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1 TO HD OTTOII IPLE State Entomologist Tells In Report the Danger of the Maple Scale now on Plymouth Trees and How to Kill the Pest the Best Spray The following exeerpts are taken of fall the fertalized females attach from the reports of state entemo!o-' themselves to the under sides of the gist B.W.Domrla, and -will show twigs, where they remain all winter. Plymouth people how to deal with The male dies at" the end of the sam the scale now injuring a number o:mer. the trees of the citv. COTTONY MAPLE SCALE. (Pulvinaria innumerabilis Hathvon.) During the past few vears the Cot- tony Maple has killed many tre?s in There are several parasites that Indiana. It has not been confined destroy the Cottony Maple scale and to maples entirely, for tres of s?v-jin some localities where it was form cral other genera have been attacked erly very bad I find that it is now and killed. Little or no attention practically controlled, has Wen paid to it in spite of its On affected trees the leaves fall deadly character. persistently throughout the season. Life History. After hibernating often ending with the death of the on the twi-s of the trees winter iree- These leaves should be care the female lays large quanities of ( fully raked up and burned as they eggs in May and June. It is at this' may become a source of infection for season that the scale is most conspic- some other tree. nous, clinging to the under side of the twig and surrounded at one en 1 with great masses of cottony padd ing, which is developed from th? body simultaneity with the eggs j serviceable only as a means of sep This cottony substance is pers'stent arating the public from their mony. on the branches throntrh the summer We have tested a large number of and until til worn off by the wind and rain. The egjrs hatch in a short time and the young at once migrate to th? leaves where thev attach themselves in rows alone: the veins and begin j feeding. They grow rapidly and as summer advances the males and fe- males are differentiated, the males developing wings. At the approach . .:-..r ? :::ti CHARACTERISTIC WORK ?.?.'r-o Fisherman a uime. rThnvls a game -which is especially jolly tor, playing around the table alter fnppr .ome evening or Indoors any " rainy afternoon called fisherman. A cane tirJ i6nc stick must be found ai:d to one endt. cord tied. Form the o,v poslte jy?d of he cord Into a very witfe loop.' 'Spread "out the loop end of the ..cord' fjat in ihe middle of the table, Groqnd vrhici, players stand or sit, and 1 each boy," or girl to rest his fore-"jigger- pn tbetnbjejoside of the circle 1 wnlcb the coro' formäT Some one act rlnir as'lfisherinaa holds the rod. Twr v commtllds' are grjven oy mis piayer. lOTien he says "Your flshr each play cr mast poise his forefinger as describ ed, but when he says "My flshr all meat remove their fingers with the greatest celerity, for as be utters this last command the fisherman Jerks up Ma.rod with a quick tug. forming a jnocse, In which any unwary finger ' ' 'irVl surely be Imprisoned. Any fish 3 faXen counts ' a point for the flsher- can, who Is allowed to continue until be falls to catch a fish In his nxse. When some one else takes a turu at the rod. The player catchin; most fish In his round wins the game, rhlle the person who Is oftenest caught A healthy man is a king in his own right; an unhealthy man is an unhappy slave. Burdock Blood Bit ters builds uj sound health keeps yea well. . w , 1 I - V I .; Grs it : C M 11 Treatment . "Winter spraying with the lime-sulphur-salt wash is the b3t means of controlling the Cottony scale. The Cheapest is the Best. "Many of the prepared insecti cides which are on the market are the better known misciblc oils and sulphur preparations, and very few, if ?nv, of them will do what is claimed for them. The only scale tide "which this office recommends or demonstrates is the home-made l'me and sulphur solution, which is at ence the most effective and the cheapest remedy which we have for anv scale insect. " V - J iff v ; V r ; : , :;. t : .r.4J ?i '7: r-:yt OP COTTONY MAPLE SCALE. The Song of the Immigrant. Beat us, cheat ut, All but eat us, V' Ere we cross the sea. V Smash us. squash US. . Jam us. josh us. Waltlnc on the quay. Wake us. shake us. Stop the fracas In the crowded hold. Rail us, nail us. A5 you sail us To the land'of gold. i VC I Check us. date us. Prod us, prate lis, litre's the continent! Chock us, lock us. Stick us. stock us In our tenement. -Ufa. Real Experience. "Friend