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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

A cup of cold water before retiring
and cup Of hot water in the morning
before breakfast work like magic as q
cure for indigestion.
Almond meal is preferred by some
women to soap and acts as a pleasing
alternative to soap at any time. This
softens, cleanses and whitens the skin.
The most easily digested foods which
contain the greatest amount of nour
ishment and are free from acids and
starches are those best adapted to the
child's needs.
A glass of warm water before break
fast is tonic frr the whole system.
If the complexion is in need Of i'm
provement try squeezing half lemop
into the water just before drinking.
Have as nice towels as you can af-
ford, but pay less attention to the quail
ity than to their cleanliness. There is
little use of careful Scrubbing if a
half soiled towel is used for drying.
Sites almost invariably indicate u
weakened condition of the system, but
external applications relieve and bet
ter the lids. A pomade for the pur-
pose is made from four grams white
vaseline and five centigrams each Of
white precipitate and oil Of birch.
This is applied at night. A drop Of
belladonna on lump of sugar Is an
old fashioned remedy that IL taken
when symptoms Of sty are first mani.
tested. AT the same time the lids ure
to be bathed in warm elder flower wa
ter.
A skin whitening preparation that
can be easily made ut home IL In tho
proportion of two tablespoonfuls of
oatmeal, Il half tablespoonful Of pow
dcred boraX and half pint Of rose
water. Let the mixture stand three
days, strain and add half ounce of
alcohol. The addition Of the alcohol
prevents the souring which is the
drawback to so many oatmeal prep
arations. If preferred, instead Of using
all oatmeal it can be mixed with half
this bulk of almond meal. Either of
ItheSe washes makes the skin feel soft
and smooth if rubbed ON the hands OF
face after washing.
The biggest problem of all to the wo-
man who would keep her good looks is
the matter Of wrinkles. A generation
ago she gave up without fight, but
since the coming of massage and sim
pie devices of all sorts she dares nc
longer indulge in such disfiguration as
long as it may be prevented. One wo-
mans simple cure-all is the cream
bath She dabs her face with hot wa
ter until it Is heated thoroughly, then
applies the cream fresh from the dairy,
letting 1t dry on her face. She puts
on more cream, massaging it into the
wrinkles particularly. 1t Is then
washed with warm water and lightly
| powdered.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Humor of the Stump.

During a warm political campaign
an "old timer took the stump. Wheth,
er he gathered many lost sheep into
tine fold of his party or not, he GER
tainly did not detract from the humor
Of the situation. On one occasion Il
crowd of people gathered to hear him
speak.
Fellow citizens" he roared, "our op-
ponents are resorting to every form of
vileness. to dishonest and underhand
tricks, to inconceivable meanness, to
the corruption of voters, but we warn
them"-his thunder shook the roof
tive warn them, fellow citizens, that
that is game that two can play at"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
- The
Scrap Book
A Better Place.

There was pie for dessert, and the
small son of the hostess, taking advan-
tage Of the presence Of company, plead.
ed for a second helping and got it.
After he had eaten it all he showed
signs of distress and was soon howl
ing Justify and doubled up with pain.
A rather prim lady who was present
said to the bo-'s mother: Hes got
no business to yell like that. If he
were my child he'd get good sound
spanking"
"He deserves it," the mother admit
ted. II don't believe, though, in spank
ing him on a full stomach"
Neither do l." said the visitor, but
you can turn him over"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Should Raise That Preachers
Salary.

Residents of the little country
town of Goshen, Mass, have an in
teresting subject for gossip in the
arrival of a new preacher from
Chicago with eight children, four of
whom are double pair of twins, or
quadruplets. The mother is the
wife of the Rev. Samuel Howe Sec
combe, who has come to a pastorate
which pays $500 year.
The oldest child of the family is
fourteen. The four babies are
three weeks old. The mother is As
years old and the father fifty. The
father is a native of New England
but has lived in Chicago many
years, and until this quartet came
no children had been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Seccombs for four years
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Willing to Please.

A large and elegant hotel furnished
on the most luxurious lines was erected
at a fashionable resort. a magnificent
orchestra performed every evening il
the hotel dining room, but on one oc
casion. out of season, the house was
so empty that the manager dispatched
the following telegraph message to Tho
head offices of the company: "Onll
one guest, but orchestra Of thirty
What shall / do?
And the prompt reply came, "If CUES
dissatisfied, engage six more musi
ciansv
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Too Deep.

A local exchange on Thursday
printed the following: when shoes
are removed, put them upon trees,
and they will retain their shape.
Watch your heels and do not let
them get run over. 1t is fatiguing
to walk on heels that are out of
shape" A newsboy, yesterday,
was studying this item and finally
exclaimed: What rotten CAB!
Hang your shoes on trees to keep
'em in shape!" and don't get your
heels run over. 1t will hurt you
to walk. Hully gee-what slush!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Robert Gordon Valentine, the new
commissioner of Indian affairs, got his
heads as private secretary to former
Commissioner Leupp. During his four
years connection with the bureau he
has made an exhaustive study of the
Indian problem. A great part of his
time has been spent in travel, visiting
the various tribes that make up the
100000 Indian population of Uncle
Sans domains. To do this he had to
visit twenty-siX states in which the
Indians are scattered, and a great part
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
brotherhood of St. Andrew.

