THE CITIZEN, I'UIDAV, MAHOH 4, 11)10. I GaRBESPONOETS' COLUMNS THE MOST HELIAW K MEDIUM POlt SPREADING INFORMATION t .t. HH"M"Mh4"MHMIM LAKEVILLE. LOOKOUT. Mr. nml Mr. A. Hnliln riitortnln-1 Mr. mul Mm l.-rn.t tlrnnnlnp nml ed on Sunday last the following: Ir. and .Mrs. Waltor Keesler, Mrs. Frye and MIbs Julia Compton of Tafton, l'a. It. W. .Murphy of Hawloy, cnlled on his mother hero on Sunday. Miss Alma Ilea nnd Frank Sheeley were callers at W. O. Sheeley's on Sunday. Mrs. A. Degroale, of Iloucsdalc, Is spending a time with her parents, John Bishop and wife. .Mrs. A (Joble, .Mrs. Charles Dan- iels and Miss Minnie Locklln spont Saturday with friends at Hawloy. A number from llawlcy attended the dunce at this place on Snturday evening. Mrs. Win. Utt is spending a time with her daughter, Mrs. K. W. Mur-jthis phy. of Hawley. L. Cohen left on Sunday for New ork City on business, having been called by telegram on Snturday night. The Ladies' Aid was held at the parsonage on Wednesday, March 1!. 1910. Mrs. .lames Noble and sister. Miss Lulu Didwcll, were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lock lln Jacob Youngs sold his fnrm nt this place to Mr. Illchter of Uswick. Mr Youngs moved his family to j New York City last week. Mr H. Spiolvogel spent the past vnnk in X'nw York on business. r Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James Davy, a daughter, on February 22, 1910 Philip Sheeley made a business trip to Arlington on Sunday, Feb. 27, 1910. William Herwig lost a cow of late. ALDENVILLE. We are having an old-fashioned thaw, rain and general Hood, and at present the Ice is piled high in the creek. On Friday night of last week a good-sized audience greeted Prof. Albert of Bloomsburg State Normnl School, when he delivered his lecture on "The Country's Need of Men." District Teachers' Institute was In session all day Saturday. Many In- teresting papers and discussions 1 Kee- fcmmei speni weanesuny anu wero the chief feature. I Thursday in Binghamton. It is leported that the Board of Jennie Gilchrist spent Saturday School Directors on Saturday met nna" Sunday In Scranton. and voted to build a new High school The lieav' snow took uoth chIm buildinc in Aldenvllle. It's about neys off of lle -M. E. church. time as the old one now being used Is certainly a poor excuse for one and Is really a menace to the health of the children. A paper has been circulated and enouch work subscrib- ed to put a basement under the pro-' posed new building. Let every one show a friendly interest toward this progressive movement in the interest of educational advancement. Maurice Pethlck has employed John Simper to assist him the com ing season. BEACH LAKE. Mnrcli came In like a lamb, so of Course It will go out roaring like a 1 "Ice sum of money was added to the lion. The great amount of snow has , church fund. been wasting away so fast for the "'s- A. M. Case has gone to Haw last three or four days; yet the over- ey to spend a few weeks, ilow of water is passing down the Herbert Wood, of Acto, recently strenm so gently that not much in- visited his cousin, Mrs. Maver. convenience or damage is done by Mr- and Mrs. H. H. Crosby spent it near our locality 1 Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. 'General health Is good here at E. E. Avery on the Dorlllnger farm, present Wm. H. Hall is decorating the A number are taking the advant- Interior of Mr. Chas. Dorllinger's age Just now to do up their visiting , residence at White Mills. w, rin,, wnru liniHnR An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mrs Brown has gone to spend some time with her daughter. ' Miss Eliza Dunn Is spending some months with her sister In Owego. N. ' y , Mabel Decker is visiting bur sis-' terB llr and Mrs. V. Rj Budd went ' Friday to spend some time with their rf-Htlves 1 Rev. Mr. McVeigh started Monday for a vacation. The Lodge of the N. P. L. had an oyster supper at Thomas Trevorton's Saturday evening. Since the receut great fall In the dividend a number have dropped out. Spring changes are now contem plated, but as far as we learn not to many will take place this season. People aro now waiting for spring as they have had wintor long enough. We aro wondering