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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21
The Common Brick.

Ia a recent publication treating of
our mineral resources and issued by
the geological survey considerable at.
tention is given to the common brick.
Here ut least is a natural resource
which is not likely to be soon ex-
hausted. Good clay for brick is found
in every state Of the Union, and the
annual product Of the whole country
ranges up to nearly $2O.OOO.OOO. Last
year the two states leading In this in
dustry, New York and Illinois, pro-
duced nearly 3,OOO,OO0,000 brick, hav-
ing a market value Of $13,5OO,O00. The
average price Of brick for the whole
country in 1907 was Sc per thousand.
1t has been supposed that concrete
was destined to drive brick out of gen
cral use. For foundations to frame
buildings concrete Is much used as q
substitute for brick in regions where
1t is produced In convenient form.
But concrete is still on trial among
conservative people. The cheap con-
crete building block has not been thor
oughly tested for structures higher
than two stories. Even with concrete
as competitor brick must hold its
own. 1t can be produced near where
1t is wanted, and this is saving on
cost. Materials for concrete are not
so we'll distributed over the land, OF
If they are the beds are yet to be dis
covered. In value brick constitutes
approximately 40 per cent Of all our
clay products.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21
Campaigning In 1908.

GFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealerl
The train comes whizzlnG down the trac
And halts amid the cheers,
And on the platform at the back
The candidate appears.
And then the engine hoarsely shrieks
His words are far from plain.
And then the engine hoarsely shrieks
And drags away the train.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21
rha prnftahI. Han.

The hen that lays 200 eggs a year is
the one that pays for her keep and
leaves a good margin of profit to her
owner. She is in the same class as the
COW that makes fifteen pounds Of but
tar a week.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21
Precautions Aoainst Hoo Cholera

FFSSauStons f%8dtu6t toy STtoioTds
The greatest care should be exer-
cised to keep the infection from enter
ing healthy herds. If the disease Is IN
the immediate locality stray dogs
should not be allowed in the hog lots
or pastures. To eliminate as much as
possible infection from birds, the hogs
should be fed in covered Enclosures.
Stockmen and buyers should not be
allowed to enter the premises without
first thoroughly disinfecting the shoes
with some germicidal solution, as car
bolic acid. The hogs should under no
consideration have access to a stream
which is fed from water running
through other farms. No newly pur
chased hogs should be placed with the
general herd until they have been
quarantined for two or three weeks.
Plenty Of air slaked lime should be
used about the hog houses and feeding
places. - Kansas Experiment Station
Bulletin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21

The Republicans will revise the tar
III. and they will revise 1t so that no
American workingman shall suffer loss
OF wages or pay more to fll his dinner
pail. ..-. . g.. -.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21

Perhaps money won't transmit dis
ease, but 1t can give mighty big pain
when-it goes wrong,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21

The history man says that the aftlni-
ty business "fourished" 1900 years
ago. So did the warclub and ax.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-10-21
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The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18

For long while 1t seemed as though
the devilfish had the better of it
He towed that big boat steadily out
into the Gulf for three hours and
twenty minutes. 1t was exactly like
being in tow of fair sized tug. The
progress of the boat VISA not fast,
but as steady as If it were being
driven by the Irene's own engines.
1t may be fair to remark that kill
ing q devilfsh entails as much gen.
uine, muscle racking hard work as
any task on earth. 1t is much the
same as pulling for hours against a
yoke of oxen who are moving off cen
tirely Indifferent to ones futile ef-
forts. The devilfish will not let SIM
pie towing tire him. If left to him
self he will sound to bottom, and
after resting proceed on ad infinitum.
1t is To prevent such resting that one,
must work constantly by hauling the
tow in close to him, thereby fright
ening him to constant effort. II he
can be strained to the point of weak
ening, then he may be hauled close
enough to harpoon again.-From
Scribner's Magazine.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
Prefer Hotels to Homes.

