TIIR CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1010. CORRESPONDENTS' COLUMNS THE MOST RELIABLE MEDIUM FOR SPREADING INFORMATION V .T. i t t V v HAMT.TMTnM After April 1st our name will bc Hamlin Instead of llamllnton as heretofore. 111, A X V. 4.1 The robins and blue birds are with us in full force. Sugar making Is the business of the hour. Thus far the season has been an excellent one for sugar makers. The Wallen-Paupack Telephone Company are extending their lines as rapidly as possible. Poles havo been erected on the Noblotown road for a line which is to reach Leotown and work is now being 'pushed-on the Moscow lino. E. G. Simons, of the Bell Tele phone Company, was in town on Monday. Cutler Hamlin is ill at this writ ing. Miss Vida West is tinder the doc tor's care at present. Sirs. A. S. Van Sickle, who has been suffering from erysipelas, is slightly improved. L. A Alt is home from Hig Pond nursing a broken finger. Mrs. Max Simons has ' returned' from a Isit to friends in Scranton. H M Simons, of Scranton, visit ed at ( . L. Simons' over Sunday, March 13th. , Vanton Abbey has been quito ill, but Is much improved at this writ ing. The Hamlinton Dramatic Club will give an entertainment, consisting of two short dramas, in the I. O. O. P. Hall on Saturday evening, March 27th. Proceeds for the benefit of the I.. T. L. The Grange held an interesting I KOSRinn nn Friilnv m-nnlnrr Mnwh 18th. A goodly number were 'in at-i tendance. i Marion Bovco is homo frnm Wvn- ming Seminary for her, Easter va cation. 1. 1 . .. .1. 1 ...111 Friday. Mch sh. and our town I school but little more than a week' ' :ranKS ulun 'rs'l's uiu in a ween, later. ' Wet. cold feet do not do your hens , Tlle lnUer would resemble a bunch Mrs. Amos Olver entertained the any good. Chills them and keeps ot waiting toy-balloons, amuck In a Book Club very delightfully on them back from doing their level warm of hostile aerial sharpshoot Wednesday last. I best, and that is the only thing that ers- A H'-'sl)le is an easy mark for Special Easter services will bo will satisfy you and me. artillery at a fi. 000-yard range. One conritirtorl in tho t r-hiirnh h ' . . . . wel1 directed shot would send her to conuucieu in tne M. iu. church by Don't be in a hurrv to remove the .,. .i ...i.n the pastor. Rev. J. H. Boyce, on Easter Sunday. LAKE COMO. Mrs. Wright Spencer has returned from New York with her Easter mil linery. Mrs tn,P T nrlrln .f Ilanl- ! spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Randall Vincent Van Horn spent a few days of last week in Scranton. Inez Knapp, of Scranton, is spend ing the Easter vacation at her home. Wright Spencer had the misfortune to break one of his fingers. Adelaide Watson spent with Mrs. Woodmansee. Sunday LOOKOUT. Jesse Hathway, who spent a week with friends at Ellenvllle, Alleger ville and Hancock, returned home on Tuesday last. Frank Bruce, who spent the past week with his mother, Mrs. Julia Bruce, returned to East Branch on Tuesday. Mrs. George Young, of Kellam, spent a few days last week at J. G. Hills. Misses Sarah and Rose Burke, of Galilee, were guests of Miss Sadie Lane on Friday of last week. Sadie Edsall is visiting at the' home of her uncle, Clark Branning, I at Tanner's Falls. . Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hill visited frlends at Honesdale a few days last xvp-i, weeK. Millard Teeple, of Pond Eddy, visit ed at his home here one day last week. Mrs. E. Teeple is spending a few days with her daughter, 51 rs. P. W. Clauson, at Honesdale. CLINTON. P E. Cramer, of Seattle, Wash., and sister, Mrs. Joseph Vlckers, of Scranton, were recent guests of their uncle, George Cramor, and cousin, Mrs. C. R. Bunting. Efllo Dann, a professional nurse, of Philadelphia, and Edyth Dann, of Carbondale, and Mrs. Walter Gar rett of Honesdale, are guests of their father, James Dann. Nearly everyone of the family havo been having the grippe. E. B. Haddon was on the sick list last week. His niece, Miss Pheobe IK.Odan, is visiting him. Mrs. Frank Vondonberg is n guest of her parents, S, S. Drake. Tho Ladies' Aid met at Nathan Grlswold's for dinner to-day. Cir cle No. 2 furnished dinner, It being Mr. Grlswold's 78th birthday. