THE CITIZEN, WKDNKSDAY, NOV. 10, 1010.
PROVIDING 8HELTER FOR HOQ8,
Form of Straw Pile for Swine That la
Proving Satisfactory.
In some rospocts, tbcro Is no bet
ter wny of sheltering hogs In real
cold weather than to give thorn the
run of the straw pile. Of course, this
plan Is open to very serious objec
tions If sultablo accommodations nre
not provided. To merely turn a largo
drovo of hogs against an avernco
Blzed Btraw pile without making prop
er provisions for their comfort Is to
make "piling" easy and death by suf
focation or Injury probable. Without
the ozpendlturo of much monoy or
labor good shelters may bo made In
Straw-Pile Shelter.
Btraw piles. The accompanying Illus
tration will give the reader an Idea of
one very common type of a straw-pile
hog pen. Two or three forked posts
are Bot securely In tho ground and In
tho forks of these a strong rail is
placed to support the slanting timbers
which rest upon the ground. The
rails aro held securely In place by the
straw which is piled or stacked about
and above them. To prevent all shift
ing of tho rails they may bo dug Into
the ground. This form of shelter is
proving satisfactory with many corn
belt feeders.
Utilize All the Ground.
There is enough land on tho farms
of this country that Is not productive
because It has not been properly
drained to cause serious considera
tion. Going about the country at any
time during the year one sees on al
most every farm low, wet spots that
in ordinary years do not produce any
thing in the spring. Such spots are
almost without exception the most
fertile spots on tho farm when drain
ed. It is not uncommon to And two
or three acres of such land on the
farm so situated that It would not
cost more than the value of two or
three crops to put In good condition
to produce largo crops. The time will
come when unproductive acres on a
farm will bo a disgrace to the owner,
but In the west It seems Just now to
be a long way off.
Binding Corn Fodder.
Many farmers have a handy device
for binding corn fodder as It Is husked
from the shock in the field. It con
sists of a small wooden rack for hold
ing tho fodder and a hand lever for
pressing It down for tying. A good
armful of fodder Is placed in this rack,
the lever pressed down and caught
and the bundle tied with binding
twine. These bundles, with all ears
of corn removed, are light and easy to
handle. They may be placed In the
haymow or other shelter and will
keep perfectly for many months, slnco
the absence of corn on them does not
attract rats and mice.
Handling a Potato Crop.
Use bushel crates, a four-horse dig
ger, and put the potatoes directly into
crates, says a writer In Baltimore
American. These are loaded Into
wagons and put on the barn floor. We
finish harvesting In early September.
During the late summer wo spray for
flea beetles and other Insects that
bother. We do not use any fertilizer
after planting, nor do we use any cov
er crop, as the land is seeded to wheat
shortly after tho potatoes are har
vested. Rolling Up Barbed Wire.
A simple and easy way to take up
barbed wire fencing is to use a small
hand cart made from two low buggy
wheels. A frame Is built on so that
tho old reel the wire came on would
go between. Make holes In the reel
square to pass a wooden crank shaft
through the top of the frames on tho
cart With such an arrangement two
men can easily take down barbed
wire; ono handling the crank, the
other rolling the cart as tho wire Is
rolled on the reel.
Remove the Burdock.
Any of the fields full of burdock?
If this pest has a good start It will
spread all over the farm by the end
of another Beason. Easy to kill It.
Tho burdock only lives a couple of
years if frequently mowed off close to
tho ground, but the best wny is to
tako an Iron bar, drive It down deeply
by the side of tho root and pry the
wholo miserable thing out and burn
It, root and branch. Evory plant thus
treated is dead and done for.
Root Growth.
A Btudy of tho root growth of corn
shows that tho lateral roots run about
four Inchos below the surface of tho
soil between the rows. This shows
that tho cultivation should not be
deep nfter they have made good
growth.
Cost of Cranberry Marshes.
Tho cost of preparing a marsh for
cranberry culture In Wisconsin Is
placed at ?300 to $350 per aero. It
takes from three to live years to pro
duco a full crop and tho yield pur
aero varies from fifty to. two hundred
bushels.
Murder Revealed by a tVeam.
