tiir citizen, i-'uihay, mauch nr mio.
GRANGE.
DETECTING IMPURITIES
IN SULPHUR.
A .Justice of tho Pence, who is
also n fruit grower nnd a believer
In up-to-date methods In dealing
with Insect pests, so as to Insure
perfect fruit, wrote to Professor H.
A. Surface, State Zoologist, Hnrrls
burg, In regard to a brand of sul
phur which he bought, and which
ho belleveB was Impure, as It did
not have the effect desired.
In replying to the request for in
formation ns to where to got a good
article or sulphur, State Zoologist
Surface said:
"I cannot take the responsibility
of stating what dealers are selling
pure articles nnd who are not. I
wish to stnte It as my opinion,
however, thnt some impurity in the
sulphur would make no difference
in the killing effects upon Scale.
Perhaps It was not boiled until It
united with tho lime, or was not
thoroughly applied, or rain fell soon
afterward, or some twigs were not
entirely covered, or something else
might have occurred to lead to poor
results.
"You can tell the difference be
tween pure and Impure sulphur by
putting It upon a piece of sheet Iron
and burning It. The pure sulphur
will be consumed without nny ash
being left. If the impure sulphur
contains volcanic ash, this will be
left behind, and, of course, enn bo
weighed ,to determine tho amount of
mineral . impurity."
ROACHES IX
THE HOUSE.
The roach nuisance has been
brought to the attention of State
Zoologist Surface, by persons in dif
ferent parts of the State. The cold
winter, which resulted in brisk
fires being maintained to keep up
the temperatures inside of dwell
ings, may have resulted in these
pests becoming more numerous than
usunl.
A lawyer of Indiana, Pa., wrote to
Prof. Surface, saying: "For some
time past 1 have been troubled with
roaches. They keep hid in cracks
during tho day, but at night come
out in large numbers. 1 think they
must have been brought to the house
with groceries. Everything is kept
clean and in as good condition as is
usually found about a well-regulated
house, nnd still they stay. We
have tried various things in trying
to get rid of them. I suppose that
fumigating the entire house with
formaldehyde would be effective.
If you can give me any simple meth
od of getting rid of them, 1 will
he grateful for the advice."
Professor Surface replied as fol
lows: "These pests are quite persistent
invaders, and generally cannot be
exterminated by a single applica
tion. For this reason a combina
tion of methods is desirable. Pow
dered borax blown around cracks
they inhabit, especially around
damp places In the kitchen floors
will help to drive them away. Pow
dered sugar, one part, and plaster of
Paris, two parts, mixed together,
will prove to bo a good remedy. One
or the best remedies is a proprietary
substance sold on the market un
der the name of "Roach Paste" or
Roach Food." 1 should avoid the
phosphorous poisons, as they are
dangerous to use in the house. If
the annoyance caused by roaches
should reach the extreme limit and
it be necessary for you to fumigate,
you can do this safely with hydro
cyanic acid gas, although you will
have to vacate tho rooms during the
time of tho fumigation. I should
not attempt to fumigate for them
with formaldehyde, as I do not think
this would be efficient in destroying
roaches."
KEEPING HORDEAUX
MIXTURE.
In reply to an Inquiry tnat Prof.
H. A. Surface. State Zoologist, re
ceived nt his ofilce in Harrisburg, as
to whether Hordeaux mixture can
be kept from one spraying time to
another without spoiling, or weak
ening tho solution, he wrote as fol
lows: "Replying to the' inquiry about
keeping Hordeaux mixture, I beg to
say that after it is once mixed, or in
other words, after tho bluestone and
tho milk of limo aro put together,
they commence to deteriorate or
run down by exposure to tho air.
Tho longer this exposure continues
the greater Is tho amount of loss
of efficiency. It can bo mixed nnd
kept a few hours, or. If closely cov
ered, a few days, but if kept very
long, It Is not nearly as efficient ns
when freshly made. Therefore, It
would be hotter never to keep it in
this manner, but keep your con
centrated bluestone solution In one
vessel (wooden), and your slaked
limo under water, in anothor ves
sel, and mix thorn together In wator
at the tlmo they are wanted, mixing
only what can bo used at one tlmo.
