PAGE SIX THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER n, 1912. FOR THE WOMAN WHO CAN CROCHET. Christmas Gills Thai May Be Fashioned by Her Needle, The girl who crochets litis n groat opportunity to display her skill, espe cially In this ilny of beautiful hand work. A young girl will bo delighted to re ceive n crochet party bag for Christ mas. The one Illustrated Is crocheted of rather heavy cotton and finished at the corners with hand made balls of U10 cotton. The bap may be mounted over a lin ing of silk or satin In any cplor that Is CBOCIIET TAHTT BAD. preferred. It Is made to accommodate the fan, buttonhook and other dainty trifles that a girl Is likely to require ut a party or at the dancing class. Charming For a Young Girl. In crocheting a bag on this order It Is not necessary to adhere to this pat tern. Any motif used in Irish cro chet may be substituted for the rose shown here. By the use of judicious ly adjusted chains re-enforced with rows of double or triple crochet made to look like scallops it may bo worked out to form an oblong piece of crochet. This supplies one side of the bag. Rows of chains or scallops are run around the edge when the two sides have been drawn together with the crocheting needle In a row of single crochot. To Keep Handkerchiefs Neat. This little handkerchief case may be made In a short time and will prove a most acceptable gift to any friend, man or woman. It Is fashioned of coarse crochet silk. The pattern is a diamond achieved by crocheting a chain of seven and catching It In the center of the chain beneath It. A square is flrst crocheted of these chains, and then the sides of the bag nro crocheted arouud and around that A piece of cardboard padded and cov ered with silk Is tacked to the bottom of the bag. Tills square is scented and made the same size as a folded hand kerchief. Ribbons are run through the top of the bag so that It may be drawn to- TBAVBLEU'S IIANDKKIICHIEF CASE. gether. Then the handkerchiefs placed lnsldo will be held flrmly In place. Such a bag Is 11 great convenience for ho traveler, for tho handkerchiefs may be thus compressed Into the small est possible amount of space, and there will bo no danger of their wrlukllug. Useful Crochet Gifts. Irlsh crochet belts lined with a soft Trhlto ribbon are pretty accessories to a white toilet. Ruckles to tinlsh off a protty neckpiece can also bo crocheted. Handkerchief bags to match tho Irish belt are also charming, and opera bags ttp mado of lace. I I 18 SULPHUR A FERTILIZER? Until two or three yenrs ngo sulphur whs supposed to bo nu Incidental and practically negligible chemical constit uent of the soil. Recently feints nnd experiments which have bi conduct ed In Germany, Front and tills coun try provo conclusively that tho nlovo notion Is a mistaken on and that sul phur 1b nn Important and vital factor In plant growth nnd that tho Applica tion of It to soils greatly lncrcasoa lux uriance of leaf nnd stem and slzo of vegetable product. Perhaps U10 most striking results In the research work referred to havo been Hocurod by two experimenters of tho Unlvomtty of Wisconsin station, Messrs. Hart and Peterson. While Investigating the sup ply of sulphur In feeds nml Its relation to wool production thesu men found It necessary to ascertain the amounts of sulphur In the common crops used ns feeds. Tho old method of determining tho amount of sulphur In plants was to burn them and measure the element found In the nsh. The Wisconsin ex perimenters questioned the accurncy of this method nnd Instead of burning the plants nnd products to bo nnnlyzed dried them In the nlr. According to their analyses, thcro were removed from the soil in n thirty bushel crop of wheat 15.7 pounds of sulphur Instead of 3.55 pounds, according to tho old ta bles. In tho case of barley, oats and corn they found that tho per cent of sulphur removed was correspondingly greater than tho amounts Indicated by the former test In 0,000 pounds of nl falfn they found that there were taken from the soil 01.8 pounds of sulphur In stead of 37.8, that with turnips the crop from an acre contained 02.2 pounds of sulphur instead of 4-1.4 pounds, while -with 3,300 pounds of po tatoes there were removed 11.5 pounds of sulphur Instead of none at all or a trace, as Indicated by old methods. The application of sulphur to tho soil by Gennnu experlrncntorH was found to reduco potato disease nnd Increase tho yield. A French experimenter found that tho nddltlon of 1,000 pounds of sulphur per ncro doubled the crop of beets nnd increased the yield of tur nips u third. The facts made plain in these experiments prove that sulphur will have to bo classed with other needed soil fertilizers, and the tiller of tho soil who is Interested in tho con sorvatlon of fertility would do well to bear tho fact In mind. Sulphur may be ndded to the soil as flowers of sulphur, In gypsum (calcium sulphate) and In superphosphates. In sulphates of