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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
They Had Many Curious and Inter.
estinR Origins,

The little customs that have come
moay nave had diverse and interest
iTc origins. The ring has played an
important part.
With the coming in of Christian
ity it was no longer placed on the
right foreflnger but On the left third
finger. The priest. or in some cases
the groom, first put 1t on the thumb,
saying, in the name Of the Father"
cr the rorefinger, adding, I'm the
name of the Som" on the second fin-
ger, continuing, "in the name of the
Holy Ghost" then on the third fin-
ger with "Amen"-and there 1t re-
mained.
rhe bridal veil originated in BIZ
BILE times and was wol1 uLtil all the
public ceremonies were over, so 1t
can readily be understood how Ja-
cob was deceived into marrying
Leah instead of her sister Rachel.
In the Anglo-Saxon wedding cere-
mony a square piece of yelling was
held over the head of the bride to
conceal her embarrassment.
In the later Bible days. during the
period between the betrothal and
the wedding, the bride remained
with her friends and could commun-
icate with her affianced only through
the friend of the bridegroom" as
mentioned In John III, 20, who also
performed other services for the
groom.
Throwing shoes originated in the
old Jewish custom of handing to the
purchaser of land an old shoe as a
token of surrender or remuneration
(see Ruth iv. y. The brides faith
er gave a shoe to the husband or
threw it after him to signify they
surrendered to him all authority
over their daughter.
Throwing rice symbolized fruit
fulness and plenty from its general
distribution over the world.
Taking the husbands name origi-
mated in Roman times, though the
date Is not known. When Julia
married Pompey her name became
Julia of Pompey. Modern women
omit the "of" in the name.-Deline-
ator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Dashing Hat In Black Lt2horn.

The Merry Wi"ow" hat has car
ried all before it and been the foun-
dation for no end of charming mod
els for spring and summer wear. The
last word in elegance is this design
in fine black Italian leghorn. The
brim rolls slightly at the side, while
the top Is covered with waves of
plumes in varying shades OF cerise.
Whateved the trimming used,
height is one OF the chief points to
be gained. Plumes are arranged in
great variety, and while soft. wav-
Ing effects are very modish there is
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Don't Live In New Houses.

Why Is new house unhealthful?
That is a question that has been ask
ed by many and been answered by
few. And yet the reason Is obvious.
In the construction of Just one me-
dunn sized house 1t is estimated
that over thirty thousand gallons OF
water Is used.
This water does not evaporate as
quickly as 1t would in the air and
sunlight, but IS near the surface OF
the earth und the house and In the
walls OF the cellar. Hence, the
house is DAM and damp houses fos-
ter illness. house that has been
standing for a year or DO. is much
more healthtul than a new one.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Farm ana
Garden
SOY BEANS FOR FORAGE.
Experiments Show That the Grain
Has Many Advantages.

Many questions have been asked
about the value Of the soy bean as
compared with cowpeas as a forage
crop. The Tennessee experiment sta
tion at Knoxville, Tenn, has conduct
ed many experiments with the soy
bean. From its bulletin we learn
that the soy bean produces more grain
than the cowpea, whether 1t is pas
tured off by hogs or whether the grain
is thrashed and ground. AS hay or
grain crop the soy bean natures ear
lier than the cowpea by several weeks
and would therefore appear to be a
safer crop to grow in the north. An
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
The Simple VILLAGE Belle.

She Is a simple village belle
Whom we, perforce, admire.
No splendid effort to be swell
Is shown In her attire.
Her shirt waist is both neat and white.
She wears a flowered bonnet.
In olden times 80 fair a sight
Would have inspired q sonnet.
She strolls along unconscious that
By all she Is adored.
What think you II tell you fiat
She's here for summer board;
That, though attired with simpleness,
Expert dressmaking scholars
Assert her unassuming dress
Cost just two hundred dollars?
Wilbur d. Nesbit In Judge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Cause for Alarm.