began the strolling philos opher, "do you know anything about töe pursuit of happiness V "Ooght to." chuckled the rural con stable as he filled his mouth with to bacco. "Calculate I have chased more eloping couples than any man in this section." Chicago News. First of the Season. Seedy Visitor-Do you have many wrecks about here, "boatman? Boat manNot very many. sir. You're the first I've seen this season. London TetegTaphv A He which Is part a truth la a bard catter to fight Tennyson. . Republican best for county news. SURPRISED THE HIGHLANDERS And Then the Young Boers Surprised Their Own General. Ignorance is not bliss on the battle field. Wben the. South African war be gan the Boers, brave fighters though they were, lost many au advantage through almost childish simplicity In the art of war. Mr. Howard C. Hille gas. In his "Uoers In War," gives an Incident of this trait. While fighting at Magersfontein a number of youthful Boers, in this their first battle, allowed a hundred high landers to approach to witLin a short distance of the trench wherein the Boers were concealed. They then sprang out, calling "Ilands up! The hlghlanders, completely sur prised, threw down their arms and ad vanced, holding their hands above their heads. One. of the young Boers ap proached them, scratched his head in perplexity and said to his friends. "What shall we do with them?" After a consultation they allowed the high landers to return to their column. When the young Boers arrived at the Boer laager, laden with the cap tured rifle?, their general asked them why they did not bring their prisoners The youths looked at each other, and one of them sheepishly replied: "We did not know that they were wanted." It was not the lads, however, who always made the mistakes. One old Boer, on viewing for the first time a. company of hlghlanders in the dis tance, refused to fire. Insisting that It was a herd of ostriches, and he per suaded all the burghers in the trenches near him that they were ostriches, and nothing but ostriches. BANKS "LOAN" MONEY. They Don't "Lend" It, Because 1 Is a Business Transaction. Why Is it banking bouses always "loan" their huge sums of money, never by any chance "lend" them? "Lend" is the true verb, while 'ioan" was exclusively the noun. How came It about that "to loan" has uniformly supplanted "to lend?" The purists make a great fuss about this. They insist that the stupid and untaught financial world has foisted upon the language a substantive verb when no new verb was needed, when the ancient and established usage was fixed in the signification of "to lend." But prior to the, modern development of business enterprise when money was lent it was bestowed upon the bor rower either for temporary use with out compensation, as a mark of favor or patronage, or by the professional money lender who. taking advantage of persons in extremities of need, de manded usurious interest This Anglo Saxon verb today retains its ancient connotation. When it was coined, the productive powers of money were un known, and the wealth of rich men was locked up for safety and kept out of the channels of commerce. Nowadays, by devices of credit and rapid intercommunication, it is kept constantly working in productive en terprises. Immense loans are made, no longer to relieve the necessitous and the Improvident, but to stimulate indus try and to enable the borrower as well as the loaner to reap a profit in his transactions. Money is "loaned" in this aense. It is not lent New York Time BLUNT ANDREW JACKSON. "Old Hickory's' Caustio Advice to James Buchanan. Stories of Andrew Jackson are likely to be pointed and to have a practical application, as do the stories told of Franklin. In Mr. J. W. Forney's "An ecdotes of Public Men" there is given a story as it was told by James Buchanan at bis own table. Although It contained a reproof frcm the presi dent to one who was to succeed him, it is said to have been a favorite story at that board. Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's return from Russia In 1S34, to the court of which country he bad been sent by Jackson In 1S32. and Immediately fol lowing his election to the senate be called upon "Old Hickory" with a fair English lady whom he desired to pre sent to the bead of the American na tion. Leaving her In the reception room downstairs, be ascended to the presi dent's .' private quarters, where he found General Jackson unshared, un- kempt in his dressing gown, with his- 6llppered feet on the fender, before a blazing wood fire, smoking a corncob pipe of the old southern pattern. He stated his object, and General Jackson said that he would be very gTad To meet the lady whom Mr. Buchanan desired to rjreseot. Mr. Buchanan was always careful of his personal appearance and In some respects was a sort of masculine Miss Fribbe. addicted to spotless cravats and huge collars, rather proud of a foot small for a man of his large utat ure and to the last of his life what the ladles would cad "a very good figure." Haying Just returned from a visit to the fashionable circles of the conti nent after years of thorough Inter course with the etiquette of one of the stateliest courts in Europe, he was somewhat shocked at the Idea of the president meeting the eminent English lady in such a gufse and ventured to ask if General Jackson did not Intend to change his attire. Thereupon the old warrior rose, with his long pipe li) his hand, atd, deliberately knocking the ashes' out of the bowl, said to his friend: "Buchanan. 1 want to give you a lit: tie piece of advice, which ! hope you will remember. I knew a man once who made a fortune by attending to his own business. Tell the lady I will see her presently. The man who became president In 1857 was food of saying that this re mark of Andrew Jackson humiliated Mm niore than any other rebuke bt had ever received. He walked downstairs to meet the lady in his charge, and In a very abort time President Jackson entered the room, dressed in a full suit of black, cleanly, staved, with his stubborn Vhlta bir forced back from his fore bead, and, advancing to the beautiful Yteltcr, he greeted her with almost tinsly eraee, - MEXICAN SENORITA. Charming In Her Youthful Enthusiasm and Patriotism. ITTTkJCAN GTRU Lovely Id lace is the Mexican seno rita. but she does not retain her love liness long. At tbirty-üve she is a wriLKted and forbidding old crone. The Mexican girl of fourteen Is as old as the American of eighteen, and she grows old faster. This Is partly due ra the climate and partly due to the life she lives. Mexican women of the low er or middle class pay little attention to hygienic rules. They eat all sorts of indigestible foods, and they are not particular about bathing. The women of the lower class are of Indian or of mixed race, partly Indian, partly Spanish. The (vomen of the various f ndlan tribes differ much in their hab X speech and point of view. They have large soft dark eyes, long and glossy black hair and deep olive com plexions. A Mexican woman is a good Judye of character ai d a devoted wife and mother. When one of them marries, even though her husband may have been a poor man and she herself a person of means, he at once becomes master of her funds and if she chooses may introduce all his relatives into the household for tbe wife to support Under such an Imposition the wife Is expected not only to be agreeable, but even If necessary to wait upon tbe In truders. They are vt-ry clever with their hands, and Mexican drawn work is fa mous the world over. Tbe women of the masses adorn their garments with the drawn work, handsome caps and headdresses of it being worn by the women of some sections. Apple Cooking. Some people know only two ways of preparing apples to stew or bake them. Try some of these old ways of presenting 4'the king of fruits.-" For float apple make a nice apple butter or puree from tart fruit, sweet ened to taste and flavored with the grated rind of one lemon and cinna mon or nutmeg. Tut the puree on the ice to become very cold, then beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, adding this to the fruit, which should now be in the serving dish. When It comes to the table coyer t.ho top with a cupful" of rich cfeani To make fried apples wash and wipe dry some tart cooking apples, cul them in slices a quarter of an inch thick and fry them in butter until tender and brown. Dredge with pow dered sugar and serve piping hot on warm plates. Caramel apples may be made as fol lows: Into a skillet put one cupful of light brown Migar and one-half cupful of hot water. Let boil for three or four minutes, then drop in. five nice cooking apples which have been peel ed, cored and halved. Let these stew In the sirup until they are tender and fluffy, then drain them out into a glass dish. In another saucepan have ready one tablespoonful of butter melted with one teaspoonful of flour, and over this pour one-half cupful of cream. When hot add to the boiling sirup, stirring briskly for several min utes, then pour . over the apples and serve either hot or