The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, April 22, 1910, Image 6

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    THE CITIZEN, l'HIDAY, AIMUIj 22, 1010.
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STOCK
DEVICE FOR DRESSING HOGS.
Frame Is Made Similar to That Used
In Derrick for Hay.
An excellent method of constructing
a hog scaling mid hanging outllt is,
first, put up three poles IS feet long,
malting a derrick similar to one some
times used for stacking hay. To do
the scalding use n pair of tacklo
blocks, setting a barrel or scalding
vat under the center of tho poles and
doing the lifting with tho tackle. A
platform for scraping is of course nec
essary. The next step is to set up a revolv
ing or turning pole with two cross
arms, ns shown in the cut. The cross
arms should he mortised in and held
firmly in place by bolts. Tho bottom
Hog Dressing Device,
of the pole should have an iron pin
driven into it, and a hole bored in the
crosspiece at the bottom, into which
the pin fits, to hold the polo in place
as it is turned. A hole is also bored
In the upright pole high enough to in
sert a stick of hardwood or irontbar
to turn tho pole so that the arms
above swing under the derrick and
out again as the hogs are dressed and
hung thereon. The dressed carcass is
lowered onto one of the arms from the
derrick, the tackle removed, and
the hog swung around out of the way.
In this way four hogs are killed, the
last one can be left hanging on the
tackle.
Selecting Breeding Ewes.
See to it that the ewes for breed
ing purposes are not thin and emaci
ated, for if one has passed through
the feeding season and is in this con
dition there must be something wrong
with her. Make sure that there are
no broken mouthed or aged ones in
your flock; neither should the ewe be
too fat. A good frame is essential for
the producing of healthy progeny. The
open market is the best place to se
lect your stock, unless some neighbor
can accommodate you with a surplus
from his ilock. The beginner should
nover select his ewes without having
along a competent Judge of sheep who
will advise with him as to selections.
Sheep Good Property Now.
Our sheepmen seem to be feeling
good almost everywhere. Good prices
for wool, a strong demand for finish
ed mutton and away up figures for
feeders, along with the present high
tariff duties agreed to for some years
to come, all tend to give stability and
promise to a business that is all too
apt to be affected by little things.
Sheepmen can confidently go ahead
now, laying a good foundation to
their business, confident that they
cannot make a mistake in putting
good money into good rams and good
feed nnd care into tho whole flock.
The outlook is certainly the best sll
around that it has been for years.
Horse Sense.
A temper under control is an in
valuable asset to tho stockman.
Feeding heavy at night doesn't
wake up for a light feed in the morn
ing. Feed regularly.
Many good horses are ruined by be
ing brought in too hot and allowed to
stand in a strong draught.
The colt which is handled right and
carefully trained will never have to
be broken, in the sense that word is
eo often used.
Whenever possible clean the horse
outside the stables so that tho' same
dirt and germs cannot get on them
again.
Disposing of Old Horses.
It is a much-mooted question as to
what should be done with the old
horses. The veriest horse crank- alive
would hardly advocate keeping nil of
them, but in tho name of ordinary,
evary-dny humnulty don't keep the
faithful friends until past their useful
ness, and then let them go for a song
to some huckster.
Feed for Growing Hogs.
Growing pigs require different feed
from fattening hogs, though nearly as
much of it. A pig should havo food
that stimulates growth, bono, flesh
and muscle forming foods richer In
protein than In fats. Mill;, 3r.rt3,
peas, oats and clover with a slight
allowance of corn make a good pig or
shoat ration.
Wisconsin's greatest hog man tells
of carrying CO hogs through tho sea
son on 10 acrea.of good clover without
grain. They galnea little In weight
but considerable In framo and would
have done batter with a little grain.
Helpful
Beaniy Hints
Warts, Pimples, Blackheads
To Make But,t Firm A Greasy
Complexion Dandruff For
Whitening the 3kln A Liquid
Powder Hair Tonic.
I'leaso publish n cure for warts,
wrltos a subscriber. Also a recipe to
removo pimples and blackheads. And
can you tell mo what is good for cal
lous spots and corns?
The following recipe is for a wart
eradicator, and if used as directed,
.will prove effectual:
Sublimed sulphur. .. .120 grains.
Glycerine 5 fluid drams.
Acetic acid 1 fluid dram.