Perhaps the most nmnzlng crime
mystery ever solved by a dream was
that revealed by n murder trial a
couple of generations ago. The dead
body of Mr. Norway, nn Inoffensive
Cornish gentleman, had been found by
the roadside between Wadebrldge and
Bodmin, brutally murdered. No trace
of tho murderer could be found, and
tho tnyRtcry of tho crime seemed be
rond nil solution, when Mr. Norway's
brother, n naval officer, arrived In Eng
land and told tho following singular
Story:
On ,the very night of his brother's
murder, when ho wns on his ship in
the West Indies, he saw him in a
dream walking nlong the Bodmin road,
when from n dark recess in the hedge
two rulllans Bprang out, slow and
robbed him nnil then made tholr wny
to a house In Wndcbrldgo, which ho
saw vividly in his dream. To this
house ho conducted the police officers,
and there he found the very two men
whom In his vision he hnd seen com
mit the murder. They confessed and
suffered the extreme penalty of tho
law. Pearson's Weekly.
Horse Dentists.
In every largo city there are now
dentists who devote their entire atten
tion to horses, nnd they nre kept sur
prisingly busy tho year round. Tho
equine dentist is of course provided
with Rpoclal instruments for the ex
traction and filling of tho teeth of nnl
mals needing attention. It Is rather
Interesting to observe nn operation In
horse dentistry. Ono of the Instru
ments, called a speculum, presents the
appearance of an ivory handle nnd
four smnll bars of nickel working on
a ratchet and crossing one another In
such n manner as to form' a hollow
square that can be made large or small
by the turning of a screw. Setting
this device to the proper size, the
horse dentist will slip It gently into
the suffering animal's mouth, which,
during the operation, is kept partly
open by a groom, nnd when the Instru
ment is fitted upon. say. one of the
back teeth the beast's mouth Is kept
open as wide as possible. Harper's
Weekly.
The Parson Bird.
Among the feathered inhabitants of
New Zealand there is a bird called tho
parson bird, or tul. It is ubout the
size and shape of a blackbird, but has
a pair of delicate white tufts at Its
throat and is a glossy dark green oth
erwise, which looks black In the sun
shine. It can be taught to crow, to
speak, to whistle tunes, and, besides
these tricks, It has a repertory which
Is not often equaled by any other
feathered songster. At vespers it has
a note like the toll of a bell or tho
clear, high note of an organ. It can
mimic every bird In the bush to per
fection. It will break off In tho mid
dle of nn exquisite melody nnd Indulge
in a strange melody of sounds which
are Impossible td describe, but if you
can imagine "the combination of a
cough, a laugh, a sneeze, with the
smnshlng of n pane of glass," it will
be some approach to the Idea.
Where Ho Made His Money.
Years ago a gentleman settled in the
south of England and became very
popular in the neighborhood. The
county families could uevcr discover
how he had made his money, but
were satisfied by his solemn assurance
that it was not in trade. Nothing
could exceed the ordinary gravity of
his demeanor, which Indeed caused
him to be placed on the commission
of peace, but now nnd then, without
nny apparent provocation, he would
burst Into such a laugh as no ono ever
heard before except In ono place.
Where they could have heard it puz
zled the county families for five und
twenty years, but at last he wus be
trayed unconscious- by his own
grandchild, who, nfter a visit to a trav
eling circus, inuocently exclaimed,
"Why, grandpa laughs just like the
clown!" James I'nyn.
Well Answered.
"Why do you weep over tho sorrows
of people in whom you have no in
terest when you go to the theater?"
asked the man.
"I don't know," replied the woman.
"Why do you cheer wildly when a
man with whom you are not acquaint
ed slides to second base?" Wnshlng-
'nn Ktftr.
THE BOYS
A Slight Difference.
Undue rapidity of speech or Indis
tinct utterance often leads to curMis
misunderstandings. An lnst.ui' c of
this la given by Walter Seymour I
his "Ups and Downs of a Wnnderiii
Life." "A clergyman." he says, "u
sent for by a sick old parishioner whu
was not n churchgoer nnd who was
deaf. The clergyman said: 'What In
dueed you to send for mo?' 'What
does he say?' said the man to his
wife. 'Ho says why tho dcuco did you
send for him?' "
A Patron,
"Mr. Cnrrlman Is very busy now,"
snld tho private secretary of the rail
road president. "Is there anything I
can do for you?"
"Oh," replied tho pompous visitor,
"Just a friendly call. I thought he'd
like to know that I ride on his subur
ban branch now. I'm Colonel Nu
ritch." Catholic Standard and Times.
Similarity.