Hotel life seems to have its at
tractiveness for the wealthy families
of New York. Because of the short
ness Of the season, many society folk
have not opened their city ZONES
during the winter months. These
families are to be found scattered
through the large, semi-private hotels,
which have multiplied within the last
couple of years, and which have been
designed with a view to attracting
the millionaire class Of tenants. Ho-
tel life, society women have begun
to find out, affords an easy evasion OF
much entertaining. The average
hostess nowadays seeks to avoid ex-
ira bother, and it is less of tax
on her time and patience to hold large
receptions in one of the half-dozen
hotels favored by society or in the
Colonial Club. By keeping her town
house closed this winter So
ciety woman remarked the other day
that at a rough estimate she had saw
ed $4,000 in four months. Besides
this, she has not had to worry over
the servant question and other mat
ters so vexatious to women who en-
tertain.-New York Correspondence OF
the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18

The use of REINFORCED concrete
Ermor on warships has recently been
suggested. An Italian engineer, Lor
EMO d'Adda, has been led by the sue
cess of concrete land Notifications.
as revealed in the Russian-Japanese
war, to construct armor plates of re-
enforced concrete, covered with thin
plates of steel, as a protection against
the immediate effects of the impact OF
shells. Concrete armor plates, even
when REINFORCED by stout and close
ly inlaid iron bars, must obviously
be much thicker than hardened steel
armor, but as the specific gravity
of the material is only one-third that
of steel the weight of the armor need
not be increased, while its cost may
be very greatly diminished. The sub
stitution of REINFORCED concrete for
steel armor on first class battleship
would effect a considerable saving.
The practicability of the substitution
will be decided by the result of ex.
periments, soon to be made, ON the
effect of shots on the REINFORCED
concrete plates.-Scientifc American
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
BLESSINGS ON NEW BUILDINGS
Russian Custom That Got a Scoffef
Into Trouble.

1t is q custom in this country IA
open all new buildings and institu
tions, public or private, with re
ligious dedication.
Even the proprietary builder of a
small cottage or workshop who can
not afford to pay for the attendance
of a priest to bless and sprinkle with
holy water a new structure always
hoists a wooden cross, nailed to the
topmost pole in the scaffolding, as his
dwelling or workshop approaches COM
pletion, symbolic of an appeal for
Gods blessing upon the new prem
ises.
This custom appeared somewhat in
congruous ON the establishment OF
the government liquor monopoly,
when every vodka store was solemn.
ly opened with religious ceremony.
At Kishineff last week, when a
new opera house was opened with the
usual religious function, the local
journal, Bessarabian Life, made some
scof1ng remarks for which the pro-
prietary editor has been sentenced
to four months Imprisonment.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
Seventeen AIibi Wins.

That in the seven years he has been
married Henry Langevin has never
been out of the house after O'Clock
at night was the conclusive alibi he
established in court recently when
he was arraigned on charge of steal
ing chickens from Constable Joseph
Demoran and Judge Alvan Day.
Over 200 hens were stolen and Ian
gevin was arrested. He swore that
he had not been out of the house on
the night of the theft, nor any other
night, for any cause whatever since
he had been married. His wife swore
that he always was home before Z
o'clock at night and that never since
he had been married had he gone
out. The Judge accepted the evidence
and discharged Langevin.-Middle'
boro (Miss.) Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
Magazines for the Army.

The Woman's Army and Navy
League is making additional request
for books and magazines to be sent
to the soldiers in the Philippines,
Alaska, Cuba and far western posts in
the United States. The coming OF
spring has brought many requests from
these stations, particularly from Alas
ka, and contributions of such litera-
ture are requested. With the prac-
tical eye of the nations housekeep-
ers, members of the league believe,
now that the spring housekeeping is
here, there may be an extra allotment
of magazines and books for the sol
diers.
The genuine pleasure these periodi-
calls give the soldiers is not to be dis
counted. They read them eagerly,
each finding a sort of message from
home within the pages. One lot is
torn. thumb-marked, and almost worn
out before another assortment arrives,
and the men of the garrison look eag'
erly for the incoming transport that
will bring fresh MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Times.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
Returning Check.

