TUB CimGN, WKDKK9DAY, FKII. 2, 1010. OUR LAND 1IUNGUY Vw Good Tillers of tlio Soil Uncle () UlO liiXIKll Back to tho lanat That tho possibilities of land pro duction In tho East aro not at all realized; that with propor methods of cultivation, as good results could bo obtained from New York State land, aero for acre, as any other State in tho Union, and thnt Now England Is hungering for farmers who know how to develop its soil, aro somo of tho points made by'Geo. T. Powell, president of tho Agricul tural Experts Association, who hnB been a practical farmer all his life. Why heed Horace Greeley's man date, "Go West, young man," and why live In cities when tho cost of living Is so high? nsks .Mr. Powell. "Hack to tho soil." says he. Tho eyes of tho wise men of tho West aro now turned toward tho East, and every day Mr. Powell receives batches of letters from that section In which information Is requested concerning cheap New England land. Mr. Pow ell can tell some wonder stories about Eastern land. There wns a man, for instance, who bought a farm In Wnyno county, N. Y., for which ho paid K'.OOO and on which was a neg lected apple orchard of thirty acres. The purchaser brought scientific methods Into play. Ho pruned the trees, lie applied fertilizer nnd he sprayed. In October, six months later, he sold his lino apple crop for $0,000, an advance of $1,000 over the purchase price. And there aro many more such all true. Why live in cities? In a recent lecture on economic agriculture at Columbia University, Mr. Powell, whose ofllcc is at No. 5 East Forty-second street, took for his subject "The Relation of Agricul ture to tho Prosperity of a Nation." He sketched the growth of agricul ture in this country from tho early" days; told how, when the great ter ritories in the West were opened for settlement, the young men of the east left tho old farms attracted by the prospect of obtaining land cheaply and sard: "Great mistakes have been made in tho opening up and giving away of much of our public domain which should have been held and protected for the future needs of our coun try. "At the time when tho increasing wants of a great and growing popu lation aro pressing, we are making the discovery that our natural re sources have been wickedly wasted, and that production is already being overtaken by consumption. Had we had the foresight and statesmanship of Theodore Roosevelt, seconded by the conscientious work of Gtfford Pinchot, in the interests of the peo ple, following that of Abraham Lin coln, we should not now have the present anxiety in relntlon to our fu ture food supplies. "But there Is a bright side to the situation. There has never yet been presented to the American people a problem that has not met a success ful solution. As a result of present conditions, the causes of which reach back through a half century, there is a new awakening and inter est in land. There has been a quick ened appreciation of the safety and assurance which ownership in lanu gives, of the relationship which a prosperous agriculture holds to the general prosperity of our whole country and of the danger that fol lows when the land is neglected." There is a new interest in tho sub ject of land, says Mr. Powell, which arises from the fact that the cost of living in our cities has increased to such an enormous extent, and with this interest there 1h felt the need of a scientific knowledge of the man ner in which this land may be cul tivated. As an example of what may be done with land under proper methods, Mr. Powell told of some he owned which he has been engaged in " building up " by planting clover on It. By covering it with clover every year, he is satisfied he has im proved the soil 100 per cent, in less than ten years. In his lecture Mr. Powell called attention to tho fact that during the first half of tho past century 97 per cent, of the population lived In rural villages and on farms. "The farmer then had a home market for many of Ills products," ho continued, "and some surplus to send to the cities. Tho fertility of his soil nt that time made It possible for him to buy land, make Improve ments, educnte his children, pay for all thoso ana leave a comfortable competence when ho died. "Passing over to a later period, from 180C to 11)08, while there was an increase of population of 24 per cent., the increasu In our surplus agricultural exports was 53 per cent. During this remarkable, period of