THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1913. FOR THE CHILDREN Animal Fun. A thick fleeced lamb came trotting by. "Pray, whither now, my lamb?" quoth 1. "1u have" said he, with ne'er a stop, "My wool clipped off at the ba-ba shop." I asked tho dos, "Why all thla din?" Bald he, "I'm fashioned outsldo In, And nil my nights and days I've tried My best to get the bark outside." A hen was cackling loud and long. Bald I to her, "How strango your song!" Bald she, " "Tis scarce a song In fact, It's just a lay, to bo eggs-act." I asked tho cat, "Pray tell mo why you lovo to sins." Sbo blinked her eye. "My pur-puss, sir, as you can see, Js to a-mows myself," said she. Christian Endeavor World. Game of Colors. Thl3 is a gaine played by German children in New York. A row of chil dren sit or stand on the doorsteps or against a wall. Opposite each other stand two girls, representing one tho good, the other the bad angel. Every child chooses n color. Tho "mother" stands in front of the children. The "good angel" knocks and is answered by the mother: "Who's knocking at the door?" "The Angel with the Golden Star." "What do you want?' "Blue." (Or any color.) Tho "good angel" names a color. It It is one represented the angel takes tho child, but If unsuccessful must re tire, whllo tho "bad angel," or the "an gel with tho pitchfork," comes for ward and makes a similar demand. When all tho children are divided a "tug of war" follows, as in "Loudon bridge." Geographical Game. Seat the players in a ring. Let tho first one say aloud tho name of a city, mountain, river, lake, etc., located In any part of the world, or any division of the earth previously agreed upon. The next player must then give a name beginning with the last letter of the name just given, and the' third must supply one beginning with the final letter of the second, and so on around tho circle. Thus: America. Athens, Salem, Mobile, Erie. Ecuador. Itochester, Home, etc. ' Each player Is allowed thirty seconds in which to think. If by tho end of that time he fails to supply a name he must drop out of tho game. The one who keeps up longest is champion. Any player may at any time bo chal lenged to give the geographical loca tion of tho place he has named. If he cannot do this he must pay a forfeit. Game of Watchman. Have a sheet or screen so placed that shadows may be cast upon it. Facing it have one of the players sit ting In such a position that he can see only tho screen, not anything that is going on behind ldm. This player is called "tho watchman." Now, behind tho watchman and at such a distance that there is space for a person to walk between the watchman and the light place a caudle. The object of tho game is for the watchman to guess from the shadows cast who Is passing behind him. Tho players, going one by one, may disguise themselves by limping, bow ing the head or wearing a hat, but generally the watchman. If ho is dis cerning, may detect the player by some peculiarity. For every one ho guesses correctly a forfeit must be paid by tho one discovered. A Spool Trick. Run n pin its whole length througb the middle of a card. Place tho card on tho end of a spool In such a way as to allow the pin to hang down in tho hole in the spool. Hold the spool up right and blow into tho open end. Howover hard you blow, you will not be able to force tho card away. If you blow steadily you can even turn the spool downward, and tho card will still refuse to drop. The card is held in place by suction. The thin film of air escaping with much force in all directions between the end of tho spool and the card pre sents a smooth surface to which tho card adheres as ft would to glass, but with greater force, for tho film of air is even smoother than glass. Tho pin serves only to prevent tho card from working off at ono side. Youth's Com panion. About the Cat Family, It is a fact that a lion's, or a tiger's whiskers onco taken off will never grow again. These animals ahod their hair ordinarily onco a year, all- except the whiskers. Tho shedding depends en tirely upon tho clfinate, and there Is a peculiar tiling connected with it. Men who liavo taken wild animals from Asia and Africa to Europe say that they never knew a lion or a tiger or any animal of the cat species to go through the Rod sea without shedding. They will shed at Suufclm nnd come out with hair fresh and glossy as silk, and yet going through tho Hod sea they will shed ngaln. No one 1ms been able to account for it, but it is a fact never theless. Gopher In the Hole. This game requires at least thirteen persons. Circles are formed by three players Jolulng hands. Thcso are the boles. In each holo is another player, who U a gopher. Ono extra player is outsldo nnd has no bole. At a given signal from the leader, who may bo any one of tho players, all tho gophers havo to clmnga holes, and tho ono who la outside tries to get a holo. Tho one who is left out then becomes tho homo less gopher. JDD COMPOSITION OF THE PINK Stem Should Be Strong Enough to Support Flower Without Droop ing and With