who our census enumerator will bo, and also won dering what changes will be In tho coming conference, and still wo will be on the anxious seat during this life BETHANY. The many friends of Bessie Louise Jones and William 11. Collins will be pleased to hear of their marriage at the parsonage at 1 o'cock Tues day. March 1st, by Rev. W. B. Slg nor in the presence of relatives nnd friends. After tho ceremony the wedding party sat down to a dainty repast. In the afternoon the bride and groom were driven to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Collins, of Prompton. They expect to make their future home in Scranton. Tho bride was attired In a dark blue broad cloth traveling suit, Her homo was formerly In Bothany. .Mrs. Jackson Hrannlng spent Sunday ! with Clark Ilrnnnlng nt Tanners I.'nllg, .lames Osborne and family spent Saturday with friends at Galilee. .Mrs. A. Danoy, wfio spent the pnst live weeks nt Scranton, having her eyes treated, returned home on Sun day greatly Improved. itov. Mr. Gardner, of Equinunk, gave a lecture at tho M. E. church at this plnce on Monday evenl.v?. Miss Gilpin, who spent last week at hot- liome at Hawley, returned to this place Saturday night. I A son was born to .Mr. and .Mrs. , Ford Daly of McKean county, on 'February Hth. The mother was , formerly Miss Lulu Rodonberg of place, SHERMAN. Mrs. M. Clearwater was taken sud- (lenly 111 on .Sunday; she Is some bet ter now. M -. and Mrs. I). F. Reynolds and i son ....awrencc, of lllnghnmton, are ' visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .). T. Reynolds. Mrs. Alice Evans and Mrs. Wilbur i Cranston, were in this nlnco reeont- ly. and moved their household goods to Delhi, X. Y where they will make their home. n Mr. J. L. Stuart, of Ilinghamton, was in this place on business the first of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Tracey Webster at tended church at Hale Eddy on Thursday evening. .Mr. A. W. Parsons left for Ohio Wednesday morning. The water is vory high in this vi I cinity and the heavy fall of snow is going fast. Mr. W. M. Evans was in Cnnnons i viile on business Thursday and Fri- day. Rev. C. J. Moon was called to Brandt to preach the funeral ser mon of James Buckley, an old and 1 much respected resident of that place. Miss Louise Lynch visited friends , in Binghamton over Sunday. LAKE COMO. The Ladles' Aid will hold a social at the parsonage on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Katie Jones spent last week with friends in New York city Miss E. M. Barigar of Deposit, sPen- few days lil8t week wlth llor sister, Mrs. J. F. Jaycox. Mrs. M. Gill was a business caller In Binghamton last week. INDIAN ORCHARD. The Ladies' Aid of this place met with .Mrs. Bunting nt East Honesdale i on Thursday evening last. All re- vort having had a good time and a Case died Monday morning, Lester Rice, of White Mills, spent Saturday and Sunday with his grandparents of this place, G. Teal is one of our hustling farmers. He rises in time to attend to his dairy of nine cows and team, and thfcn drives to White Mills, where he is employed in Dorflinger's Cut (lnss works, a distance of about four miles. 'OLD JED PROUTY" DEAD. Original of Famous Character Was John L. Hyde of Portland, Me. Portland Me.. March .'1. John L. Hyde, one of tho bent known men In Maine nnd the original "Old Jed Prou ty," died at tho Maine Central hospi tal here, aged seventy-three years. For more than forty years he was a commercial traveler. He served dur ing the civil war mid after his return to Maine went west and took part lu several stirring political campaigns. He went back to Portland nnd up to thrco weeks ago was active lu many ways, 1 Ip was very witty ami wns noted for his quaint sayings. He was one of tho personal friends of the late Thomas B. Reed, who liked to talk with hint. Mr. Hyde was the friend of all the business men of Port land and had acquaintances In about every town In the state. An Artless Distinction. Lewis, aged three, asked his mother what he was made of. The mother replied, "Sugar, because you nro so sweet." Soon after she lizard him declare to his little colored compan ion, "I am mado of white sugar and you are mado of brown