Apply repeatedly to each wart, con
tinuing the treatment for several day9.
Tho warts dry up and then drop off.
liathe the pimples in hot water, dry
gently and apply the cronm for which
the following is the recipe:
. Cream for Pimples.
Salicylic acid ...10 grains.
Calomel 1 dram.
Lard 1 ounce.
Hero arc the directions for tho
green soap treatment which you aro
advised to use to get rid of the black
heads: Tincture of green soap. .2 ounces.
Distilled witch hazel... 2 ounces.
Let this mixture stay on only a few
moments; then wash off with hot wa
ter. If the green soap Irritates the skin,
as it sometimes will, use it every
j other day. Apply a cold cream.
Green soap may be purchased at
any drug store. It is not a regular
"cake soap," but it is about the con
sistency of custard.
Open each seed acne with the point
of a fine cambric needle. The harden
ed mass must be pressed or picked
out. The empty sac of the gland
should then be bathed with a little
toilet vinegar and water, or with
a very weak solution of carbolic
acid and water. Sterlize the needle
before using it by dipping into boiling
water, as the use of any instrument,
unless the skin as well as the needle
is thoroughly cleansed, Is always dan
gerous. The callous spots will disappear if
rubbed with pumice stone.
An excellent corn cure may be
made according to the following re
cipe: Salicylic acid 30 grains.
Extract cannabis indica.5 grains.
Collodion 1-2 ounce.
A Greasy Complexion.
If your skin is greasy you should
abstain from eating fried foods and
give up all confectionery until your
complexion improves and then in
dulge moderately. Mop the face oc
casionally with the solution made ac
cording to the following recipe:
Lotion for Oily Skin.
Boracic acid 1 dram.
Distilled witch hazel. . . .2 ounces.
Hose water 2 ounces.
To remove freckles wash the
face in water to which the juice of a
lemon has been added.
Face Powder.
The best face powder to use is sim
ply the purest variety of rice powder,
either white or flesh color, according
to the complexion. Here is the for
mula for the famous poudre d'amour:
Scrape half a dozen raw carrots
and half a red beet root. Squeeze tho
juice through a piece of muslin. Mix
into the Juice three ounces of pow
dered cornstarch and place In tho sun
shine, stirring occasionally until tho
juice has all evaporated and the pow
der is perfectly dry. Sift through a
piece of gauze and add the following:
Powdered Venetian talc, 300 grains;
powdered lycopodlum, 300 grains;
powdered borgamot, 45 grains; pow
dered bismuth Bubnltrato, 7 grains.
Sift again and keep in a sandalwood
box.
Dandruff.
For removing dandruff you will
find nothing to equal castor oil. Rub
a few drops of the oil Into tho scalp
throe times a week. The dandruff
will become loosened and may bo
brushed out. After getting rid of the
dandruff use tho tonic for which this
is the recipe:
Hair Tonic.
Itesorcin 2 drams.
Tincture cantharldes ...1 ounce.
Oil recinl 4 drams.
Oil rosemary .....10 drops.
Bay rum, add sufficient
to make . . . . , 2 ounces.
For Whitening the Skin A Liquid
Powder.
Pure Oxide of zinc 1 ounco.
Glycerine 1 dram.
Hose water 4 ounces.
Essence of roae IE drops.
Sift the zinc, dissolving it in Just
enough of the rosewater to cover it;
then add the glycerine; next, tho re
mainder of the rosewater.
Shake well, ond apply with a soft
spongo or an antiseptic gauze. The
face must be well wiped off before the
liquid dries, or it will be streaked.
To Make Bust Firm.
Bathing tho bust with cold water
will give it firmness und mussago
with the preparation made according
to tho following recipe;
Oil of sweet almonds,. 6 ounces.
White wax 3 ounces.
Tincture benzoin ..1 1-2 ounceB.
Rosewater 1 1-2 ounces.
Pulverised tannin .... 0 drama.
til- Oiut.
Destroying it Did NcL Uimu tho Prom
Iced Rowrurf.
"Tom Angus wan mm uri-hllcct of
Tombstone," unld the story toller.
"When they expected Mis. Limxtry in
Tombstone, Tom was appointed to dec
orntc the railway station mid the
streets, lie did so. and ho made :i
good job of It, nnd after the mayor
had congratulated hltn he said:
"'Well. Mr. Mayor, since you like
my work, introduce me to Mrs. Lung
try at tho banquet, will you?"
