THE CITJZU.V, WEDNESDAY, JUIA' 27, 1010. TO OUST BILLBOARD v Fight For Abolition of Town U: lifiers Spreading. EFFECTIVE LAWS INSTITUTED Cincinnati and St. Louts Adopt Regu lations Restricting Construction of Signboards In Certain Sections of the City and Matter Exposed on Them. It Is well agreed on as n start'!'? point in the quest nftor n town iiml city beautiful that the ever ugly bill boards must by nil means disappear. The colored poster that adorns the dead wills nnd vacant spaces of town streets Is nbout the only created thin;: for which uo claim of beauty Is made. The signboard stands unrivaled and alone ns something that Is franklj ugly and Justifies Its existence on oth er ground thnn attrnctlveness to the aesthetic sense. Mnny towns nnd cities throughout the United States nre wag ing n successful light to nbollsh bill board advertising. Cincinnati Is mak ing a strong stand against the nui sance that should be duplicated In all towns nnd cities. The light has been led by the municipal art committee of the Business Men's club and lias cul minated In the ndoptlou of n cede of regulations embraced In the city's building ordinances. These regula tions nre directed toward, first, the character of materials to be used, nnn combustible material only being al lowed; second, the limiting of their height nnd nrea; third, raising them from tho ground; fourth, mnlntalutng an open spneo nt the end; fifth, re stricting their proximity to the street and maintaining the house line, and. sixth, restricting the matter that may be exposed on them. The business men's organization nlso expects to maintain the right to require that no signboard shall be erected on or facing B01T BILLBOARDS DEFACE A TOWN. any public park, square, municipal, county or federal building. This Is a grand example shown by Cincinnati, and let the public spirited of other towns and cities follow suit. St. Louis is also trying to rid Itself of the boards upon which the obnoxious post ers appear and tend to deface the beauty of the city. The building com missioner recently brought action for the abolition of over 200 billboards, the construction of which violates city ordinances, as a consequence of a de cision handed down by the Missouri supreme court at Jefferson City re cently affirming the right of St. Louis to regulate billboard advertising by ordinance. Timely Town Improvers. Tho following suggestions If follow ed will go far to help In Improving and beautlfjlug the home town: Make the old home more beautiful this spring than it ever has been be fore. Rake up all the bits of sticks and dead leaves of n year ago and make the yard ready for the mower when the grass grows. nil in all tho little uneven places that may show In the lawn nnd scat ter a little grass seed there. It will soon grow and make tho front so much nicer to look nt. Two stout wires with a strip of wire poultry netting will give the clematis and other climbing vines something to cling to as they try to find the top of the porch. If they have not some thing to hold them upward they will trail downward and lose something of their beauty. A few climbing shrubs will shade the porch neatly from tho hot sun shine of next summer. Tho old fash ioned honeysuckle is one of the best for this purpose. It is so clean, nnd It blossoms longer than almost any other shrub of tho kind. An Interesting Advertising Fable. This fable Is priutcd by a Kansas newspaper for the benefit of its ad vertisers aud tliusu who ought to be: "In a certain barnyard there were two hens, ono of which when she laid an rgg cnckled because she knew sho had a good thing and wanted others to know It. That hen believed in ad Tertlslng. And many wero tho break fasts her enterprise supplied. When the other hen laid eggs sho disdained to cackle. 'What's the use sho said. 'Everybody knows I Iny eggs.' And sho cackled not. Ono day tho owner of the hens by nccldcnt discovered tho nest of the noiseless one, and it was full of eggs, but they wero too old to use, and immediately ho cut off the bead of tho hen that refused to be "modern' and advertise." HUMOR OF THE DAY Detecting the Culprit. There la n woman in the front of the enr thnt hasn't paid her fare," said the conductor to the mnn on the rear scat, "but I can't plnco her." 'Terhnps I enn give you a pointer," said the helpful mnn. 