sugar." The Delineator. FILIPINOS LIKE NEW SHOE8. Arc Treasured by Natives Far Above i All' Other Article Imported, .j. Perhaps of nit our possessions, I cltlior personal or commercial, the h Filipinos like our shoes best. In their I' D3timntlon It mny bo said tho shoes Y come next after Independence. Nn V , Uvea have been known to go hungry i I.. .,..! . ... ., l.. ,.,f...l 111 IJIUCI IU SIUI L II 11,111 111 UAIlllVin wlt'ii military heels, bulldog toes and big. low laces, says tho Ilookkeeper. Tho price was the only thing displeas- lll about our shapely footwear. The customs laws wore Indicted for tho til,,n- Yet the price rarely Interfered whoie physical endeavor would re- 8,111 111 1110 "wnersnip oi a pair oi ai- tractive zapatos Americano. Still It was claimed that ninny a longing na tive could not raise ?5 which looks much bigger when reduced to the equivalent In pesos) to adorn his lit tle brown toota-wootflles. Facte Ahout Balloons. No balloon has ever remained in the air more than fifty-four hours at one time, as far as Is known. Neither has any air craft of this kind ever traveled mote than 1,000 miles without stopping. No person has evur been lifted more than seven miles above tho earth's surface in a balloon. Unmanned ballous have attained a height of fifteen uiilos above the earth. One of the greatest dangers of a lifph ascent Is the changing density of the atmosphere. Tho bursting of a balloon in midair Is not necessarily n fatal accident. Every balloon Is provided with a "rip ping cord." which cuts n hole In tho tnv'elope, out of which the gas es erpps. The silk ag l then carried by the air into an upper portion of the netting, where it forms a para chute and drops safely to the earth, unless unforeseen complications de- velcpe. Scottish Shepherd's Dancing Cure. A curious Highland remedy was the dancing cure as it was practiced many yonrs ago in Strathspey. A Highland shepherd, one Donald McAlpln, a fa mous dancer, was reputed to have cured his mistress of a mysterious nialidy by means of dancing n reel with her. and this story being noised abroad gained him the reputation of being a successful physician. His humble cottage, overlooking Strath spey, was besieged with crowds of patients who hoped to get rid of their alln ents by a dance with Donald. The shepherd did not hesitate to take ad vantage of This stroke of good luck and toon hnd a large and thriving practice. He engaged as assistant an ancient piper, who did the duties of apothecary, and the two between them evolved a course of treatment for almost every 111 to which the flesh Is helv. The Lrdiish Medical, Journal. Music as an Anaesthetic. A phyaicinn of Geneva, In Switzer land, has successfully employed music to soothe and tranquillize the dreams of persons who have taken ether or chloroform In order to undergo surgi cal operations. The music is begun as soon as the anaesthetic begins to take effect, and is continued until the patient wakes. It Is said that not only does this treat ment prevent the hysterical effects sometimes witnessed but that tho pa tient on recovering feels no nausea or Illness. Another physician uses blue light to produce nnaethesia. The light from a sixteen candle-power electric lamp, furnished with a blue bulb, Is concentrated upon tho patient's eyes, but the bond and the lamp are en veloped in a blue veil to shut out ex traneous light. Insensibility U pro duced In two or three minutes. Pointed Paragraphs. Idleness Is the master key to pov erty. We are apt to look upon candid friends ns enemies. Trouble never tries to dodga peo ple who aro looking for It. The younger a man is tue more ne knows about women ho thinks. When a man begins to blow In his money a lot of people get wind of tt. The secret of success lies in doing well what you can do and cutting out what you can't do. Many a man's aucces is due to uie fact that he went nliead nrsi anu made It right afterward. Chicago News. Humor and Morality. We have extirpated gross humor from our modern literature: but we must not suppose that we are there fore more moral than tho Elizabethans, whose literature was full of grosB humor. It may bo that we are only more afraid of ourselves and each other. This kind