"Tho cost of Hordeaux inlxturo
when properly mado is only about
one-half of a cent per gallon, and
this monns that a person cannot af
ford to keep it and uso it again,
after it haB been so weakened, for
doing such work as is necessary to
prevent plant diseases. In other
words, It Is much cheaper to throw
away n part of a barrel of Hordeaux
Mixture than to keep It and apply
the weakened material that will not
have tho desired effect, as for ex
amplo, In preventing potato blight
and rot. If you have added tho
poison to the Hordeaux, for the sake
of killing tho chewing Insects, this
poison will not become weakoncd
I by standing, nnd tho poisoned nilx
1 turo can bo stirred up nnd applied nt
any tlmo nftcrward, ns far as effi
ciency for killing chewing Insects
is concerned. Yet its efficiency for
preventing plant diseases is lessen
ed by tho standing. Of course, you
understand that Hordeaux mixture
nlono Is copper sulphate and Iimo,
three pounds of tho former to four
pounds of the latter, with water to
mnko up fifty gallons. This Is for
plant diseases only, and this form
ula Is for such hardy plants as ap-
i pie, pear, quince, grapes and pota
toes. ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
A saw, a long-handled pair of
pruning shears, a short-handled pair,
nnd tho necessary lndders, will fill
average needs In tho pruning lino.
Simply pull up any weeds which
succeed In pushing through tho
strawberry mulch. Generally speak
ing, it is best not to hoe or cultivate
tho fruiting bed in the spring.
Pruning raspberries and black
berries: Cut out all canes that fruited
Inst season (should have been done
Inst fall); also all winter-killed
canes. Shorten remnlnlng canes to
three or four feet, and cut off at
least a third of the long side shoots.
Hake up and burn all brush.
Don't think the old orchard is pnst
hope. If too thick, thin out' the
trees. Clean out all bad limbs.
Spray and cultivate. Feed plenty of
stable manure nnd, my word for It,
In nine cases out of ten, the old
orchard will pay for Itself times over.
Take care of it, be good to it; it
pays.
Albert Itepp, New Jersey, speaking
about apples, says: Taking the total
population of the United States and
dividing it by tho number of apples
produced, It leaves but twenty-four
apples for each person from now till
July 1st. It is wrong, when wo can
grow such good apples, not to grow
more; SO, 000, 000 barrels would be
but one barrel each, yet we now have
but 4,000,000 barrels on band in this
entire country.
March Farm Journal.
DEATH IS PAINLESS.
It Comes as Naturally and Is as Wei
come as Sleep.
The fear of death, which has been
so enormously exploited in dramatic
literature, saureu and otherwise, Is
said to be almost without existence in
sickness. Most patients have lost It
completely by the time they become
seriously ill.
Death and sleep are both painless,
according to Dr. Woods Hutchinson
in 'ho American Magazine, and causo
neither fear nor anxiety by their ap
proach. It is one of the most merci
ful thing?. In nature that the over
whelming majority of tho poisons
wutcli destroy life, whether they aro
those of infectious diseases or those
which aro elaborated from tho body's
own waste products, act as narcotic3
and abolish consciousness long before
tile ena comes.
While death is not in any sense
analogous, to s.eep. It resembles it to
the extent that it is In the vast major
ity of instances not only painful but
weicomo. Pain racked and fever
bcorcied patients loug tor death as
tho wearied toilor longt tor sleep.
While rauy of the processes which
lead to death are painful, death Itself
is painless, natural. UKo the fading
of u Mower or tha falling of a leaf. Our
dear one drilt out on tho ebbing tide
of life without fear, wituout pain,
without regret, save for those they
leavo behind. When death comes
close enough so that we tan seo tho
eyes behind tho mask, his face bo
comes as welcome as that of his
"twin brother," sleep.
