THI2 CITIZEN, WKDNKSDAY, JUNli 8, 1010.
THE
GRANGE
von cut
WOIIMS.
Several 1'ennsylvnnln farmers have
recently written to State Zoologist
Surface, Harrlsburg, stating that cut
worms are unusually bad tills year
and beseeching him for a recom
mendation of a rolioblo remedy. A
Dauphin county farmer writes that
a neighbor got two quarts of cut
worms from around his sweet pota
to vines and wants to known how to
destroy them.
In his reply Prof. Surface said:
"Evidence comes from different
parts of the state that these pests
are unusually numerous and destruc
tive this year. The proper course
would have been to have destroyed
them by plowing the ground early In
the fall and cultivating it by deep
harrowing with a spring-toothed
harrow until it was so frozen as to
prevent further cultivation. Then
coiumenco cultivation as early as
possible in the spring. The fall
plowing and late and early cultiva
tion helps to destroy these pests ns
well as wireworms, root lice, ants,
webworras and other pests which are
liable to attack crops following
freshly plowed sod.
"However, the fact remains that
the cutworms are now present in un
usually destructive numbers and
must be treated. There is no easy
method of destroying insects In tho
ground, but cutworms can be killed
if one is willing to go to the trouble
of following directions carefully.
"The plan is to poison them by
the use of a sweet and poisoned
bran. The method is to aad one
part of Paris green, by weight, to
thirty or forty parts of bran, stir
this together, while yet dry, and then
mixing it with water that has been
sweetened by the addition of strong
or coarse molasses. The older and
stronger the molasses, to give it
odor, the better it will be. The bran
should be moistened with this sweet
ened water until it is made into n
damp mass, just wet enough to stay
in little heaps. A very small pinch
of this placed at the base of each
garden plant to protect it will be ef
fectual. The cut worms will eat it
in preference to the plant.
To protect corn it Is advisable to
drop a pinch in the corn row each
step or two across the field, so that
the cut worm will find this and eat
it and let the corn remain. I would
advise even putting it out before the
corn appears above the ground. This
will be better, thus to kill the worms
early, than to let them remain un
treated until after the corn Is once
cut off. It is much better to put
out the poison bran in the evening
while it is damp, or on a damp day,
so that it will not be dry when the
pests como forth at night to seek
their food. It will be found by them
just about as readily if it is slightly
covered with earth and for this rea
son, if it should become necessary
to protect domestic fowls from it,
one could cover it with loose earth
at the time of application.
"It is my opinion that it would be
efficient to drop tho poison bran in
the rows of corn in the field and
cover it lightly with loose earth by
means of a cultivator drawn by a
horse. Little pinches of tho bran
could be dropped as rapidly as a
man would walk along and drop
corn, which would be nearly as fast
as a horse could walk, and the
trouble and expense of protecting
the crop by this means would not
bo great In comparison with the
value of the crop, which might not
otherwise be obtained.
"In gardens and other small plots
it is a good plan to lay shingles,
small boards or flat stones over tho
poison, when it Is put out. This
will not only protect fowls and
birds, which would otherwise take it,
but will furnish hiding places for
cut worms where they will find
concealment such as they like, and
at the same time will find the fatal
bait.
"Trees, vines and bushes will be
protected from tho climbing cut
worms by putting a llttlo poisoned
bran at the baEo of each in the
evening. Itnin should not wash .it
before tho worms shall And it. If
tliis should occur renew the appli
i ition."
Tl'n HASPJlKItUY
'AN::.giiu)lku.
A Pennsylvania berry grower sent
portions of his raspberry cane to
Prof. II. A. Surface, State Zoologist,
Harrisburg, and letter, saying:
"Last summer something made n
ring round tho top of now raspberry
cane, causing tho tops to dio and
fall off. At the time I supposed it
was something feeding on tho Juice,
but this spring the canes were dead
back a foot or so and In trimming
off tho dead part I found a row of
small holes around the stem con
talning eggs. I gathored all I could
and burned them. Is this Insect
very troublesome or Is it rarely
found? I have never noticed It be
fore." To this Prof, Surface replied:
"Tho eggs laid in a row in tho cut
ting which you sent are thoso of tho
Snowy Treo Cricket, which aro to bo
found during tho winter and spring
in twigs of various kinds, whoro they
wcro deposited last fall. Tho prop
er treatment Is to cut and burn them
as you did.
-Read tho Citizen. It pays.
