and the panel la straight as far down as the placket opens and from there down flares. The top Is finished with a piece of embroidered edge, through which a ribbon Is run, and the edges are finished with val. lace. This pattern Is cut In three sizes, 32, 36 and 40 bust measure. Size 3G requires 3 1-4 yards of 36 inch ma terial. MISSES' WA8HABLE DRE88. Pattern No. 456. Pink wash suit ing is the material in this dress, and the collar and sleeves are trimmed with a a floral design In white braid and embroidery. The buttons are covered with white crocheted linen floss. This pattern is cut in three sizes, 12, 14 and 16 years. Size 16 requires 9 1-4 yards of 27-inch material. CHILD'S KIMONO. Pattern No. 442. This Is a very comfortable little kimono with am ple fullness In the sleeves. It Is cut in 4 pieces with a seam down the center of the back which gives a pret ty flare to the bottom of the skirt. A kimono of any desired length can be made from this pattern by cutting it off at the bottom In a line parallel with the lower edge. The sleeves may bo shortened in the same way keep ing the line for cutting off parallel with the lower edge. The material used for the one illustrated was a tur quoise blue cotton crepe with bright brown and yellow Japanese silk for tho trimming hands. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes, a, 4, 6 and 8 years. Size 6 requires 4 yards of 86-inch material. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Read tea eents for eaoh pattern de sired te.Chsrlett Martin, 4M W, 83rd ttrttt, Nsw Yerk, dive No. of pat His Proper Field. A colored man was brought before a police judge charged with stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty and re ceived sentence, when tho judge ask ed how It was he managed to lift those chickens right under tho win dow of the owner's house when there was a dog loose In tho 'yard. "Hit wouldn't be no uso, Judge," said tho man, "to try to 'splaln this thing to yo' all. Ef you was to try It you like as not would get yer hide full of shot an' get no chickens, nuther. Ef yo want to engage in any rascality, Judge, yo' better stick to de bench, whar yo' am familiar." Ladles' Home Journal. Measured by Her Deeds. How In the name of common sense could Johnson, Foe and other great minds have turned out even a frac tion of their work had they been tho lazy loafers that common opinion and roport would have everybody be lieve? If a gonlus does things be yond the Bcope of gossips then they always can find out things about it to prattle of, because, as Shakespeare says: "There's none so foul, and foolish thereunto, Hut does foul pranks which fair and wiso ones do." Primitive Philosophy. Animism is the name of a theory originally propounded by Stahl, about 1707. It asserts that the bouI Is the vital principle and only cause of life, and that the functions of plant and animal life depend upon this princi ple of vitality, and not mere mechani cal and chemical action. As the word Is now used, It denotes the general doctrine of spiritual beings. It Is not Iteolf a religion, but a sort of primi tive nhilosophy. Henry Snyder & Son. 602 & 604 Lackawanna. Ave., Scranton. Pa. PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Lambs, Calves and Livestock. Apples in Season A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMER. Old Phono 588 B New Phono 1123 fcTrtsiTaaTaTaaTasiTeaTTT --fcTjATaATAATA 11 A 4 m m m m A m m m m m 9m"mmwLm9 A A Telephone Announcement This company is preparing to do extensive construction work in the Honesdale Exchange District which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the system Patronize the Independent Telephone Company which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any other service without conferring with our Contract Department Tel. No. 300. CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA. Foster Building. We Pay the Freight No charge for packing this chair It is sold for CASH . at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE at $4.50 each Roll of HONOR Attention is called to'tne STRENGTH of the Wayne County The FINANCIER of New York City has published a ROLL Of HONOR of tho 11,470 State Banks and Trust Companies of United States. In this list tho WAYNE COUNTY 8AVINGS DANK 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 Honeadole. Fa., May 29 1908., wuiuili kluAiAAZHLJufululABiulufAalAfa Xi m mA A AA A A TJTi, A atTata a KRAFT & CONGER II HONESDALE, PA. Represent Reliable Comnanies ONLY F 4M
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