cold. 5 x-' ''".. tJif V : S V.J. :-i,vv ?r '!!. . fern i Cookery points Culinary Hints. All frnlt salads arc Improved by mar inating In French dressing, though later served with majonnalse. Instead of the individual pate It Is more popular now to pass one or two large pates, each guest serving herself. Fill with mushrooms, oysters or cream ed sweetbreads. Biscuits or French1 rolls for formal use are more diminutive than ever. The former should be the size of a fifty cent piece and a quarter ot an Inch thick. A delicious salad Is made from dif ferent nuts, white grapes, a little shredded grapefruit, pineapple cnt Into cubes and ahredded celery. Mask In mayonnaise or serve with a cream dressing. When a - boiled rgg Is the usual breakfast dish vary It by breaking it raw into the egg cup and cooking in hot water to the desired consistency. The flavor is quite different than when cooked In the shell. it THE MILITARY SPY He Is an Important Factor In the Modern Game of War. WATCHES FOREIGN NATIONS. Learns Their Secret Plans and Reports Them to His Own Country If Caught He Is Repudiated by His Government and Suffers In Silence. Once in awhile an army or navy offi cer Is arrested for spying or attempt ing to obtain military secrets from a foreign government Trflctically every government, including the United States, has a law which makes this a crime. Usually there is more or less secrecy about the officer's arrest and trial. Iiis government repudiates his activity, and if he is sentenced to a term of imprisonment he receives no support or aid from his government Although they will not officially ad mit It, practically every government has a secret service of army and navy officers whose only duty Is to travel in'foreign countries to gather Informa tlon which might be useful in time of war. Because of the shortage of of ficers the United States has only en gaged In this practice in time of ac tual hostilities. Military espionage Is, of course, a delicate subject, and it would be a gross violation of international pro priety for any government to admit that it had secret agents spying on Its neighbors. However, it is a well known fact that this system exists. In 1907 an American ambassador at a foreign capital reported to the state department that an army officer of the country to which he was accredited had been detailed to visit the American countries secretly to ascertain the strength of their forces. Ills mission was thwarted, however, by the infor mation furnished by the ambassador. The military authorities of every first class power are constantly pre paring for war. Naturally they are anxious to know what their neighbors are accomplishing in military science. Ilere develops the function of the mod ern military spy. Fiction writers clothe the spy with a veil of mystery and a supernatural cleverness which en ables him to get out of all dnngerous pitfalls into which he falls. Hut the real flesh and blood spy Is a different person. In these days of modern and scientific warfare the Tspy has become a technical expert who must be thor oughly versed in every branch of his art He must be tactful and above all close mouthed. The procedure in sending out a spy Is something like this: If the German government wishes information which It cannot get In the regular channels of information some officer is sent for. He js summoned to the war office to receive his instructions. In the case of confidential work abroad he receives oral orders, so that he will not have any documentary evidence on his per son to disclose his identity in case he gets into trouble. Having received his Instructions he starts out, sometime? so secretly that even his family do not know where he is going. Usually he speaks the language of the country to which ho is bound. His real identity for the time being is forgotten, and he travels mvler an assumed name. If necessary he uses a disguise to cover his movements. If he is a good spy he returns with the desired information, and no questions in regard to' the methods he employed are asked. If he Is captured while engaged in his work he Is punished for attempting to ob tain the military secrets of a foreign government, and his own country lets him severely alone. The cipher code books by means of which diplomatic correspondence Is carried on are often sought after by these secret agents. Several years ago the code book of the American lega tion at Bucharest "disappeared." Its loss was reported to Secretary of State Ellhn Root by telegraph. Mr. Root sent for the