A New York editor laid down a
letter with laugh.
"A letter from w. w. Jacobs, the
English humorist," he said, 'declin-
ing to write me a Christmas story
at a dollar word. That was not
what made me laugh, though.
"Mr. Jacobs tells me in this letter
about an American correspondent of
his own name. The American w.
w. Jacobs wrote to the English one
recently. He said he, too, aspired
to literary laurels, but SO far with
out success. He had a proposition to
make. He proposed that the two
work in partnership, he supplying
the ideas, the other writing the ideas
up
The editor took up Mr.. Jacobs let
ter and read from it:
"My American namesake then told
of a dream he had had, in which this
partnership arrangement evidently an
swered satisfactorily; so satisfactor
lily, indeed, that publishers checks
came in so fast and furious that the
majority of them had to be returned
as 'unavailable'-a happy state which
none of us. 81. very few, ever reach"
Washington Star.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
TIE
General Dem and

of the Well Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine ne-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18

Albany, capital of the great Empire
State, claims to be the Oldest per-
manent settlement within the limits
of our thirteen colonies, but has
greater historical significance on ac-
count of it's strategic Importance dur
ing the century of conflict between
the English and French in America
and in the American revolution. In
1924 Verrazzano, a French navigator,
sailed up the Hudson, and about 1910
French trading post, was Set up
near the present site of Albany. The
continuous history of the place dates
from the discovery of these regions
by Henry Hudson in 1909, who was
followed by Dutch traders, who in
1914 established trading station on
Castle Island under the name of Fort
Nassau. In 1864, after the transfer
of New Netherlands to the English,
the name OF Albany was given to the
settlement in honor of the Duke OF
York and Albany, afterward James II.
-Leslies Weekly.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18

Within the last half century there
has been a remarkable increase OF
lunacy in Ireland. In 1901 there were
25,050 lunatics in Ireland, or one in
every 179 of the population. In 1851
there were only $50 in the entire
county Antrim and Belfast, but to-
day there are 1890, an increase of
1850. In 1881 the percentage of lun-
atics per 10000 of the population in
England was S0.4, in Scotland "a, and
in Ireland 30,5. Last year the fig
ing, and perhaps this is not mat
ures were: England 40.S per 10000
of the population: Scotland, As, and
ireland 562-Boston Herald.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
KILLING A DEvlLFIsH.
Sport en- the Gulf of Mexico That
Entails Muscle Rackina, Hard
Work.


The task of hitting a devilfish from
a fourteen foot boat was left to the
bachelor of the party, the married
member explaining that he felt his
duty to the ones at home excluded
him from anything that smacked so
of suicide. Accordingly, when near
the next fish, the skiff put out from
the stern of the Irene, the spearman
standing in the bow while the skip
per stood the big boat away so as
to give the fish clear field at the
first rush
The plan developed perfectly-the
throw was good, the fish half filled
the boat with his first splash and
then rushed away in great swinging
circle, so that in fifteen minutes it
was possible for the sloop to cut
across and catch up. when by some
manoeuvring 1t became possible to
pass the inboard end OF the line up
to her bowsprit. After that it was
fight to a finish, with the
devilfsh on one end Of the line
and the ten ton sloop on the other.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
SIMPLE CLEANING PROCESS.

Many of us embroider linen or
lawn shirt waists, or linen center
pieces and dollies, for our friends.
Many of us too, though naturally
neat, will find our work soiled before
it is finished. But If one desires to
make up the material Or give 1t TO a
friend without washing it may 5e
made perfectly clean by sprinkling
thiokly with French chalk aud roll
ing up for few days. The chalk
may then be easily shaken out, and
an Immaculate gilt presented with
out destroying, the original finish to
the fabric-Harper's Bazaar
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
why He Could Not Change.