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. Rona Copor wcight, president; Mrs F. E. Loonils, vice president; Mrs. W. C. Norton, treasurer; Mrs. 0.' R. Bunt ing, secretary, Tho boys serenaded tho newly wedded couple, Mr, and Mrs. Milton Lilly, Jr., ono night last week. All those who have maple or chards are busy harvesting its sweot products, which Is said to be abund ant, ko far this season. John Griswold recently spent some time as the guest ot his sister, Mrs. Smith, and othor friends in Susquehnnnn couuty, j, W WH4 W W'K'l' I lrt.no n..rtin n ,i,inn. r , I - -', i i)Ll4l Vll b vy Vii ( Woomsburg State Norma, school, is 1,0'no for her Ktl8tcr vacation. I George Cray, the buttormakor employed by the Clinton Creamery Association. Is seriously 111. The buttermaker from the Palls Is doing his work for a few days THE POt'IritY YAIII). Perfect cleanliness from now on will cut short the louse crop of June. If you stamp a date on your eggs, sell them before the date gets old. . Keep your meat scraps where they will not get stale and sour. Fresh feed is what makes healthy hens. Feed little and often, and bo care-j and every other country, almost, on ful about overfeeding. This is tlio this side of the water Is afraid of great secret In feeding brooder i Germany. And Germany has a chicks. j wealth of dirigibles, not to mentioii Danish tnc fighting stock from your SLn.a'M V'T "'n pens. Give them b place all by 'l'9 A nt.,B',ortl"ot,c; ssSK T""1 - " -rssK, Inferiority to her old enemy across Cqok some beans or peas, mix them ; tlio border. And, in spite of nn wlth wieat bran and feed twice a j nouncenieiits that no airship bnlld week and see if you don't get a great i ing, would be indulged in until ex many more eggs. i periments would obviate the risk of Have everything convenient. Steps saved in the care of poultry will mean that much less labor. Labor costs money. When the brooder- chicks seem very thirsty, wild for water, let them drink and feed very lightly while so leverish. Alanv a settinc of eccs has been spoil nllf.fl l.v mnkintr tho no nn thn llnnr wlinrn tlio vlrwl nnn nnmo r through tho cracks under the old mother hen. ; . . April is a good month to hatch goose eggs. It is also an excellent ' time for getting out ducklings, i tZ h3 fr hen and her brood from the nest. , The tender little chicks need warmth i I more than they do feed for the first nvemy-mur nours. Does that old hen lay? Try this if she does not: Feed her all the , , . ... ... ... , I "l'l'" v.iuci mic win cai. iu. an ounce of lean meat every day. If I 1 there is any lay in her, that will ' bring it out. April Farm Journal. I M.v.n. .r.,- ,i.........t. 1 "ttle Prench-and-Germaii border. It I IIINTS T STOCK (m'NKIlh- 'is down this little neck of land uiat The chaff and straw get in the the Kaiser's soldiers would have to wool and Injure it. j come unless they ran over Belgium Do not let sheep run around or eat: or Switzerland the latter unfeasi from straw stackH. u'e the other improbably; Belgium , has voted compulsory military ser Sheep that have been chased by j vJre t0 obviate this very thing, dogs never do quite so well after-' Therefore, it is probably that the ward. Work hard to keep the dogs f miduKht battle with airships would m,t- bo In that narrow neck. After dark, i the Germans could, not see the dirig- There is more profit In a grunting; pig than in a squealing one. In some cases it may be necessary to dissolve some Epsom salts in the 1 feed. Be sure the sows are not consti- pated. Give roots, fruits and oil-, i meal in tho feed. There Is n irront slinrtntro in tli hog crop throughout the whole coun-! try. and it can only be replaced by I keeping the best brood sows and 1 growing more pigs. , i i j i Yntl llllH lpttir Rcnur tlio fooillni ii Vu . i , pall than lose a calf from, scours. When you hurry about milking, j the cow fedls uncomfortable and shortens up on you a little. That hurts you and hurts the cow as well. Some folks get to be pretty good jguessers in determining the temper- uiuri; oi cruiun, out, nououy over came within gunshot of the ther mometer In tills respect. The root cutter is almost an In dispensable machine on the farm. The