THH CITlZBIf, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1010. GRANGE. If VKRGREHN TREES IN 1JAI) CONDITION. Specimens of twigs and bark of evergreen trees, supposed to havo been damaged by scalo Insects, wero rccolved from Washington county, Pennsylvania, at tho Division of Zoology of the Department of Agri culture, Harrlsburg, with a request for Information ns to the cause of their Impaired condition. One of tho specimens was from a tree that ap peared to be diseased when it was planted some twenty years ngo, ac cording to tho correspondent, who stated that "It has nover done any good." Professor II. A. Surface, tho Economic Zoologist of tho State, In reporting upon the specimens, wrote as follows: " I have received the twigs and bark of your evergreen trees, which you sent to me, nnd must confess that I can not find any Insects pres ent, and the subject of plant diseases belongs to the specialist known as a plant pathologist. For that reason I would advise you to send some of "the supposed diseased bark and twigs to Prof. N. B. Wnite, U. S. Plant Pathologist, Department of Agricul ture, Washington, 1). C. Also, If you wish, you might send some twigs to Professor Hugh Baker, Forester, State College, Pa. "It appears to me that the tops of your trees are too dense, or, per haps they are too much shaded. I would advise cultivating the ground about them, and opeulng out the tops by a little pruning. Some fer tilizer containing phosphoric acid and potash, such as would bo obtain ed in phosphate rock and wood ashes, should bo mixed with the soil around the roots. If the specialists in plant diseases, -to whom you write and submit specimens, have different directions to give you, I would rec ommend you to follow their direc tions rather than mine. However, In tho absence of any directions from them; I am sure that what I here give you will not prove injuri ous, but, on the other hand, will be helpful." DEALING WITH PEACH VKLLOWS. The proper method of dealing with peach trees affected by the disease known as yellows continues to be a serious subject with fruit growers. .Most fruit growers are satisfied to rip out a tree so diseased without delay and burn it on the spot. Prof. H. A. Surface, the State Zoologist of Pennsylvania, has been conducting a series of experiments with trees showing symptoms of yellows, but does not consider the results thus far obtained as being sufficiently conclusive to base public directions upon them. In a letter addressed to the Secre tary and Treasurer of an Allegheny County Farm and Fruit Company, which has over 10,000 bearing peach trees, Prof. Surface answers an in quiry in regard to peach yellows In the following manner: "I am not fully satisfied with the results of my studies and experi ments with the peach yellows. Many trees treated by me last season, which were apparently Infected, grew out of the trouble, and are now in good shape, while a similar per centage got worse instead of better. It Is my opinion that tho disease known as the yellows Is not always due to the same cause, and, conse quently, Is not always to be remedied by the same means. In general, I would advise an Inexperienced per son to pull the trees and burn them right on the spot taking carethat the infected branches do not come in contact with tho living branches of healthy trees. "However, In regard to a studious and careful person like yourself, it Is different; and I would recommend, 'dehorning' them while dormant, and hauling or carrying the brush from tho orchard not dragging It be ing careful to avoid letting It come in contact with tho branches of healthy trees, the brush to be burn ed on a hot lire as soon as possible. As a matter of economy, the larger wood can be used as fuel for house hold purposes or elsewhere. A good use would bo for boiling tho lime sulphur wash, which should be sprayed on all peach and plum trees, while leafless, whether Infested with scale or not. "After dehorning I should mulch the trees with almost any kind of covering that I could put around tho roots, preferring strawy stable ma nure. In tho early spring, I should give tho soli a dressing with a com plete fertilizer, in which nitrogen would predominate, obtaining this from different sources, such as nit rate of soda, dried blood, and tank age, I should give special caro to the cultivation and If necessary, to tho watering of these trees. I be lieve they will grow out of It, as nine-tenths of mine have dono." ARE YOU EVER AT A LOSS FOR A SIMPLE WORD. Aphasia is fast becoming the plague of the age. Every day it at tacks more and rooro people. It is a nervous affliction that takes many forms, though In all of them loss of memory In some form Is one of the elements. Aphasia can be cither amnesic that is, when a person cannot recall words, Bensory, when he cannot com prehend spoken or written words, or ataxic, when he Is unable to ex