"What a noisy thing that bass drum
Is!" remarked the clarinet disgustedly.
"Yes," replied tho trombone; "just
like n human being, Isn't it?"
"Like n human being?"
"Yes; It's the one with tho big head
that makes the most noise.!' London
Telegraph.
Shaking Hands.
Few people know how to shake
hands well. The general run of folk
cither give a limp paw and allow it to
be shaken or else grasp yours in theirs
nnd nearly dislocate it with their vlo
lenco. London World.
Tho wise are polite all the world
over; fools aro po'ito only at home.
Bacon.
KILLS SELF TO PAY DEBT.
Brooklyn Man Concluded Only Way
Out of Difficulties Lay In Suicide.
New York, Nov. 10. Michael S. Kee
gnn, a Brooklyn tobneco dealer, killed
himself In his room back of his shop
at 118 Adams street because that was
the only way he could pay back n debt
of $45.
Three weeks ago Keegau borrowed
tho money from Jasper Collins of 124
Pearl street to replenish tho stock of
cigars nnd tobacco. He was fairly
successful In selling to the people of
tho neighborhood, but made most of
his sales on credit and found It hard
to collect. The debt of 45 preyed on
his mind, and he finally came to tho
conclusion thnt the only honorable
wny out of his financial difficulties lay
In suicide, and he turned on all four
gas jets when he went to bed.
Arrests May Solve Murder.
,New York, Nov. 10. By the nrrest
of three men on the charge of bur
glary the police are of the belief that
they are now In a fair way to solve
the mystery surrounding the murder
of Stephen Slnkovltch, who was killed
In the hallway of 430 West Thirty
eighth street a week ago. Slnkovltch
was stabbed to death while resisting
the efforts of three men to rob him.
The police declnre that the three men
know something about the murder of
Slnkovltch.
Prince Henry, the Navigator.
The kingdom of Portugal counted In
Its royal house one of the men who
hold first rank In scientific attain
ment and practical application. He
wns the son of John I. of Portugal
and Queen Phlllppa (who was an Eng
lish princess); he spent his life in
Fendlug out ships on voyages of dis
covery, and it wns through this Prince
Henry, called "the Navigator," that
Columbus got his idea of seeking for
i new land across the sea.
Our Friendships.
Our friendships hurry to short and
poor conclusions because we have
made them a texture of wine and
flreams Instead of the tough fiber of
Iho human heart. Tho laws of frlend
ihip are great, austere and eternal of
one web with the laws of morals and
tif nature. Goethe.
Nature's Ways.
Nature turns over n now leaf in the
upring, but iu the fall she always
paints things red. Philadelphia Itec-
rd.
FROM TOWN.
Donahey In Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SOCIAL PROGRESS.
What a 8mall City's Civic Club Has
Accomplished.
All over the United States smnll
towns are realizing flint they, as well
as the great cities, have social and
civic ro:i !I Ions and problems which
call for n rally of citizenship nnd com
munity action. How much can bo
quickly ncompllshed in n smnll city Is
shown by tho work of the Civic club
f Cumberland, Allegany county. Md..
which Is only a year old.
Tho direct work has been done by
tho women, but the men have risen to
tho club's suggestions nnd nro turning
to It for help In a surprising number
of cases, says the Survey. The major
part of the meat dealers petitioned for
the club's co-operation in dolug away
with insanitary conditions of sale
from wagons. Tho city ofllelnls wore
Interested to co-operate In removing
weeds. The olc-trlc railway authori
ties have been brought to see the need
of n new station and lavatory. Tho
board of health Is coming to realize tho
necessity of locating the slaughter
houses more suitably and controlling
their conditions.
A committee of merchants petitioned
for nn nre light whore disorderly men
and women congregated nnd for the
requirement of screens over fruit,
meats, etc., exposed for sale.
Unfortunate coudltlons nfter dark in
a cemetery led to the appointment of n
committee to look nfter the nuisance,
composed, of members of the church
controlling tho cemetery. The school
authorities have established an even
ing school this year, and a union of
forces has brought nbout a very suc
cessful beginning of playgrounds. Dur
ing the year a committee of mm hna
put the Cumberland charities upon a
onsincss unsfs.
The Allegany county schools have
made great progress during the last
few years under the leadership of nn
cfllrlont superintendent, and their
service ns social centers Is belncr 1n.
veloped. All those social advances nre
finely to broaden Into a comprehensive
study of conditions nnd further prog
ress In securing civic institutions rind
social legislation.