potas sium and ammonium and In stable manures. ORCHARD RENOVATION. A friend who lives in north Iowa, who lias recently been in the vicinity of Oswego, N. Y., to pack winter op ples, states that there nro literally thousands of carloads of apples In New York state In old and neglected orchards that range In size from 11 sliver quarter to a dollar thnt arc not worth anything gnarly, scabby and diseased. Hut he also reports that ad Joining such neglected orchards are those which have been renovated by pruning nnd have been cultivated and sprayed carefully, In which thero Is a nice crop of fruit of good size and fine quality. Tho writer has never had tho privilege of a personal in spection of theso New York orchards, but from a knowledge of instances of orchurd renovation In central and west ern states ho flrmly believes that there Is a good opening In the purchase of somo of these rundown orchards by men who havo tho courago to prune heavily and the patience to wait for results. With pruning, fertilizing, spraying, cultivation nnd thinning of fruit where needed, one would not need to wait long for substantial re turns. PRUNING SHADE TREES. The writer has taken noto lately of n number of shado treos In tho locality In which he Uvea, which aro in bad shapo as a result of tho careless and faulty way In which largo side limbs have been removed. In taking off theso limbs inoro or less of a stub has beeu left, which In the growing proc ess will probably nover bo covered. Hut worse than this Is the fact that these stubs are likely to begin to de cay and thus weaken tho trco and ultimately cuuso Its destruction. When such limbs aro removod tho final cut should be made as closo to tho trunk us possible, nnd If tho diameter of the tree Is conslderablo two secondary cuts should be made, one on either side, so us to make the exposed stub or surface inoro nearly conform to tho conical surfaco of tho trunk. When tho sur face has been properly trimmed It should be given n thick coat of white lead paint to keep out the rot fungus. INJUSTICE TO DAIRYMEN. The makers of oleomargarluo bid fair to again put forth a strenuous effort at the coming session of con gress to securo tho passage of legisla tion which will make it posslblo for them to palm off steer fat at a fancy prlco under tho delusion on the part of tho consumer that it Is dairy but ter. If congress sees fit to pass a law that will prevent oleomargarluo from masquerading In the gulao and at the I price of butter, but will give It a plain label which It will bear whon It conies Into tho cousumers' hands, well and good. Rut any arrangement which will enable It to roach tho market under tho gulao of dairy butter should be squelched as simply dishonest uud a gross Injustice to the dairy Interests. CHRISTMAS AMONG THE MIKADO'S PEOPLE WORDS adequate to n descrip tion of th fcstlTc season la Japan or dlillcult to com mand. Oven the camera and brush wonld fall to do Justice to n scene of soch gay activity nnd color. As Christmas approaches city, town nnd village take on a now nppoaranco, and tho diversions of tho people a now turn and tono. In Japan Christmas la not a mere holiday. It represents a holiday waton In tho fullest sense of the term. For weeks before tho dnwn of Christ mas day preparations elaborate In kind and degree arc under way. Men in tight fitting costumes, their profes sions, or tho contractors' names print ed on their backs, spend day nftcr day decorating tho streets and houses. Stands for tho lanterns nnd the fcstlvo greening must be erected, nnd a thou- mi! 8THEETB IlESBiintili WINUINO AVKNCRS OF CIUIIST1IAS TREES. snud little mntters have to bo seen to before all Is In complete readiness for Hie burst of gladness. Evory house of the many that shel :er tho fifty millions of the Japanese nnplre, however humble the abode may be, has some sign of the New Year (den. Before every gate and doorway is placed the chief symbol of tho sea son, what the Japanese call tho kado raatsu, or pine tree of the houorablo date. At each side of the entrance to tho house or garden three short pieces of bamboo tree, cut at an acute angle, stand tied together as n pedestal from which rises the over glorious pine tree, In shapo something like n Christmas treo, for the young pine is the emblem of a loynlty and life that are ever fresh and green. In addition, over the door of each house Is not up a lobster attached to nn orange. Theso are usually the gifts of a friend to express tho good(?) vvlsh that tho recipient will live till tho loins aro bent up llko a lobster. Whether the orango represouts orango blossoms and plenty of weddings In the family Is not clearly known. Above the orna ments of tho doorway Is stretched a piece of artistically woven straw rope, tho shluto sign of rcverenco for the ancestral gods. As ono goes along tho streets they seem gradunlly to be transformed Into long and winding nv cnues of treos, suggestions of the an cestral