life of many a valuable cow" would have been saved If the apples and potatoes fed had been run through a root cutter. If tho feed gets short before the pasture Is ready, it Is better to buy more. There Is no economy In cutting down the feed at the freshening per iod. Grow as much feed .as Is possible. Get the soiling crops in as early as the land will permit. Do not loso a day. Sow a good acreage of oats and peas. All that is not eaten green can be harvested as oats-pea hay. Go slow the first days of plowing; It will make a gain In tho end. During the first days of plowing tho collars should be raised often to cool tho shoulders. A sour manger Is tho abomination of a really good horse. Tho man who forces a horse to eat from such a vllo place is sure to bo the loser, and will sometimes lose the horse with intestinal disorders, including colic. Wheat brnn nntl oatB make strong l)onea in tlio colt.- When the colt Is dropped It should recelvo nourishment from the dam within the first half hour. I An attendant should bo on hand .j. J at the time of birth, for a little timely help has saved many a valu V j able colt. T A lazy man should never breed 2 I nnttn f i. .. .... i . .. .... iuiio, iui in- iiiubl uu men nnu on lf lle wishes to succeed. siari me miiK witn tlio thumb and ! ?ddo I. at al hard or'r 0 UJ I Take the chill off the water for the ninro- "i" feed her carefully and , kecl' her nulct for a number of days, April Farm Journal. AIRSHIP WAIt MUST HE AT XKJHT SAYS EX PHUT OP FRANCE. The war In the nir must be a wnr in tlm nlirht. Tim nirniiin'c 0fi , ess dates from sunset to dawn and j ,ts battles must bo waged In pitch j ''lick darkness, according to General DonnnI, of the French army. mem- j ). ,lf miii,nl.v rnmm(a9inn f National Aerial league. France like Enginnd and Russia them becoming obsolete right after completion, secretly Franco is busier than popcorn in a hot skillet. In six months France aims to out strip the Germans in dirigibles just , as far as she now outstrips her in j neroplanes. The aviator Capazza. some weeks ago, startled tho country by ex- Plaining just how far ahead of 1 France the Germans really were in 1 tills dirigible business. Of COUrse tllere fHowed the usual newspaper spasm as a sort of reaction. It wns pmiuen oui uy military auuioruies that a fleet of aeroplanes could sail over and under and all round a fleet 0f dirieibles and noke more bombs to tl,e"enen,y's mniii cnii hiHi nmi fust ntrnrinr much less target opportunity, nnd at the salne tlme couId do e,luaiiy as much rtamage. But there is where General Bon- nal comes in with his plan to fight 1 1 I o KnHl.. In Mm ., ... ... Suppose, for example, Germany should declare war on France. Bol- I gium on the one side and Switzer ! land on the other, leave precious ibles even lf directly overhead, unless powerful searchlights were employ ed. This would in all likellhoort be done, but what general would be ' imbecile enough to order perpendicu- ' lnr firing? One shot In five might hit. The other four would fall again, j In the midst of the flrers, Wllhelm's own cohorts, plnying gory havoc. i But the idea is not to be seen at ' '?" . wlml rance pr01 oses 10 uo 1,10 eenl 01 wnr 18 lo tnu' nlvISate over the territory invested with 1 le enem' a"a saU. compara- tlve,y ,ow- The voIes of sentinels could bo heard telling each other ... .. . tnat airs quiet along me unine, this serving as a guide. Then the bombs would begin to fall from the sky. They would come in a deluge Before the enemy could reply, the airships would have risen rapidly i and flitted away in the direction of "that dear Paris." j I understand that the Germans are , likewise busy at night rehearsals. 1 Tliey tell me that already they can drop a bomb Into nn uncovered well j at night from a height five times the ( altitude of the Eiffel tower without the use of lamps. Therefore, it would make Interesting reading if j .the French airship lleet, and the Kaiser's airship fleet, could meet up in the air about a mile some evening about a quarter past midnight and fight It out. HE GOT WORK. "What were you running for when I saw you to-day, Sam?" "I heard of some work, sah." "And did you get tho Job, Sara?" "I sure did, boss." "What kind of work did you pro cure, Sam?" "Sorao washing for my wife!" Yonkers Statesman. 