PARIS KNOWS THEIR VALUE.
Smooth, Clean Highways and Beauti
ful Parks Are Profitable to the City.
"Paris has accepted unflinchingly tho
doctrine that smooth and clean high
ways are a wise Investment nnd that
so long as the work Is done in a thor
ough and scientific manner, with an
honest nnd skillful application of
means to ends, the result Is worth
having regardless of cost. Tho ex
pense of maintaining, cleaning and
sprinkling the streets Is greater than
lrt any other European city, but tho
soh of pre-eminence that such a street
service helps to secure is profitable in
a hundred indirect ways.
Paris has by far the richest park
equipment of nny city In the world.
The nrea of parks within an after
noon's excursion is 20,000 acres, while
farther away are more extensive pub
lic grounds, such as Versailles anC
Fontnlnebleau. It Is impossible to esti
mate the profits which Paris derives
annually from Its parks, boulevards
and public buildings. Bankers have
estimated that Americans spend up
ward of 5.ri00,000,000 annually in for
eign countries, and It is safe to say
that Paris receives nt least one-fifth
of this vast sum, the profits from
which nro as great as are the profits
from pork to Chicago, shoes to St
Louis and beer to Milwaukee.
Tho experience of Paris ought to con
vince the most skeptical that there is
no modern community of civilized men
which cannot nfford to provide the
most perfect public appointments that
technical and scientific knowledge
hnvo discovered well made and clean
streets, good water, proper diainnge,
convenient transit facilities, complete
schools and thorough snnltary organi
zations. No city should think Itself
rich enough to prosper without them,
nnd no city is so poor that It cannot
afTord them. narvey N. Sheppard in
Outlook.
For a Spotless Town.
The Kansas City chief of police has
Issued a rather drastic order, as fol
lows, says tho Twentieth Century
Mngnzlno: "Arrest on view any person
throwing paper or other rubbish on
tho streets or In vacnnt lots, any per
son excavating without a permit, any
person tacking or sticking cards or
posters ou sidewalks, fence poles or In
other public places; any person scat
tering hnudbllls or circulars on side
walks, streets, porches, ynrds or pri
vate premises or distributing them to
passersby; all teamsters who allow
dirt or rubbish to fall from their w ig
ons. Patrolmen are also Instructed t
notify nil owners or agents of vac-anf
property on their beats that weeds
must be cut nt onco and all rubbish
removed; to notify owners of abutting
property whero earth has wasln d
down on to the street or sidewalk to
remove the same Immediately; enuse
the immediate removal of manure
piles which mny be In tho alleys."
Co-operative Street Work.
If you would havo abutting property
owners interested In having clean,
beautiful streets to tho exteut of ac
tive co-operation municipalities must
bo progressive In street Improvement.
It is hardly to bo expected that clean
parkways and well cared for street
trees will abound In districts whero
town officials do not do tholr full duty.
It Is hard enough to obtain full co-operation
ovou wht-ro oxlstlng conditions
nro woll nigh perfect, nnd every de
gree of negligence on tho part of a
town is fully roilocrod In tho slovenly
condition of thoso parts under care of
rexIdontR
Lunch Room Repartee.
Tho young man with tho Iron check
entered tho quick lunch room nnd seat
ed himself nt the third table.
"Belinda," lie called familiarly, "you
look fresh this morning."
"Not half as fresh as some others,"
retorted tho pretty waitress, with an
elevation of her nose.
"Well, well! Have you calf brains?"
"If I did you wouldn't order them,
for you have an ovcrsupply now."
"My, but you nre getting good for tho
matinee! With the high price of meats
eggs come in hnndy these days, don't
they?"
"No; they come in crates."
"Wow! Did you ever henr tho story
of the incubator chick? It's not out
yet."
"That will do, sonny Did you ever
hear the story of tho cold porridge?
Well, it's on youl"
There was nn unexpected tilting of
a dish, nnd the young man with tho
Iron cheek wns showered with oat
meal. Boston Post.
Consolation.
A llttlo girl of thirteen or so found
herself ono day possessed of a new
emotion n desire to be pretty. She
struggled with It, but finally went to
the long mirror In tho hall and for tho
first time In her life looked at herself
critically from head to foot. She saw
what, most girls see nt thirteen a
lanky creature, mostly legs and arms,
hands and feet. It hurt her, and she
went out of doors to think It over.