of fear Is destruc tive not only of gro,88 humor but ot humor of nil kinds. In its essence humor la brave as It is honest; but with cowardice aud dishonesty there como bnso substitutes for It, substi tutes that make fun of noble things with a humorous air and so brlu humor Itself Into discredit. The Courtship Gate. We havo been shown a design fot nn upholstered front gate which seems destined to become very popular. The footboard Is cushioned, nnd there 1b a warm soapstono ou each side, the in eldo step being adjustable, so that a nhort girl can bring her Hps to the line of any given mustache without trouble. If tho gate Is occupied al 10.31 p. m., an Iron hand extends from ono gate post, takes the young man by the left ear, turns him uround, and he la at onco started toward home by a steel fooL The lrl can. 11 she likes. Bet this part at a later houi than 10.30. GRANGE. 1 .wa;:m::m::::u:a::ammu::::a IMUNINfi AS TO INDIVIDUAL Niacins. 1 The owner of a poach orchard of several thousand trees, situated near Pittsburg, wrote to Professor H. A. , Surface, Stnto Zoologist, Harris- 1 burg, In regard to pruning. Hu said: "In pruning our Iron Mountniii , trees, we Hnd, so many different con- dltlons thnl wo aro pruning each In j dividual tree about as wo think It i will bear. Wo aro cutting all back j pretty close, possibly too close for , tho next crop; that Is, where a tree ! Is apparently In thrifty condition, wo aro cutting the top limbs back I about one-half, without regard to ! 'st year's growth. We aro also opening up tho Inside or tho trees, and spreading out the side branches. These trees wero allowed to grow too high. "Also, In regard to the Bray's Rareripes, which you advised mo In a former letter to cut back closely, with the viow of forming now tops. Do you mean that the entire block should bo cut back closely, or be worked out by cutting a portion each year for two or three years?" The answer or Prof. Surface, In regard to the above, was as fol lows: "Your idea of distinct attention to each individual tree, according to lt3 needs, is the only one that can be correct. We must tnku to work ing at our trees as a stockmnn works nt Ills stock, with a view to tho in- uiviciuai needa oi each, it may be that cutting back the top of a very healthy tree as much as one-hair Is not too much. Of course. If this In volves the cutting oil of last year's growth, it means, the removal of many fruit buds some of which may be needed tor tills year's bearing. As you know, these fruit buds are on only the growth of last season. If there be not many fruit buds that are healthy, this is the time to do the cutting back and force new and heal thy growth next summer, which will bear well the following summer. "In pruning your Rareripes, one or two systems should be kept in mind, one of which is complete top ping for immediate renewal, and tho other is partial topping each year, with partial annual renewal. To the uiu-killed person, or one who would not give them constant and proper attention, I would recom mend the former method, but for you .(and for myself if they wero my trees) I should recommend and em ploy the second method." TREAT.MlXXT FOR WOOLLY APHIS. . Specimens of Hie AVoolly Aphis came by mail to State Zoologist H. A. Surface from Connellsville, Pn and a letter was received In refer ence thereto, the writer saying that these Insects have been cnuslng him more trouble than anything else, a number of young apple trees having been attneked. Professor Surface, in telling how to deal with the pests, wrote: "These Insects, which resemble little tufts of cotton, may especially bo found where the bark Is thin, owing to some injury or to attempts at overgrowing pruned stubs, as also upon the roots. They cause knots and deformities which prevent the ' programme In the afternoon and the ready flow of tho sap, and it is ad- same old supper at night. In the oven vlsablo to destroy tho pests at once, I Ing I sit on the same old porch with on both the bark and tho roots. ' tho same old wife, and we watch the "They may occur upon the trunk I same old neighbors and they watch and branches without being present I us. AVe have good health, I have a on tho roots, or upon