press his Ideas. I have been observing tho pro gress of this affliction since I have been In your country, and I notice that asphasla In Us many forms it far from rare. MoBt of us suffei slightly from It at one time or an other, generally In Its 'cannot-spell form. "You havo probably frequontl had days when tho simplest wordt havo mixed themselves up horrlblj when you have tried to recall them. You wrlto the letters In tho wront order, or you havo frankly to confess, that you are at a loss to tell how many "t's" there aro in some simple, ovoryday word that normally you wrlto without hesitation a score ol times n day. Tho next time that this occurs to you, think. You will find that you aro overtired or excited. In some wnys your nervous system hns been subjected to an unusual strain, and the symptoms of uervo fag aro show ing on you In n simple form of aphasia. ' You will also And sometimes that you mix your words lu speaking, you create what they toll me are known nst "Spoonerisms," Instead of "cattlo ships and bruisers," Instead of "bat tleships and cruisers." Or you use words tho absolute opposite to those you wish to express. i Only to-day a man talking to me of tho youthful appearance of a. mutual friend, said, "He looks old enough to be his own father"; ho meant "young enough to bo his own son." Tho same man shortly after ward roforred to a wedding as a-1 funeral, and was quite unconscious i of his mistake. 1 In its more serious forms aphasia means complete loss of memory and I utter Inability to speak or write In- j tclliglbly. I have seen men attempt ! to write and only produce a mean ingless string of letters, try to speak and make only incoherent sounds. Jn each case they knew what they wanted to say, but the nerves that ' command the muscles which should have put their thoughts into written ' or spokcu words were tired out andi refused to obey the orders of the ! brain. The ever-increasing number of ' cases reported weekly in the newspa-1 pers of people found wandering, un-j able to recall their own names and ' addresses or identities, is a proof of what I say. i And every man has his own ex-! periences, too. Men will suddenly ! forget telephone numbers they use every day, lines of songs they havo i sung since childhood, the names of their houses, their railway stations, or of mutual friends. Absent-mindedness it used to be called; now we term It aphasia. Aphasia, Is not necessarily to bo considered a sign of insanity; it is certainly not so In the majority of cases. It is merely a symptom of nervous disorder, mental fatigue, or exhaustion generally. The brain is a huge and almost limitless storehouse of facts. Each thing we learn we store up in a cell of the brain, and each fact can be recalled, extracted from the brain cell In which it Is piled, so to speak, by an effort of will. Normally, that effort Is uncon scious; we think automatically, and our brain responds with wonderful regularity. The nerves that run from the brain centre, like tele graph wires, conveying tho message from tho brain to the particular or gan that is to carry out its desires, are seldom at fault In the healthy human being. But when fatigue, overuse or shock comes to disorganize this won derful and intricate "telegraph" ser vice the nerve "wires" fall. Write "cat," says the brain cell. Tho message Is conveyed to another cell whero the familiar word is stored, and thence to the muscles of tho hand which are to write It. Should those nerve "wires" bo ex hausted the message, as on a dis ordered telephone, becomes jumbled. Tho hand writes "tac," though the bruin thinks "cat-" This is rough ly an example of what happens. Rest is usually the remedy. A good night's sleep will correct the similar disorders, though a long course of treatment Is demanded In more serious cases, when the brain and tho overused nerves have to bo coaxed back to order again. The strenuous life of modern cit ies is responsible for this ailment the perpetual work and worry that put upon the most delicate of or ganisms a strain far greater than It cau bear. But the serious forms of aphasia seldom come without warning. Watch your "can't-spoll-to-night" symptoms and rest; in time, nnd you will then escape all danger of find ing yourself one day wandering In an unfamiliar street, realizing sud denly that your name and all your most familiar tastes and feelings havo become to you just blankB. HUMAN LIFE FOR JANUARY.101O. Tho piquant, beautiful faco of Elsie Janls greots the reader on tho cover of Human Llfo for January, and tho Issue carries a splendidly il lustrated story of this very clover little star. A wealth of other good things Is bound between the covers of this number. Alfred Henry Lewis' sec ond Instalment of "Traveling with Taft" Is undoubtedly tho big maga zine feature of tho opening year, and his account of a secret meotlng at a certain Beverly cottago last summpr