The story is told of Dutchman
who certainly needed the service OF
the far-famed Lady from Philadel-
phia," if ever any one required her
assistance.
He was assigned to seat in the
coach which obliged him to ride back
ward through the Black Forest. At
the first stopping place he asked the
postmaster to give him another seat,
saying it made him i'll to ride back
ward.
"Ask the man opposite to change
with you" said the postmaster, gruffly.
But there is nobody opposite to
me- complained the Dutchman, so
cannot ask him. youths Compan'
ion.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
A Gentle Hint.

Senator Fulton at his annual Ore
gon salmon dinner in Washington,
told tipping story.
''In Astoria" he said. there used to
be an old fisherman who brought me
the first Of every month present of
splendid salmon from his master.
always gave the old fisherman tip.
''But one morning / was very busy
and when the old man brought the
fish / thanked him hurriedly, and for
getting his tip bent over my desk
again. He hesitated a moment, then
cleared his throat and said:
Senator, would We be so kind as
to put it in writin' that ye didn't give
me no tip this time, or my wife'll
think I've went and spent it on rum. "
Washington Star.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
1.-TWO TOPERS."
A Teachers Experience.

"My friends call me The Postum
Preacher" writes a MINI. school
teacher, because l preach the gospel
of Postum everywhere go, and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves
II don't care what they call me so
long as l can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
while a school girl drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through a siege Of nervous prostra-
tion, which took me three years to
rally from.
Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
but / thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and when
i married / found my husband and /
were both coffee topers and / can
sympathize with drunkard who
tries to leave off his cups.
''At last In sheer desperation. !
bought a package of Postum, fol-
iOHeO uiTeCtlOHS dboul UoAiiHS ~,
served 1t with good cream, and asked
my husband how he liked the coffee.
I'VE each drank three cups apiece,
aad what a satisfied feeling 1t left.
Our conversion has lasted several
years and will continue as long as
we live, for 1t has made US new
nerves are steady, appetites good.
sleep sound and refreshing"
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read The Road to Wellyille." in
pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true. and full Of human
interest.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
The White Evening Waistcoat.

Anything that breaks through the
gloomy, funereal, waitereal aspect OF
male evening dress is to be COM
mended. But practically, as a gem
eral rule, the white evening waist
coat cannot be effectively worn much
after the age Of 21.
Black, it is well known, diminishes
the proportions, but white undoubted-
ly increases them. l see men whom
| have hitherto considered to be
slim appear in white evening waist.
coats and look absolutely corpulent.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
MAsToDoNs LIKED SALT WATER.
Where Remains Of Extinct Animals
Are Most Likely to Be Found.

Wherever you find salt or sulphur
springs" says gentleman connect
ed with the United States Geologic
al Survey, you may expect to find
the bones of mastodons and other
huge creatures that have now be.
come extinct,
Many persons suppose that the
presence Of these bones in great
umbers indicates that the animals
had sort of common cemetery, like
the llamas of Chile, which when they
felt death coming on always made
for the nearest stream or pond, and
If they could get there died in the
water.
That, however, is likely only su-
perstitfon. The mastodon bones in
salt or sulphur marsh indicate that
the animals went there to drink the
water and occasionally one got mired
and was suffocated. The great num-
Der Of the bones does not prove that
whole herd of mastodons was
drowned at once, but that one being
mired every year or so during several
centuries would in time cause a great
accumulation of bones.
Missouri has a bone marsh at
Sulphur Springs; there is a great
mine of them at the Salt Springs in
Kentucky and at several places in
Ohio and Indiana where there are
saline springs A great spring in
Florida, one of the four or five huge
outlets which are grouped under the
name of Silver Spring, is called the
Bone Yard because the bottom and
sides are masses of mastodon boncs."
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
MAN WHO MAKES CORK LEGS.
Helps Along His Business If He Hap
pens to Wear One Himself.