They were about to entertain a
few friends. and her husband sud
denly busied himself with the um-
brellas, carrying them upstairs.
When he had taken up the last one.
she said to him. somewhat amazed:
why, dear, why do you hide the
umbrellas like that? Are you afraid
our friends will steal them?"
mo-" said he; II am afraid they
will recognize them. Opin-
lon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04

Dolan-So Casey was runnin' me
down an We stood up for me?
Callahan-Oi did OF sez to him,
"Casey," sez OF, "ye're honest an
truthful an ye're no coward, an We
work hard an pay yer dibts, an ye
don't git drunk an lick yer wolfe, but
In other respects ye're no better than
Dolanw-Human Life.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
G.. M.Betz.

Having purchased the interest Of
L. L. Medland, of Carbondale, in
the harness business of Betz g
Medland of that city. the business
will be conducted in the future by
G. Nj. Betz alone, who will also con-
tinue his store in Honesdale as here
tofore. In order to reduce stock,
reductions in prices will be made
on all goods. Bargains may be
found in both stores. Mr.. Edward
Fasshauer, who has been in the
Honesdale store about ten years as
clerk, will have full charge of the
Carbondale store.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
The Vain MOSQUITO.

Said the July mad mosquito
AS he hummed the way along:
"I wonder why the moclking birds
Don't initiate my song
I sing all night, and so do they,
And l can beat them night or day!
"But the man there meath the coverlet
My music understands.
He's giving me an encore.
Just hear him clap his hands!
It's music l was born to teach,
But keep me from my pupils reachv
Atlanta Constitution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Summer Board.

"I'm an author, you understand,
spending my vacation on farm to get
local color How much will board
be?"
"Ten per week." replied the farmer
land 50 extra if we're expected to talk
dialect."-Kansas City Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Past Cure.

"They say Buggins is a confirmed
pessimist"
HE is that. He told me only yes
terday that he never expected to hear
his child say single smart thing
Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
The Farmer Of Japan,

On the whole and taking the general
standard Of living into consideration,
the Japanese farmer is as well of and
contented as bis confreres In most
other countries and better of than in
some.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Alice Alias Alys.

Mr.. Squiggs-What's the little Nurox
girls name? l couldn't catch it when
her mother introduced us.
Mrs. Squiggs-Plain Alice, only her
mothers trying to pronounce it so
you'll spell it "Alys." s."-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Exact Location.

Hank Stubbs-Cucumbers never hurt
me in the world.
Bige Miller-Waal, thet amt where
they hurt me neither."-Boston Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
A Distinction Of Terms,

$50 Uncle Jasper has gone to raisin'
chickensw
II didn't say he were raisin' 'em,"
replied Erastus Pinkly. 81 said he were
liftin' em."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
How IL Worked,

When Mr.. Jones was out of sorts
His doctor ordered "change" and rest"
So to the seaside Jonesey hied,
His pockets filled, Of health in quest
He got the rest, butts 1t stranger
His landlord twas got all the change
New York Evening Telegram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Same Old Grind.

1 thought thought, but a. other thought
From my mind the first did chase.
Now my second thought has flown the
coop,
But I've filled four lines Of space.
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
About Riqht,

"What may l expect as pay for that
poem?" asked the hopeful young man.
"Well," said the editor, glancing at
1t again, chow would penny for your
thoughts suit you?"-Kansas City
Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04

NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.-No-
~ tice is hereby given that an appli-
cation will be made to the Governor OF the
State Of Pennsylvania, upon Friday, August
b, 1909, by Geo. H. Lancaster, Mary b. Lam
caster. Oscar f. Lancaster and G. Everett
Lancaster, under the Act OF Assembly of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania entitled,
An Act to provide for the incorporation and
April 20. 1874" and the supplements thereto.
for the charter Of an intended corporation to
the character and object of which Is the
manufacturing and selling Of building ma
terial and anything in connection Herewith
and to conduct a general wood manufacturing
and turning business" and for these purpOs-
es to have. possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of said Act of ssemb-
ly and its supplements. A. Il. SEARLE,
Solicitor.
Honesdae Pa. July 8. 1909. 56eoi3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Airship Gossip.