10 ASTER MORNING. With air domuro and downcast eyes The alto takes her place, And as tho anthem sweet she sings Of charity and grace Her look of rapt beatltudo To an exultant grin Is changed, and higher, higher still Is raised her dimpled chin. Can It be forvor for tho themo? Ah, no It's sad to state; She sees tho tag on her neighbor's coat) It reads: "Four ninety-eight!" :::tj::;jajtK:t:jj:m:mtmiJt: GRANGE. 1 THE HYDROMETER AXD ITS USES. ' The proprietor of a fruit farm in York county wroto to Prof. H. A. Sur- , face, State Zoologist, Harrlsburg, , Inquiring in regard to tho uso of the Instrument known as a hydrometer, In testing tho strength of tho lime and sulphur solution when trees . are to bo sprayed. "It is a difficult) task to boll every batch of solution to equal strength," he added. ; The reply of Professor Surface j embodied the following: "Tho hydrometer for testing! lime-sulphur wash Is immersed n ' the dilute solution which you are I ready to put on the trees. It will j show the proper degree or dilution to havo the strength needed to kill , the scalo. This is 'I' and three spaces below, which is equal to '1.03.' You understand it might bo better to have It a little stronger, i and certainly It should never be ) weaker. "I agree with you that It Is dlf-' licult to boll each batch of the solu-, tion of equal Btrongth, and you can, i of course, boll It and store It, and ! use the hydrometer test to get tho . degree of dilution it should have ' when you are ready to use It. "In making It of a concentrated strength, according to the formula of one pound of lime and two pounds of sulphur, boiled in ono gallon of water, it will give a strength of 1.8, at which it can be stored without crystallization, to be diluted when wanted. During this time it should be in a closed vessel, away from the air. "Hydrometers are manufactured by the A. II. Thomas Co., Twelfth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia." THE NEW PROCESS LIME. The following letter,and the reply thereto are herewith given as an example of the correspondence of the Division of Zoology or the Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture. Hundreds of letters are being re ceived every day by State Zoologist Surface in regard to every phase of insect pests, diseases of plant life, apparatus and material for spray ing, the value of various fertilizers, etc. "Dear Sir: Tho other day a farm er talked to me about lime. He told me that another man told him about lime manufactured by a new process. The man claimed that 200 pounds of the new process lime, ap plied with a seed drill, was worth as much as 35 bushels of the ordi nary lime.. Did you make any ex periments in this line, or do you know whether there is any truth in the claim made? lf there is any jijuth in it, would you please send Sie the address of parties who man facture .such lime?" Answer: "Replying to your recent letter making Inquiry concerning manufactured or prepared lime. I beg to say that the statement Is en tirely preposterous nnd absurd to the effect that two hundred pounds of this 'new process' lime would be worth ns much as thirty-five bush els of ordinary lime. In fact, it is the same chemical material, and is, consequently, worth no more. I count the 'new process' lime idea as one of the modern agricultural fakes, now being thrust before the public. The material has no great er fertilizing value In it, in any re gard whatever, than the freshly burned, ordinary quicklime, and It has only the advantage of being more finely divided. It should be classed with the 'seedless apple,' the 'borer-proof fruit tree,' untest ed scale remedies, and other' fakes that are now being put before the public. While it is not quite as bad as these, because it has some merit in the finer division of tho lime, yet the statements of the value of Buch lime are entirely overdrawn." CAUSES OP FAILURE IX SPRAYIXG. A very prominent professional man of Sunbury, Pa., wroto to State Zoologist Surface, Harrlsburg, say ing that tho lime-sulphur preparation sprayed on his trees had "failed in Us efllcacy." He