chief clek of the depart ment . "Mr, Smith," said the secretary, "the code book at Bucharest has been lost. I believe It is about time for us to have a new code for our diplomatic correspondence." Some months later the missing book was offered for sale to the Japanese ambassador .at St Petersburg, who purchased it for a small sum and as an act of comity turned it over to the American ambassador there. A young "man several years ago ap peared at the American embassy in Berlin and offered to sell to the am bassador a copy of the state depart Hint's code book which he said he had In his possession. He left several specimen pages to prove that his book was genuine. A comparison with the embassy's code book proved that he had the real code, but where he had obtained It was a mystery- The am bassador knew that a new code was In course of preparation and would shortly be distributed by the depart ment The offer was politely declined on the ground that the embassy had & code book of Its own and did not need another. New York Sun. Dating a Letter. ' ' In writing a letter the date and ad dress are usually put at the begin ning; In a note they are usually at the end. It Is now the fashion to write out the numbers of the date. It would look affected, however, to write out that of the year, and many people ad here to v the older fashion of using numerals. With regard rto writing a letter on the first and last pages and then crossing on tbe second and third, this Is entirely optional with the writer. The Wedding Breakfast. The usual wedding breakfast con gists of fruit, raw oysters, fish or lob sters in some fancy form, n entree, gquab or broiled thicken, salad. Ices, cakea, bonbons and coffee. Some wine Is expected, as the health of the mar rled pair must be drunk, so this is either champagne or sherry. A buffet tpread may be of a rery unpretentious ort. Varied aandwiches. cake, candy punch are the things offered. Of fetories about the instinct of th ent there are n great number, but the following, told by Professor Levallois, is one of tl e best: "One day I f flow ed an nut for a lMig time She was far from ihe an.t hill and seemed to have t;o intent '.on of soon returning In tin middle of the path she came ujmn 'he dea I bodf of a good sized snail. Sl.e first walked all-around it and then 'limbed uon the ugly crea ture's hack, crawled all over it. and after this thor'Mivh examination, in tftend of advancTii;:. as before, imtne dhitely returned toward the nest When halfway there she met one of her companions. In an instant they had touched or rubbed antennae with great animation, and she was pursu Ing her course The same perform ance took place wh(-n the ant met a second and tbird of her companions, and :rs soon as she h d left them they quickly turned toward the spot where the snail lav The first ant soon on tered the nest, and I lost siht of her But she doubtless continued her work of Informing tin rest, for a long line of r.nts immediately came out and set 'orth for the prey Ten minutes after ward the snail was entirely covered Willi the yellow swarm, and by even ing not a trace of it remained. "Playing Possum." "Tlaying possum" has become a com mon saying. This has originated from what is popularly believed to be It habit of pretending to be dead. In this so called feigning the breathing is slow and feeble, and the movement is almost concealed by he thick fur. But here I think that popular opinion is wrong Space Is too limited for details, but-Instead of feigning death the animal Kpems to swoon with terror. It is in comprehensible that so small and de fnseless a creature should deliberate ly pl.ne itself in tiie power of the en emy. but we can understand how it misht faint with fright. St. Nicholas. Animals and Folks. The number or' useful animals in the world is just about the same as the number of people. Australia leads with sheep. India leads in horned cattle, and the United States and Russia are about even in horses. The Sandman.' At close of day The sandman gray Glides swiftly on through Twilight Land. Upon his back lie bears a sack Well filled with dustlike fairy and. With pestures grand t He fills his hand And scatters sand now here, now there. And. though no breeze May stir the trees. The sand goes floating everywhere. It fills your eye. And with surprise Tou find your -ylils droopinsr low. W'i-n 'v.oTlH-t dear S?s "?ruilm.in"s nere." reu hake vour he-ad. but Know it s so ! f - te-v.-i' S45VJ- f .-Ai V - r K I'll r,r :ji l .'