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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27

"Yes, four thousand eight hundred
and seventy-dve."
"All right. That's all"
Brooks went out, closing the door
behind him, and returned to his desk
He was in a bad temper himself and
made no effort to conceal 1t, for a sui
len scowl marred his handsome and
usually genial face. Not only was
Joseph Brooks handsome, but q rather
distinguished looking young fellow,
whose clothes sat well and becomingly
upon him, albeit they were somewhat
shiny from wear and from ironing by
inexpert hands at home. And II his
collars and cuffs also were just trifie
the worse for wear at least they were
Immediately clean.
"Cheer upw admonished one of his
fellow clerks. noticing his i'll humor.
Brooks moods were never taken Sc
riously, for with him fits of despond,
ency alternated with a contagious cor
diality and an optimism that knew no
limit OF late, however, his spells of
gloominess had become wearisomely
frequent, and usually they were ac
companied by a nervous irritability.
"Cheer up?" he answered, with some
heat. 81 don't see any reason fol-
cheering up, and l don't feel like
cheering up. Did you hear how the
brute received those delegates of the
Longshoremen's union because they
asked him to add little to their star
vation pay to help them keep skin and
bone together? Why shouldn't he raise
them? Why shouldn't he raise all of
us? He's reeking with money, doesn't
know what to do with it, yet what
does he do but grind us down-grind
and grind and grind-grind us as a
grain of wheat is ground to powder
between the millstones-grind us with
his heel. squeezing from us the very
sap of brain and life that he may add
to his pile"
The clerks near him had listened to
this outbreak with amused surprise
"Well," said the man who had ad-
dressed him before, Il haven't noticed
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
A Poor Mans Drink.

The yerba mate of Paraguay tea
has an immense consumption in the
lower parts of South America, almost
to the exclusion of tea and coffee. 1t
grows wild and plentiful, is cheap as
dirt and has a good per cent. OF
"theine," the active principle of tea
and coffee, but less than either. 1t
has a genuine high therapeutic sooth-
ing, stimulating effect upon the stom-
ach and the whole system. The peo-
pie over a large part of South Ameri-
ca have the very strongest belief in
Its curative and consoling effects.
The Argentine peon and cowpuncher
live on so much meat and SO few veg
etables that If they did not drink
mate" the effects of so much animal
food would certainly hurt them. They
usually suck up the hot mate tea
through straw, and that Ia all they
get from sunrise to midday. 1t may
become the poor mans drink Of the
world.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
[To BE CONTINUED
Smuggling Chinese.

Australia is perturbed by the dis
coveries of Mr.. Bachelor, the COM
monwealth minister for external af-
fairs, who has been inquiring into the
illegal influx of Chinese. There is a
wealthy organization in China with
agencies in all the principal Austria
lia1 ports and with the connivance of
ships officers the systematic SNUG
Cling of Chinese into Australia has
been carried on for long time.
The ships trading between Hong
Kong and the Australian ports have
been so cunningly supplied with false
bulkheads, walls and floors that hid
ing room has been provided for eighty
Chinese stowaways on a single voy-
age. Ship cooks have been secretly
paid to supply the stowaways with
food.
The trade is very profitable, as Aus
tralia is only a few days steaming
from China and many thousands of
Mongolians are always ready to pay
large sums and run all sorts of risks
to get to the land of gold.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
LITTLE PRINCESS TO
CHOOSE HUSBAND
Victoria Louise of Germany Has
Arrived at the Marriage
able Age
THE KAISER'S ONLY DAUGHTER
She is Over Seventeen Years Old, and
Already a Monarch and Two or
Three Princes Have Asked for Her
Hand in Marriage.

Berlin, Germany. - Emperor Will
Hams only daughter, "the little prin-
cess" as she is affectlonately styled
ported, is soon to have the weighty
responsibility of choosing a husband.
While "the little princess" is not a
beauty, there are several princes be-
longing to Europe's most august royal
houses who would eagerly accept an
alliance with the little girl who Is the
apple of the mighty German emperor's
eye. The identity of the royal wooers
who have already laid marriage pro-
posals before the kaiser has not been
revealed. but 1t Is known that one is
a monarch, another q Russian grand
duke, and one an English prince.
The kaiser, while he wishes his
daughter to meet these suitors. has
declared that she shall not be hurried
into marriage and that she shall have
as much freedom In choice as is com.
patible with the dignity and interests
Of the Hohenzollern house.
Hitherto the princess has been lead
ing rather retired life with her
books, her painting, her needlework
and, 1t must be added. her dolls. In
a few weeks she will blossom out az
full-blown Hohenzollern princess.
Princess Victoria Louise Is an unas-
suming young woman and reticent.
What her opinions are no one knows,
unless 1t Is her English companion.
The probability is that her opinions
are in an imperfect state of develop
ment. Her studies have not been re-
markable for extent or variety.
She cares nothing for dress and is
utterly Indifferent to what she wears.
Her English companion seeks to in
still into her right views on this i'm
portant point, but it is of no use.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
CHAPTER l.