ADVOCATES BUILDING
GOOD DIRT ROADS
Senator John Q. Honisher, of Lan
caster county, Pennsylvania, who
lives along tho route of tho Hcrnld
Atianta Journal Natlonnl Highway,
is a good roads enthusiast. 11c has
given tho subject of rond Improve
ment considerable study and has
ideas that are of Interest.
"Long ago I becamo convinced,"
said Senator Homshcr recently, "thnt
if we were to have good roads in our
day and generation, wo must seek
some other methods of doing tho
work and some other material than
macadam. While stono roads have
and perhaps always will have an
adaptability for certain districts,
where on account of tho lack of fa
cilities for good dralnngc, or whero
the character of the soli is such that
good earth roads cannot bo made, or
for thoroughfares where the travel is
great and tho valuation high enough
to stand the tnxatlon, the expenso is
far too great to make them practic
able for oven a small proportion of
nil the roads.
"Wo have a good example of tho
cost of tho making and keeping up of
stone roads In the turnpikes of tho
State. Except at certain points,
where tho travel is concentrated, as
on tho roads into cities, the pikes
have not on the average been paying
or prosperous to tho stockholders.
Many of them have been abandoned
because they did not pay. This shows
that two cents a mile, or tho toll
charged, will hardly pay tho interest
on the cost and keep the road in re
pair. And the cost must bo paid
either in toll or in taxes.
"It must bo remembered that, no
matter how good n stone road is con
structed, there is a certain amount of
wear and tear each day and month
and year. The amount of this wear
has been found by experience to be
from one-fourth to one-half inch a
year. Other observations have shown
that tho amount of material con
sumed and therefore to be replaced
is one cubic yard per mile for each
collar or beast of burden passing
over it per year. Others have figur
ed It at only two-thirds of a cubic
yard per year.
"We also have the experience of
city street making. With all of their
great valuation to tax, cities have
found it burdensome to keep up good
paved or macadamized streets.
"Mind I am not speaking against
macadamized r.oads. They are, so
far as our knowledge of road mak
ing now goes, the one thing for
thoroughfares or other places where
the valuation will afford them with
out burdensome taxation, and for
places where a good earth road can
not, on account of local conditions,
be made, but what we want is good
roads now, and the question is how
to make them with what money is
available.
"I think it is the wrong policy for a
township that has only from two to
ten thousand dollars a year to spend
on roads to lay It all out on a mile
or two of stone road, when by the
right methods good earth roads could
be kept up over the whole township
with the same money or less.
"Tho solution of this I am convinc
ed is in learning how to make earth
roads. I believe that by proper meth
ods of roadmaklng tho earth roads,
especially In places where the nature
of tho soil and the facilities for good
drainage aro favorable, can be made
and kept as good or better on tho
average than tho stone road and at
but a fraction of tho cost.
"The nature of tho soil and tho fa
cilities for drainage are so varied
that it is impossible to lay down any
one rule or method of road making.
At some places nothing but macadam
will do, but there are many, many
other places whero tho earth roads
can bo made equally good. In fact,
in places where the soil is just right
that is, porous enough to let tho
REPORT OF THE
STILL GROWING CONPITBON OF
Honesdale Dime Bank
HONESDALE, PA.
At the close of business May 2, 1910
HESOUItCES.
Loans $301,318.7:1
Bonds & Mortgages . . 72,070.53
Ileal Estate, Furniture
and Fixtures 20,000.00
Cash and duo from
banks 00,801.80
Overdrafts 2.10
$
Deposits May 20th, 1000
" Nov. 20th, 1000
" May 28th, 1007
" Dec. 10th, 1907
E. O. MUMFORD, President.
water through, and yet tenacious
enough to pnek and not become
dusty, nnd tho drainage naturally
good tho earth rond is the very
best that can be mndc. And most
soils will, In n largo degree, take on
the qualities necessary for good road
making after good drnlnago is effected."
A 1MIHTTV PMCCK OK ItOAl).
If there are any in Laceyvlllc who
doubt tho efficiency of tho King split
log drag for mnklng model country
roads they should take n rldo up on
Spring Hill nnd note tho wonderful
effects this simple device hns
wrought. Starting at Just4 nbovo
Monroe Wnkcley's and going through
to Hen Coburn's tho rond is as smooth
ns pavement, nicely turnpike nnd free
from stones. In sonic places tills
particular stretch of road has been
considered linrd to keep up, but the
log road drag has mnde these plnces
an ensy matter. An nutolst In talk
ing with a Messonger scribe stated
that this is the finest piece of rond I
he ever drove a car over in this j
section, nnd tho people of Spring Hill
should be congratulated on having j
rond supervisors who aro not above .
using such nn ordinary little thing
as tho "King split-log arng." La-i
ceyvllle Messenger.
