Vim CITIZEN, FRIDAY, FKH. 25, 1010.
A WELL MADE ICE HOUSE.
It Should Be Above Neighboring Area
to Qlve Outfall for Drain.
The Ico house floor should be
nbove the level of the ground, or at
least, should be above some neighbor
ing area to give an outfall for a drain
put In audi a way as to keep the floor
clear of standing water.
The walls should be hollow. A
four-Inch lining wall, tied to the outer
wall with hoop Iron, and with a three
Inch air space, would answer;, but It
would be better, If the air space la
thoroughly drained, to 111! It with
Ice House and Foundation,
mineral wool, or some similar sub
stance, to prevent the movement of
the air entangled in the fibres, and
thus check the transference by con
nection of heat from the outside of
the lining wall.
A roof of thick plank will keep out
the heat far better than one of thin
boards with an air space under It.
Shingles will be much better for
roofing than slate.
It is nceessary to ventilate the up
per portion of the building. If no
ventilation Is provided, the confined
air under the roof becomes Intense
ly heated In summer; and outlets
should be provided, at the highest
"part, with inlets at convenient points,
to keep the temperature of the air
over the Ice at least down to that of
the exterior atmosphere.
Keeping Soil In Good Shape.
When there is plenty of moisture in
spring, followed by dry and hot
weather during June and July, the
condition is Just right for spoiling
the soil, especially if untimely plow
ing has left the fields In a badly
baked condition. If the result of
such conditions lasted but one sea
son the matter would not be so seri
ous, but It has frequently been ob
served that land badly puddled and
subsequently hard baked can not be
retrieved in many years. It is hard
er to reduce such soil than the tough
est hard pan. In fact, it will require
several seasons of careful work to
bring these soils Into good condition
again.
It Is a bad practice to stir ground
when it is wet, yet It is done every
spring. Crops are puddled in every
year, and it Is a wonder that we get
any crops at all from these fields.
Such fields .are the first to dry up
when summer droughts strike us, for
capillarity has been so completely de
stroyed that the crops can not draw
upon the water reserves, and the ele
ments needed for growth of the crops
are so securely locked up In the clods
that they are not available.
It is the natural tendency of all
soil to become firmer. It is tamped
down by even the gentlest rains, and
beating rains will render it almost
Impervious to water. Good farming
must undo this work by breaking up
these crusts and keeping the soil in
good condition. All practical farmers
know that soils are best by being
plowed and cultivated at Just the right
time, but not many have the patience
to stand by, when the season is get
ting late, or put ofT cultivation and
allow weeds to get the upper hand.
Rrown says there Is more to be
gained by properly working our soils
than In fertilizing them.
The Ben Davis Afjple.
Tho Ben Davis apple Is being plant
ed more extensively at the present
time than any other apple. It origi
nated in Kentucky and for many
years was planted only in the west
ern states. But now the Now Eng
land states aro planting It about as
extensively as aro the western states,
If we may judge from reports receiv
ed from different locations In tho
east.
Is It You?
If the man who makes two blades
of grass grow where one grew before
deserves well of his fellows, what,
asks the Bural Now Yorker, Is due
the man who allows "paint brush,"
wild carrot, wild parsnip, etc., to go
to seed on his farm, and so spread
to the farms of his neighbors who are
trying to keep their land cloanT"
Bugs In Melons,
The bugs that Infest melons and
squashes aro a merciless horde. It
Is tedious to kill them by hand and
polsouing them is very unsatisfactory
tiet a lot of empty strawberry boxes
tack gauze oyor them and Invert pne
over each falr-skJfc melon, the bum
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Of Interest
to Women
4 t f
Visiting Cards with "Mr. and
Mrs." are Correct Form Now
Double Cards for Man and Wife
are Used In Many Instances In
stead of Slnole Ones.
n
Visiting cards on which "Mr. and
iMrs." Is engraved have come promi
nently Into use this season. For sev
eral years they were rarely seen ex
cept when nccompnnylng gifts and
even then, separate cards from the
man nnd wpman were more often
used. But now the double card has
Its place In every card case, though
custom has not yet entirely decided
the detail of Its use.