~ r o; I'll not give 'em Il raise Of 8
N cents an hour nor Of cent
Il an hour; nary a raise. un-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
NOvelized From
Eugene Walters
Great Play ~

That paid In Full" is a story
of absorbing interest has been
proved by its phenomenal sue
cess in dramatic form. For two
seasons there has been no dim
mutton in the drawing power
of this vital piece of realism.
In its present form it is not less
engrossirg. The features which
made it so powerful as play
are not less potent in the serial.
1t is the same Keen exposition
of human motives put into the
simplest forms of expression.
There is no waste of material,
no attempt to moralise, no break
in the continuity. The three men
who are the central figures In
the story stand out in admirable
dis tinctsess from the very first,
and the one woman whose splen.
did recfitude ilun1inotes IL oil
lives from the moment of her
appearance. Although 1t Is cev-
tain TO produce frequent thrills,
the story is neither nseIodra-
matte nor sensational Its power
lies in its hunanness.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27

you sweating blood to any extent un-
der the grinding process"
Jenkins, you're IA camel" retort-
ed Brooks. For a wisp of hay you'd
let yourself be loaded till the last
straw broke your back, and then you'd
lick the hand that crushed you"
"Sure," said jenkins enthusiastically.
Anybody can load me up that wants
to-"
"And I'll back his liquid capacity to
equal that of any camel" chimed in
another clerk, while every one within
earshot grinned.
ooh, you can laugh" grumbled
Brooks, "but It doesn't alter the truth
Of what say. It's men like him that
have made our society today what 1t
is, soulless, heartless, oppressive
civilization in which Croesuses walk
roughshod over the men who are
down and thrust them deeper into the
slough with one foot as they climb
higher and higher to the power that
the possession Of inconceivable wealth
carries with It,"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
IN FULL
John w. Harding
Copyright. 1908. by G. w. DiIlins-
ham Co.

"'Twas ever thusv' sighed Jenkins.
"But there is yet hope. Our Joseph
hath received a call to uplift the down
trod."
"How did he get it? What is his
record?" went on Brooks, ignoring the
interruption. "Why, he started out as
sealer or south Pacific trader,
being a pirate, and you know and
know that his name was a terror to
sailormen from San Francisco to Aus
tralia. He made his first money by
bullying and LII treating other men and
killing them, too, on occasion. It's q
matter Of common knowledge. And
he's been a buccaneer ever since.
Didn't he bunko and sandbag my IA
ther-in-law out of control of this COM
pany? And what has he done since
then but act the brutal tyrant over
everybody connected with 1t, beating
us down to the lowest wage a man
can exist on that he may add to his
dirty heap, running this Office with
fst, boot and rope end as though 1t
were his lawless ship and we were his
groveling Lascar crew. hope the
longshoremen do strike! They would
be doing humanity a service II they'd
fill him full Of bullets"
There's a lot Of truth In what
Brooks says" assented q youthful
clerk in low tones, looking around eau
tiously as he did so.
"Well, after all, don't zee that
y0W'Ue got such a fierce kick coming" i"
observed Jenkins to the disgruntled
orator.
"You don't, eh?" sneered Brooks.
"You think $40 a week is big pay for
an accountant and collector who's
handled half the money of the line for
five years, ehT'
"No; l mean that you are at least
solid with the boss and sure of your
job, which is more than anybody else
here is, and that you stand to become
an officer high up in the company one
Of these days. Williams is a friend of
your family. isn't he? You yourself
have boasted often that he visits you
and your wife,"
"That's just it. The swine takes ad-
vantage of his relations with my
wife's people to keep me down and
rub it in. Other people get their sal
ary raised, but don't. Do you call
that square deal?"
at hardly seems so. but perhaps
there's reason. He may have some
object that will appear in due course,
and you'll go up several numbers at
one sweep. In the meantime" contin-
ued jenkins, lowering his voice, II
wouldn't let on like you have this aft
ernoon if were you, Joe. 1t can't do
any good and might do you deal of
harm. You don't know who might hear
you. and the boss somehow knows
everything that goes on in the Office
II don't care," affirmed Brooks sui.
kily. "Id just as lief tell him to his
face what 1 think Of him, and, by
gum. will one of these days, darn
himw
"All right" laughed jenkins. II hope
I'll be around at the time so that
can perform for you the last sad rite
Of gathering up your scattered re
mains. All, here's Jimmy Smith,
fn,N
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.
Lad Fell Over 15o-Foot Cliff, but was
Found to Have Escaped Death.