Bought His Own Work.
To come acrosis a bit of one's own
work In print is an experience not or
dinarily exasperating to an author;
but a Washington writer on scientilio
matters was recently not very agree
ably surprised by such a development.
It appears that tho writer was collect
ing material for a monograph on electro-magnetism,
when wotd came to
him of a valuable paper on tho sub
ject not long before published in a
Berlin Journal devoted to science.
Thlnklug thnt tho paper would bo of
uso to him in tho work In hand, ho
had it translated. When tho English
version was laid before him. together
with quite a bill for tho translator's
labor, what was tho disgiibt of tho
writer to Hud that the articlo was
nothing more or less than a Gorman
reproduct'on of an article of his own
published the year before In an Eug
lish Journal. And ho had paid twice
as much for the translation as ho had
received for the original articlo!
He Lost.
The other day a Londo ut said to a
countryman:
"I'll bet you anything you llko you
cannot spell three simple words that
I shall give you within forty seconds."
"I'll take that on. Now, thon, what
aro they?" said tho countryman.
"Well, hero goes," said tho London
er, as ho pullod out his watch; "Lou
don." "L-o-n-d-o-n."
"Watching."
"W-a-t-c-h-l-u-g."
"Wrong," said the Londoner.
"What?" exclaimed tho countryman,
in surprised tones: "1'vo spilled tho
words you gave mo correctly. I'm
ceitain I'm lot "
"Tirao'8 up!" tho Londoner said
triumphantly; "why didn't you spell
tho third word w-r-o-n-g?"
ASKS HEART BALW
Dashing Widow Sues Broker
For Breach of Promise.
PUFS DAMAGES AT $50,000.
In love letters tD "My Own lit
tle Sweetheart'' Defendant Says
They Were Extravagant
With Kisses.
Now York, March 8. Theodore A.
Ryerson, scion of tho well known anil
wealthy family nnd n prominent bro
ker and member of the Slock Ex
change, is defendant in n suit for
breach of promise brought by Helen
M. Walters, n dashing widow, of Chi
cago. The case was called for trial be
fore Justice Dugro in the supreme
court. The plaintiff asks .."O.OOO dam
ages. Mrs. Walters, who Is twenty-seven
years old, is a decided brunette and
extremely pretty. She appeared in tho
court wearing a blue suit, with furs,
and a black picture hat with large
white plume.
Many love letters lignro In the suit.
They are all of the most endearing
character. The following Is a sample
of them, which the fair plaintiff re
ceived from Ryerson May ".I, I DOS:
My Own Little Sweetheart I love you
with nil my heart, nnd I want you to
marry me at once. Please do not spoil
my bubble, will you, dear? I'll do my
best to make you huppy. Try me.
Uyerson's letters all began with "Mj
Dear Little Sweetheart," "My Dear
Helen" and "My Dear Little Girl."
Here Is one of the "My Dear Sweet
heart" variety, dated June 0, 1008. and
written aboard the steamship Campa
nia when Uyerson was about to sail
for Europe:
Ever since I left you my heart has been
like load, and nil the time I have tried tc
reason with myself, hoping that your love
would prove a reality. There Is nothinp
that 1 can tell you, my dear, that you dr
not already know, only how recklessl)
and wickedly extravagant we wete of out
love uml kisses, and yet, sweetheart. It
was a good and simple kind of happiness,
too, with no wronc in it to lmbltter its
memory; nothing for which I can ever
reproach myself.
I missed you dreadfully. There wert
pretty girls galore, but you would hnve
been u queen among them. Goodby, dear
In another letter Ryerson wrote:
Helen, denr, you are to me my Ideal ol
an honorable and beautiful woman, and J
respect you as I love you. What mort
can I say to you, my dearest sweetheart'
My whole heartful of love, Is yours.