WHKIti: KISSING IS UNKNOWN.
Mnimi-r in Wlilrli People Kxpress
Koc'Mnss of lOndeni'iucnt.
A caress, a kiss, a kindly touch aro
supposed to be signs of lovo every
where, while a frown expresses dis
pleasure, says tho Cleveland Lender.
A study of the psychology of peoples
shows that the kiss is only one ex
pression of affection. There nre
places where kissing is unknown, this
mode of expression being supple
mented by caressing with the hand,
tho nose, the tongue, clapping of
hands and various embraces.
The Malays express their feeling
of endearment by touching noses.
They say much tenderness is express
ed by bringing the noses in contact.
They believe it is by the nose we
breathe, and tho bringing of noses
in contact has the same Influence on
the soul. A traveler told them to
kiss with their Hps, but they said:
"No, no, the soul is not in the
mouth."
The Andaman islanders also refuse
to hear of the Joys of kissing. They
rub noses occasionally, but It is cus
tomary for friends to greet each other
with the eye. When a husband Is
away and returns homo, he shows
his joy by sitting with his arms about
his wife's neck, nnd they weep and
howl as if a great sorrow haa befal
len them. Suddenly, by some unex
plainable reason, this grief turns to
joy. The man then calls on his other
relatives and goes through a similar
performance.
African husbands never kiss their
wives. They would consider this a
too familiar expression of devotion.
A Mandigo wife meeting her hus
band who has just returned home
throws herself on tho ground as a
token of greeting.
Tho Dahomians greet their hus
bands with wonderful dignity; they
prostrate themselves, throw sand on
their heads and never think of rising
until their husbands make the com
mand. But the New Zealanders prefer to
believe that the soul has Its nearest
approach to another soul through
tho nose. After a long absence the
husband gives vent to his joy In tho
tangi a bitter crying and moaning
spell which transforms itself gradu
ally into a merry laugh.
SPKIXGTIME DUTIES.
Garden chairs and canvas awn
ings and sunbllnds should bo care
fully inspected, and all deficiencies
made good before there Is a likeli
hood of their being required.
Be very firm about tho removal
of all rubbish and things which have
becomo absolutely useless, and do
(Condensed)
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock ? 75,000.00
Surplus, Earned -15,710.85
Deposits 528,310.20
Bills Payable 5,000.00
$051,000.11
STATEMENT SHOWING GROWTH
$130,341.72
218,243.37
200,872.14
350,209.97
Deposits May 10th,
" Nov. 27th,
" April 28th,
" Nov. Cth,
May 2, 1910, Deposits $528, 340. 2G
W. F. RIEFLEH, Vice President.
not mako tho mlstako of Btorlng up
all sorts of lumber, thinking thoy
mny prove usoful some day, as that
"some dny" has a persistent way of
nover dawning.
Also mako n prnctico of securing
a good stock of house cloths, rub
bers, polishers, soap, pdlishes, etc.,
before you start on your great career
of cleaning. All sorts of rags will
come In usefully, nnd thcBO can bo
thrown away when dono with.
Don't forget thnt now Is tho time
for new larapwicks, now electric nnd
gns burners In fact, bo very rigor
ous in your dealing with all things
thnt give an nil too positive proof
that they have dono yeoman ser
vice during tho winter months.
Put on nn old frock nnd visit tho
conl cellar. You probably have not
paid It a call all tho winter. The
stock of coal will ho low, but boforo
ordering in a fresh supply have all
tho largo lumps picked out and
stacked in a corner (previously
swept out) and then have every bit
of black and flno coal swept Into an
other corner easily get-nt-able.
This slack, mixed with wet tea
leaves, put In a paper bag, and Bet
at the back of a good Arc, will con
siderably help and economize tho
matter of fuel. A llttlo shovel
should be kept near this heap In
readiness for use. Probably, also,
sundry old boxes nnd pieces of wood
have likewise been thrown into the
conl cellar; these should now be
sorted, shopped up and stacked
tidily for future use.