Found to Have Escaped Death.
Jackson, Cal.-Lying unconscious
in a coffin, Cecil Miller, a sixteen
year-old boy, was drawn up one
hundred and fifty foot cliff on the
bank of the Costumes River, near
Plymouth, on Sunday.
While hunting on the banks of the
river Miller stepped out on a large
rock, which suddenly gave way and
threw him down the bank to the wa
ter's edge. A companion ran to Ply
mouth, distance Of three miles, for
assistance. Believing that Miller was
dead, coffin was taken along by the
rescuers.
After much difficulty two men we're
lowered with the coffin over the bluff
The boy was found alive, but terribly
injured. He was placed in the coffin
and raised to the top of the bluff.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
Princess Victoria Louise of Germany

Princess Victoria Louise of Germany.
Sometimes the princess goes to
breakfast in the shabbiest of old
skirts, put on anyhow, and resents it
if she is told to return to her room
and make herself less dowdy. She is
far younger than her English COM
panion. She shows considerable in
terest in kindergarten work, in in
fants' homes and in the improving of
the condition of poor mothers with
multiitudinous families of babies.
The princess has somewhat i'm
proved in looks lately and promises to
develop into a pleasant-looking Ger
man girl, without pretension to beau
ty, but with kindly, winning ways and
absolutely devoid of vanity. In fact,
her lack of dignity is source of wor-
ry to her English companion, and
more than once lately she has been
sharply taken to task for neglect Of
the dignity of her position.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27

For Paying Salvage on Human Life.
Brussels.-The International Con.
Sress of Maritime Law adopted, prac
tically unanimously, the provisions OF
the proposed international convention
relating to collisions and salvage at
sea. One of the clauses provides for
the recovery Of salvage upon human
life a. we'll as upon cargo.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27
The Era Of New Mixed Paints !

This year opens with deuge of mixed paints con-
don brought about by nteprisng dealers someknd
of mixed paint that would supplant CHILTONS MIXED
PAINTS Their compounds being and heavily advertised
may find a sale with the unwary.
THE TN TN MIXED PAINTS
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.
There for the pre.emnence of Chiffon PAINTS
1st-No one can mix a better mixed paint
2dThe painters declare that works easily and has won
derful covering qualities.
3dChton stands back of it. and will agree repant at his
expense surface painted with Chiffon Paint that
proves defective.
4tThose who have used it perfectly satisfied with it,
and recommend its use to others
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-24