growth in agricultural tho exports of our packing houso products Increas ed 40 per cent., haras 80 per cent, in pounds and 90 per cent, in value, pork 121 per cent. In quantity and 180 per cent. In value, cotton 40 per cent. In pounds, and, together with Its by-products, 180 per cent. "In our international trado rela tions tho yearly annual balance of trado from our agricultural surplus during tho past decade has increased from $234,000,000 to $488,000,000. "Tho value of tho cotton crop of our Southern States in tho last five years was greater than tho total output of tho gold and silver of tho world In tho samo period. Mr. Powell touched on the Increas ed cost of living, and cold that tho cost of somo kinds of food havo In a short time Increased from 40 to 300 per cent., with no immedlato pros pect of relief. Then ho told how the railroads opened up tho Western territory, "millions of acres of rich, virgin lnnd that could bo had virt ually without money nnd without price." Continuing, ho said: "Tho wnr mado a heavy drain on tho older soil of tho East, which wns called upon to produce as novor be fore, nnd tho good nnd enrcful meth ods of husbandry of more than half a century gave way to a ruinous system of soil depletion by heavy cropping, without regard to conserv ing tho fertility of tho soil, which soon began to dcclino In yield; nnd young man, finding thnt with lower prices following tho wnr, tho formor profits. In farming -were largely re duced, begnn to lenve tho old farms of the East, somo seeking tho chenp fertllo land of tho now West, while others gnvo up farming nnd sought occupation In other industries. "As an Inducement to railroad building through this vnst territory of rich Western soil, millions of acres of public lnnd were given to corporations, which, in order to make returns upon their largo In vestments In building roads, sent ngents around tho world nnd mnde known the wonderful possibilities of tills vnst empire of virgin soil. Im migration was tlniB stimulated, and millions from every civilized country begnn to pour into our country and to produce great crops from cheap land, against which Eastern farmers had to compete with their houses nnd homes and Improvements of hnlf a century, with schools and churches to maintain and taxes for public im provements to meet, and then and there was wherof a heavy blow was dealt against the best farming nnd the best typo of lifo this country has ever known. "Prom that time the old agricul tural spirit of the East declined, the land wns neglected, was abandoned by the thousand acres, and produc tion in many lines ceased." With the agriculture of the East crippled, said Mr. Powell, most de structive methods were inaugurated on tho new productive soli of tho West In the taking of crop after crop of one kind, as of wheat, from the same land for years In succession, without regard to the wise rotation. The straw was burned to get rid of it, while the manure was used for road making or dumped into some ravine. It was little wonder that the ignorant and discouraged farm- j ers caught at Mr. Bryan's silver fall acy, he said, when they saw an op portunity that gave promise of pay ing their debts in silver and thereby discounting them 50 per cent, if the proposed investigations Into the high cost of living aro made suffi ciently searching, says Mr. Powell, revelations of this character will be uncovered having an important bear ing on the present scarcity, and high cost of foods. DESTROYED RY KIRK The Poor House of the Forest City Poor District Riirncd. The house on the farm of the For est City Poor district, was totally de stroyed by lire on Saturday, tho 2 2d. Tho cause of tho firo cannot be posi tively stated. When discovered by Clarence Fives, the farmer In charge, it was in the upper part of the story and a half addition on the rear of the house. The blaze originated about nine o'clock. Mr. Fives was doing chores in tho barn at the time, his wife was busy with her housework in the front of the house, and James Doolittle, who was the only other inmate of the place, was chopping wood in the addition but on tho first floor. With the assist ance of the neighbors, Mr. Fives suc ceeded in saving a small amount of personal effects. Two hours after the fire was first seen only the foun dation walls and somo iron debris remained. Fortunately the wind was blowing away from the barn and other out buildings which were