In paying visits a married woman,
calling upon another who is married,
may leave one of the Mr. and Mrs.
cards, and then a single one of the
man's, the separate card being for tho
husband of the hostess. But many
smart women are of the opinion that
two cards of such extremely different
size do not look well together, and so
when moro of the man's than of the
wife's are to be left, they cling to
those entirely separate, using their
"Mrs." and two of the "Mr." Never
theless, good form sanctions the other
method.
When a married woman calls upon
a single woman, be she spinster or
widow, she is expected to leave Just
one of the double cards. This is far
smarter than hers and the husband's
separately. In sending presents of any kind,
even flowers, If they go from a mar
ried woman the double card Is used.
It Is correct to write a line of good
wishes or condolence, If one desires,
but It is not altogether elegant, the
theory being that, should one wish to
say anything, a note must be written,
as a card is to bear the name only.
In size the double cards are appre
ciably larger than even the extreme
varieties for a married woman. The
same type Is used, the preference be
ing for old Knglish or block, the name
to bo written in full, initials being
Incorrect.
Rather heavier pasteboard is used
than was in vogue several years ago,
but it could not by any chance be
called thick.
A cream Is preferred to an Ivory
tone. Addresses, Including the num
bers, are written In full, figures being
regarded as an abbreviation. Rosan
na Schuyler, in the New York Tele
gram, J A Woman's Life.
f "I am 111," said the Woman.
X "You need a tonic," said the
J Doctor.
"You need to come out into
j the place where material things
$ are not," said the New Thought-
$ "You are well, you need but
J to say so, and it Is true," said
the Christian Scientist.
"You need faith," said the
l'reacher.
"You are In a rut; you need
something to do," said the Wise
Man.
"I need none of these things,"
said the Woman; "I need sun
shine and fresh air, and health,
and happiness, and love."
The Cynic said nothing but
he smiled; and the smllo was
sad and full of understanding.
Jean Wright.
i"i-H-JW"H--H--M"M"H-4
NOVEL SKIRT GAUGE.
Garment Goes Between Plates and
Slots Permit of Marking.
Inventors are divided into two
classes those that invent skirt
gauges and those that invent other
things, and the latter are only slight
ly In the majority. One of tho form
er, a California man, designed the
skirt gauge shown in the Illustration.
This consists In a base pinto, with
guldoways nnd an upright backing
plate. A gauge plate, corresponding
with the backing plate, Is movably
mounted on tho base and Is held In
position by a spring, The auge
plate has a series of slots running up
It to permit of the garment being
marked. The skirt Is placed between
the two upright plates and the device
Is moved around Its whole circumfer
ence. The amount to bo taken off the
garment Is measured on the gauge
plate and by means of a piece of
chalk thls'length can be marked off as
the device circles the cloth. As will
bo readily noted, the line thus drawn
is necessarily accurate and there is
no danger of taking off more cloth In
one part than In another
Saturday Qight
"KoIlfC By Rrr. F. E. DAVISON
GII3 Rutl.nd, Vt
CITIZENS AND ALIENS
OF THE KINGDOM.
International Bible Leston for Feb.
27, 10.-HMatt. 7:13-29.)
Every nation has Its cltlzoiry,
those who speak Its language, support
Its Institutions, lovo its government,
follow Its flag. They sing, "My Cou.i
try Tis of Thee." They rear the r
homes, and educate their children,
nnd invest their money, In the land
of their nativity. Thoy wero cradled in
thoir fatherland and they expect to
be buried among their kindred In 'he
lnnd they call home.
But in every nation thoro are to bo
found a class of people who are aliens
nnd foreigners. They confess that they
aro strangers. They arc far from
home. For the pin pose of trado. or
the enjoyment of travel, or for educa
tional purposes thoy sojourn for a
time among those In whom they pro
Interested, but they do not owe allegi
ance to the government, they do nit
Invest their monoy, they do not take
upon themselves any obligations, they
hold themselves ready to pack up and
depart at a moment's notice, thoy ex
pect to return to their own land soon
er or later. They live side by r'de
with the citizens of tho countiy, Ivit
so far as citizenship goes there Is all
the difference in the world between
them.