WANTED-Two girls to make cores.
Inquire Swenson Valve Co.
FOR RENT, SALE OR TRADE
My home on Jefferson street,
also the Hanson house on Maple
Ave. Inquire of ID. E. Reed.
FOR RENT-House and barn and
two acres of land in West De-
corah. Inquire of c. S. Boice.
12-4pd.
FOR RENT SALE OR EXCHANGE
for a farm. Stiles hotel and
stables, DEBORAH, Iowa. 12-4pd
FOR RENT-The Aiken house in w.
DEBORAH. A modern 7-room cot
tage. Inquire at Winneshiek
County State Bank. 12tf
FOR RENT-Nine-room fiat over
Oehler & Killers hardware store,
after May LIST. ID. E. Reed. 12-tf
FOR RENT-Good residence on
Maple Ave. ID. f. Reed. 12-tf
FOR SALE-About eight acres OF
land on Days fiat inside corpora
ton, also two lots adjoining
Would make fine truck farm. H.
j. Jennisch. lift
FOR SALE-My large brick resi-
dence on West Side. Inquire of
A. d. Thomas. 11-2pd
FOR SALE-A few choice coach,
male puppies, just weaned. C.
E. Mckinney. 1913
POSTS-Quantity of good burr oak
posts for sale. c. w. Pilgrim,
DEBORAH, r. 3. 1O-3pd
FOR SALE-Rhode Island Red,
eggs for setting. Inquire Mrs. j.
H. Mackenstadt 10tf-pd
GIRL WANTED-To work for small
family. Good wages, washing and
ironing sent out. Phone No. "a
SO
GIRL WANTED Competent girl
for general homework, Mrs. w. H.
Burtis. 1912
FOR SALE-Young driving horse,
weight 100. Is a good worker
Drive double or single. Cheap if
sold at once. Mrs. B. o. Daily
1913
FOR RENT Nine-room house in
West DEBORAH, furnace heat, two
acres of land, chicken house and
yard, barn. A. Child. "a pd
WANTED-You to read about the
farms, houses, ETC., for sale in the
Property Exchange. If you see
anything that looks good, see us
about it,
FOR SALE-FoX Hounds, Coon
Hounds, Bear Hounds, Wolf
Hounds, Bird Dogs, Poodles. All
kinds of dogs and pet animals.
For catalog and prices write, Pet
Stock Farm, Kidbyton, Ky. 1-pd.
FURNITURE SALE-Bed room
furniture, ward robe, dish cup
board, writing table and chair,
hat rack, couch, fruit cans and
various articles at 400 Day ST.,
Friday and Saturday afternoons.
March &c and 9th. Miss Emma
Beard 12-1
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-24
Miss Laura oyloe of ossian,

Miss Laura Oyloe of Ossian,
visited in the city Wednesday.
MIR. j. H. Haug transacted bust
ness in DEBORAH last Wednesday.
Clarence Christen made bust
ness trip to northern Minnesota last
week.
MIR. and Mrs. c. j. Weiser ar
rived home on Saturday from a
trip to Chicago.
L. H. Pearson arrived home
last Wednesday night from a trip
to Marsnalltown.
C. w. Bentley of Bluffton
township was a business visitor in
the city Thursday.
j. w. Mott of Cresco was an
over Sunday visitor with his moth
err, Mrs. Bertha Mott.
The interior of Fred J. Rosen-
that's store room is being improved
with paper and paint.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. Schild were
down from Cresco last week and Wis
tied w. A. Tomann and did some
shopping.
Mrs. M. j. Nicholson of Ossian
visited in DEBORAH Wednesday and
Thursday.
Ben Nieberline of Redwing,
Kan, has been visiting relatives in
the county the past week.
Charles Hanson departed for
Seattle last Wednesday, after spend
ing the winter in DEBORAH.
Mrs. L. w. Beard has been en-
joying a visit from her niece, Miss
Hardin from Marshall, Mimi.
e. A. Kenyon has been enjoy
ing visit the past week from
James Scott of Cherokee county.
&C. o. Haugen of Stoughton,
Wis, arrived last Wednesday for IL
visit among relatives in this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Rosa
have been moving down from Cres-
co into their new home, the Elwick
farm, during the week.
Mrs. E. P. Johnson arrived
home last Wednesday from an ex-
tended visit with her son and
daughter in Minneapolis.
Before you have your spring
suit made see the elegant line of
cloths we have just received. We
can surely please you. Lee Bros.
1874
ALI the new things in cut-out
Borders, including Ingrains or plain
papers, something good, stripes,
pressed papers, etc. HI. A. Prast-
mark & Son, Decorah's leading wall
paper and paint dealers. 12-3w
-Conigiski, optician, Winneshiek
Hotel Block.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-24
Reeds Bazaar has notions of

