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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Different Over In Europe.

The two languages IN which big
notices over the Northern Station
waiting-room in Paris are printed in
Russian and English.
The two great race-courses Of Paris
are within the great public park, the
Bois.
Twenty-Five Partisan suburbs are
connected with the city by pneumatic
letter tubes.
"Swiss cheese" in Paris means a
white cream cheese. 1t Is eaten with
powered sugar.
French BARRIERS oddly advertise
their art by wearing boards.
Uniform of a French schoolboy on
vacation: Heavy overcoat, straw hat,
white cotton gloves, legs bare from
the shoe tops to the knees.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Selections
SOD HOUSES.
A Feature Of Canadian Prairie Life
Which Does not Mean Poverty.

II you read that a family lives In
sod house you may conclude that pow
erty compels It; but this Is not true
on the Canadian prairies, where sod
houses are the advance agent of pros
perity.
The homesteader who obtains q
slice of that rich wheat land doesn't
wait to build regular house before
starting to grab riches from the soil.
Even If he were minded to build he
would have difficulty in doing it, for
there is no lumber handy. So it is
better to wait until the locomotive
catches up.
If you start out from any of the
towns which are springlng up almost
overnight in the fertile stretches of
Saskatchewan or Alberta you will
strike first we'll ordered farms and
substantial houses, but II you get
away ten miles or more the sod
houses will begin to appear.
1t is not unusual to see signs Of lux
ury about these sod houses. They are
comfortable abiding places, cool In
summer and warm in winter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Friend More Fortunate.

Gen. George H. Harries, command.
er-in-chief of the militia of the District
of Columbia. is the busiest centurion
in the land. In addition to being a
soldier, he runs an electric light com,
pany and manages a traction com.
pany that is the wonder of those who
know what good car service means.
Also, he is a member of all commit
tees of civic organizations.
II met Mrs. Harries just few min.
utes ago." said one of the generals
friends by way of making talk when
they met.
Fine, I'm very glad to hear it, re.
turned the general. 81 met her my.
self last week."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Hint for a Groom.EIect.

II groom-elect has not provided
an extra room to his house for stor-
ing his brides linen he should build
it in time. for these days whenever a
girl marries, her mother closes her
lips grimly. goes after Pas pocket
book, and does the right thing with
nine dozen towels, fifteen dozen nap
kins. eighty-four pairs of sheets. etc.
She doesn't expect her daughter to
open a clearinghouse. but she has
proper pride and intends to do the
right thing by the girl even II 1t
breaks Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
An Old Mans Lesson.

We met poor old man to-day who
Is dependent on his relatives, and
they don't like the enforced task of
taking care of him. Had I saved 10
cents a day during my younger years."
he said, II would have been independ-
ent. I might have saved a dollar a
day during all my working career and
not stinted myself in the least" This
old mans experience is worth think
ing about. The trouble with Ameri-
can men is that they waste dimes
while looking for a million dollars.
At the end of life they have neither
the dime nor the million dollars. More
than half the men who die are buried
by charity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Stranue Eolble,

Some men make a vanity of tell.
ing their faults; they are the strang-
est men in the world; they cannot dis
semble; they own 1t is folly; they
have lost their abundance of advan.
tages by It; but II you would Give
them the world they cannot help 1t;
there Is something in their nature
which abhors insincerity and con-
straint; with many other insufferable
topics of the same altitude.-Swift.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
DISCOVERS BIG WATERFALLS.
Explorer Says Highest One In West.

Explorer Says Highest One In West
ern Hemisphere lie In Labrador.
Oshkosh, Wis.-Edward Balch Barr,
Oshkosh explorer, who has Just re-
turned from Labrador, reports the dis
covery in the wilderness of that coun-
try of a huge waterfall which he is
confident will prove the highest water.
fall on the Western Hemisphere.
The discovery was made while
Barr, with his party, was travelling by
canoe up the Caster River. This fall
is said to be larger than Grand Fall,
In Labrador, which is 1858 feet high.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
I1Ioh and Low Waoss In France.