How is it she doesn't manage to get
along very we'll with her husband?"
said the porch lady
''She says he's too slow. He always
wants to be pottering round the
United States in an automobile."-
Puck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
AGAIN.,

His brow is wet with honest sweat;
His face with dust is gray;
His lips are muttering Never aRainV'
His family moved today
New York Evening Telegram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
To Be Demonstrates.

Fair Fan-Tell me, Charlie, what's
the squeeze play?
The Expert-Oh, it would take too
long to explain 1t here. I'll drop
around this evening and show you.--
Puck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Just a Little Rhyme.

The automobile goes it's way.
It's swift and bright and chuggy.
But I've no use for any day
That folks describe as muggy.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Poultry Note.

$50 you are raising chickens?"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Crosslots.
What do you find the greatest
menace to the welfare of poultry%
Sunday company" - Washington
Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Contentment,

love the game as it is played,
And yet the palm l yield.
I'd rather lounge within the shade
Than roast upon the field.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Different curiositv.

We wonder as Mars comes in view
II there are souls UP there.
The men all wonder what they do,
The women what they wear.
Chicago News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
All Are Not UaeIess.

"a drowning man will catch at a
straw"
Eyes, especially man who is drown
ing his s."-Baltimor Ameri.
can.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Asking Too Much.

"When I have $4,000 in the bank /
will ask you to marry me-" he said.
Il belong to a long lived family"
replied the sweet girl, "but 1 can't
hope to live as long as that"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
A Fishing Incident.

Although he didn't get a bite
Upon his fishing trip,
Twas plain when he got home at night
That he'd had many a nip.
Detroit Free Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Joy on the Way.

Life may seem heavy load
And curious riddle,
But Joy Is coming down the road
Playing OF his fiddle.
Atlanta Constitution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
A FIeetinu Jov.

'The summer girl is a myth"
"Not until the seasons over."-Bos.
ton Globe
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Summer Reading.

I ask no novel when I'd win
Contentment in an easy chair.
Give me the weather bulletin
That says continuously fair"
Houston Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
i OF WAYNE COUNTY

Katie Dean v. Samuel Dean.
No. lO7 March Term 1909. Libel in Divorce.
To SAMUEL DEAN: You are hereby re-
second Monday OF August next. to answer
the complaint to the Judge Of said court by
stated, or in default thereof decree OF d.
yorce as prayed for in said complaint may
be made against you In your absence.
M. LEE BRAMAN,
Simons, Atty. Sheriff.
HonesdRle. Pa. June 29, 1903. 64W4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
T XIII the Mites.

II a scaly-looking gray powder is
seen around the roosts or nest boxes.
be ION" by that time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-04
Dentists.

DR.. C. r. BRADY, DENTIST. Honesdale. Pa.
OFFICE HoURs-Sa a. m. to 5 p. m.
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens phone. 33. Residence. No. S6-X
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
1T is A POISON.
Effect Of Alcohol on the Physical Or
qanisms Is Bad.

rs alcohol a poison TO the animal
organism" DR.. Williams. a prominent
medical authority, says in answer to
the question:
The matter is presented in a nut
shell by the professor of pathology at
Johns Hopkins university, DR.. William
II. WEIGH, when he says alcohol in
sufficient quantities is a poison to all
living organisms. both animal and
vegetable" To that unequivocal pro-
nouncement there is, | believe, no
dissenting voice. Open any work on
the practice of medicine quite at ran
DOM and whether you chance to read
OF diseased stomach or heart or
blood-vessels or liver or kidneys or
nerves or brain-it is all one; in any
case you will learn that alcohol may
be an active factor in the causation,
and a retarding factor in the cure OF
some, at least. of the important dis.
eases OF the organ or set OF organs
about which you are reading.
You will rise" adds DR.. Welch,
with the conviction that alcohol is
not merely a poison, but the most sub
tie, the most far-reaching, and. judged
by its ultimate effects, incomparably
the most virulent OF all poisons."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
s 3 y 2 F5I
TEMPERANCE PROGRESS.
Part Women Are Playing in the
Worlds Fight on Alcohol.