undamaged. Tho farm was purchased by the poor district about eight years ago from Pickering brothers. Tho main part of the house was 38x28, of one nnd one-half stories, and there was an addition, part one story and part story and a half, 22x40 in size. The poor district had Installed a now furnace, and otherwise Improved the structure. Tho poor district ltad $1, 000 Insurance on the house und $400 on the personal property. Mr. Fives had $500 lnsuranco on his property Mr. Fives and his family aro for tho present staying at tho homo of Ira Curtis, and the poor directors brought Mr. Doolittle to Forest City. OUR ''OHM EH CONG 1 1 KSS.MAX HONORED. A piece of good fortune recently came to Georgo A. Post of Now York formerly Congressman from this dis trict, In an unexpected way. Ho Is President of the Railway Supply As sociation, which includes tho manu facturers of all kinds of railroad equipment. As President of the as sociation, Mr. Post was active and did much to promote tho welfaro of tho members and recognizing this, tiioy asked him to namo such a fig ure as ho thought his salary ought to bo. His reply was that he wns already in tho employ of a manu facturing company as its President, and drow n salary and was not at liberty to accept a salary for other services. Then tho matter was dropped ap parently, but later tho memborB, to show their appreciation of his serv ices, presented him with a diamond ring valued at $1,000 and presented to Mrs. Post $15,000. JUST TRY AOPENNY-A-WORD Al). IN THE CITIZEN. tttttttmttmtttttutttttmttttttfflfflttmfflit GRANGE. uj:tuumatnnutttutttmuu:tun: HE CHARY OF NEW SPRAYING MATERIALS. Professor H. A. Surfaco, Stato Zoologist, Harrisburg, will not rec ommend now spraying materials, without having first tested thom and ascertained their value. A Lancas ter county man recently asked for Information concerning n now pre paration, which the manufacturer In his clrculnr, claims Is equal to the boiled lime sulphur solution. Tho Professor replied: "This pre paration may be a good commcrlclnl, concentrated boiled Llinc-sulphur Solution, nnd It may bo not. It Is one of tho new mnterials on the mar ket that Is yet too recent to be es tablished on Its tests and merits. I have not yet hnd time to try It, nor to examine It, nlthough I havo Just written for some which I expect to receive and examine soon. 1 must Inform you that since we do not know thnt this nrtlclo Is equal to the home-boiled Lime-sulphur Solution, it would bo much bettor for you to stick to that which Is tested and tried and known to bo reliable, until tho other material is proved likewise to bo satisfactory. "Concerning n certain Insecticide of which you wrote, 1 certainly would not recommend It, especially on peach or plum trees. It may do all right for one or two years, and an other year seriously injure tho trees, as It did for Mr. , Pennsyl vania's most extensive fruit grower, in Franklin county." LIME AS A MARKER 'iX SPRAY LIQUIDS Tho advantage of lime as a marker in spraying mntrlal was brought out in a letter received at the Division of Zoology of the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture from a Philadel phia woman, who has a summer home along the Delaware river. She had the fruit trees on tho premises spray ed a few days before Christmas with a certain brand of commercial lime sulphur solution and was surprised to find two or three days later that the trees showed no signs of having been sprayed. Afterwards in making a trip in New Jersey she saw trees that were coated with a white ma.- terial. Therefore, she wrote for an explanation to Prof. H. A. Surface, State Zoologist, who replied as fol lows: "The leaving of no stain Is a com mon result of spraying with one of the clear or red liquids of the com mercial or concentrated preparations. The material will kill the scale if used strong enough, even though it did not make a precipitation or mark upon the trees. The advantage of such a mark, however, is that the same lets you see whether any spots were missed or not 1 count this very important, and for this reason I recommend adding anywhere from five to ten pounds of lime to each fifty-gallon barrel of the diluted com mercial liquid. "The lime should be slaked in wa ter to a creamy consistency and then strained through a good strainer in to the spray liquid. It will then make a white mark on the trees, such as you have seen. No doubt the spraying where the trees