hunting grounds, and at night tho wholo Is lit up by Innumerable lanterns that shed a varicolored light on tho decorations nnd tho crowds that throng tho thoroughfares. Tho blaze of lantern color lends tho scene n mag. lc touch that charms tho Japanese mind nnd has no little attraction for tho foreigner. To toll of tho endless array of gifts that at this season pass between friend nnd friend, neighbor and neighbor, would bo Impossible. Among tho inoro common may bo mentioned n basket containing n dozen eggs or oranges, a box of sponge cake, or a cake of soap, tho latter gift being in no way intend ed as n reflection 011 tho beneficiary. Now York Post Graphite Is of two general classes, natural und artificial, and natural may again bo divided Into two classes, irystnlllno and amorphous. Hammers. Hammers are represented on the monuments of Egypt twenty centuries beforo our era. They greatly resem bled hammers now In use, save that thero were no claws on tho back for tho extraction of nails. Tho flrst ham iner was undoubtedly a stone held In tho hand. Clawhammcrs were Invent ed somo tlmo during the middle ages Illuminated manuscripts of the elev enth century represent carpenters with clawha turners. The Oldest Museum. Tho oldest museum in the world Is nt Nnra, onco tho capital of Japan. It was established In tho year 7C0 aud has remained practically unchanged for oleren centuries. WHEN THEY FALL DOWN. There la one rcspoct In which a num ber of oxporlment stations In tho north ern portion of tho corn belt aro open to serious criticism, and this U In con nection with tho Introduction of types of puro bred com which nro entirely too largo to properly mnturo In tho sections whore thoy have been Intro duced. Too much stress has been laid upon slzo of car nnd depth of kernel, whon for the northern portion of tho corn belt the most vital consideration Is not these at nil, but whether a given typo of corn will mnturo properly in 1 tho growing period botween frosts which can bo counted on for It Thero nro tons of thousands of bushels of soft corn this year In the district re ferred to which will never go to crib I and which It will tako n lot of tlmo nnd trouble to sort nnd feed so as to get a fair return out of It. Tho aver age farmer Is onough of n gambler so that ho ought not to havo nn en couragement from college professors In tho mnttcr of growing corn that can hardly ripen ono year In half a dozon. 8UCCES8 ON THE SOIL. There came to tho writer tho other day tho interesting account of two brothors, one of whom had fitted him self for the law and tho othor for a medical enroor. After a short period of practice tho doctor concluded that the application of a fair amount of brains and U10 oxerclso of a certain amount of fnlth would give him larger returns If devoted to agriculture, so he quit tho pill business nnd took up farming. Ills brother, tho lawyer, mado sport of his change, saying that nny old lubber could succeed at farm ing. The years passed. In the Inter val tho one who changed to farming has become Independently wealthy, j lias traveled all over his own country and made numerous trips to Kurope. Tho lawyer, who stuck to his profos 1 slon, Is Just barely making n living I and today, when it is too late, realizes t that ho missed it by not doing ns his brother did. A HELPFUL DEPARTMENT. The Kansas Agricultural college hns a department that Is rendering a serv Ico to the apple growers of the state that Is worthy of emulation by the stations In other states. Briefly, this is what might be termed an apple clearing house, its object being to And buyers for the growers nnd growers for thoso who want to buy. Tho sta tion representatives also gave direc tions to tho growers ns to tho harvest ing and packing of their fruit so that It would bo In tho most acceptable shapo posslblo for the buyers. All too often, the agricultural college gives abundant Instruction ns to the care of orchards, while tho grower Is left to his own resources In tho matter of marketing, and, if n novice, then more than at nny other time ho needs sug gestion nnd advice. Tho departure of tho Kansas college Is surely an ex cellent one. A BOGUS ARTICLE. A whole lot of stult that passes under the gulae of piety and religion Is not religion In the best senso nt nil, but mcro hypocrisy and sham, Just a form that adheres to tho letter, but denies the spirit and essential principles of religion. It Unds expression In some instances in long prayers and due ob servnnco of church services nnd regu lations on the Sabbath, but ignores tho fundamental qualities of kindness, con sideration, forbearance and common courtesy on Sunday and tho other days of the weok. While passing under a different unmo todny, thoro Is little question that this type Is tho same Pharisee that was roasted so roundly by tho Man of Gallloo In ono of the bit terest Invectives contalnod In nny Utcr nture. All folks who Book to bo truly religious should