The heralding of the gospel tenn
perance message around the globe has
been conducted with increasing earn
estness and vigor by the Worlds W.
c. 7. L. during the year 1908, says the
Christian Herald Seventeen gospel
temperance missionaries have visited
the mission stations abroad, having Sc
cured active cooperation in most
places, andhave been aided by the mis-
sionary boards and temperance work
erS in home churches.
The past year has seen this number
increased by several gospel temper
ance evangelists. Miss Agnes Slack.
the able secretary of the Worlds w. c.
7. u, carried great inspiration and
suggestion to India early in the year
Through her activities over 900 new
members were enrolled in the w. c.
T. L. of India Is new local W c. T
unions were formed; the first W. c..
T. L. of Ceylon was organized; over
500 men were enrolled in other tenn
perance socities and an organizing
fund was inaugurated
NhloS iOt Il soAiOtNs Oil VillN iCAAI
educator and trained temperance
worker from Baltimore. Md, gave up
her post as professor in a girls col
lege to carry the tidingS of temperance
to Japan. The petition of the w C.
T. L, for non-smoliing cars on rail
road trains in Japan has been granted
by the government during the year.
The great temperance victory in
Switzerland has been won. Many pub
lie men in France are indorsing the
temperance movement. Mile. Julie
d'Aublgne heads the new W. c. T. L.
OF Paris. Total abstinence sentiment
Is growing in Germany, where the
Students Temperance league is a
strong and growing body The Nor
wegian parliament gave the W. c.
I. U. an appropriation of $50, and
the University of Christiania granted
the use of Nobel hall to the leaders
for the annual W. c. T. L. convention
of Norway in August The Temper
ance Association of Swedish Teach
ers has nearly doubled its member
ship. 1t has now almost 1000 mem
bers in % local unions. Finland 5
prohibition law, enacted in 1907, still
awaits the cars signature, but it is
thought he will not veto it. Russian
women have this year petitioned the
duma for local option and the aboli-
ton of liquor selling on steamboats,
and in railroad stations.
The White Ribboners of Cape Col
Ony and the Transvaal have united
with other women's societies this year.
The Queensland W C. T. L. is asking
for a scientific temperance instruction
law the South Australian union is
establishing national w. c. T. Z. head
quarters, and New South Wales White
Ribboners are urging the introduc-
ton of the Pollard Photographic for
drunkenness; New Zealand temper
ance workers have been working hard
in advance of the taking of the trien,
NAL vote on the liquor question.
The beginning of a revival of tenn
perance sentiment is heralded in Can
ada In British Columbia, the W. c.
7. U. is leading a great campaign for
local option. Temperance sentiment
is strong throughout the dominion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Prohibition Maintained in Iceland.

The referendum on prohibition, or
dered by the parliament OF Iceland
has recently taken place, with the re
suit that in 81 electoral districts out
of q the vote was. for prohibition, 7.
27l; against prohibition, 2,611 In six
districts not fully reported the mum
Der OF votes is so small that the result
cannot be materially altered, so that
the prohibition and trading in intoxi
eating liquors will soon be in full
operation throughout the whole coun
try. The prohibition of the manufac
ture of intoxicating liquors was adopt
ed throughout the country a number
of years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Real Estate Bargains
l offer for sale

FARM OF 147 ACRES, 3 miles from Oakland; good
House. plenty of water; so cleared;
about Is acres of grass; Orchards bearing; over IS
acres of White Oak Timber R. F. D. mail service.
COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS for sale at Mt. Lake Park.
HOUSE AND LOT Oak Street Oakland, for sale
House of rooms-Lot 5oxI5o feet, with
Stable and all necessary Outbuildngs.
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also DWELLING
HOUSES Liberty Street, with good water and all
nece sary outbuidings
HOUSE AND LOT Wilson Street. House of 10 rooms;
good water Lot $50 feet front Best Outbuildngs
in Oakland.
A VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakland-al under
fence; containing 32 acres about rs under cultiva-
ton; fine Orchards, and about IN in small
Fruit Houses, very good Well and never failing
Spring. very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming Can be bought at low price just
have for sale of the very best Building Lots in the
town which l will sell for cash-or IS down and IS
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than miles of Oakland which can be bought at
great bargain The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is we'll watered with stream and
several good springs.
~ MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at S. down and
IS per month.
you cash for your Real Estate, Real Estate
for your cash. let me hear from YOU
p6rFor further particulars call address
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Cure for Mental penrassion.