The highest paid working women In
France are said to be the cutters OF
precious stones. They receive about
$1.S0 a day. The lowest wage is 90
cents a day, and is paid to dressmak-
ers. There are 100000 women in
France. and the majority Of them
earn their own living.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
CHICKEN YARD PICTURES.
Agricultural Department Takes Them
for Educational Purposes.

for Educational Purposes.
Ithaca, N. Y.-The Department of
Agriculture has had an agent here
taking a series of motion pictures of
the poultry farm conducted by the
New York State College of Agricul-
ture. They were made for educational
purposes, and farming audiences in
many States will see the Cornell hens
strutting about the poultry yard, stu
dents Juggling straw to the hen houses,
disinfecting the pens, filling the feed
hoppers in the poultry range, filling
the lamps in the incubators, and doing
all the work Of that well-managed sci
entific poultry yard.
The novelty of the picture scheme
will especially interest country fairs,
It is thought.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Advice for Young Ladies'.

1t is superfuous to decorate women
highly for early youth; youth is 1t.
self decoration. We mistakenly
adorn most that part of life which
least requires 1t. and neglect to pro-
vide for that which will want 1t most
Hannah More.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
hIa Muslcal Name.

A correspondent reports the finding
Of . decidedly curious name in one
of the records Of York during the
reign of Elizabeth-Marmaduke Clari.
onett. 1t sounds like a character In
q latter day burlesque. and
Queries.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
HIS HEART WAS OUT OF PLACE.
Would-Be Suicide Fired Two Bullets
Where Il Should Have Been.

Would-Be Suicide Fired Two Bullets
Where II Should Have Been.
Baltimore.-Because his heart was
several inches from the normal posi-
tion, John J. Sauer, of Gardenville,
near here, failed in two attempts to
send a bullet through that organ.
Death followed, however, from inter-
nal hemorrhages, one of the bullets
having penetrated his left lung.
When DR.. w. D. Corse was sent for,
shortly after the shooting, he found
Sauer dead. Two bullet holes were
over the region of his heart, and the
doctor declared that 1t was impossi-
BILE for Mr.. Sauer to have fired the
second shot, as the first shot would
surely have been fatal. An autopsy
explained matters.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Weston, N. IA large red fox en-
tered Martin Specht's pig sty and at
tempted to steal one Of litter of lit
tie pigs. The mother SOW attacked
Reynard with such ferocity one Of her
tusks was driven through his skull,
killing him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Brockville, Canada.-A wild deer
feeding with his horses was the un.
usual sight which met William King
of North Elmsley when he started to
work on his farm. It followed the
horses up to the stables and then
scampered back through the aelds
and stayed with the cows. It ls stu
In the neighborhood.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

There are persons in France who
respect nothing. They spend their
lives in trying to prove that Louis XIV.
was a poor maniac. Napoleon degen-
crate, and Joan of Arc a suspicious
person. Perhaps we talk too
much Of our national pride.-Paris LIE
MRtin,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
A Tlp.

Dusty Rhodes-I wouldn't have to
ask for help. but rye lot Of real es-
tate on me hands that can't get rid
of.
Mrs. Rurall-Try soft soap and boil
ing water. ..--.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Couldn't Lose.

Things seem to be coming your
way OF late"
Couldn't be any softer II l was the
hero of a poker story"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Philadelphia at being
teased by Ezra Sharp while she was
summing herself on the porch of
Sycamore street, Camden, house, Prin-
cess Peary, trained ape. broke her
chain and, chasing the man, caught
him by the neck and pounded him
until a policeman came to the rescue
of the frightened man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Wealth In Swedish soos.

The bogs OF Sweden. It is now ssti-
mated. would yield 10000 million tons
Of air-drisd peat Compared with pres
Ont coal imports. this would supply the
country with fasl foS I.b0o yeAEk
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
The Happy Nslohbors.

Farmer Winrow-Thers's always
two sides to every argument. Bzry,
Farmer Hayboy-Yey; yours and
the right side. Peleg.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Ready to Cook

We prepare Beardsley's Shredded
Goldfish in a way that saves you all
bother and trouble.
We take out the bones. Then our
wonderful Shredding Process makes
the meat fine and fluffy and dainty.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Only the Sweetest Meat

Only the Sweetest Meat
The cod we use are the finest flavor
ed fish all the worlds waters produce.
They are caught off the New Eng
other regions can't compare in quality
and taste with these.
And of these fine fish we select only
the fattest and plumpest. Each fish
Is examined three times.
Then we take only the best part of
each fish. Only the sweetest, most
delicate meat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
TAssELs EASY TO FASHION.
Accompaniment of GirdIe Sashes Not
Much of a Problem.