"'Sure, I will,' said tho mayor, 'but
you must knock tlmt spinach o(T your
chin first. Mrs. Langtry is n lady
and she could never stand for n runt.'
nlfnlfn field like yours.'
"'Hut,' stammered Tom 'but, Mr
Mayor, tho king'
" 'Cut down the nlfalfa crop,' tho
mayor Interrupted, 'nud I'll introduco
ron nEiiovED ins men wnisEEits.
you. Vice versa,' he added, very de
cidedly. "So Tom removed his rich whiskers,
and that night among the banqueters
his white, nude chin was a conspicu
ous object. But tho mayor didn't In
troduce him to the beautiful Mrs.
Langtry, after all. After every course
and all through the speeches Tom kept
winking and nodding nt his honor, but
it was to no purpose. Ho didn't get
introduced.
"And tho next day, after Mrs. Lang
try was gone, the mayor, when Tom
reproached him, gave a loud laugh.
" 'Was that you,' he roared, 'nodding
and winking nil last night? By Jove.
I didn't recognize you, Tom, without
your whiskers.'"
Anger.
If you wisli not to be of an angry
temper do not feed the habit. Throw
nothing on it which will increase it
At first keep quiet and count the days
on which you have been nngry. Epic
tetus. Diplomacy.
Down on Xew York's west side
there's a 'longshore saloon where they
set up n huge schooner for Ci cents.
When 0 o'clock blows the place Is
thronged by the thirsty, fortifying
themselves for the long walk home.
One night a huge Irishman in n red
flannel shirt, open nt his brawny chest
and rolled up"1 over swelling biceps,
stood in the crowd and tapped his
nickel on the bar. Just na the bar
keeper sot out the schooner the swing
door burst open, ilnd a little Irishman
rushed in, flung his coat on the floor,
threw his hat beside it and, jumping
on them, yelled in a high voice quiver
ing with rage:
"Which one of yez beat up poor Pat
Murphy?"
The big Irishman in the red shirt
tapped his chest. "'Twas me!" he
bellowed hoarsely.
The little Irishman whirled round.
"Gee!" ho piped. "Ye did him up
folue." Lippincott's.
Napoleon's Gift.
A former viceroy of India was once
a guest at an otllciul banquet in Lon
don and found himself placed next to
a portly Loudon alderman.
"My grandfather know Napoleon,"
said the latter to the distinguished
guest. "The emperor gave him a love
ly snuffbox. There is a hen -on the
lid."
"Dear me!" replied the viceroy. "It
is probably an eagle, not a hen."
"No, it is a hen," persisted tho alder
man, producing tho box from his pock
et nnd proudly displaying the initial
"N" of tile emperor's nnine in bril
liants on tlie lid.
A Valuable Signature.
Whistler's professional us well ua le
gal signature was a butterfly. It ap
peared on his paintings and was tho
only signature reeogulzed nt his bank.
Autograph fiends schemed in vuln and
would havo paid handsomely for
Whistler's autograph in script.
One day the painter was visited in
bis studio by a dealer who appeared
to be very angry. Ho had received
Whistler's check for 1 58. and wrath,
fully demanded a proper signature
that would draw tho money at tho
bank.
Whistler, genuinely enraged ut tho
thought that there could bo any one
so ignorant ns not to know about tho
famous butterfly, wrote his name on
tho check, knowing that tho bank
would refuse It nnd picturing to him
self with joy tho dealer's punishment
In forfeiting tho 1 5s. owing to him.
The next day tho painter was so
furious he nearly had a fit on learn
ing: that within an hour tho dealer had
eold tho rare signature for 03.
WASTED
J CBk
lljort jSJermonsi
FOR A
Theme:
FISHING FOR SOULS.
BY THEODORE L. CUYLER, D. D.
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Jesus Christ commissions Ills ser
vants to bo "fishers of men." A good
motto for ministers nnd Christian
people everywhere, nnxlous for lnrgest
results, lies In Christ's command to
Petor on the shore of Galileo: "Launch
out Into the deep!" Peter's reply to
his Master was that they had been
tolling all night nnd had caught no
fish; "nevertheless, Lord," he says,
"atThy word I will let down tho net."