ap peared to be covered as with white wash was done with the home-boiled lime-sulphur wash. This has an ex cess of lime and sediment, and is of value in acting a marker for covering the bark. Where the trees are sprayed by others, when you can not be present to see tho work done, it is very Important that this mark ing substance be used, so that you can bo sure that It was done thor oughly. Lack of thoroughness of application is the chief factor that has been ngainst entirely successful results In spraying, especially in us ing the lime-sulphur wash, which Is the best preparation that can be used in this State for scalo Insects." FROM THE RED OF THE T1RER. The New Pennsylvania Terminal Station In New York Yery Itemitiliil One of the most beautiful things about the magnificent waiting room of the now Pennsylvania Terminal Station in New York Is tho stono fac ing, which was Imported from Italy and taken from tho bed of the river Tiber. This stone, carefully dressed, has been used a good deal In the ceilings and upper walls. Tho wait Ing room, which is 277 .feet long nnd 103 feet wide, is deeply Impressive as one enters it from Soventh nvenuc. A largo man feols very small be cause of the tremendous dimensions of tho room. This room Is fnced by tho big concourse and on either side of It aro smaller waiting rooms, one for men and ono for women, with dining rooms, comfort nnd other rooms. Passing from tho waiting room out Into tho concourse, whero ono finds tho train signs and the Btalrways loading down to tho trnlns, creates tho feeling of going outdoors because of Its grcnt height, and tho fact that its whol ouppcr part is mado of plato glass that takes on tho varying shades and tints of tho clouds nnd sky above it. When tho sky Is of a deep blue, so Is the roof of tho waiting room. When tho clouds aro pearly gray, so aro tho glass sections of the roof of tho concourse. A World roportor, who wns the first newspaperman to enter tho tor minal and go through tho tunnels down below, found somo wonderful thlngB about tho biggest railroad station In tho world Not only is tho beautiful facing stono of tho wait ing room taken from catacombs and the Tiber bed, but the Pennsylvania Company hns built catacombs of Its I own bencnth that part of Manhattan that mako tho tunnols beneath tho Eternnl City look ltko man-holes. Poplo looking from tho roofs of buildings facing Thirty-first nnd thirty-third streets down Into tho de pressed dopot yard sco tho track lay ing which has reached tho point whoro tho electric apparatus is being installed and Imngluo thnt that floor, sixty feet below the surface of the street, is tho bottom of the system. But it Isn't. Down below that Is a network of Bcrvlco tunnels thnt wind In ovor di rection nnd In which u stranger would be nlmost as helpless as If lost In tho catacombs at Rome. Cut deep In the bed-rock of tho Island somo of these tunnols cross nnd criss cross tho depot yard and wind under tho big station Itself, carrying gas pipes, electric wires of high voltage, compressed air pipes and steam pipes. In the big service building across Thirty-first street thcro aro giant air compressors that press 4,400 cubic feet of air per minute with forco enough, if wrongly applied, to shatter tho biggest building In New York. There aro some Interesting facts nbout the new stntlon. Tho weight of the steel In the station building Is 27,500 tons. Tho weight on one of the six hundred and fifty granite columns that surround and support the station Is 1.G38 tons. Tho area of tho station yard (Tenth avenue to tho normnl tunnel section east of Seventh nvenuo) is 28 acres. The number of lineal feet of streets and avenues carried on bridging is 4,400 or nn area of about eight acres. The steel supporting beams are massive and suggest that they ought to last for centuries. The cross beams aro fifteen inches or there about wide, and close together with a layer of cement concrete showing between. The weight of this street bridging steel is 24,000 tons. The loading per square foot on the ave nue bridging is 1 -"4 tons. The maxi mum loading per square foot on tho bridging east of Seventh avenue is five tons. There were required 1C0,- 000 cubic yards of concrete for re- tnlning walls, foundations, street buildings and substructures. Figures given out last week show that tho capacity of all the tunnels will be 144 trains per hour. SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS On the Sunday School Lesson by Rev. Dr. Linscott For the In ternational Newspaper Bible Study Club. February, 6th, 1910. (Copyright. 