So it is with the Kingdom of Heav
en. There are citizens of that K m;
dom, and there are those who tire
aliens and foreigners to it Tho apos
tle writing to a certain class of peo
ple said, "Now therefore, ye are no
longer strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the saints, and
are built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets." And Christ
in our lesson to-day says, "By their
fruits ye shall know them. Not every
one that saith unto me Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the Kingdom of Hoiv
en; but he that doeth the will of my
father which is In heaven.
Church Not the Kingdom.
It Is evident therefore that tl'e
church Is not the Kingdom of Heaven.
Church membership may be the same
thing as citizenship and it may uot.
All church members are supposed to
be natives of the kingdom, but the'r
fruits show that oftentimes they
are only aliens masquerading under
the guise of citizenship for some prr
sonal reason. A life Insurance agent
Joined the church in a certain place,
and when he had succeeded In writing
Insurance policies for the most of the
brethren he suddenly had a change of
heart that took him off In another di
rection. He came in evidently in or
der to shear the sheep. Church mora'
bershlp will never save anybody,
Creeds may be subscribed to, confcS'
slons of faith may be accepted, the
pew may never be vacant in the
house of God, nnd yet the individual
be an utter stranger and foreigner to
the commonwealth of Israel.
Infallible Tests.
There are two infallible tests of
citizenship. The first test is charac
ter fruit. The test of all religious
teaching is its practical result in the
lives of those that receive 'it. The
answer to modern eulogists of Bud
dhlsm and Confucianism Is India and
China; the answer to Mohammc-dn
Ism Is Turkey. When men sneer at
Puritanism point them to New Eng
land; when they claim that "pure rea-
son" Is all that is necessary show
them the Bible trodden under foot in
Paris.
The Fruit Test.
And wfiat is true In general Is true
In particular. Men do not gather
grapes of thorns orflgs from thistles,
The tree that professes to be an or
ange tree must bear oranges. As a
tree It may he beautiful, broad
branched, full of loaves, and birds,
and blossoms but If It bears crab ap
pies instead of oranges it Is a fraud
in the pomologlcal realm. In other
words, men are known by what they
are rather than by what they say they
are. A real professor of religion on
the outsido of tho fence of the church
is of. more value to the world, so far
as fruit goes than a sham professor
of rollglon inside the fence of tho
church. And that Is not saying any
thing against tho church f ,r without
doubt tho vast majority of real, genu
Ine Christian fruit trees are within
Its gates. And nil of thorn ought to be.
Nevertheless, fruit Is fruit whorcer
you find It, and you sometimes come
upon It in unexpected places. All such
do the will of God.
The Foundation Test.
Another test Is the foundation upon
which men build personal charactor.
Christ said, "These saying of mine
are a rock foundation, and all other
ground Is sinking sand. The matter
resolves Itself into a selection of gran
Ite or gravel, on the rock or on the
Band. Everything depends upon the
kind of foundation you erect your
soul structure upon, and the material
you Incorporate Into tho building. For
faith makes a Christian, life proves a
Christian and trials confirm a Chris
tlan. The providential afflictions of
life may be likened to torrents of
rain, the passions of men may well
represent the Impetuous floods, and tho
spiritual attacks from tho invisible
world of ovll are often like tho cyclones
and whirlwinds that swoop down
threatening to enrry everything be
fore them. In such hours of trial and
tempest he "who Is built upon the rock
wlil weather the gale, while he who
Is located on shifting, treacherous
sand will be washed away in ruin,
THE OLD SPORT SPEAK8.
Zack Gabble Tells How He Had His
Fling Along With the Rest.