Is full of surprising disclosures. Rufus II. QUlmoro has an absorb ing story on Mrs. Augusta E. Stet son, the dethroned but still feared and powerful leader of tho great Christian Science church which she built In New York City. It Is a re markable story of & remarkable woman. Vance Thompson tells tho strange story of tho duel waged by Mmo. Steinhell tho "Witch of tho Elysoo" for her Hfo, In which sho matched her beauty, wit and fascination against a relentless Judge, and won.. More wonderful than tho "Arabian Nights" is the story of Joseph Par rott and tho building of tho great Flagler railroad In Florida, by which It will bo possible next February to go by rail to Havana. Julia Marlowe Is tho bright partic ular star In this month's scries of "Actresses of To-day." Tho other departments, Including "Tho Camera on Folk of tho Hour," "Celebrities of tho Day," "Caustic Comment of tho Cartoon," "Modern Mortals," etc., are right in step with tho march of progress In their chatty, entertaining sketches of people worth knowing about. FLOWERS IN SEALED BOXES. A Scheme of the Florists Which Pre vents In Leakage in Delivery. Florists have hit on a new wrinklo In delivering flowers. Aftor ho flowers have been packed in boxes and the boxes are tied up in fancy style with ribbon, the end's of tho ribbon aro scaled to the box with wax and the florist's private mark stamped thereon. This Is not to add stylo to the package, but serves a strictly useful purpose. It was lint an uncommon occurrence for flowers to leak on tho way. Two . ozon American Beauties would shrink to one dozen. Some times tho chance of detection was slight, as the recipient would not know how many flowers wero sent in the caso of a gift, and In the case of a large order few persons would take the trouble to count them, and a half dozen might well slip asvny unnoticed. So the florists seal the packages now and temptation Is removed from the path of those who deliver them. Tho Suez Cminl. It Is certain that in anciqnt times a canal connecting the Mediterra nean and Red seas did exist. .Hero dotus ascribes Its projection to Pharoah Necho, 600 B. C. The hon or of Its completion Is given by some to Darius, by others to the Ptolemys. How long this canal continued to be used we do not know; but, becom ing finally choked up by sand, it was restored by Trajan early In the sec ond century A. D. Becoming again useless from the same cause, It was reopened by the Caliph Omar, but was finally closed iiy the "uncon querable sands" about. A. D. 767, In which state It has since remained. This ancient canal, from Suez to Bubastls, on the east branch of the Nile, was ninety-two miles long, from 108 to 160 feet wide, and fif teen feet deep. Washington Times. Why. Hubert Henry Davis, tho play wright, who has spent much time in London, tells of an amusing Inter view between the owner of a publi cation in the British Capital, whereof Gqorge Bernard Shaw had been the dramatic critic, and Max Beerbohm, on the occasion of the latter's assumption of tho duties laid down by G. B. S. Tho owner advised Max of the sal ary that had been paid George Ber nard, observing at the same time: "Being comparatively inexperi enced, you, Mr. Beerbohn, cannot, of course, expect so much." "Oh yes, I shall!" hastily Inter posed Max. "Indeed, I shall expect more! Shaw knows the drama so thoroughly that it is an easy matter for him to write of It, whereas I, knowing nothing whatever about it, shall find It dreadfully hard work!" Women Fishermen. On the coast of Holland, Belgium and Northern Franco the flsherwo men are a familiar sight, with their great hand nets and quaint costumes. Many of tho towns havo distinctive costumes by which their women can be recognized anywhere. Those of Mana-Kirke, near Ostond, wear trousers and loose blouses while their heads and shoulders are cov ered by shawls. They carry their nets into the sea and scoop up vast quantities of shrimps and prawns, with an occasional crab or lobstor and many small fish. They often wade out till the water Is up to their necks, and they remain for hours at a time In water above tholr knees, raroly returning until their baskets aro full. Steel from tho Ore. Two Australian inventors have found a now process for tho continu ous treatment of Iron oro, which is to bo exploited throughout tho world. It Is a process for directly converting tho ore Into malloable iron or steel, and Is said to effect a saving of 25 per cent. After the ore is concentrated It is passed through a revolving cylinder and brought Into contact with the dooxl dlzlng gas; thence it falls Into a bot tle of molten iron nnd Is converted into steel or malloable Iron, the whole process being automatic. Volcano Not Extinct. Mount Cameron, on the west coast of Africa long regarded as an ex tinct volcano, was found by a party of Oerman explorers recently to be still alive and In danger of