"A manufacturer or dealer in arti-
fetal limbs who wears a cork arm
or leg himself Is much better equip
ped for business than his competitors
who are sound" said a man who uses
a cork leg. In fact, it has become
a sort OF unwritten law among us
to patronize such men when posi-
BILE.
Sentimental reasons may have
something to do with the case but
l guess the chief reason is that we
consider that if a man can make a
limb for himself that fits like the
paper on the wall he can make them
for others.
Manufacturers of artificial limbs
know this and frequently you will find
an advertisement like this: The So
andso Artificial Leg is built by man
who is wearing one and who knows
from experience what you want for
comfort
This Is strong argument, for It's
no easy thing to get an artificial limb
that just fits. Persons who have trou
BILE getting shoes THAT are just right
are in great luck compared to us.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
REMOVE GREASE SPOTS.

Boil 1 quart water AMI to it put
cents worth of soap bark. Steep
on back of stove hours. Strain it
through fine muslin and pour into
open-mouthed bottle or jai. This
quantity may be added to pailful
of warm water when the garment is
to be thoroughly washed. If you only
wish to remove spots, lay the garment
on smooth, clean surface AMI sponge
with little of the liquid; then rinse
with clean sponge dipped in luke
warm water, and when nearly dry
press on wrong side with warm
iron.-Boston Post.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
RECIPES.

Hermits-Three eggs, 1-2 cup bu
ter, / IL cups sugar, 1-2 teaspoon
different spices, 1-2 teaspoon salera-
tus, cup raisins, -four to roll.
Sunflower Cake-The yolk of 8
eggs, 1 cup of sugar, IL cup of but
ter, 2-3 cup of milk, 1 2-3 cups OF
flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, IL
teaspoon soda. FlavGr to taste.
Broiled Chicken-Split and wash a
chicken, put into a shallow pan with
a little water, set in a hot oven for
about 12 hour; then lay on but
tered broiler and brown on both sides;
use the water in the pan to make a
nice butter gravy and pour over the
chicken; serve hot.
Baked Goldfish and Egg-Make
some rich creamed cofsh, using about
3-4 pound of fish. Have eggs boil
ed hard and chopped fine. Put in a
baking dish alternate layers of cream
ed fish and egg, having fish for bot
tom and top layers. Sprinkle grated
cheese thickly over the top and bake
half an hour.
Peach Cream-Pour into a sauce
pan pint canned peaches, IL cup
sugar and little water, cook for 10
minutes, and strain through a sieve.
Into 1 cup of sifted peach stir 2
tablespoons Of hot water into which
has been dissolved IA box granulat-
ed gelatine. When cold stir in l cup
of cream which has been whipped; I;
pour into mould. Serve with deli
cate cakes.
Potato Biscuit-Sift together
cups of flour, 1 teaspoon salt and 8
teaspoons of baking powder; rub in
tablespoons of lard or butter; then
add 2 cups of mashed potatoes; last
ly about cups Of milk. Mix as or
dinary biscuits and roll rather thin
and bake in quick oven.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
c.ttinn Rid of a Bore.

At one of the Philadelphia clubs an
old member, a clever chap, was being
frightfully bored by his vis-a-vis at
table in the cafe one night, the latter
Individual being as dull as the former
was bright. The talk was fast becom-
ing uncomfortable. when the first-nam-
ed member chanced to observe man
at the other end of the dining-room
yawning in a manner that threatened
to dislocate his jaws. Look" ne ex-
claimed in desperation, I'VE are over
heard!''-The Argonaut.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
Emperor in the Tube.

Emperor William of Germany mas
had his first experience in tube" To-
comotion. Accompanied by a numer-
Gus suite, he made the journey along
the entire length of the Berlin under
ground railway for the purpose OF in
specting the newly opened suburban
extension and terminals. At the last
station the Kaiser had the pleasure
of admiring the interior decorations
made of majolica tiling from his own
factory at Cadinen. Among the orders
which he distributed in honor OF the
trip was one for the motorman OF the
train in which he traveled.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Kemper herald., 1908-06-18
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TO SAVE LABOR.

make cheese cloth slips for clock,
pictures and fancy articles; cover
them when you are going to sweep
your room and see how much dust
ing you are saved. The same set of
slips will last for years and save you
many hours of labor.-New Haven
Register.