Thought resulted In tears, and In tears
she was found half nn hour later by
her particular chum, a boy near her
own age. Anxious Inquiry ns to why
she was crying induced her to speak.
"Oh. Harold," she walled, "I've Just
looked at myself in tho glass, and I'm
so homely!"
The boy wns puzzled, but sympa
thetic, and made an effort nt consola
tion. Ho looked at her a minute, then
awkwardly patted her, saying sooth
ingly: "Not homely, Alice; just funny look
ing." New York Times.
Doesn't Know Her Age.
There is a glaring phase of unfair
ness iu tho position of the two sexes,
despite nil our struggles for the suf
frage. A woman still dreads to tell
her age, no matter how youthful she
may look, while as long as a man
looks youthful he is generally willing
to admit and even to boast of how
many milestones he has passed. There
is at least ono father who understood
this problem in time and who gave
his daughter a fair chance in life by
never letting her know how old she
was. He realized at her birth that a
time would come when she would not
want to tell her age, and he spared her
the humiliation of having to prevari
cate, so she was never told cither her
age or the place whero she was born,
and there were iio birth records pre
served in the family. New York
World.
Tearing a Proverb to Tatters.
Ono of our correspondents, to whom
so far as wo can remember we never
did any Injury, sends us the following:
Carlyle said that genius Is an In
finite capacity for taking pains. Wo
venture to think this definition appro
priate to a clerk.
But in a doctor genius Is an Infi
nite capacity for slaking pains.
In a commercial traveler, for taking
trains.
In a literary man, for raking brains.
In a sanltnry engineer, for making
drains.
And in a Don Juan, forsaking
Janes.
Oscar Wilde's emendation of the
proverb was at onco briefer and more
obvious. "Genius," he said, "is an in
finite incapacity for taking pains."
London News.
Shopping Troubles.
"Tomorrow is my wlfo's birthday,
nnd I want to buy a present that will
tickle her."
"We havo n nice line of feather
boas."
"No, no. I mean something that
would make a hit with her."
"Anything In hammers?"
"You misunderstand. I want some
thing striking that"
"Ah, you wish a clock."
"That's all."-Cleveland Plain Deal
er. Permanent.
"Mr. Smith," spoko up tho young
lawyer, "I come here as n representa
tive of your neighbor, Tom Jones, with
the commission to collect a debt duo
him."
"I congratulate you," answered Mr.
Smith, "on obtaining so permanent a
Job nt such an early stago In your
career." Success Magazine.
Hardly.
A Sunday school teacher, after readi
ing tho story of Ananias and Sap
phlra to tho Juvenile class, asked,
"Now, children, why doesn't tho Lord
Btiiko everybody dead who tells a lie?"
'"Cause," answered a bright little
fellow, "there wouldn't bo anybody
left hardly." Chicago News.
Must Be Rich.
"Ho must havo money."
"What makos you think so?"
"Ho never tnkos tho thirty days'
grace allowed on his life Insurance
premiums," Detroit Tree Press.
A Fair Inference.
Joe For yours I used to get up nt 0,
broukfust at 8, dinner nt 1, tea nt 0
and bed ut 10. and 1 uevor folt better
in my life. Hill-Joe, what were you
in for? Jomloii Telegraph.
The slander of some people is ns
great n recommendation us tho prnlso
of ntherx. Fielding.
Cave-Dwellers In Wales.
Cavo-dwollors still survive among
us hero and there, nnd there Is living
nt Llandudno nn nged woman known
colloquially as Mlrlam'r Ogo. Sho
is ninety-three years of nge and till
qulto lately lived In n cave on tho
side of tho Orent Ormo. There sho
bore and brought up a family of thir
teen children, one of whom Is tho stal
wart "bowman" of tho Llandudno llfo
boat. Miriam's husband also a cave
man made himself a pair of wings
out of feathers for tho purpose of get
ting up and down the face of tho cliff;
but his clover efforts In aviation let'
nt last to a serious accident Cardl
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HONOR
Attention is called to tne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne Countj
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Or
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 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wavne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,r33,000.00
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Kim: TIIAINS.
Trains loavo Union depot nt 8.25
a. in. and 2,-t 8 p. m.. week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at l.cu
nnd 8.05 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
5.50 p. m.
Sunday trains lcve 2.48 and ar
rive nt 7.02.