acknowledged that he was "at a loss to account for Its failure;" and then Inquired whether tho preparation that he had seen ad vertised, known as "Target Brand Scale Destroyer," Is superior to the lime and sulphur heretofore used. Prof. Surface gave his reasons as to the probable cause of the 111 suc cess with the lime-sulphur solution, and also his views as to the Scale Destroyer mentioned. He wrote as follows: "I note that your trees still seom to be Infested with San Jose Scale, notwithstanding that you had them sprayed with lime-sulphur. I can say that there have been more suc cessful results from spraying with this material than with any othor. However the commercial solution should be used stronger than Is gen erally recommended. It Is possible that your trees were sprayed with the commercial or concentrated material. If so, It is quito likely that the operator diluted It with eleven times Its bulk of water, ac cording to the ordinary directions of the manufacturers and agents. This, however, makes It too weak, and It does not then kill tho scalo. It should not generally- be diluted more than ono to eight. Also, In making tho homo-bollod wash, peo ple often fall to boil it long enough, which should be an hour; and they often do not apply it with absolute thoroughness. Tho trees, bushes, etc., should be sprayed from one side when tho wind Is blowing slightly. nnu wnen u nns cuangeu mrectlon, It should he sprayed thoroughly from the other side. The twigs should be reached to the tips of the most remote branches, and all bark woll-coUted. , "Target Brand Scale' Destroyer Is an oil, and has proven destruc tive to the trees in- many orchards whore it has been applied. I havo received more complaints of Injury from this than from nny other .spray material. "I trust you will not be discour aged, but will have your trees again sprayed thoroughly. The great difficulty. la that there Is so much scalo In your immediate vicinity, that even if your trees nre practi cally cleaned at one spraying, they are likely to bo very completely re- Infested during the next summer. Try to get your neighbors to clean up their pests." AX ODD EXPERIMENT. J It Evplnius How Cyclones Drive I Straw k Tin iiiigli Treo Trunks. If a needle Is shoved Into a cork until Just the tip end shows on the i opposite side nnd the needle is then j broken off so that the upper end Is Hush with or hidden under the top l surface on tho cork an' interesting thing may be shown, known as the i Increase of pressures. If this cork be now placed needle point down on a copper cent or other small coin a liEht blow on ton of thn rnrlt will, n hammer will drive the needle through 1 Get rcatlrto fight the codling-moth the copper. The expanatlon is as 1 whlch causcs wormy apples. Next follows: month we'll tell you how. In the Everything has Its limits of re. ' meantime, fruit growers should pre ristance, and we may define this in pare- thelnsolves fr the campaign by terms to tho snuare inch that will ordering a Jlrst-class spray pump and overcome It. Take a ten pound weight and place it on a surface of two square Inches; the pressure Is evidently five pounds to the square inch. Now take away one of the square inches, and there is just as evidently a pressure of ten pounds to the square inch. Decrease this surface to the dimensions of a needle point and put a five pound blow on the needle head. The pressure to the square Inch at the point Is tre mendous. So, of course, it can be forced through almost anything, provided the needle Is kept from breaking. For this purpose the cork is supplied, which keeps the needle from starting to bend, having for this purpose what might be called an infinitely . inclined plane or straight line. This phenomenon explains several things of frequent occurrence. Cy clones sometimes drive straws through trees three and four feet thick. The compressed -air round the straw keeps it from bending, and the enormous force driving it forces it through. Of course in the case of the needle and, In fact, any pointed Instru ment gradually getting larger from the point the advantage of the in clined plane Is made use of in con tinuing the motion. As It takes much less force to