Some of the new negligees show
long girdle sashes of liberty satin end
Ing In tassels-not separate silken
tassel, but one that Is a continuation
of the girdle and quite possible Of
home make by the dainty maid who
has negligee elegance at her fingers
ends.
Allow eight or nine inches extra
length at each end of the girdle; cut
these extra inches into frin'ges an inch
and half in width and sew together
the sides of each cut strip; shirr the
end of each and fasten to 1t tiny silk
crocheted ball to match.
Now, all of these long finished ends
will form soft. broad fringes of the
curious tassel, and the rows Of shirring
that hold them together where they
Join the girdle will be drawn into
Oall-like top or heading to the tassel
and stuffed with cotton.
This same method may be employed
In broad Persian ribbon to good eff
feet, or in white satin ribbon, with
gold balls on the fringed ends.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
Fashions for Children.

The juvenile frock and coat as well
as the juvenile petticoat and under
clothing. have all more or less changed
in actual form in the past few months.
Waist lines have gone up higher, or
have entirely disappeared. Though
empire" waist effects are seen in the
larger and smaller girls frocks, what
are called the princess shapes are the
only ones now being made by those
who cater exclusively to the needs Of
growing children. These long, un-
belted garments are, in their more
elaborate forms, given front panels
and long, much-ornamented yokes, that
are suggestive Of the fancy brassiere.
Some have narrow bretelles which OBJ
literate the shoulder seams. Others
are provided with fancy guimpes, and
are trimmed around the neck line with
ruffies or fancy bands. -Harper's Ba-
Ear
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
Two Bits of Wood.

Importance cannot be reduced to a
matter of size. The success of a
piece of work may depend on tiny
detail. Such is the case in regard to
that marvel Of construction, the violin.
Rev H. r. Haweis in his my Musical
Life" tells Of the care and labor ex.
pended on two little pieces of wood
which go to make up the perfect
whole.
The sound-bar is strip of pine wosd
running under the left foot of the
bridge. A slight mistake in its posi-
ton, looseness, or inequality or rough.
ness of finish will produce that hollow,
aeeth-on-edge growl called wolf" 1t
takes great cunning and life of prac-
teal study to know just how long and
how thick the sound-bar must be, and
exactly where to place 1t, in each in.
strument.
The sound-post is little pine prop,
like a short bit of cedar pencil. 1t is
the soul of the violin, and through it
pours all vibrations. Days and weeks
are spent in adjusting the tiny sound
post. It's position exhausts the pa
tience of the maker, and makes the
Joy or misery of the player.-Youth's
Companion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ON GOWNS
Caprice Of Fashion by No Meant
Pleasing to Florists.

Never was there such craze FOL
artificial blooms for evening as well
as street wear. All the big shops now
have special flower counters, where II
glass vases and other receptacles are
displayed make-believe roses, violets
orchids, gardenias and other blossoms
high in fashions favor at the moment
And SO natural are these flowers-es
pecially when sprayed with perfume
derived from the real flower scents
that it seems really pity to spend
pennies for posies that would fade
OF course, all the florists are tearing
their hair at this eccentric notion OF
wearing fake flowers and in conse
quence the lover of real flowers may
possess them in generous quantities at
delightfully."- little cost. :
The pale lavender satin gown with
bands of amethyst and pearl embroid
cry has artificial flowers in pale and
deep mauve shades fastened to the
corsage and also caught to the skirt
at the knee. This gown shows the
new one-sided effect, tunic edged
with the amethyst and pearl banding
opening over trailing petticoat of the
satin.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
ways and Means.

The new tendency in style renders
necessary number of little make
shifts that are interesting. such as
stiffening the bottom of the long stole
or one side of a diagonal drapery, run,
ming bit OF canvas in the hem at one
side Of the skirt in order that the one
may hang straight in contrast with the
soft folds into which the other natural
ly falls on account Of its own weight;
weighing the hem of skirts, tabs or
drapery corners; constructing a lining
corset instead of having an entire lin
ing; wiring, instead of boning the
stock, and utilizing elastic bands to Sc
cure the extremely close-fitting effect
that is required in the long sleeves.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
j. M. WATSON. STOUTSVILLE,
MO.