On Sept. U7. 1!K)S, he wrote:
I liurdly know what to say to you, deal
little girl, except thnt I am very Biire thul
you do love me, and. while that in Itseli
should make mo n very happy boy, 1 lovt
you, Helen, quite blindly and with nil mj
heart, more than I want to let you know.
How long it will tnke to right'tho wrong
I have done you I do not know, nnd yot
must not usk mo. What I have dono thai
was really wicked was teaching you tc
love me.
I hnve your dear picture und your mem
ory, and I can love them always.
Ryerson on another occasion wrote
"I am thinking of you all the time
and your dear features help to make
me happy."
Mrs Walters says that, relying upon
Uyerson's promise to marry her In
September. 1II0S, she "made extensive
preparations" for her wedding and
"expended large sums of money In the
purchase of a trousseau."
She adds that Uyerson's failure to
marry her has resulted In great dam
age to her feelings and reputation and
that she has been "greatly humiliated
and Injured In tho esteem of the com
muitlty in which she lives and with
her friends and acquaintances."
Mrs. Waiters testlllcd that the only
reason Uyerson ever gave for not mar
rying her was that he had changed his
mind. She said he did everything in
his power lo make her love him.
"You do love hlinV" asked her coun
sel. "Yes."
"You love him now?"
"I do," said the lady emphatically.
A PECULIAR PEOPLE.
Our neighbor to tho northward,
"The Lady of the Snows," about a
decudo ago found herself with n most
perplexing and pecullnr problem on
her hnndB. John Arbuthnotte tells
all nbout It In Human LIfo for
March, in an able articlo on " Tho
Strnngo Cnso of the Dukhohor In
Canada."
Tho religious beliefs of this strnngo
sect aro profoundly interesting and
worthy of respect in many ways.
The founder, a mysterious being,
wise nnd gentlo it Is said, appeared
among them nbout two hundred
years ago, and taught them spiritual
Ideals that aro among the purest
und loftiest found in any religion In
tho world. Whence ho camo none
know, and already his history Is
shrouded in legendary myth. Hav
ing no written documents, however,
nnd being donsely Ignorant and
stolid, many strnngo and wholly In
consistent beliefs have crept In.
Like tho Quakers ono of their
chief doctrines is peace, and tho
crisis of tholr persecution by tho
Russian government camo with tho
Crimean War. Wholo companies of
Dukhobors laid down tholr nrms
when they found themselves In bat
tle, nnd Instead of firing sang psalms.
Tho story of their migration In a
great body to Canada, tho changes
that their location on tho fat soil of
tho Northern prarles is working In
thorn, and tho manner In which
Canada is working out this problem
of assimilating an alien people is a
most Interesting study.
Motes aimd
Comment
Oflnterest to Women Readers
WOMEN WORK TEETEH BOARD.
Bavarian Womon Uss Prl-nl!ve Meth
ods to Irrlgsto Gardens.
Strawberries tnd radishes aro two
5f tho chief hobbles of the truck gar
loner of Havaria, und ho knows how
;o bring them to a satisfactory state
of growth. Hut tho champion truck
jardoners of that fascinating province
af Germnny, whoro they fully under
it. iiul the raising of hops as well as
garden products, are not the men.
Many women undortake enilre charge
f the fields and they toll us arduous
ly as tho men. In tlmos of drought
they wntor every gardsn patch. On
Many farms there aro wells, but no
ivlndmills.
The women mount n Bort of footer
hoard and rock It until a large tub is
illed, after which they carry the wa
ter over tho garden, drenching the
Water Power In a Davarlan Field,
radish and other beds from time to
occasion demands. The pumping of
water by means of tho teeter-board is
one of the primitive methods handed
down through the ages.
MAN THE SERVANT.
Australians in New York have been
interested or amused, according to in
dividual bent, at news and stories that
have been circulated lately among
them from the great island continent
in the Pacific. These have to do with
the movement among women of the
hustling commonwealth to take them
selves apart from the rule of Man.