He was despondent, but not despair
ing. Tho command of his Lord is
enough to rally his faith. To the oyo
of faith many things are clear that
to the eye of sense aro exceedingly
dark. Faith sets tho bow of Peter's
little smack toward tho deep water;
the fish aro there, and not in the shoal
water near the shore. So out Into tho
deep they pull; down goes tho net,
and lo! such a great multitude of
fishes aro enclosed that two boats are
required to bring the abundant haul
safely to land.
Here is a lesson for pastors, Sunday-school
teachers, parents and all
who long for the salvation of souls.
Perhaps last year was not a year of
success. Failure in any ' good under
taking is a calamity; It often breaks
the neck of a weak Christian's cour
age. Failure ought to provoke a true
Christian to fresh ardor, and new at
tempts to retrieve tho losses of tho
past. Failure has a reason for It, and
it ought to stir every honest heart to
the solemn inquiry: Whose fault was
it? God does not break His promises.
His injunction is: Be not weary in
your good work, for In due season ye
shall reap. If ye faint not. Shallow
interest, shallow feeling, shallow pray
ing, catch no fish for the Master.
The minister who longs to convert
souls must lay hold of the deep truths
of God, and strive to penetrate the
depths of the hearts before him. Down
in the bottom of the unconverted
heart is the lurking depravity, the be
setting sin, or the unbelief that keeps
the sinner from Christ; and the truth
must go deep to reach the roots. It
must uproot the sin to make conver
sion thorough. My brother, you will
need strong doctrine to do this. Phil
lips Brooks well said that "no exhorta
tion to a good life that does not put
behind it some truth as deep as eter
nity, can seize and hold the con
science." Preach all the doctrine your
Bible gives you, and in love to the
sinner's soul.
Fishing for souls is a personal work.
It is not confined to the pulpit; every
man or woman who possesses faith
and an ardent love of Jesus should en
gage in it It is not a "professional"
business, restricted to a few, and to
be done in a set fashion. Nor Is it to
be accomplished only by a whole
church employing a huge net to bring
in a multitude of converts at a single
draught. Sometimes a powerful and
general revival does this. But conver
sions follow individual effort with in
dividual hearts. A pastor often ac
complishes as much by an hour of
close friendly conversation ns by
an hour of public preaching. The
Sunday-school teacher can reach his
or her scholars most effectually by a
private visit, and a faithful talk with
each member of the class. Personal
work does the business; each flaher
must drop his own hook; baited with
love. No one is scolded to Christ, yet
an unconverted person will bear a
tromondously searching talk if It is
conducted in a frank, tender spirit and
unmistakably prompted by affection.
Tho real aim must be persuasion, that
Is, to persuade the sinnor to let go his
sin and to lay hold of Jesus. He is
wise that winneth souls.
Pastors, teachers and church mem
bers aro too often reluctant to take
hold of the "hard cases." Sometimes
they are dismissed as past saving. The
fish that bite readily nre easily caught,
but that Inveterate Sabbath-breaker,
or thnt Jiard drinker, or that open
scoffer, aro too often passed by ns
hopeless. That w.-ts not the fashion
of Peter and his fellow-fishermen, nor
should it bo ours. The Almighty
Spirit which subdued Saul of Tarsus
will attend us if, with strong faith, wo
grapple with the most chronic cases
of open Impenitence. Sometimes
theso "hopeless cases" yield the soon
est, far sooner than some decorous
churchgoers who havo become hard
ened under a thousand sermons nnd
through many seasons of rovlval; and
when a conspicuously irreligious per
son Is converted, tho effect upon tho
community is all tho more pbworful.
One thing Is certain, and that la thnt
those Christians who in their daily
conduct, live nearest to Clirlst, will
win tho most converts to Hlra. Let
us launch out Into the deep, and lot
us remember that the socrot of sue
ccse on Galileo was that Jesus was
on board tho vessel,
Out of tho silent loneliness of the
heart, tho prayer of confosslon rises
to tho Fatherhood of God. The wolght
Is lifted off tho soul. . . . Half
the wolght of the secret pain lifted
off; we begin to feel ashamed of hav
ing despaired of life; we begin to feel
tho duty of forgetting sin and pressing
forward Into the work of righteous
ness. This is the blessed work of
prayer to God, of simply entrusting to
him all. Stoppord Droolc.
Ancient Iceland.