There are SO many people that make
light Of stomach trouble that il is time
to sound warning. Don't neglect it.
don't keep on doctoring with one man
or thing unless you are getting benefit.
The disease will get worse. j. M. Wat
son Of Stoutsville, Mo-, fingered and
delayed SO that no physician could help
him. Finally he took DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin and was cured. This
remedy is absolutely guaranteed to do
what is claimed, and il you want to
try it before buying. send your address
for a free sample bottle to Pepsin Syr-
up Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg. Monticel-
10, III. Ii is sold BY all druggists at
SOC and 81 bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
TELLS OF SIBERIAN BAREBACK.
Many Uses Of Bread Much Favored
In Cold Countries.

OF all the bareback breads OF the
universe ! have found by actual ex-
perience the small ringed bread Of ST.
IBERIA the most substantial. When the
Russian engineering parties we're con-
structing the Siberian railroad this
whitening bread with the coarse rye
bread was their main stan Of life
1t s made without salt or yeast and
is first steamed. then lightly baked to
expel the moisture. Some curious
uses were made OF these breads by the
engineers. When soaked in hot pure
tallow for a few moments till they
sank they were used in soups or
soaked In and eaten with tea during
the severe winter months. This tai
low bread was considered the most
heat-producing article in the dietary.
1t should be utilized by our Arctic
explorers.
Another curious use to which it "a
put Is as an extempore candle, or cor
fee pot boiler. A nail is used to make
about eight holes In the tallow ring
bread; wax vestas are placed in these
and ignited. 1t will burn slowly for
about an hour, emitting strong heat
sufficient to warm and light small
tent and boil the tea or coffee water.
There is a rather strong odor of toast
ing bread, but that is tolerated In pref.
erence to smoke. While sojournlng
With the engineers in Siberia have
also seen them using the larger sizes
Of ringed bread as makeshift quoits
for Sunday afternoon sport in their
tents, and the bread would stand the
knocking about pretty we'll, and would
eventually appear in the soup at the
evening meal.
Small Siberian storekeepers also use
the hinged bread as an abacus, or
primitive counting apparatus for ca.
culating small sums in rubles ans
kopeks, and simple figuring. Three
strings are suspended above the coun.
ter; ten breads are strung ION each;
the top, line represents the rubles
stheir money transactions rarely go
ing above tenn and the two lower
strings stand for the kopeks. OF
course the strings of bread can be in.
creased to mount into the thousands
and up If desired.-L. Lodian, in Scien.
tific American.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
PRoLONGING LIFE.

While no way has yet been found
to make life perpetual, it is fact that
life can be prolonged Many people
die before their time because the or
gans become clogaed and cannot do
their work. To keep the body open,
active and free from impurities there
must be no constipation, dyspepsia,
fstulency. liver troubles. etc. Il old or
young people suGsr from these com
pl-i7.s they can find ready cure with
Or. Cadwell's Syrup Pepsin. Ii is abb
so!ulely guaranteed to do what is
claimed. and &c you want to try It be.
fore buying, send your address for a.
free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co.,
119 Caldwell Bldg. Monticello. III. II
is sold b all druggists at SOC and 81
bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
A Stranger In New York.

"Have you no friends at all here?"
asked.
mot one. 7 thought had two OF
three, but was Mistaken. They're
very friendly when they're in my part
Of the country, but here they give me
oIly the telephone glad hand, which is
sasy and cheap. You've been up
against it, of course?"
Possibly" I admitted doubtfully.
Sure you have. Everybody gets II
here. l had it passed out to me the
first day, when / gleefully called up a
man I'd been clever to out our way. He
was mighty glad to hear was in town
-tickled to death. But l haven't a
minute to spare to-day, old man. he
said. I'll be up to your hotel in the
morning That was FIVE days ago"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
MRS. KNIGHT OF BELLVIEW.