tho latter without being found on the former, or upon all simultaneously. When present on tho roots it Is best to kill them by removing the soli from around the roots, and dosing the pests with a vory strong tobacco de coction, or covering them with iinely ground tobacco, then replacing the earth to tho normal level. Tobacco stems alone will not do for this pur pose. It should bo tobacco dust. This material is worth considerable for Its fertilizing property, and, therefore, you will bo well paid in using It at the roots of the trees. "Where the pests occur on the bark, trunk, or branches, they can be killed by spraying or wnshlng' them with any of the contract sprays ' j that kill San Joso Scale. If you aro I spraying for scale Insects of any I kind treat the Woolly Aphis with I the same material. It is important to blow the spray liquid well Into I the erncks which they infest. If you nro not spraying, you can uso a paint brush and cover them and the spots Infested by them with a good, strong lnsectlolde. Ono of the best things to apply is regular oil paint made with raw linseed oil and pure white lend, just as for house paint. Apply it with a paint brush, daubing In or pushing it well Into tho in jured pnrtB of tho bark. This not only kills the pests but It makes their hiding places unsatisfactory for tho abode of othor Insects." LIME-SULPHUR WILL NOT IMPAIR IRON KETTLES. In reply to a Perry county farmer, who wrote to Prof. Surface, inquir ing whether nn iron kettlo will be Injured, if the Ume-sulphur solu tion is boiled In It, Professor Surface sent tho following answer: "You can boll Hmo and surphur in nn iron kettlo without damaging it for other purposes. Wash it with hot vinegar after you aro through boiling, using a scrubbing brush, and then wash it with clear water and Hrv I Tlnfnrrt nntHni it nwnv nnr. manontly, it would bo well to apply a coat of oil or grease to rusting. prevent "I am frequently asked If an or dinary Iron kettle enn bo used for this purpose without Injury to It, and take this occasion to say that tho lline-Hulphur wash will not sor lously affect any metal excepting copper. Copper kettles should not bo used, ns tho copper will bo dis solved and tho kettles ruined. Com mon Iron kettles, such ns arc used In butchering, 6r even ordinary gal vanized iron wash tubs can be used successfully In boiling lime-sulphur ,f. l. to ,,.,..o.nrv i., t,nii .1,1. entlro barrel full of this mixture at one time. Eight or ten or more gnllons of the material can bo pre pared In the concentrated form and then diluted to tlfty gnllons by add ing water after boiling." FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Stock Quotations. Money on call today was 2) per cent tlmn money nnil mercantile paper un changed In rates. Closing uuotations ol stocks on the New York exchanue Murcr 2 were: Amal. Copper... 8n- Norf. & West. ..101 Atchison 116V4 Northwestern ..1SS 11. & 0 1127, Penn. K. It lMH Hrooklyn It. T.. 7 Ueadlne 1CSH Chcs. & Ohio.... Rock Island C. .C..C.& St.U 81 St. Paul HGM D. & II lTfl'.i Southern Pac...l27' Krle 314 Southern Ity.... M'j Gen. i:ieetrlc....U5V4 South. Ity. pf... C6li 111. Central 14.1 Siujar 12tl lut.-Mot 22 Texus Pacific... Ixwls. & Nash. 153H Union rncinc.lStti ,,. , , ... , Manhattan I35i IT. S. Steel u Fifteen years before George Wash Missouri Pnc... 71, U. S. Steel pt... 121 ington died a citizens' association N. Y. Central... 12SU West. Union 70S Market Reports. BUTTKlt-Strone: receipts, 4.ZK! pack- 3Uo.: third to firsts, 27n31'4c; held, sec- unds to specials, 2i',a32c. ; state dairy, com mon to finest, 3.i31c; process, firsts to specials, 2oaI7Hc; western, factory, sec onds to firsts. 22.123V4C. ; Imitation, cream ery. 24a26c. CII1CESE Firm; receipts. 1,154 boxes; state, full cream, fall make, special. 17',i al8c. : fancy, l'ic; good to prime. lGVia lC?ic. ; current make, best, 15V4alCc. ; com mon to fair. 13al5c. ; skims, VA lbs. fall make, specials, 1454c. ; sood to prime, 13H 14c.; current make, best, llallc. : fair U pood, SalOc. ; common, 4i4a7c. ; full skims, Sa4c. EGGS Closlnc firm at decline; receipts, 14.4CG cases; state, Pennsylvania and near by, white, I3a2Tic. ; brown and mixed, fan cy, 12c; brown, fair to prime. 