'Yes, sir, glntlomln, l'vo had my
fling along with the rest of 'em." said
old Zack Gabble to three or four of
his cronies assembled In front of tho
postofllcc wnltlng for Beanboro's dally
mall to bo distributed. "L.a, I ain't
nllus been tho proper nn dignified per
son I nm to-dny nn' that I recTton I ort
to ho at my tlmo o' life. I guess It's
In tho blood o' the young to sort o'
sow wild oats, aa the sayln' Is, an' by
hock, I've scattered mine around purty
freo Inny young day. Tlmo was when
I never thought nothln of goln' to
town a Safday night with a dollar
bill an' blowln' In sixty or seventy
cents of It fer lom'nado or ginger-pop,
an' preceedln' V stand treat for three
or four fellers at a time. Used to
srr.o'to my two nnd even throe seegars
a day, an' mnny's the time I've cov
ered another feller's dollar at a boss
race, an' It was nil the sariie to mo
If I lost my dollar. Never thought
f?othln' o' payin' two dollars for a
sti-.ble rig to tnko n girl to tho coun
ty fair or out fer a ride. An' many's
the time I've dumped a hull pound o'
the best mixed candy at thutty cents
a pound into a girl's lap, or blowcd In
fifty or seventy-five cents for some
piece of Jew'lry or trinket for her, an'
if she wanted a dish o' ice-cream all
she had to do was to say so, although
I never was what you might call wine
an' wimmen crazy, for I was allu3
temp'rance an' alius mean to be. All
the same, boys, I've had my little
fling an' sowed my wild oats with a
pnrty free hand. I got that scar above
my loft eye In a fight with a feller
that tried to cut me out with a purty-as-a-peach
girl I took to slngin'-school
one night. Oh, I been con3ldderable
of a sport in my day an', by hock, I
ain't got over It so fer but what I can
stand treat now an' then. What do
you say to all stcppln' into the drug
store an' havln' sody or sassyparllly
or ginger-pop while we are waiting for
tho mall to open? Come along the
hull kit an' b'llln' of you, an' I'll foot
the bill! Once a feller gits the real
sportin 'fever In his blood It ain't easy
to got It out, by hock!" Puck.
Extracting the Truth.
The late Senator Carmack, of Tenn
essee, used to tell a story of a will
case where Tom Myers, former Speak
er of the Legislature, was an attorney.
The question hinged on the sanity
or Insanity of the testator when he
made his will, and Mr. Myers was In
troducing evidence as to the unsound
ness of the mind of the man who made
the will at the time he made It.
He called a witness who had talkod
with the dead man a few hours be
fore ho died. "Did you hold conver
sation with the testator a short time
before he died?" asked Myers.
'Yes, sir."
"Now, tell tho Jury what he said.
Do uot make any comments on what
you think he meant or what Interpre
tation should be put on the enversa
Hon. That will bo for the Jury to de
cide. Just tell us what ho said. Did
he say anything to you?"
"Oh yes, sir, he said considerable."
"Well, tell us one thing? What re
mark did he make to you on any
subject? Do you recall any?"
"Yes, sir. I recall one remark ho
raado"
"Ah!" said Myers "Now we Jire
getting on. What did he say?"
"Well." replied tho witness, "he
said he reckoned that Legislature
where Tom Myers was Speaker was
about the ornerlest Legislature he
ever did see."
Jerrold's Wit.
On the first night of the represen
tation of one of Jerrod'8 pieces a suc
cessful adapter from the French ral
lied him on his nervousness. "I," said
the adapter, "never feel nervous on
the llrst night of my pieces." "Ah, my
boy," Jerrold replied, "you are always
certain of success. Your pieces have
all been tried before." He waa seri
ously disappointed with a certain book
written by ono of his friends. This
friend heard that Jerrold had ex
pressed his disappointment, and ques
tioned him: "I hear you said was
the worst book I ever wrote." "No, I
didn't," camo the answer; "I said it
was the worst book anybody over
wrote." Of a mistaken philanthropist,
Jerrold said ho was "ho benovolent,
so merciful a man ho would have
hold an unbrolla over a duck in a
shower of rain." Argonaut.
A Curious Mistake.
A married couple stood looking into
a shop window. A handsomo tailor
made dress took the ludy's fancy, nnd
sho left her husband's sldo to exam
ine It moro closely. Then sho wont
back to whore he had been standing
and took his arm.