1010, by Kev. T. S. Linscott. D.D.) Almsgiving and Prayer. Matt, vi: 1-15. Golden Text Tako heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them. Matt. i:l. Verses 1-4 What definition would yon give of a hypocrite? It a man is really trying to be a true Christian, but loves to have his good works acknowledged by tho church and the world, and f.nes pains to have that done, how would you characterize him? If a man gives more to religion and charity when the fact is published, than lit coob when It la not Known, in what class would you placo lilm? If ono gives with tho motive of help ing his fellows, and to glorify God, will the fact that h'-i beneficence is pub lished displease God? Why? Verses 5-6 Give reasons ror ycur opinion as to whether there are those to-day, who act as if they were re ligious, in the matter of going to church, etc.. but who are not actually true to God. How would you describe a man who goes to church, or prayer meeting, chiefly to help his business or profes sion? If a man prays longer in public than he does In private. Is he necessarily a hypocrite? Why does Jesus so strongly recom mend prlvuto prayer, nnd what aro its advantages? Verse 7 What can you say for, or against, long or short private prayers? In what class would you put those prlvato prayers which consist only of reading, or reciting, set prayers, and In repeating a form of words? Verse 8. As God certainly knows what things we have need of before we ask him, what Is the use in pray' Inn for them? (This question may have to be answered In writing by members of the club.) Verso 9 Did Jesus give tho "Lord's Prayer" as a form to bo used, or as a model for comprehensiveness nnd brevity, or for both, or for some other roason? What was the chief thing In tho 11 fe and personal testimony of Jesus, which also should, nnd may, bo tho :hlet thing In the lifo of every man? Verse 10 What should wo long and pray for more than for all olso? What would turn earth and its sor rows, into Heaven with all Its bless cdness? Verso 11 Havo Christians' a right to expect that God will supply all tho necessaries of life, and does bo always no so? Is God under obligation to supply us with dally hread? Vorao 12 On what grounds does God forgive us our sins? Does Jesus mean here that God will forgive us exactly as wo forgive others, or Is there a difference? Verso 13 In what way does God lead us Into temptation? Vorses 14.15 If wo forgive our fel lows, Is God under obligation to for give usT ORDERS IIY PIOEOK POST. Messengers Used By English Butch crs for Country Trado. "Orders oxecuted by post" is a common enough phrase nowadays, but "orders by pigeon post" Is some thing new, Tho "pigeon post" has boon ro ontly Instituted by Don Hnrrls, son of a butcher nt Heme Bay, who rog ularly employs homor pigeons to carry orders from outlying districts to his father's shop. Mr. Harris, Jr., when ho goes to collect orders takes six of his fast est birds in tho trap with him. After he has gone a couple of miles and collected a dozen orders ho llhrates a pigeon with tho orders enclosed in a llttlo metal case attached to the bird's foot. Before flvo minutes have elapsed these ordors are In tho delivery trap on the way to tho customers. At various staphs of his round (which usually takes three hours) Mr. Harris liberates the other birds with more ordors, and by the tl.no ho returns to tho shop all tho ordors received by pigeon post havo been despatchd, "Sometimes my rounds tako mo more than three hours," said Mr Harris, "and formerly customers who lived any distance out did not ge' their Joints until too late for the midday meal. Now my pigeons have solved the difficulty. The blr.'s will often travel at a speed of more than a mile a minute, so you ran guess tho time they savo. I hrve never known a bird to o astray." London Dally Mall. The Towns of No-Good. Kind Friends, have you heard of the Town of No-Good, on the bank3 of the River Slow, where the Somo- tlme-or-other scents the air and the soft Goesles grow? It lies In the valley of What's the-use. In the pro vince of Let-her-sllde. It's tho homo of tho reckless I-don't-cnre-where the Glve-lt-ups abide. Tho town Is as old as the human race, and It grows with the flight of years; it is wrapped In tho fog of the Idler'? dreams; it's