-Kl'UililJ'rjl '. ' i ...., ELMS KILLED BY CATTONY MAPLE SCALE. Good form The Luncheon Table. Crystal combined with silver makes beautiful and artistic decorations for the luncheon and dinner table. Compotes and dishes for almonds and salted nuts, olives, etc., are larger than those formerly in use and are al most flat. A useful stand for the center of the table consists of a silver vase with branching arms beari-" ve flat bon bon dishes. Another . gn has a large basket in. the center for flowers, and the arms hold small baskets filled with bonbons. The bonbon dishes o .baskets are detachable and can be lift ed out and passed around. Carved rock crystal is used in place of the' old fashioned cut glass unless one has a large supply of cut glass -and does not wish to lay in a supply of glass, even if the style is newer. In China the most popular style at the moment has a very narrow line of color with a dull gold band at the edge. Gold and white, however, la always In good taste. Naming the Day. It Is the bride's privilege to name the wedding day. When this has been errauged a list is made of the close friends and valued acquaintances of The fashion leaders have Oe. reed that It should re hand iut-d i-.crU m every available teal ure ot the sum mer's wardrobe llio .se arid dresves are covered wiilt embroideries- st:;,e of them in white and some in colors Fagotinjr is eouinijr in nuii. and o is cross stitch ilai.dmade ia- es. su'-u an crochet lrih. are roi;sMb-red uhi) smarter than anything done by ma chine, downs and blouses thetuselve are esteemed as of more value if fash ioned by hand Naturally all th:s re quires an ample purse unless the own er of the particular costume has been able to put her own handiwork upon It. In that case er n stenciling is not despised, particularly in the cases of little girls' dresses wh: h afford an unusually wide he d tor the exer isr of artistic taste IMav j.rons adorned with quaint figures in colors are espe cially prized by young toiks ol the play age, CABY'S OUTFIT. Handmade and Smart Baskets For Smart Babies. Never were Uiby things daintier thnn they are at present, and fond godmoth ers have no need to complain ot the lack of variety or of beauty in avail able gifts This leiiif; a lace ason. the gowns of tine linen, cambric, lawn or muslin are marvels of tiimy loveli ness with their inset motifs, their in sertions, edgings and bouncings of iace. The fashionable i.-n-es. point d venise. milanese. cluin and vaieu ciennes. are well represented on these gowns in coniiectior with hand em broideries Swiss ernbro'deries are also used Uf course the better robes are entirely iiino'iiade Dainty bonnets are of cream corded silk inset with lace Vandykes Fine lace and muslin fashion other caps, while caps of Irish -ro het lace over silk are particularly handsome Little eroi-het and knit shoes In silk und woo' yte available, while novelties are kid shoes as soft as silk and iu Si if r UT'OlilM. , i .,i mull iinr 'Wf-fi-r rn- vmt rn.,. - - -' liW.'.Vu - rfbtO: .WOKMWU WBQWy WWrfW ---- i r i- - bcth families o that nobotfr will be 6llghted by net getting an invitation. It is a good Idea to use the letters of the alphabet for geU!ng down theso names, searching the memory as each letter presents itself for the name that begins with It The invitations should be issued at least a month before the wedding. The arrangement of the church and the choke of the musie that is to be played are entirely mat ters for the bride to decide. The bridegroom confers with the clergy man after the parents or guardians of the girl have seen him. going to his house for last directions the day before the ceremony. Duties of a Godfather. The duties of a godfather consist in ttandlng up with the child (though cot actually holding him) at the time of the christening, and In Rome churches tbe godfather promises io tee after the religious education of the child. It would be well for any one who has been asked to serve in this capacity to familiarize himself with the ritual of the church in which the child is to be christened in order to be able to make the proper responses at the right time. The usual present Is a silver cup ot porringer, a cup and plate for bread and milk, or a set of silver knife, fork and spoon Is sometimes given. Any it these would be preferable to money. A godparent makes a present of silver tf.jsome son if he or she can afford Ilarsh physics react, weaken the bowels, cause chronic constipation. Doan's Regulets operate easily; tone, the stomach, cure constipation. 2os. Ask your druggist for them. 3 HI