'Tick out the woman thnt fingers her hatpins nil the time. Thnt Is tho Infest wrinkle of tho female street plrnte. Rending her neighbor's newspnper nnd gazing Into futurity are out of dnte. Everybody got on to those tricks. But the woman who bents her way has to do some thing to hldo her guilt, so she Addles with hqr hatpins." "Maybe you're right." said tho con ductor. "Anyhow. I'll try." After a little ho reported to tho help ful mnn. "That worked all right," ho said. "She owned up. She said you would pay for her." "Me!" exclaimed tho helpful man. "What hnvo I got to do with It?" "Everything apparently. Sho hap pened to look back nnd said she knew you and thnt It would bo all right. There sho Is now, stnndlng up and nodding nt you. Know her?" "Yes," snld tho helpful man wcnkly. "Sho Is my wife." Now York Herald. Divorce Too Handy. Mr. Coonley (gloomily) Mali wife done tolo mo today dat she's got near ly two hundred dollabs saved up in a savin's bank In huh own name, and I don't like dat nt nil. Mr. Mokcby (nstonished) You don't? Why, man, ain't dat nice fo a rainy day? Mr. Coonley Ynas, I s'poso so, but In case ob a stormy day look how easy she kin git to Itcnot Illustrated Sun day Magazine. An Excuse He Couldn't Overlook. "Where are you going, John?" "I think I'll go to my club, and per haps I ought to take my pajamas along." "Why in the world should you think of doing that?" "You said you didn't feel like your self tonight, so It would be improper for me to stay here, wouldn't it?" Chlcngo Record-Herald. What Missionaries Do. Two little girls saw tho wide open mouth of a crocodile in a picture book. "Crocodiles is awful," said one se riously. "They eat up little heathen babies what don't say their prayers. In my Sunday school wo give pennies to buy missionaries to go and shoot them." Harper's Weekly. Plus Kid. "Mamma, when 1 say my prayers to night may I pray for rain?" "Of course, dear. But don't you think we've had enough rain?" "Not quite. Jennio Jones is going to have a picnic tomorrow, and I ain't in vited." Cleveland Leader. Respect For His Mother. "Enpeck's son takes after his father." "How do you know?" "When ho nnd his brldo were on their honeymoon he registered at the hotels as Mrs. nnd Mr. Enpeck." Buffalo Express. Unanswerable. I At the dedication of a new fire cn i gine In a little town on the Massachu 1 setts coast tho following toast was ! proposed: "May sho be like the dear I old maids of our village always ready, ! but never railed for." Success Maga zine. 1 Waiting. i "How is the good roads propaganda i progressing?" I "Not much doing now until tho i farmers find out whether they nre go ing to have automobiles or aeroplanes." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In the Way. "You haven't much of a memory for , dates," said the conversational boarder. I "Nope," replied Farmer Corntossel. "I used to have, but It Interferes with i business when you're sellln spring chickens." Washington Star. j Method In His Madness. 1 She But you do write a wretched I hand. Why, 1 don't think I can read 1 ono-half of any ono of your letters. no I know it. I do that so they ! never can be used In court. Yonkers 1 Statesman. Identified. Mrs. Jnwback John, you're n per- - feet fool! J Mr. Jnwback I know something like , that would happen when marriage mado you nnd mo one. Clevelnnd Leader. ! Natural Phenomena. "I wonder why tho weather is vane." "For the sumo reason, I suppose, that tho dog wood or tho tin roof ipouts. Bnltlmoro American. Did He Eat Her Up? "The bride and bridegroom seem well matched." "Yes; she's n grass widow and he's n vegotarian." Lippincott's. in South America, General Whero is tho left wing? Aid Around tho corner. ne'B wait ing for tho vanguard to get his horse hod. Puck. An Exchange. Many people who want whnt they haven't got ought to get rid of some thing they havv Washington Post 8TRAWBERRY CULTURE. Beds Should Be Established as Soon as a Home Is. "Like asparagus, strawberry beds should be established ns soon as tho family has settled In n country home," says Koto V, Salnt-Mnur In Woman's Homo Companion, "because it takes a yoar to get a full crop. Thcro aro a groat many vnrletles to choose from, but I think It Is best to restrict selec tion to tho old established kinds. Tho Marshall for first early, the Glen Mnry for mid-season nnd tho. Gaudy for lato gathering. And truly I don't bellevo there can bo n better selection for the homo garden near New York. "But, as somo varieties do better than'others In a certain locality, it is advisable to consult old residents In 'tho neighborhood and the nursery men. "Light sandy soli, sloping slightly to the south, will produce the earliest berries, but we aro convinced from experience that slightly heavier soil and a more northerly-exposure pro duces a better fruit in mid-season. Our beds all slope to tho south, but the late varieties aro so situated that they are slightly