streets are paved with discarded schemes, and are sprinkled wth useless tears. Admission Uy Ticket. Mandy was a young colored girl, fresh from the cotton fields of the South. One afternoon sho came to hei Northern Mistress and hanied her a visiting fard. "De lady wha' gib me dls In ''e pa'Ior," she explained. "Dey's an noder lady on de dostep." "Gracious, Mandy!" exclaimed tho mlctress. "Why didn't you ask both of them to come in?" "Cayse, ma'am," grinned tho g'rl. "de one on de do'step done fo'gt her ticket." Judge's Library. Electoral Votes. Tho candidate who carries the State either by majority or plurality, Is given the electoral vote of the State. The "electors" being elected along with the rest of the ticket are. of eourse, counted for the winning party. But it is possible, and some times happens, that the electors in a given district may bo elected by the opposition, In which case the elec toral vote of the State is divided. Post Office Pens. Mustard manufacturers grow rich, we are told, not by tho quantity of mustard consumed, but by that which Is wasted and left on the din ers' plates. The saying Is recalled by an Interesting statement made by tho Postmaster-General as to the number of pens supplied for use by the public In the post offices of tho country. It seems that last year the total was 1,250,000. Naturalized on the Ann. An Italian went to tho civil ser vice commissioners' rooms to be ex amined for n laborer's position. Ho answered most of tho questions cor rectly. Finally they asked him If he had ever been naturalized. He seemed a bit puzzled, but at last his face lighted up. "Ah, I know whata you mean. Scrntcha de arm. Yes. lasta week." Nightingales I'nder a Ran. It is said that no nightingales sing In Havering, England. Legend has It that the singing of tho birds dis turbed the devotions of Edward the Confessor when at his Havering pal ace, and ho .thorofore placed them under a ban from which they havo never recovered. Cement Walks. Why not more cemont walks, porch approaches, etc., on farms? The farmer can put them down him self as cheap or cheapor than ho ran us lumber for tho same purpo3o, and when once down they aro there to stay. Oh, to Re a Patch! We would rather be only a Patch on the pants of Progress and bo sat down on every hour In tho day than bo and old fogy and a fossil and go about dlsgrunted nt ourselves be causo we didn't live In tho world 300 years ago. Chance for Much Trouble. Tho Sultan of Turkey recently paid $100,000 for a diamond. If ho doesn't wish to havo trouble with his harem he will Insist on using tbo stono himself. Danger In New York' Roads. There Is an average of seven car collisions a day on the steam, sub way, elevated and surface railways of New York. PKOPKSSIONAIi CARDS. Attoraeva-at-Law. TT WILSON, 11. ATTORNEY A COUNBtfLOR-AT-LAW. Olllce. Masonic buildlntr, second floor Honeadale. l'ajC WM. II. LEE, ATTOnNKV A COUNBELOK-AT-LAW. Ofllcc over Dost olllce. All leeal hnnlm-m promptly attended to. llonesdale, l'a. EC. MUMFORD, . ATTOItNKY A COUNHELOH-AT-LAW. Olllce Liberty Hall bulldlnir, opposite the Post Ufik'c. llonesdale. l'a. HOMER GREENE. ATTOHNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Otllcc over Hell's store. llonesdale Pa. 0L. ROWLAND, . ATTOHNEY A COPNSELOR-AT-LAWi Olllce. ver Post Olllcc. llonesdale. Pa pHARLES A. McCARTY, J ATTOHNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Special nnd prompt attention etven to the collection of claims. Olllce over Kelt's new store, llonesdale. Pa. jl P. KIMBLE', ATTOHNEY & COUNSF.I.OR-AT-I.AW. Olllce over the uost olllce llonesdale. Pa. Tlf E. SIMONS, 111. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Office in the Court House, llonesdale Pa. HERMAN II ARM Kb, ATTORNEY A COLNHF.LOIl-AT-LAW Patents ami pensions secured. 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Jadwin's drug store, llonesdale. If you don't insure with us, we both lose. HITTIKGER & HI General Insurance White Mills Pa. O. G. WEAVER, Graduate Optician, liii7 Main St., IIONESDALlt;. Tooth Savers We nave the sort of tooth brushes that ara made to thoroughly cleanse aud save the teeth. They are the kind that clean teeth without caving vour mouth full of bristles. We recommend those costing 25 cents or more, as we can guarantee them and will re place, free, any thai show defects ot manu facture within three months. O. T. CHAHBERS, PHARHACIST. Opp.D.A It. Station UONESDALE, PA