eruption. Longest Telegraph Wire Spaa. An Indian atream the River Klat nah, 600 feet wide, has tho longest pan of telegraph wire' in the world. THE FLYER THAT NEVER HALTS But Keeps Going Steadily Without Body or Wings or Wheels. "The only flying thing that nev er broaka down," aald the man with frost In his hair, "is tho one com monly known as Time; nothing ever the matter with that; It flics stead ily with never a stop. "Other flying things that we know of burst their carbureters, or bend their shafts, or break their propol lers, or get out of gasolene, or they bend their wings or blow up or burn, or there's something the matter with them so that they can't be kept fly ing, but the flying thing called Time keeps right along without requiring oven any oil on Its bearings, the one and only perpetual motion, which nothing can stop. It nover speeds, It keeps going always at tho same steady uniform gait, whether on the earth or In the air, but It nover stops, and so, soon or late, It leaves men and all their works behind. "I'd like it If I could help the fly ing machine men: I would do It If I could; but I'd like better to be able to stop or at least to check or slow down the flight of that greatest of all flying things, though It is without body, or wings or wheels, the flyer that we call Time." Heard in Some Households. Absolutely no consideration for me. You are driving me to desperation. Your treatment Is beyond endur ance. A weaker woman would be driven into a mad-hbusc. I am surely losing my mind. I never had a moment's peace. You are making my life a hell on earth. You are driving me to an early grave. t I am simply worn to the bone. Never get one kind word. Oh, why did I leave home? I can never open my mouth. Oh, If the grave would only open and take me in. I am all unstrung. I am on the verge of nervous pros tration. F. J.W, in Life. The Limitations of Royalty. The late King Oscar of Sweden was the least conventional of mon archs, but he had to courtesy to cus tom, nevertheless. The King and Monsieur Bonnier, tho botanist, met as strangers, the New York Sun's foreign correspond ent sayj, while out In search of flow ers near Stockholm. They were soon the best of friends, and Bonnier suggested lunch at his inn. "Come home with mo Instead," said the, other. When the way led to the palaco gates Bonnier hesitated. "I'm sorry," said his companion, "but I happen to be the king of this country, and this is the only place where I can entertain my friends." For a Loaf, All Right. As the tramp looked at Mrs. God ard he felt a thrill of hope. Here was surely an easy and benevolently inclined person. "Could you gimme a dime to buy a loaf o' bread?" he whined. Mrs. Godard's guileless soul look ed out at him through her near sighted eyes, and she Angered her purchase hopefully. "I have only a quarter here," said she, "and I'm really too tired to walk home." "Sure, I can change It for you," said tho tramp, cheerfully, as he took out a dime and a nickel; and not until Mrs. Godard was half-way home on the car did It occur to her that there was anything unusual In tho transaction. Microscopic Writing. A remarkable machine mado by a lately deceased member of tho Royal Microscopical Society for writ ing with a diamond seems to havo been broken up by its Inventor. A specimen of Its work is tho Lord's prayer of 227 letters, written in tho 1,237,000 of a square Inch, which Is nt tho rate of C3, 880, 000 letters or 15 complete Bibles, to a single squaro inch. To deciphor tho writ ing it Is necessary to use a 1-12-inch objective, which Is the high power lens physicians employ for studying the most mlunte bacteria. "Only Uh Chickens." The same thing that prompts one to say yes in answer to tho quory, "Are you asleep?" may have Influ enced the negro In the following story from Llfo: Jt was a dark night, and tho own er of the chicken-coop, gun in hand, was Investigating certain suspicious noises ho had heard. "Who's in there?" ho called at tho open window. Erastus, inside, replied softly apd reassuringly, "Ain't nobody heah 'cep'In us chickens." Brought Into Commerce. Tho fruit of the garlte tree Is now being handled In fair commercial quantities for the production of a cheap type of vegetable grease, uso ful for the manufacture of soap and candles. Criticism of Nature. "It Iiub always seemed to mo that Nature Is at fault," observes the Philosopher of Folly, "when she gives a man a mouth capable of bit ing off more than he can chow," A Coward. A coward boasting, of his courage may deceive strangers, but he Is a laughing-atock of thow who know1 him". Phaedrui. Tar a Them: CHRISTIAN'S RESOURCE BY REV. J. H. JOWETT, M. A. Text: Luko 14:81. ."Or what kino going to maka war against another king, alttath not down flrat, and con sulted whethar ha la ablo with ten thousand to maat him that cometh against him with twenty thousand 7" Our Lord was always