shnded by a row of young pear-trees, which protects them from the direct rays of tho sun. The soil Is or rather was of ordinary quality, neither very sandy nor very heavy, so for several seasons we scat tered fine conl-ashcs between the rows of the early plants, which ma terially lightened tho soli, and for several years we have had berries from five to ten days earlier than our neighbors." Saving a Broken Tree Limb. This contrivance Is made of a few lengths of boards two inches wide, fastened together with wire, as seen in tho picture. This is wrapped firmly around the tree and wire attached, as In cut. This allows for expansion in growing trees. Fasten a similar shield on the trunk higher up and run a strong wire from trunk to limb. Protect the Fruit Trees. If your young trees wero multched last fall and not properly protected from mice nnd rabbits, you will prob ably be surprised when you visit the orchard to find that many of them have been ruined. Mulch Is a good thing for the tree, but It is also a good thing for mice, as it affords them the best protection during the winter and they gather In largo numbers around the foot of tho trees and eat away tho bark. Protection Is easy. Tho best ma terial is wire screening, although some use tarred paper and veneer from wood. Somo orchardlses prac tice tramping snoyv nround the base of their trees, but oftentimes this Is neglected and tho trees aro Injured before the work is accomplished. Tho protectors should bo pressed into the ground deep enough to provent tho mlco from crawling under. Per sonally I profer wire-screening, but in case tarred p.-vper Is used It should be promptly removed In tho spring to provent Injury from scalding. How to Grow Water-Cress. Those fond of water-cross may have a summer's supply by sinking an old tub or bottom of n hogshead to a depth of ten Inches near a pump or well or where tho water can be fre quently renewed from hose. Half till rocoptaclo with good soli, plant rooted water-cress and 1111 with water. A border of umbrella plants or other aquatic plants will mako It a thing of beauty as well as of utility. A further Improvement may be mado by plant ing iris nround outside of tho tub, the overflow of water giving tho nec essary molsturo to tho flowers. Keeping Potatoes. Many market gardeners find it pro fitable to include potatoes In their list of crops, and it Is important to koep tho seed tubers In a porfectly dormant condition. Cellars with fur naces aro unsuitable for storing seed potatoes. Tho room should bo cool, dry, well ventilated end frostproof. General Farm Notes, Good bedding is o value because it saves tho liquid manuro. The best crop to redeem a run down field is alfalfa, The old fashioned winter is going to give us somo old fashioned roads next spring. Occasions often nri. v. ; i It Is nec essary that a family I'lin-m- rather rigid economy to make hot li cikIs imvt. When that titno couirs the good wife should not be the only one expected to practice the virtue. It should eliminate tho smoking tobacco ns well as u new spring bonnet. There be many supposedly respecta ble people who wouldn't steal their ' neighbor's purse or sheep who fall j down when It comes to the moral In volved in palming oft beef suet for ( butter fat. This Is just tho same kind 1 of cusscdncss, only smaller nnd more contemptible, for it is practiced under t tho guise of an activity which Is law ful nnd decent. : Somo feeding experiments which I havo been conducted of Into by the j Iowa experiment stntlon show that , sugar beets nnd mangels favor the for mation of calculi, or "stone," in the kidneys and bladders of breeding j rams, In some Instances fntal results , occurring. Tho discovery would seem I to Indicate that It Is not advisable to feed these roots to breeding sheep. either rnms or ewes, ns tho results would doubtless be the same with both. The western rancher Is not bothered with Canada thistles or quack grass, but ho has In his grain and alfalfa fields an annual, the firewood, that causes him much nnnoynnce. It grows to a height of from ono to two feet and bears numerous yellow blossoms on a lid 'die neck blossom stalk, the leaves being covered with numerous short spines, which, brittle and dry nt hay ing nnd harvest time, irritate the skin as much as do fleas and chlggers. When tho firewood gets In possession of a Held, about tho only way to eradi cate It Is clean cultivation of some tilled crop. Tho Maine experiment station pub lishes the following recipe for tho dry mash which it has tested and found excellent as a poultry feed: Two hun dred pounds good wheat bran, 100 pounds