Broad Petal. (Dy W. It. GILBERT.) In a good pink the stem should bo strong enough to support the flower without drooping, and not less than from ten to twelve Inches high, which will elevate It above the foliage. Tho calyx or rod ought to bo proportionate ly long, straight, and not to narrow, but correspond with the size of tho flower, not Incurved, but rather turned outwards, so that the flower may ex pand freely and without bursting out at the side. The petal should be broad, flat and substantial, and as free from Indentation on the edges as possible. It is not desirable for tho flower to be too double, and there ought to be a suf ficient number of rows of petals to show symmetry without being crowd ed, each row being smaller in size than tho next below, lying over each other In regular imbricated form. In a laced kind the belting should be even and equal in breadth, surround ing the outer edge of each petal and uniting with the eye. Whatever the color is it ought to be uniform, rich and solid. In tho purple a rich purplish maroon, and in tho red tho nearer ap proach to scarlet the better. In all the classes the white ought to bo clear and distinct, without blemish. Propa gation is most readily accomplished by pipings which are simply the tops of tho shoots struck under hand glasses; very strong soli should not bo used for the pink, for too rich a com post only Injures it and makes the color run. The most suitable soil is a fresh loam, only ordinarily fertile, the top spit of an old pasture, with a fourth part cow dung, and both thor oughly rotted together. Care should bo used that there are no wlreworms In it, as they are very destructive, not Another Fragrant Favorite the Pink. only to the pink but also to the car nation and plcotoe. Where perfection Is studied, it is beet to have nothing else in tho some bed, which may be 12 inches deep of the above named ma terial Plant about the middle of Au gust, about eight Inches apart, and make tho soil somewhat solid around the neck of the plants, but do not bury too deeply. If dry weather should oc cur grro a good soaking of water, but keep as dry as possible through the, winter. Towards the end of April stirring the soil and giving a top dressing vlll" greatly invigorate the plants and assist the bloom. As the flower stems approach blooming havo in readiness a quantity of slender twigs; fix ono to each plant and tie loosely with soft thread. When tho flowers begin to expand, If it Is desired to have them quite perfect, examine the pods, and if they appear to be opening more on ono side than the other take a penknife and slit the closed divisions equally, but not so far as to let the petals fall down and out of place. At tho tlmo tie a small bit of bast round immediately under where slit; this will prevent bursting and keep, the flower uniform in shape. If there be during blooming a thin covering of muslin fixed over the bed, and raised sufficiently high above the flower, so as not to rub them, the flow ering will bo considerably prolonged, and the colors much more distinct and clear. Where it 1b desirable to savo seed and keep the progeny in class character, each class ought to be kept separately, and tho flowers assisted by artificial fertilization, choosing thoso of the same class, with good marking, to hybridize with. Tho pink is easily forced and is a most desirable acquisi tion among early spring flowers. The care requisite to accomplish this ob ject Is very nttle. As soon as pipings can be had off forced plants strike them In pots or pans in sand under a hand glass hi a gentle heat. After they have struck root gradually harden them off, and plant them out In well prepared beds, In which they will make strong plants, ready for lifting and potting by October; afterwards beep them In a cold frame. For forc ing, the Pheasant's Eye, white with dark eyevj Moss's Red, which is later than tho last, and Paddlngton Pink, which Is later still, aw tho best. In forcing them they may be placed near the gloss In any house where a temper, aturo of BO or 65 degrees la kept at night Whatever house they a.-a forced In care should bo taken to keep them freely exposed to the sun, for this la the main secret of sueews- No FqoI Like An Old Fool Bv ELEANOR K. BEACH "My son," said the seuloi Wlnthrop when his boy was about to leave lilm to enter Into business In the city, "I will forgive you for nnything except making u senseless marriage, In other words. I expect you to consider when you marry upon what you propose to supjrait a wife. If you marry a girl who can do her part In the family tlnanclul requirements, well and good. If you secure an Income to do It all yourself, well and good. But if neither of you has anything more than u pit tance don't come to me for help. In short. I shall not want to see any thing more of you. One word more: The worst thing you can do is to mar ry a girl brought up In allluence who has nothing on which to keep up a position " ISob Wlnthrop chose what his father considered the worst thing he could do. Miss ttosalle Hilton