The edict against man has been
spoken, and spoken out loud. In the
voice of the English Woman's House
holders League, a league that bristles
with independence. The English
Woman's Householders League has se
cured from the Westorn State Govern
ment of Australia a tract of laud that
is to bo all Its own, all and solely
Woman's own. Tho land Is an im
mense tract at Wilson's Inlet, and Is
to be used for tho establishment of a
farm colony on a large scale. The
leaders and founders of the move
ment, which It is declared is now in
active working order, aro Mrs. Crooks,
principal of the Woman's Agricultural
College in Worcester, England; Mrs.
Emily Crawford and Miss Hetty Saw
yer, M. D.
"No prohibition State," say proud
Australian women, "was ever so rigid
ly guarded from Its arch enemy as
this settlement will bo from the ma
chinations of the 'Thing that is known
ns Man.' "
The Australian newspapers say that
each woman buyer is obliged to sign
a clause In her title deed of ownership
so phrased as to prevent any future
soiling of the land to any male. No
man Is to be permitted to own stock
or at any time "directly or Indirectly
to hold office" in this great agricul
tural enterprise of einnnlcipated wom
en. The leaders. It Is said, have
shown the possession of a keen prac
tical eye and mind, for the land they
have chosen is out of the way, yet
rich, and a tine place for grazing and
also for breeding cattle.
The stories say that all the capital
required for tho present expenditures
has beon subscribed and that fourteen
homesteads are already occupied.
New Design In Embroidery.
Here Is a design that Is specially suit
able to bo worked with silk on Infant's
flannel head squares, though it is
Hiite suitable also for working on
linen or damask mats, with white o.
colored cottons.
Although very simple and quick);
worked, tho pattern Is effective, th
urvlng stalk is in cording stitch, the
llttlo dots in satin stitch, with loni
ptltches standing out from the cordtni
Mr 3.
iflL
HUMOR i
OF THE, HOUR J
ON THE LIMITED.
This Harsh-Looking Man Knew Just
How to Handle Babies.
Tho merciless heat made the pas
sengers gasp as tho Limited ployed
Its way steadily across tho Western
plains. Dreary, monotonous, was tho
vista of sand and scrub which greet
ed tho eyes of the wearied travellers.
To add to their discomfort, above the
muffled roar of tho train nrose tho
continuous walling of a child. Mure
than one man cursed softly and
sought refuge In another car all, as
It happened, crowded, finally a harsh
looking passenger spoke.
"Why don't you keep that brat
quiet?" ho snapped.
Tho mother, a forlorn-looking wom
an clad In rusty black, looked patheti
cally up at him. "I've been trying
to." she faltered. "But, you see. the
heat and tho long Journey"
A new expression stole over tho
hnrsh-looklng passenger's face. -"Glvo
It to mo," he said In a tone of mar
vellous gentleness; and the poor
mother placed the fretful baby In hts
anas.
Whereupon he throw tho child out
if tho window.
Sold again I
THE REASON.
Discontented Wife Several of the
men whom I refused when I married
you are richer than you are now.
The Husband That's why. Illus
trated Bits.
A-Useful Garment.
Clothier Were you pleased with
tho overcoat which I sold you?
Customer Oh, yes; all my boyn
worn It.
"Well, think of that!"
"I do. Every time after a rain tho
next smaller one has to take It."
Answers.
Last Resort.
Mrs. Crawford You say It Is Im
possible to get any money out of your
husband. Have you gone about It the
right way?
Mrs. Crabshaw I've tried every
thing, my dear, except sending him ,i
Black Hand letter. Brooklyn Life.
Quite Enough Room.
"I fancy you've asked too many pec
pie. The table won't hold them."
"Oh, no! More people can be placed
at a table now than formerly. Why,
a fashionable woman In evening dress
takes up about as much room as :
rolled-up umbrella." Lipplncott's.
LONG ENOUGH.
Transient Kindly tell me whethc."
this ticket will allow me a stop-over
hero?
Station Agent It depends. What
do you want to stop for?