cornme.il, 100 pounds mid dlings (or Red Dog Hour), 100 pounds gluten meal or brewer's grains, 100 pounds linseed meal and 100 pounds beef scraps. This should bo-thoroughly mixed on a clean floor before being put in tho feed hoppers. Tho scratch ing ration recommended by tho same station consists of four quarts of screened cracked corn, two quarts of wheat and two quarts of oats for each hundred hens (Plymouth Rock) daily. Wild morning glory is one of the common weeds difficult to kill out be cause of the habit of multiplying by a system of underground rootstalks, usu al cultural methods only serving to spread the pest. One old fellow we beard of the other day got rid of a good sized patch by hoeing off all of the vines which showed above ground every Monday morning. Tuesday morn ing would probably have done just as well, but he thought Monday morning was tho appointed time. Tho impor tant fact in connection with the in stance is tbat this weekly attack wor ried the life out of the morning glo ries, sapping the vitality of the root systems to such an extent that there was not enough plaut food left to car ry the plants through tho winter. While euphoniously named brands of wheat flour often come from tho same bin In the mill, were the truth only known there nre distinctions with dif ferences In nt least three of the grades of flour usually milled which tho con sumer might well be acquainted with. The highest priced "patent" flours are made from tho Inner portion of the wheat, running from CO to Co per cent of tho berry. "Clear" flour con sists of tho edible portion of the wheat less tho patent which has been taken from it and contains from 15 to 30 per cent of the wheat berry. Straight flour contains all of tho berry which Is flt for huinau food and. though con sidered Inferior to the patent flour In grade and lower In price, contains more of the nutritive elements of the wheat berry and therefore makes a more nutritious bread. Only within the past few years has an adequate value been placed upon sklmmllk, yet It is a well known fact of chemistry that It contains virtually all of the casein (protein) of tho whole milk, the butter fat removed In the cream being carbon and water. Practi cally all of the food value of sklm mllk may be removed In tho shapo of cottage cheese, also known as "schmlerkaso." Tho following recipe for making this appetizing fowl is rec ommended by tho Nebraska experi ment station: Allow tho sklmmllk to become sour nnd curdled, then heat to 00 or 100 degrees V. In about thirty minutes. After It has reached tho de sired temperature removo tho vessel from tho stovo nnd allow curd to re malu in hot whey for nbout fifteen minutes. Then removo whey by pour ing the clnbbcr Into a cheesecloth bag or through n lino wlro screen with cheesecloth spread over It and allow to drain until uo moro whey appears. Tho texture hnrduess or softness of tho curd depends upon tho tempera ture to which tho milk Is hented and tho timo tho curd is allowed to rcmnln in tho hot whey. Tho greater tho heat and tho longer its duration tho harder tho checso will bo. Adding to tho curd about one-tenth its voluino of rich cream greatly Improves tho flavor of tho cheese, together with sufficient salt to season. Dot Another Copy, A troll dressed man was standing outside a bookseller's shop In Charing Cross road closely examining ono of Balzac's works Illustrated by Gustave Dorc. "How much Is this Balzac?' he nr. ked nn assistant outside. "Twcnty-flvo shillings," was tho re ply. "Oh, that's far too much. 1 must seo tho manager about a reduction," con tinued tho prospectiro customer, and, suiting the action to tho word, bo took up tho book and went into tho shop. Approaching tho bookseller, he took the book from under bis arm nnd asked whnt ho would givo for it. "Seven shillings highest offer," ho was told. Tho offer was accepted, tho man took his money and left. "Well," queried the assistant later, after the man had gone, "wero you ablo to hit it off with tho gentleman, sir?" "Oh, yes. I managed to get another copy of that edition of Balzac for 7 shillings." Then tho bookseller went out to lodge a complaint with tho police London Telegraph. A Victim of Leprosy. "On my travels in Venezuela," said a Now York man. "I stayed In a hotel with n young man In whose family there was the tnlnt of leprosy, though he apparently did not have It. Ono night sitting nt dinner he beenmo an gry nt n waiter nnd brought his hand down on the tablo with full force. He instantly realized that ho did not feel tho blow nnd sat looking at his hand, ! his face whitening with horror. 