Mental depression may come from
physical ailment and overwork or from
too much idleness. Go among cheerful
friends, take the air, a wholesome diet
and keep away from introspection.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Tax Rate Lowered

The average tax rate was lower in
the no.license cities of Massachusetts
than in the license cities during each
of the Ave years 1sO3-l9O7 according
to statistics recently compiled by the
Massachusetts No-Licenss league.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27

seconded and supported by a gen.
erous government. Constant REIN
forcements, generous supplies of
food and clothing, needful fuel
and shelter, the tender ministra-
tiOns of physicians and nurses and
frequent communication with
home and fri n d - all these
abounded in the Union lines.
ut was hardly so with the Con-
tederate forces. Scantly clothed,
rarely on more than half rations,
and for considerable periods reduc-
ed to an allowance of bacon and
meal, hardly sufficient to sustain
life, the long winter through, their
shivering infantry manned the
overwhelming siege works and
made head against the vigorous
assaults of the Union Army until
their depleted ranks were no long
er equal to the defense of their at
tenuated lines, and they gave up
a contest which by any other SOL
| diers but the tried and seasoned
veterans of the Army of Northern
Virginia would long before have
been abandoned. We could not
dedicated this beautiful and endur-
ing memorial to the volunteer
soldiers of Pennsylvania with such
a sense of its justice and appropri-
ateness had they not been con-
tronted by an enemy capable of
resisting their assaults with equal
valor and fortitude.
Pennsylvania pride must be
in the victory achieved by her men
against so brave, resolute, and re-
sourcetul an enemy, that we can
come here today, and in the pres
enCe of thousands of the survivors
of the gallant Army of Northern
Virginia and of their descendants
establish such an enduring monu-
ment by their hOSpitable welcome
and acclaim, is conclusive proof
OF the uniting of sections and a
universal confession that all that
was done was well done, that the
battle had to be fought, that the
sections had to be tried, but that
IN the end the result has Injured to
the common benefit of all. The
men of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia fought for a principal which
they believed to be right, and for
which they were willing to sacri-
fee their lives, their homes-all,
indeed, which men hold most
dear.
AS we recognize their heroic
servicesot they and theirdescendants
welcome the great Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to the soil of Viz
ginia and join that commonwealth
in honoring the services rendered
by its gallant sons in the struggle
for the preservation of the Union.
The contending forces Of now half
a century ago have given place to
a new South, and to more endur-
ing Union, in whose responsible
ties and whose glories destiny we
equally and gratefully share"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Love Is an Alchemist.

Love is an alchemist. man in
love is almost always a man who,
having found a piece of coal keeps it
previously in his pocket, saying: It's
a diamond. p. J. Stahl.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
The Usual Way.

A man may do a lot of foolish
things, but it's usually his wife who
makes him go to a masquerade ball
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Herrinos Used for Manure.

Herrings are largely used in Japan
for manure. The yearly average ex.
ceeds $4,000 tons in this fertilizer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27

One great trouble with most people
who ride hobbies is that they want to
ride over other peoples grass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Money and knowledge

Money and knowledge are wholly
unlike in that the less knowledge one
has the easier it is to pick up more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
The Office and the Fool

When king creates an Office Prov.
idence at once creates a fool to buy
it-Colbert.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Sometimes He is.

Rams Horn: Many a man who is
rolling down hill thinks he is making
a record run
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Law Not ALWAYS Justice

The strictest law is oft the highest
wrong.-Terence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27

French Proverb: towards haste to
die; the brave live on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-05-27
Patience unconnuerahle

He that has patience may compass
anything -Rabelais