Trunslent To visit some rather dis
tant relntlves of mine, the Jinkses.
Station Agent Thon you'll have
plenty of time. This ticket Is good
for the next train.
Transient Seo here! Do you know
how long I Intend to stop?
Station Agent Not exactly; but I
know the Jinkses!
Unfortunate.
"Ah!" said tho candidate, "this is
Farmer Whlffletree's place, I believe.
And you have Just celebrated your
golden wedding, I understand?"
"Golden weddln' nuthln'!" was the
response. "I've just beon sued for ten
thousand dollars' wuth of breach of
promlso. You've got your card lndox
mixed."
Vigilant Fldo.
In the harbor shop tho scissors
clicked merrily away, and tho harbor's
dog lay on tho lloor close beside tho
chair, looking up Intently all tho tlmo
at the occupant who was having his
hair cut. .
No Chance.
"Supposing a child were born upon
tho high sea, his parents being Ameri
cans, would ho be eligible for the
Presidency?"
"Not If boys were still being bo;u
in the grand old State of Ohio,"
IMIOFESSIONAL. CAKDS.
Attorncys-at-Law.
H WILSON,
i ATTORNK A COUNBKI,OR-AT-I,AW.
Office. Masonic lil'ltdlnc rrrond floor
lloncidnic. 1'a.
WM. II. LEE,
IT ATTOR.NKY A COlNSKr,Olt-AT-LAW.
Office-over iKist office. All leunl business
promptly nttunded to. Honcsdalc, Pa.
EC. iWUMFOKI),
. ATTORNKY A COtlNSEI.OK-AT-I.AW,
Office-Liberty Hall huildlhi;, opposite the
Post Office. lIoiicMlnlu. I'n.
H
OMKIt GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNBEI.OR-AT-LAW.
Office over Hclf's store, Honesdule I'n.
0L. ROWLAND,
ATTORNEY A COITNSKI.OU-AT-LAW
Office ver l'osi Office. Honesdule. Pa
pHAKLES A. McCARTY,
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOU-AT-f.AW.
Special and prompt nttcntiou given to the
collection of claims Office over Keif's new
store. Honesdule. Pa.
T71 P. KIM HI E,
JL1 . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-I.AW.
Office over the post office Honesdale. Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office iii the Court lloufo, Honesdale
Pa.
HERMAN IIAltMKb.
ATTORNEY A COI N.-KI.OR-AT-LAW
1'ittcntxuml pension's -icuri d. office In tho
Schucrhulz building Honiclale. I 'a.
PETER II. ILOFF.J
ATTORNEY A COtf.'-KM)R-AT-I,AW.
Office Second lloor old Savings link
bulldhiL'. Hnncsdnle. 1'a.
JEARLE & SALMON.
ATTORNEYS A CWJ.M I.ORS-AT-I.AW .
OlliccSIntcly occupied h Jtidire Scarle.
Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Saving's Hank build
ing. Honesdule. Pa.
Dr. C. It. liltAHY. Dlmtikt. Honesdule. Pa's
Office Hoiihb-S m. to p. m
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' Khone.ia licshlenie. No. 80-X
Physicians.
DR. II. B. SEARLES,
HONESDALE, FA .
Office and residence 1019 Court street
telephones. Office Hours-MO to J-.C0 mid
bW o S:00. i). in
Livery.
LIVERY. l-red. ti. Rickard has re
moved iiis livery establishment from
corner Chu.-ch ttreet to Whitney's Stone
Bam
ALL CALLS
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Fire
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Office: Second lloor Masonic Build
ing, over C. C. Jndwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
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us, we both lose.
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Savers
We huvo the sort of tooth brushes that are
made to thorouchly cleanse and save the
teeth.
They are the kind that clean teeth without
eavlnu' Your mouth lull ot LrUtUfc.
Welrecommrnd those costing 23 cents or
more, us we can timrunlco them nnd will re
place, free, any that thuiv defects.of. manu
facture within three mouths.
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