was the daughter of a man who lavished luxuries upon her till she was twenty years old, then failed In business and died, leav ing her with uothing at nil. Bob was a gentleman-like, handsome chap and bad not been long in town before lie was received In society and met Miss Hilton just before misfortune befell her family. She had met many agree able young men and hud had a num ber of suitors, but between her and Bob came something that neither bad felt before. Bob proposed and was ac cepted when he supposed he was con sidering his father's warning. Then came the crash, and tho young man was not only too honorable to with draw his offer, but ho did not wish to withdraw It But he had a hard time in persuad ing Itosallo to marry him. She had a good bend on her shoulders and realiz ed what would likely be tho result of marrying a man whoso Income did not admit of his supporting any wife at all. to say nothing of one who hart been brought up in luxury, but since her heart was with Bob and he said he was wllllug to take the responai billty, if she was, she Anally yielded and they became engaged. Bob wrote his father all about It and received In reply: "They say there's no fool like an old fool. My opinion Is that there could not possibly be a greater fool than a young fool." Bob showed his father's letter to Bosallc. She said not a word In reply, but seemed to be doing a good deal' of thinking. Presently she said: "Well, Bob, there's evidently no hope for us with your father. And your Income is too small for us to marry on. Either you must consent to my doing some thing to earn money or we must give up marriage. 1 am well educated and shall teach." "We needn't bo married right off," said Bob. "Walt awhile." Six mouths of waiting passed, and Bob found It a depressing period. Ro salie went to live with an aunt in another city and wrote Bob that she was getting ready to teach. Then she wrote that sho had found a position at a salary of $800 a year. Sho could save most of it, and in a year they would havo tho wherewithal to start a fortune. Bob smiled at her way of expressing It, but n year seemed very long to him. Ono day Bob received a letter from his father, who was a widower, that he had concluded to take a second wife. In order to gild his announce ment ho added that he would colebrato the event by giving his son $10,000. If he chose to spend It In marrying a girl who had been born "with n silver spoon in her mouth" and who would doubtless spend tho money or lose It within a year, ho was welcome to do so. But ho advised Bob to follow bis father's example and marry a practi cal woman. Bob sent tho letter to Rosalie, who re- plied: "Why don't you go home and Inspect your future stepmother? I havo no confidence In tho sense of old men In the matter of marriage. I no tice your father doesn't mention his flanceo's age. Ten to ono ho has got hold of somo chit, or rather some chit has got hold of him, and she'll lead him a dance. I've found a position as governess in tho family of a widower, and he's bothering mo to marry him." Bob wrote hia father, thanking him for his kind Intention, and added, "I shall bo able get off for tho week end and will run down and see you to offer my thanks In person and meet the fu ture Mrs. Wlnthrop." Saturday evening Bob appeared In his father's house and wns welcomed by his two younger sisters, aged respec tively fourteen and ten. They were loud in their praises of their future stepmother. Then came tho father, beaming all over with happiness. Bob asked if his father would take him to call on the lady during tho evening, to which his father replied that the lady was In tho houso and would be down In a few minutes. As ho spoke tho words the door opened and she stepped Into tho room. "For heaven's sake. Rosalie, what are you doing here?" "1 camo hero to dlsprovo your fa ther's words that a young fool Is a worse fool than an old fool. I am the governess of your slstors and havo De come very much attached to tbem, also to your father" The old man was much shocked and disappointed, but bo Anally decided to take it all In good part and consent to Bob's marriage provided Rosalie would finish the year as his daughters' gov ern oss. CURE FOR BROODINESS Two Methods Given for Breaking Up Setting Hens. Strenuous Measures Must Be Adopted to Dissuade Fowl From Her Pur pose Leghorns Are Most Popular for Eggs. (By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.) Contrary to general Impression, broodiness in hens is not a fever and we havo no evidence to show that it Is contagious. Tho ailment, if we may term it thus, appears without warn ing. Tho fowl may have been laying steadily and acting n a perfectly nor mal fashion, when suddenly she be comes imbued with a great distaste for active pursuits. She betrays a very crabbed disposition, rushing at her erstwhllo friends and pecking them viciously whenever they ap proach her. Her plumage sticks out at right angles, making her appear about twice as large as usual. With head drawn deep Into her hackle feathers ,and wings and body