If there Is a collection of empty
bottles nnd jars, pass these in re
view, nnd If there Is none which can
be utilized in the household, call in
tho itinerant bottle merchant and
get rid of the lot; tho few cents
you will obtain In exchange will
cause great Joy to your domestic
and make her anxious to assist in
tho work of "clennlng up."
Old magazines and papers are sure
to have collected during the" winter
months; newspapers are always
needed In n household, so have them
stacked tidily in somo convenient
spot. The magazines you will not
need again, so send them off to the
local hospital, or to some sick folk,
who will be glad of them.
CHEST NOTES.
Varying Sounds Thnt Mny be Heard
Through tho Stethoscope.
The doctor henrs some curious
noises when he places the stetho
scopo against your chest. When the
lungs are in a healthy condition the
medical gentleman hears a pleasant,
breezy sound, soft In tone, as you
draw in the breath and expel it.
Should the Instrument convey to his
ear a gurgling or bubbling sound he
makes a mental note of the fact that
you are in what Is known as the
moist stage of bronchitis. In the
dry stage of tho same complaint the
sound is a whistling, wheezy one.
One of the signs of pneumonia is
the crackling noto that comes
through the stethoscope. It is not
unlike the sound that can be heard
when your finger and thumb have
touched a sticky substance and you
first place them together and then
part them, holding them close O
your ear.
Doctors occasionally hear a drip
ping sound, and that indicates that
air and water have got into some
part of the chest where they have no
right to be. Blow ncross a bottle,
and you will produce a sound which
is actually to be heard In your chest.
It Is caused In the same way that
Is, by air passing over a cavity.
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Send today for our latest cata
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BINGH AMTOJT, N. TT.
OFFICE OF THE HONESDALE
CONSOLIDATED LIGHT, HEAT
AND POWER COMPANY
SPECIAL NOTICE TO STOCK
HOLDERS. Tho Board of Directors of this
Company have called a Bpeclal meet
ing of Its stockholders to be held at
the General oillce of tho company,
in the Borough of Honesdale, Penn
sylvania, on tho 14th day of July,
1910, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose
of voting for or against an increase
of the Indebtedness of snld company.
M. B. ALLEN, Secretary.
FEMININE DELIGHTS
abound in our latest ar
rival of exquisite lin
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necessities.
This wonderful
meni of
assort-
CHOICE
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store. Come in and
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TWO WOMEN'S NOTIONS
may be different in many
points, but they will
agree, when it comes to
naming the store, where
the best dry goods are
kept.
They will tell you this is not only
tho best for tho larger nrticlo hut
also for nil kinds of notions.
KATZ
BROS.
E We wish to secure a good
correspondent in every town
in Wayne county. Don't be
afraid to write this office for
paper and stamped envelops.
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ITTnHVPt 1 rltfUl.tftti.lw, . ...
I Oillce. Mnaonlc building, eccond floor
lumcsdiiic. Va.
I
TUN- H. LEE,
I I I ATTOHNKY A COUNHEI.OIt-AT-I.AW.
Office over post onicc. All Iceitl business
I Promptly attended to. Ilonesdala. l'a.
EC. MUMFORD,
. ATTOIt.VKV A COUN8EI.OIt-AT-I.AW
Olllre Liberty Hall bulldliur. opposite the
Post Office, Honesdale, l'n.
HOMEIt GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOlt-AT-I.AW.
uiiicc over Heir's store, llunesilale l'a.
OL. ROWLAND,
ATTOItNEY A COUNBF.t.on-AT-LAW
Ofllce vcr Post Ulllcc. Ilonesdnle. l'a
nlURLES A. McCARTY,
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- IT-LAW.
Special nnd prompt ntlentlon clvcn to ti e
collection of claims. Oillce over Kelt's new
store, Honesdale. l'a.
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Ofllce over the post oillce Honosdale. l'a.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A rol'Nf ELOR-AT-LAW,
Oillce in the Court House, Honesdale
Pa.
PETER II. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
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bulldlnc. Honesdale. l'a.
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fillESTER A. GARRATT,
J ATTORNEY A COUNfcELOR-AT-LAW.
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Dentists.
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Office and residence 1019 Courtstreet
telephones. Ofllce Hours 2:00 to 4:00 and
6 00 oH:W. p.m
Livery.
LIVERY. red. G. Ricknrd has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Chu.'ch street to Whitney's Stone
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Office: Second floor Masonic Build
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