seeking to gat men to sit down to think. He seeks to win tholr Judgment, to touch their reason, that thoy may see tho reason ableness of His doings and tho rea sonableness of His evangel. He Is continually calling upon men anil women to think. "What think ye?" "What king," He says, "about to en gage In a campaign slttoth not down first to estlmato the strength of tho foe and tho strength of his own re sources, and then ascertain whether there Is legitimate hope of his forces being nble to meet and conquer those who oppose him?" My simple purpose to-day is to ask you to do this little thinking, to medi tate on what kind of onomy wo havo to meet, and I pray you not to let your thoughts wander away to a far off world, but let us consider what er nies wo have to meet In this world where we have to labor and die, and whether we can with our own strength overcome them. Now what are theso onomles that ,ve have to meet? What are tho ene mies in, front of us? I ropeat our Mas ter'n own estimate of the foe which every one of us will have to meet to day and to-morrow. Jesus Christ calls one, "the world." Now what is the world? We sometimes say a man is a worldly man. What is the signifi cance of the term? Too frequently wh i we use this term we refer to something a man does or leaves un done. Men may be habitues of the theatre, or fond of cards, and we siy they are worldly; and people who ab stain from these things are labeled unworldly. I do not think that cov ers It In tho slightest degree. World llness Is not Implied in what we do or do not do. Worldllness Is not in do ing this, or not doing this. Worldli noes is In the spirit. It is the atmos phere of the soul. Worldllness Is the spirit of the horizontal. Worldllness looks on and out, but it never looks up and prays. It is ambition, not as piration. Its. motto is "forward," nov er "upward." Its goal is success, nev er holiness. Worldllness Is llfo with out tho vertical, without the upward calling In Christ Jesus, our Lord. And whenever you find a man or woman, no matter what they do or don't do, who always looks out to the horizon tal end, men and women who have no Ideal, no aspiration, no heavenly vis ion, no prayer, those aro men and women who would be described by the Master as "of the world, worldly." Everybody here knows what an ex ceedingly strong gravitation thero is toward the horizontal life. In the church and out of it you feel this tremendous mesmerism, this worldly fascination, leading us to turn our eyes from the heights, from what Paul calls "tho heavenly things in Christ Jesus." Wo have got that force of gravity to meet the world. Then there Is the "flesh." Every one knows the power of the flesh; not merely the carnal power of the body, but of carnal power expressing Itseif in vanity and pride. The flesh that bows down the soul and rides it, instbad of tho soul's determining tho movements of the flesh. We have tho "flesh" to meet, whether In appetite or carnal' desire. "The world, tho flesh and tho devil." I do not know how I can define the devil, bdt Pa U's phrase always seems to describe my relationship with the devil better than any other: "The prince of the power of the air." He does not leap upon you like a Hon. The devil usually ap pears ns "tho prince of tho power of the air"; and he comes Into every life and lots down the temperature; ho changes the moral atmosphere. You were Just praying fervently, and suddenly you experienced a chill. It Is "the prince of the power of tho air." You start with great zeal to load n clean life, and before you know It tho temperature Is perceptibly chilled. "Tho prince of tho power of the nlr" quietly, silently makes that tremendous change in your moral life by Influencing nnd changing the at mosphere. We have got tho devil to meet. Havo you anything elso to ineot? Yes, tho fourth enemy is the binding power of guilt. In my country thero are prominent men who say that men and women have no longer tho senso of guilt. I cannot regard that as healthful. Thero are many who can not hear the voice of God. who are nevertheless pursued by their guilt. You do not need to hoar the thunder nnd see tho lightning to have proof of the storm. Tho souring of tho milk In the dairy proves the storm's pres ence! and there Is often tho proof of tho Lord's presence and of guilt In the souring of the disposition, the manufacturing of cynics. Tho man who was once sweet tempered be comes a cynic, tho optimist becomes'' b pessimist, These things have regis tered themaolves as "the binding pres ence of guilt." fhofessionaij cards. AUoraeva-at-Law. H WILSON, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Offlc. Masonle building, second floor Iloncidale, I'a. WM. II. LEE, ATTORNEY A COUNRELOR-AT-LAW. Office over post office. All legal business promptly attended to. Honesdale, I'a. IT C. MUMFORD, !i. 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