taking op as much spaco as possible, sho mounts guard over her chosen nest and defies all comers. The hen becomes broody because naturo prompts her with a sudden de sire for a brood of chicks. She prob ably does not know why sho does It, as she will take to potatoes or door knobs as kindly a3 to eggs, but -she Excellent Egg Type, sets when the tlmo comes just tho Bame, and she will keep on setting until you break her up or let her hatch out a brood of chicks. This pertinacity would not bo so Important If it were not for tho fact that she quits laying and stays quit. Sho has decided upon a vacation and she refuses to work during this period. The loss of a couplo of months of a ben's time Is not to bo thought of at any period, and especially during tho spring, which Is the natural time for setting and heaviest egg produc tion as well. If wo do not wish to sot the hen on eggs we will have to adopt strenuous means to dissuado her from her pup pose and start her to laying again. There are a number of successful ways of doing this, and conditions will indicate the most favorable. The main thing is to act promptly and be thor ough. Remove the broody hens from the nests each night, as they are most easily detected then. They stick to iho nest instead of going to roost Dust them thoroughly with Insect pow der and confine them in an open slat crate or cage In a cool, light location. Keep water before them and give nothing to eat except a little whole wheat and green stuff 'once a day. This will not hurt tho hen and about three days of this "water cure" will con vince hor of the error of her ways. Another good way Is to have a sep rato pen with absolutely bare floor and walls, and no possible place to nest, and place all of tho broody hens In It, in the company of two or threo vigorous male birds. This schemo la frequently used on large poultry farms. The heavior breeds are especially addicted to broodiness, the Asiatics being the worst offenders ancf tho Plymouth Rocks and R. I. Reds lead ing in tho American class. Leghorns and Minorcas and Hamburg3 sot so rarely that thoy cannot bo depended on to ralso their young. For this rea son the Leghorns aro tho most popu lar breed for largo egg farms, as thoy waste no tlmo sotting and tho young aro easily raised artificially. Most Fertile Eggs. The eggs from mature hens will hatch better and produce stronger chicks than tho eggs of pullets. They are usually larger, too. Discarding Setting Hen. Tho old setting hen Is gradually go ing out of business, with several hun dred manufacturers of Incubators arid brooders as competitors. Dont Chang Its Mind, When once set, the Incubator does not have the privilege of changing IU mind as does old Biddy. OVCFl 66 YEARS' EXPERIENCE - TliAOE MARK3 DESIGNS C0PVTMQHT3 &C. AnTononendlnj? n Mti'tri mi. description mny qiiloklr nacerltilit our i.ImiiIi.h free whether un Invout'on Is prolmbljr pnienlnblo. Communion. UimsBirlctlyeoiiUdcnuui. HM1UUUUH onrtitcnis sent free. Oldest apency for Bocurmff putcnts. l'ntcnts taken tbroiich Muun & Co. receive Ipedlal notice, without chnrgo. In tlio s rican. A handsomely lllmtrnterl woefctjr. Largest ctr ciilatlou of nny ccientlUc journal. Terms, $3 a year: four months, ft. Bold by all newsdealer. &Co.3G'Bd.NewYort( branch Offlca. 625 F BU Washington, D. c. E 'l 'Plsrnrn nf CORNELIUS C. JADWIN, Late of Borough of Honesdale. All persons Indebted to said es tate are notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned; and those having claims against the said estate are notified to present them duly attested for settlement. EDGAR JADWIN, GRACE A. JADWIN, Executors. Honesdale, Pa., Aug. 25, 1913. N OTICE OF ADMINISTRATION, Estate of Orrin E. 'Babcock, late of Hawley. All persons Indebted to said estate are notified to make Immediate pay ment to the undersigned; and those having claims against said estate are notified to present them, ddly attest ed, for settlement. HENRY F. BABCOCK, Admr. 1435 Church Ave., Scranton, Pa. Or John Conklin, Hawley, Pa. G9wG IN re Executor's sale of real estate of H. -J. Quinney, late of the Borough of Honesdale, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the Orphans' Court of Wayno County has fixed Monday, September S, 1913, at 2 o'clock p. m., for tho hearing of an application made by tho Executor of H. J. Quinney, late of Honesdale, deceased, for a private sale of tho real estate of said decedent, situated in the borough of Honesdale, for the sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars. At which time and place any objections to a private sale on tho terms set forth in tho application will bo heard. WILLIAM A. QUINNEY, GGw3 Executor. NOTICE. The Commissioners of 'Wayne county will receive bids for carpen ter work in toilet room at the Court House. They will also receive bids for plumbing work in toilet room. Bids received up to noon Tuesday, September 2, 1913. Plans and specifications for above work can be seen at the Commission ers' office, at tho court house. JOHN MALE, EARL ROCKWELL, NEVILLE HOLGATE, Attest: Commissioners. T. Y. Boyd, Clerk. G5eoi3 Wayne County Savings Bank HONESDALE, PA., 87 1 42 YEARS THE BANK THE PEOPLE USE BECAUSE we have been transacting a SUCCESSFUL banking business CONTINUOUSLY since 1S71 and are prepared and qualified to renderVALU ABLE SERVICE to our customers. BECAUSE of our HONORABLE RECORD for FORTY ONE years. BECAUSE of SECURITY guaranteed by our LARGE CAPITAL and SURPLUS of 8550,000 00. BECAUSE of our TOTAL ASSETS of $3,000,000.00. BECAUSE GOOD MANAGEMENT has made us the LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION of Wayne county. BECAUSE of these reasons wo confidently ask you to become a depositor. COURTEOUS treatment to all CUSTOMERS whether their account is LARGE or SMALL INTEREST allowed from the FIRST of ANY MONTH on Deposits made on or before the TENTH of the month. OFFICERS : W. B. HOLMES, PRESIDENT. II. S. SAIjMON, Cashier. A. T. BEARIxE, Vice-President. W. J, WARD, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS : II. J. CONGER, W. B. HOLMES, C. J. SMITH, H. S. SALMON. T. B. CLARK, B. W. QAMMELL W. P. SUYDAM, AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John Kuhbach, Late of Honesdale, deceased. Tho undersigned an auditor ap pointed to pass upon the exceptions to account and to report distribution of said estate, will attend to the du ties of his appointment, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 1913, at 10 a. m. at his office In the borough of Honesdale, at which time and place all claims against said estate must be presented, or recourse to the fund for distribution will be lost. E. C. MUMFORD, Auditor. Honesdale, Aug. 9th, 1913. G5w3 SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. By virtue of process Issued, out of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county, and State of Pennnylvania, and to mo di rected and delivered, I have levied on and will expose to public sale, at the Court House in Honesdale on SEPTEMBER 12, 1013, at 11 A. M. All tho defendant's right, title and interest In the following described property viz: All the. surface or right of soil of ana in all that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being In the town of Browndale, Clinton township, Wayno County, Pennsylvania, designated as GOxSO feet of the westerly portion of lots No. 9 and No. 10 In Block No. 16 as de scribed on the map of building lots of the town of Browndale, being eighty feet on the easterly and westerly boundaries and fifty feet on the northerly and southerly boundaries and bounded easterly by por tions of lots No. 9 and No. 10, owned by Joseph Scublx, southerly by lot No. 8; westerly by lands of the Hillside Coal & Iron Co.; and northerly by lot No. 11; be ing fifty feet on the westerly end of lots which Gregor Scublx granted and con veyed to Joseph Scublx by deed dated Aug. 18, 1908, and recorded In Deed Book No. 93, page 12. Also a free and Unin terrupted use, liberty and privilege of a passage in and along a certain alley or passage six feet in breadth by fifty feet In depth, extending from the south-east corner of land herein conveyed east fifty feet along the southery boundary of land still owned by Joseph Scublx to land of Anthony Drashler, where connection Is made with the alley to tho street Ex cepting and reserving as excepted and re served In the hereinbefore recited deed to Joseph Scublx. Being the same land granted and conveyed by Joseph Scublx to Frank Koenlg by deed dated Aug. 31, 1910, and recorded In Deed Book No. 101, pago 305. Property above described Improved with a two-story frame dwelling house. ALSO all tho surface or right of soil of and In all that certain pleco or parcel of land sltuato in tho town of Brown dale, Clinton township, Wayno county, Pennsylvania, distinguished as 100x80 feet of the westerly extremity of lots No. 9 and No. 10 In Block No. 10 as described In a map of building lots of II. W. Brown In said town of Browndale, being eighty feet on tho easterly and westerly bound aries, and bounded easterly by portions of lots No. 9 and No. 10, sold to Anthony Drashler; southerly by lot No. 8; westerly by land of the Hillside Coal & Iron Com panyr northerly by lot No. 11. Being the same property granted and conveyed to Joseph Scublx by Gregor Scublx by deed dated Aug. 18, 1908, and recorded In Deed Book No. 99, pago 12. Excepting and re serving as excepted and reserved In last mentioned deed. Also excepting and re serving therefrom a lot BOxSO feet which was granted and conveyed by Joseph Scublx et ux. to Frank Koenlg by deed dated Aug. 31, 1910, and recorded In Deed Book No. 101, pago 303. Improved with a two-story frame dwelling house. Seized and taken In execution as the property of Joseph Scublx at the suit of E. A. Bloxham. No. 53 June Term, 1913. Judgment, $1700. Attorneys, Gardiner & Mumford. TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs must be paid on day of sale or deeds will not be acknowledged. FRANK C. KIMBLE, Sheriff. AdV 05 3w OF SUCCESS 1913 J. W. PARLEY, P. P. KIMBLE, A. T. SEAR LB,
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