Iceland was founded A. D. 874, by
men from Norway. In tho words of
John Flake, "It was such a wholesale
colonization of picked men ns had not
been noon since nnclent Greek times,
and was not to be seen ngaln until
Wintb.rop sailed In'o Massachusetts
Bry, It was not long before the popu
lation of Iceland was RO.OOO. Their
sheep and cattle flourished, hay
crops were heavy, a llvoly trade with
llplt, oil, butter nnd skins, In exchnngo
wKh meal and malt was kept up with
No. way, Denmark and tho British
Isles, Political freedom was unlm
p'frod, Justice was fairly well admin
istered naval superiority kept nil foes
nt t distance, and under such condi
tions the growth of tho new commun
ity in wealth and culture wns surpris
ingly rapid."
The Cat "Yumped."
The Nlckllugtons, suburban house
holders, brought back from tho beach
a cat which the Swedish mold discov
ered there and had gradually educated
to pome athletic tricks, Mr. NIckling
ton was endeavoring to demonstrate
to visitors what had been tnught. Mak
ing a hoop of his arms he invited the
cat to leap through the opening.
"Jump I jump! Jump!" he bade tho
feline coaxlngly. Kitty never stirred,
1 but turned away In Indifference.
Tho maid arrived. Nicklington ex
pressed his disappointment. Tho
maid, Olg'a, insisted that It could per
form and would.
"Here," she commanded to the cat.
"Come, yump! yutup! yump!"
The cat yumped through, Hthely
and gracefully.
Cableways.
The ufce of eabloways for a large
variety of purposes js an Interesting
development of modern engineering.
Such ways aro employed on tho Pana
ma Canal, the steel cables being sup
ported by lofty movable towers. The
present limit of span Is more than
2,500 feet, and the speed of the con
veyors may exceed 1,800 feet per min
ute. Such ways span gorges, valleys,
roads, railways, and obstructions of
many kinds. The system is used for
building dams, by dumping In a stream
beneath: hauling logs from booms by
means of cables stretched above the
river; running blocks out of quarries
up inclined cableways; dredging chan
nels: piling lumber, steel plates and
bo'ims on cars, and various kinds of
exeavr.tiTig.
Bacteria Affected by Glass.
From the Investigations of a Ger
man scientist it appears that bacteria
are affected favorably or otherwise by
the character of the glass containing
the water in which they are suspend
ed, says tho Detroit News Tribune.
Marked differences in the behavior of
tho cholera germs were noted, accord
ing to the kind of glass composing the
vessels used. The degree of alkalin
ity imparted by the glass to the water
Is believed to be an Important factor
In these experiments.
I
Tlio Kind You Havo Always
in. uso for over 30 years,
and
rbHWy'2', sonal supervision since its infancy.
cccA4 Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd "Just-as-good" aro hut
Experiments that trifle with arid endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
and allays Fevcrishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears tho
4? or a -
The End You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CCNTAUfl COMtMNV, TT MUftRAV STRCCT NEW VOflft CITY.
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Just to Remind Him.
A Cleveland man, who visited
friends in Hants. England, Inst year,
tells the following story of a canny
Scot, a beadle, whose habit Is to show
tourists tho remains of the abbey In
his parish.
One dny he had thus conveyed a
party through the place, every mem
ber of which had tipped him with tho
exception of a crabbed old fellow of
his own nationality.
As the offender left, the beadle
whispered In his car.
"Wool, when ye gang home. If yo
fin' oot that ye have lost your purse,
ye maun recollect thnt ye hnvena had
It oot here." Harper's Magazine.
Restrictions on An Heiress.
The most recent nddltlon to tho
ranks of the wealthy heiresses of New
York Is Miss Kathorlnc Bradley Blge
low, a little girl of ten years. Under
the will of her grandmother, Mrs. El
len M. Hennessy. Miss Blgolow in
herits a fortune estimated at $500,000,
which is, however, forfeited If she
travels unaccompanied by a maid or
chaperon of education and refinement
or If she marries a divorced man or
an nctor.
of
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Attention is called to the STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Oh
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 10 Hi in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
Hohesdale, Pa.. May 29, 190S.
Bought, and -which has been
has homo tho signature of
has heen made under "his pcr-
Signature of
KRAFT & CONGER
Wi4
HONESDALE, PA.
Represent Reliable
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