Reeds Bazaar has notions of
all kinds.
-Conigiski, optician, Winneshiek
! Hotel Block.
Louis Huber of Festina was
the guest of Kornmeyer Bros last
week.
M. H. Knox was down from
Canton on Thursday.
You go right when you go to
Reynolds for your protos. 12tf
Fred Siihring went out to
Kensett, Iowa on Thursday to visit
relatives.
Bert Kimball returned to Elgin
Friday, after a visit with his fam
lily at Burr Oak.
Mrs Fl. A. Warner arrived
home on Friday from a visit with
relatives in Pennsylvania.
Miss Ladice Boice returned to
Spring Valley, Mimi, on Sunday,
ter a visit with her parents.
&C. A. Schimmen of La Crosse
departed on Thursday for West
Union, after a visit with S. NJ Cox.
Miss Ella Neshiem went to
Cedar Falls, Thursday, to take up
her musical studies at the state
normal.
Miss Mamma Westeguard return
ed home to Hudson, Wis, yester-
day after visit at the James
Haugen home.
MIR. and Mrs. Milton Lerdahl
arrived home on Saturday from
their honeymoon trip to Minnesota
and Wisconsin points.
Mrs. DR.. Frank Bruening of
Miles City, Mont, has been the
guest of her mother, Mrs. G.. P.
Hong, during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bernatz and
daughter have returned from their
sojourn in California, having en-
enjoyed the time spent there i'm
mensely.
People who sit before Rey-
nolds' camera get the best photos
that are made in this part of Iowa
A fact worth remembering when you
want your picture taken. 12tf.
Walter n. Drake and wife of
Modale, Iowa, DR.. L. S. Drake of
Chicago, S. d. Drake of Mason City
and Andrew j. Frazine of Cedar
Rapids were here to attend the fun
eral of N. Drake yesterday.
In house cleaning time you
need shade goods, brass polls, cur
tain rods, furniture polish, floor
varnish, wall paper cleaner, Jap-a-
Lac, alabastine, wax. gloss, brushes
bronzes, etc. We carry a complete
line. Fl. A. Prastmark & Sop Tel
ephone 144. 12-3w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-24
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

March 24-25. Winneshiek Coun-
ty Farmers Institute, Court House,
DEBORAH.
March 26-Luther College Gymnas-
tic Club Program, Audi
forum.
Mar. 29-City Election.
March 29-Teachers' Normal Insti-
tute opens.
March 29-Auction, t1enry
Gutcka, Canoe township.
March 80 - University Extension
Course Lecture by DR..
Seashore.
March 31-Annual concert, Luther
College Musical Union.
March 31-Auction, f. j. Potter,
Burr Oak
April 5-Valder College opens.
April 24-"The Lion and the
Mouse" at the Grand.
April 11-Easter Sunday.
April 12-Lecture, Capt. H. An
CELL, l.. G. auditorium.
April 12-Hose Co. No. 3 dance at
Steyer's.
April 19-District Court convenes.
April 23-4 - Big Five Teachers
Meeting at CdlHdI'
May 17-Norwegian independence
Day Celebration.
May 30-Memorial Day.
June 17-Luther College Com
mencement.
June 2S-July 4-Chautauqua.
July 4-Big Celebration in Decorah.
Aug. 24-27 - Winneshiek County
Fair.
Aug. 1928 - Winneshiek County
Home Coming.
Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Day.
Dec. 25-Christmas.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-24

FOR RENT-Cheap. or rooms.
703 Franklin st. 12-1pd
WANTED - Ladies' Suits repaired,
cleaned and pressed by Mrs. Fred
Mackenstadt, Fifth ward. 12-tf
FOR SALE OR RENT-Farm. 240
acres in Pleasant township, nine
miles northeast of DEBORAH, with
good buildings, we'll and running
water. Write the owner, j. o.
Johnson, st. Paul, Mimi, 1872
Ashland Ave, or H. c. Hjerleid,
DEBORAH, Iowa. 44eow-pd
FOR SALE-Place OF nine acres
with good sand pit, good S-room
house, good barn 1Sx50 with lean
to 1SX20. Also a camplete teaming
outfit and everything that goes
with the business. And about six
thousand feet hard wood lumber.
WANTED-Trustworthy man or wo-
man in each county to advertise,
receive orders and manage bust
ness for New York Mail Order
House. $500 weekly; position
permanent; no investment reQuir-
ed. Previous experience not es-
sential to engaging. Spare time
valuable. Enclose self-addressed
envelope for full particulars. Adj
dress Clarke Co., Wholesale Dept,
$50 Park Ave, New York. 9-S
WANTED-Success Magazine re-
quires the services of a man in
DEBORAH to look after expiring
subscriptions and to secure new
business by means of special
methods unusually effective; posi-
nrr1N0 ont. l.
experience, but would consider
any applicant with good natural
qualifications; salary $3.50 per
day, with commission option. Adj
dress with reference, r. c.. Pea
cock, Room 102. Success Maya
zine Bldg, New York. 1912
Found-Two black muffs. Inquire
at post Office and pay charges. SO