A dozen and one things are recon-
mended to cure constipation. and for
FIVE years Mrs. Knight Of Bellview.
Tenn, tried them all. She was almost
in despair when Dr.. Caldwelps Syrup
Pepsin was recommended to her. She
took it and was Immediately relieved.
She continued with it and was perma.
nently cured. 1t will cure anyone Of
constipation or any stomach, liver or
bowel trouble. 1t is absolutely euaran-
teed to do what is claimed, and if you
want to try it before buying. send your
address for a free sample bottle to
Pepsin Syrup Co.. 119 Caldwell Bldg.
Monticello, III. 1t is sold by all drug
gists at Soc and 81 bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
THE MONDAY OF LIFE.

Married people should learn what to
do for one .anothers little ills. and Tor
the ills Of children that may come.
They are sure sooner or lster to have
occasion to treat constipation or indl-
cestion. When the opportunity comes
remember that the quickest way to OBJ
tain relief. and finally a permanent
cure. is with Dr.. CaldwelIs Syrup
.Pepsin, the great herb laxStive com
pound. A bottle should always be in
tie house. Ii is absolutely guaranteed
to do what is claimed. and if you want
10 try il before buying. send your adj
dress for a free sample bottle to Pep
sin Syrup Co., 1l9 Caldwell Bldg.
Monticello, ILL., Il is sold BY all drug
aists at SOC and ST bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
DIDN'T GET HIS AERIAL SPIN.
Mr.. Simpson Meant to Drop In and
See His Daughter.

In the matter OF aviation an eccen-
trio individual, who sought to make a
flying start from the new Greensboro
bridge in an aerial spin to Hartford,
Conn, with the in ention of dropping
in on his daughter, thinks he has the
Wright brothers and the Silver Dart
beaten.
His flying machine consisted Of an
Anticipated bicycle to which was at.
tached an immense canvas umbrella,
and in the rear of the machine was a
propeller made something after the
fashion of the wings of a small wind
mill He trundled his machine up the
north promenade of the bridge, and
then Numbering his umbrella, pro-
ceeded to couple up his propeller.
Waterman Bernard O'Brien got inter
ested.
"Goin' to take little spin?" In
quired O'Brien.
yep" returned the aviator, Just a
little jaunt to see my daughter"
Got your permit" asked OBrien.
Sure" returned the unknown,
handing out an old card on which was
printed bridge statistics.
THAT don't CO." replied O'Brien.
Hadn't you better postpone your trip
for a day or so?"
But the individual wasn't inclined to
postpone his trip, so O'Brien called to
his assistance Patrick Leddin and
Henry Borsch, who are employed on
the bridge. They finally got the aVi-
ator and his contrivance off the struc-
ture and turned him over to Police
man Kelly. The man gave his name
as Leroy Simpson of 1856 Third ave
nue. Manhattan. In order to make
sure that he would not seek some
other opportunity of making his flying
start for Hartford, the bridge men con-
fiscated his apparatus.-New York
Times.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
s,oners All.

fall into temptations incident to
nv profession. commit only the
crimes that are required in my pro
fession: but | commit them. |
think that the clergy. would be doing
a big service should they take their
congregations and know them and
the temptations Of the men, and the
professions that are represented
there; and when they find banker
does this thing, know enough about
banking to know whether 1t is real
banking or whether 1t is "fnaOcing. :
and then when they know tlAit. fzf,
oOt how this thing compares wfthS
what other men do. Lei the
man go on committing his sin and
take his burden of It, but help him
to see that we are all doing It to-
gether, that It is system; that It is
true he must do these things, and
then prepare his mind for the time
when an attempt will be made to
change 1t all. and then tell him to be
ready to make the sacrifice with tho
rest OF us.-Lincoln Steffens' Address
Before Boston Universalist Clergy
men.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-05
How High a Tiger Can jump.


For the benefit of the prospective
big game hunters a correspondent
finally disposes of the theory that a
tiger is unable to jump to any height
from all fours. He records that he
took refuge in tree from particu-
lar tiger. The beast, however, jumped
up to him, like an India rubber ball,
a good seven feet" and it was only
by letting go with my right and ram
ming both barrels down his mouth
that did not have very bad time of
it"
The moral evidently is that when
avoiding tiger it is necessary to find
a tree with its lowest branch at least
16 feet from the ground.