roll a barrel up an inclined plank into a door than to lift it directly from the ground to the door, so we can separate two things or two parts of the same thing easier with a pointed instrument (which Is the same thing as a round wedge) than with an instrument of the same size all. the way. St. Louis Republic. BIRTH OP GREAT VASE. M. Taxile Doat, the ramous cera mic artist of France, now director of the ceramic department of the Peo ples University of the American Woman's League, recently announc eu me uirtu or the first great vase, your house will be represented be nearly four feet high, to be called j cause it was in last year, but make the vase St. Louis. This superb sure that you receive the benefit of vase, the first produced at Unlverstty I this offer by forwarding tho needed City and which Is valued at several i information without delay. Owners thousand dollars, is to be sent to Europe for exhibition purposes in competition with the finest art wares of France, England and Germany. M. K. SIMON'S, I'KKSIDKNT. FARMERS MECHANICS BANK CAPITAL STOCK $75,000.00 THE BANK Of the People, For the People and By the People ! $i We solicit the patronage of Individuals and firms for cither Checking or Savings accounts, and always stand ready to loan money to Wayne Counteans having proper security. O O O SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS RENTED BY THE MONTH OR YEAR. I Farmers - Mm Bank ORCHARD A XI) (JAKDEX. i irornptly gather up and burn all )rJ18h and rilbbl8h lnUo ore,,nrd ; When spraying do not work with I baro linndB. They'll be sore If vou do. Put otl n pnlr of rubber gloves. ' Hemember When you plow In the orchard that tho roots are very near the surface. Three inches Is plenty deep enofidh. Some fruit growers say that It Is n5t a godd plan to plow an orchard when tho trees are In blossom. - -bettor do It before or after. How long will our orchards bear the neglect seen on every hand? v need less of ex-tenslvo farming and more of In-tensive and sensible op erations. Now, don't wait till tho last mom- I ent before ordering the berry plants mve uie roues wno grow tnem a chance to fill the order in good shape without being hurried. Better for them and surely better for you. When the leaves begin to grow, the canker-worm may commence to move up on. the trunks of fruit and other trees. Bands of tar or print er's ink, if put on the tree trunks In time, will catch many of the pests. As soon as the leaves start on cur rant or gooseberry bushes, cut out all sickly-looking or non-starting canes and promptly burn the cut tings. Borers are probably within, nnd in this way they can bo kept in check. the necessary attachments. From April Farm Journal. Don't plow the ground too get it just right, and then things. wet; xrush CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. Ttte Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of THE 1). & H. SUMMER-HOTEL AXD BOARDING HOUSE DIRECTORY. The Delaware & Hudson Co. is now collating information for the 1310 edition of "A Summer Para dise," the D. & H. summer-hotel and boarding-house directory that has done so much to advertise and de velop the resorts in this section. It offers opportunity for every summer hotel or boarding house proprietor to advertise his place by representa tion in this book. The information desired is, as follows: Name ot house: P. O. Address; Name of Manager; Altitude; Nearest D. & H. R. R. sta tion; Distance from station; how reached from station; Capacity of house; Terms per week and per day; Date of opening and closing house; what modern improvements; Sports and other entertainments. This in formation should be sent at once to Mr. A. A. Heard, General Passenger Agent, Albany, N. Y. Blanks may be obtained from the nearest ticket agent, if desired. No charge is made for a card notice; a pictorial adver tisement will cost $15.00 for a full page or J7.G0 a half-page. Our ho tel people should get busy at once and take advantage of this. Don't make the mistake of thinking that of cottages to rent are also given the same rates for pictorial advertise ments, but, for a card notice, a mini mum charge of J3.00 will be made. C. A. KMKIIY.Casiiikh STARTS AN ACCOUNT!