20Ha21'i'C.; western, firsts, 20a20&c; seconds, 19Vfec. LIVE FOL'LTKY Easier; chickens, per lb., 164al7c. ; fowls. 10c; roosters, 13c; turkeys, 14a20o : ducks, 17alSc. ; geee, l2Va al3M;C, Niagara Falls. So far as our present knowledge goes, the earliest printed reference to the great cataract is In the record of a voyage by the celebrated Jacques Carrtler in 153a. Its position was first 1 mentioned by Champlaln in a map at- tached to his voyages, published in 1613. The earliest description of tho i falls is that of Father Hennepin, who visited them in 1678. His account' was published with a sketch giving a full view of the cataract. The name "Niagara" means "thuuder of waters," and was given It by the Indians. It is impossible to answer the query concerning the age of Niagara Falls. Opinions differ, some placing It at 500 000 years, others as low as 20,000 years. The laiger figure Is probably nearer the truth. The Same Old Story. "Permit me to use your shoulder for a Walling Place." says a letter in the Globe's mall to day. "In the morn ing I arise at Uie same old time, go to work, do the same old work all morning, and return at noon to the came old lunch. It is tho same old fair income, we hava had no great misfortune, but with all this to be thankful for, this monotomy la killing me. Can you suggest a remedy! Are there no wise men who can com' pound Contentment Pit's?" .::nu::::j:t:::uj:::::j:n:n:::u:::::::n:::: a FEBRUARY CLOSING OUT SALE I -OF- SS3TER GOODS -AT- I -J j g I ER & CO. :T0 CLEAN Ladies' Jacket Suits. Misses' and Junior Tailor Suitb. Winter Coats and Oloaks. Evening Capes and Cloaks. TJp-to-Date and. Nobby Fur in Muffs, Collars and Scarfs. g "We have an odd lot of Made-up Waists in Silk and Wash G-oods that we will sell 8 out at very low prices. 8 MENNER & CO. WKKiuiwmammtrmmnnanttmannnmtttmmnKm OHOIKIE WASHINGTON HORN ON I'EUItl'AUV II. Washington was born February 11. This may seem startling; but the fact Is that the first president of tho United States was born bfor the adoption of the Gregorian calen dar In tho colonies. At the adop tion of tho new stylo of daily time keeping nil dates wore put forward cloven dnvs. From tho time of Julliu Caesar until a comparatively recent tieriod lu the world's history the civilized world measured Its time by what I ntiuwii un liiu iiuiiuii c.iiuiiiiiir. liter was tin error in it of eleven minu tes a year; a slight space of time as time Is counted, but sulllclent t amount to ten full days in the six teenth century, the time of Pope GregorAKHI. The English government, always conservative, did not see (It to rec ognize the error officially until 1752 George Washington was 20 yean, old In 1752 when tho change affect ed the American colonies, and of course up until then he had held hl birthday celebration February 11 Later on, when his birthday began to be looked upon as a public event oven in his own lifetime, there were celebrations and receptions lield on February 11. Newport, Rhode Island, claims the distinction of having been the first town to celebrate nubllclv February . on ml ns 'Vnhlni'tnnV hlrttwlnv ! met and arranged for bells to be tolled, and cannons fired, and houses decorated with Hags on February 22 JSUT TRY ONE OF THOSE LIT TLE ADS. IN THE CITIZEN; YOU WILL Kb SURPRISED AT THE RESULTS. !S I !.."() TO CALIFORNIA and PACIFIC COAST POINTS . Via Eric Railroad. Ask Ticket Agent for particulars, lwto Ap. 9. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OK ERIE TRAINS. . Trains leave at 8:25 a. ra. and 2:48 p. m. Sundays at 2:4S p. m. Trains arrive at 1:40 and S:0S p. i. Saturdays, arrives at 3:45 and leaves at 7:10. Sundays at 7:92 p. m. Through Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Car BKTWEKX Scranton and Pittsburg IN BOTH DIRECTIONS via Penna. R. R. Irom Wilkes-Barre Leave Scranton at 5:30 P.M. daily except Sun. arrive Pittsburg 7 A.M. Leave Pittsburg at 8:50 P.M. daily except Sat. ar. Scranton 9:59 A.M. Berth reservations can be made through Ticket Agents, or GEO. E. BATES, Div. Frt. and I'a.s. Agt. Scranton, Pa. 15ei20 nassmsamaaana aaaa H a a KEYSTONE STORES. a 3 8 a UP STOCK: Real Goods.
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