aim to realizo what theuo traits wero that tho Master con demned. CARE OF HOUSE PLANTS. If any of tho house plants become spindly, unthrifty and hidebound, us It wero, much may bo dono In way of renovating thorn by pruning them back rather heavily. Thoy may bo further helped by fertilizing with mnnure water, ammonia wnter or with com mercially prepared plant food, which may bo got at tho drug storo. Some times a causo of unthrlftlnoss with plants that havo bocn n long tlmo In the pots Is that tho roots have so completely filled the spaco they have Httlo room In which to develop. In such cases It Is well to ropot and be foro resetting cut away a consider nblo portion of tho roots. One of tho secrets of success connected with the enro of limits in greenhouses Is tho continuous mid heavy pruning given them to produce rauknoss nnd thrift! noss In plant growth and slzo of blos soms. WIND OR GASOLINE. Windmill power under favorable coi dltlous, which lncludo ti tower that Is not more thaii forty foot high, Is with out question the cheapost power to bo hud for pumping water. But where tho power generated Is wanted for grinding feed, sawing wood und doing other jobs tho gasoline engine Is much to bo preferred. Tho advantages of tho engine power nro thnt Its olllclcucy docs not depend upon tho caprlco of tho wind. Nclthor Is It put out of commission as a result of a heavy Windstorm, ns Is so often tho case with tho windmill. Mora than this, tho gaso ilno engine Is a good developer of pa tlcnco for the fellow In charge YULETIDE GIFTS FOR THE BABY. Pretty Things That Will Delight the Heart of His Fond Mother. Do not fall to remember tho baby ivcn should It bo his or her flrst Christ mns. Nothing will delight the hearts of parents more than some trill be stowed upon their darling. Ho many Inexpensive toys or dnlnty trifles may bo fashioned out of bits of silk or lace nnd othor odds and ends that accumu late In the scrap bag that so far ns ex penso Is concorned baby's Christmas need cost nothing. A handy bag in which may bo tucked n few toys to aruuso the little one when tmvollng Is Illustrated here. It may bo lined with tiny pockets In which baby' small toilet accessories can be slipped. Doll and Bag Both. Tho bag looks like n doll, the head nnd nrtns bulirg dressed In a tiny coat of Dre.sdon ribbon. Tho lower part has a round flat section of cardboard cov- A DOLIi BAD. ered with wide watered silk. The up per part is mnde of the watered silk or of ribbon stitched to the round of cov ered pasteboard. A casing with ribbon run through it finishes the neck of the bag, and tho two ends of tho ribbon are passed through tho coat so that It may be drawn down over the bag and tied In place when baby wishes It for n plaything. Being collapsible, tho bag may bo slipped Into a satchel and will take up loss room than nu ordinary doll. A Hoop Rattlo. A homemade rattlo may bo fashion ed of ribbon, an embroidery hoop and several tiny tlukllug bells. Ribbon Is wound nround the hoop, crossed from side to sldo several times nnd tied In tiny bows, the center of each bow hav ing one of the bells tacked to It. When baby shakes tho hoop Joyous music Is heard nnd baby Is happy. A sachet cushion of ribbon Is a nov elty If woven In the birth month colors of the recipient of tho gift. This color Is combined with white, narrow widths of satin ribbon being used and Inter laced ns tho children make their kin dergarten mats. When squares for tho top and bottom have been woven thoso must be stitched together and a silk cord used to outline tho edge of tho pillow. The pillow may be tilled with cotton sprinkled with sachet powder. Crochot Bottls Cover. A pretty nnd useful gift for the baby Is n crocheted cover for the nursing bottle. The glass surfaco of tho bottle is very apt to slip away from an Infant BABY'S BATTLE AND SACHET. Mint Is too young to hold tho bottle In place, but if it Is covered thero will bo no dltllculty In making It rest com fortably by baby's pillow while ho or sho Is taking food. Select fluo, soft zephyr white Is best nnd, using a simple stitch, cro chet u case that Is long nnd wide enough to tit over tho bottle. Draw up about IU neck with a narrow rib bon run through tho top. Such n cov er can bo made of silk or cotton yarn If you wish. j f c 1 Jit 5 i.-'? It I'ltOFKHSIONAT, GAUDS. Attorncys-ot-Low. E WILSON, AT7,0RNKY COUNSELOH-AT-LAW. mjScfin!llac,e,)t l?. Post 0fflce I" IMmralck ofUce, llonesdalc, l'n. WM. II. LEE, ATTOHNKY A COUNBEI.OB-AT-I,AW. Ofllce over post oillce. All legal business promptly attended to. Honcsdate, l'n. EC. MUMFOKD, ATTOHNKY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. i.1.11,cfS7I'lb.e.rty H.al,1 bulldln. opposite the Post Ulllce. ilonesdale. l'a. OMEK GREENE. ATTOKNEY A COUN8EI.OR-AT-1.AW. Offlco: Belt Building, Honesdalo. pHABLES A. McCAKTY, J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-1T-I.AW. 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