"You novor look at anything I want
to look at!" sho exclaimed. "You
don't care how I dress! You don't
care .for rae now! Why, you haven't
kissed mo for three weeks!"
"Indeed, I nm'sorry. It Is not my
fault, but my misfortune!" snld the
man.
Turning round sho looked nt hlra
and gasped. She had taken the arm
of the wrong man.
Like a Cigar.
"A play," remarked tho theatrical
manager, "la like a cigar."
"What's the answer?" inquired the
Innocent reporter.
"If its good," explained tho mana
ger, 'everyone wants a box; and It
It' bad, no amount of puffing will
make It draw."
Too Bad.
"Where's your mUtreaa'a maid?"
"Upstairs, sir, arranging Madame's
hair "
"And Madraet Ii sbe wltk her?"
FKEAK8 OK THK TltADR ItAT.
Ho May Steal, hut In Very Careful
to Icnve Something In Kxchangc.
Ono of the oddest little animals In
existence Is the California wood rat,
bottor known as tho "trade rat." It
owes tho latter name, says tho
Strand, to tho fact that, though It Is
n great thiof, It never steals any
thing without putting something
clso in Its plnco.
The story Is told of a pasto pot
which had been left over night In tho
nssay office nt tho Silver Queen Mine,
nnd which was folind in tho morning
filled with the oddest collection of
rubbish.
A description Is given of a trado
rat's nest found In an. unoccupied
house. Tho outsido was composed
entirely of Iron spikes laid In perfect
symmetry, with the points outward.
Interlaced with the spikes wero
about two dozen forks and spoons
and three largo butcher knives.
Thero were also a large carrying
fork, knlfo and stool, several plugs
of tobacco, nn old purse, a quantity
of small carpenter tools, Including
several augurs nnd a watch, of which
tho outsido casing, tho glass, and tho
works were nil distributed separate
ly so as to mako the best show possi
ble. Altogether tho oddest collection.
None of these things was of any
earthly us,e to tho rajs. Thoy must
have collected them just In the same
way that a child hoards up odds and
ends to play with.
Lr.rewt Oaltlmjrr Grower In Britain.
John Gillies of Prestonpans may
fairly be termed the king of cabbage
growers. He sometimes turns out
2,500,000 cabbage plants in ono day,
about ISO workpeople being en
gaged. The ground cleared was be
tween six and seven acres, and sev
enteen work horses wero employed
In carting, ploughing, and recrop
plng the land as test as tho plants
wore cleared off. The wages paid
range from 10s. to 2 10s. per week.
The North British Railway Company
run a special train dally for the con
veyance of that portion of his plant
traffic which Is distributed, per the
various passenger trains, to different
parts of the country. The heaviest
part of the cabbage plant traffic Is,
of course, sent per ordinary goods
train. As to the turnout of full
grown cabbages, a recent day's out
put was 3,100 dozens, and that
quantity Is often exceeded. Last
year Mr. Gtllle3 put on rail 3,800
dozen in one day. His turnout of
leek plants on one day recently was
upward of 300,000. London Tlt
Bt's. A True Republic.
The only country we can think of
where republican traditions are prop
erly followed out is the little state of
Andorra, and there they have no poli
ticians; everybody works. London
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A Dreary Land".
The country from Jerusalem to tht
Jordan valley Is as dreary and deso
late as could bo Imagined.
Tho hills look like great banks ol
rock and sand. Not oven tho Sahara
Itself looks moro forbidding. It U
tho "country not Inhabited," the wil
derness Into which the scapegoat wa
driven. We are all glad we went, bnl
nono of us could bo Induced to go
again. Zlon's Herald.
Lazy Samoans.
An Austrian naturalist, Dr. Rech
nzor, nttempted some time ago to
make a collection of Slmoan fishes.
He found It almost Impossible to per
suado the natives, who aro so lazy
that thoy seldom go Ashing, to sell
him any. An offer of gold tempted
them no more than silver, they had
caught their fish to eat them, and eat
thr'' hoy did.
Roll of
Attention is cal cl totne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
Citv has published a ROLL Or
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands !0th ,11 Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
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