'Givo me your knife. Bob,' ho said to his i chum. He grabbed tho pockctknlfo In ' a frenzy nnd stabbed tho side of his j hand with vicious cuts from finger tip I to wrist. You may not know that lep- ( rosy appears in the side of tho hand, j numbness being n sign. Tho man did not feel the cuts. lie arose from tho table, knocking over hl3 chair, rushed out into tho courtyard of the hotel, and we heard the quick tang of a revolver shot, telling us how be bad conquered the leper's curse by ending his life," New York Times. He Could Wield an Ax. The skill of the old Maine shipbuild ers In the use of the adz and broadax was wonderful. One old timo yarn is of a carpenter who applied very drunk at a shipyard for employment In or der to have a little fun with him the foreman set him to give a proof of his skill by hewing out a wooden bolt with no chopping block but a stone. The carpenter accomplished his difficult task without marring the keen edge of the broadax and showed the foreman a neatly made bolt. Then he brought tho ax down with a terrific blow that shattered Its edge upon tho stone. "I can how fust rate on your chopping block." he hiccoughed, "but I'll bo blamed if 1 can mako tho ax stick in It when I git through." Tho story runs that the foreman lost no timo in em. Dlovinc such a workman. ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT AVcSelabteRtparat'ionlorAs sirailaiingihcFoodandRcgula t ing tlie S toimchj artdBavcls of Promotes DicstionjChcrfu!-! ncss and fcst.Contalns neiitvr Opiuni.Morphinc norMneraL Not Narcotic. K8 Hapcut Sti'd" JtxhttteSJtt AiistSni IlimSrJ lltMyren tlanr. Anerfect Remedy for Ccmsfioa- Uon , Sour Stomadi.Dlantaa vYorras,CoiiMtlsi(His.rewnsir ncss andLoss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. I ' ftnnranteed under the t'Ogfl Exact Copy of Wrapper. fill 7k WE ARE DYINO YOUNGER, Only the Ilahles Have a Bettor CIuuico to Survive Now. In vlow of all that has been said about the fall in the death rato It seoms strango to realize, says Health Oulturo, that wo aro not living so long as our grandfathers and grand mother's did. More babies llvo to grow up nowadays than formerly, but people In later life die younger. Onco arrived to adult age tho avor ago man or woman has fewer years of survival to expect. This seems on tho face of It so surprising a state ment that in order to bo accepted it should bo backed up by data authen tic and indisputable. Such data aro furnished by the figures of tho In surance companies (which all agrco on the point), but It Is easier to ro fer to tho Government census re ports, which toll the tale In simple and convincing fashion. Even In tho last fifteen years tho death rato among all persons over 55 years of age of both sexes has risen very con siderably. Lion'1, Tigers nnd Leopards. Mr. R. Lydekkor, the English nat uralist, calls attention to the obser vations of Mr. R. I. Pocock on tho significance of tho spots on lion cubs as indicating the close relationship of lions, tigers and leopardB. On Hon cubs the pattern of the markings Is Intermediate In character between the stripes of the tiger and tho rosettes of the leopard, but Inclines more toward the former. East Afri can lions retain more or less distinct traces of these early markings ovon when they roach maturity. A dis tinct tiger-like feature of the lion cub Is a white patch over the eye, which disappears In the adult. Puma cubs show a pattern quite unllko that of the lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar. Youth's Companion. Not All Hawks Chicken Thieves. The hawks have as bad a reputa tion as tho crows, and all hawks aro called "hen-hawks" by those who aro Ignorant of what they do live on, but the majority of the hawks do not llvo on poultry by any means. A great manv live on Insects and mice form a a large Item In their bill of fare. The sparrow hawk Is the one that is to blame for the hard name given to his brethren, and It Is he who kills the chickens and hens. When hard pressed for food other hawks rarely may carry away a hen or chicken, but this Is the extreme rather than tho average case. Maine Woods. Value of Salt. Wlssen Feur Alle had a sympos ium to discuss the value of salt in digestion. One of the physicians wrote that, while salt la moderation is good for the stomach, and often absolutely necessary, It ought to be tahen apart from the meals In much the same way as medicine. ASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of n Use Over Thirty Years GASTORIA thi etKTiuR coarAxr, mooiTT. KRAFT & CONGER V HONESDALE, PA. Represent Reliable Companies (ONLY va For
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