The Quarterly Convention of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew of the
district including Scranton and
Wilkes-Barre will meet in Grace
Episcopal church on Saturday and
Sunday, July 18th and 18th. Dele
gates from these two cities and from
other places will be entertained in
various homes. Among the speak
ers will be Mr.. H. e. Gilpin, the
we'll known railroad official; Paul
w. Gardner, a former Honesdale
boy, will have charge OF. one of the
conferences.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Banked in Trunk and Lost His
Bundle.

Ephraim Pickering, of Nicholson
township, Wyoming Co., disdained
banks, and stored $1,000 in bills and
several hundred dollars in gold in a
trunk. When he went to add more
money to the hoard few days ago
he found the trunk as bare of money
as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard
was of bones. Suspicion rested upon
one Fred NJ. Morris, a relative by
marriage, who was keeper of saloon
in Elmira. Morris was arrested and
extradition papers have been asked
for to bring him back to Wyoming
county for trial.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Not an Oyster.

A party of tired and hungry travel
Prs in small European town saw a
house decorated with peculiar sign
and Immediately entered and demand.
ed to he served with oysters.
This is not restaurant" said tho
courteous gentleman who met them.
Il am an auriSt."
Isn't that an oyster hung outside
the door?" asked one.
mo, gentlemen, it is an ear"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Labor SAVING,

The youngster had the proverbial
aversion to soap and water, and his
teacher said to him one morning after
he entered the little schoolhouse:
Jimmy, I'm ashamed Of you. Your
cheek is all black and sticky. Go to
the hydrant and wash it
Jimmy went out to the hydrant
moistened his wash rag and rubbed
soap over 1t. Then, rag In hand, he
returned to the schoolroom>
(which cheek did you sayT' he IN
Quired.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14

Once a boy thought he would braid
a mules tail. Later, when his father
was trying to straighten up his fea-
lures so that his mother wouldn't have
to get acquainted with him all over
again, he asked, "Father, viii ever
be beautiful any moreP"
~No, my child" said they fatheA as
he delicately pried the bridge of the
lads nose into something like its old.
time form. mo, my child. you viii new
er be beautiful but you'll know q
DANCED sight more"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
ROBERT @. VALENTINE.

or ms travels were made in the sad
die. 1t is Mr.. Valentines intention to
keep up this policy, so far as his new
duties will permit, with view to de-
veloping the red man along social and
economic lines. 1--WE will try to make
the Indian help himself" he says.
The new Indian commissioner is a
native Of Massachusetts, a graduate of
Harvard and is thirty-siX years old
Before going to Washington as a news
paper man he was successfully an i'll
structor in the Boston Institute of
Technology, bank clerk in New York
and railroad statistician in the west
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
Laughter.

Worry stalked along the road,
Trouble sneaking after,
Then Black Care and Grief and Goad,
Enemies to Laughter.
But old Laughter, with a shout,
Rose up and attacked 'em,
Put the sorry pack to rout,
Walloped 'em and whacked 'em.
Laughter frivols day and night.
Sometimes he's bubble.
But he hath a deal of might
In bout with Trouble.
John Kendrick Bangs in Ainslee's Mag
a2ine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-14
CouFaQe,

Courage Is n virtue that the young
cannot spare; to lose it is to grow old
before the time. 1t is better to make
q thousand mistakes and suffer thou
sand reverses than run away from bat
tle.-Henry Van Dyke.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
IInpeach-
ment of
Judges.

examination Of the entire record, can
affirmatively say that the Judgment
of the trial court was for the wrong
party, and that but for the errors
complained of different Judgment
would have been rendered.
How this may operate can not be
foretold, but its clear purpose is the
commendable one of trying to find
some path through the straight path
to justice through maze of the eter-
nal technicalities, which the law
breakers clever attorneys are certain
to create.
Notwithstanding Missouri, confron-
ted with "a deficit in the State treas
uly, has seen its legislators vote to
raise their own salaries, and notwith-
standing much frittering away of the
time during this last session upon i'm
material matters, this one act is de-
serving of approval. "Barratry" is
one of the things legal ethics ex-
preSsly forbids, and yet in what worse
form could it flourish than in prolong-
ing litigation by employing techni-
cal subterfuges which retard prompt
termination of eases and often defeat
every dictate of justiceq It is con
temptible snobbishness ON the part of
the bar to belittle the petty shyster
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

in this case, the child was not harmed.
In the case of Mrs. Boyle, however, it
appears that she may have been led
into the scheme and in her case
lighter sentence would have met the
demands Of justice For the man con-
cerned, no eXtenuating circumstance
Is revealed, but on the contrary pre-
vious crimes seem to have merited
punishment in themselves.
But with kidnapping, the law has
most serious questions to consider,
aside from dealing with individual
guilt; how best to discourage child
stealing by sentences severe enough,
and yet to protect possible victims
from being put to death as safer
means of escape, in case the kidnapers
iLd themselves in close quarters. Cap
ital punishment clearly would cost
the life of a stolen child, if the kid
naper were to be hanged even if the
child were restored unframed, and
those who clamor for capital punish
ment surely forget this feature, an
agonizing one to those who waited and
watched and searched for lost little
one
Altogether, a life sentence for the
ring-leader seems about the best solu-
ton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
6be Jerferson,an
BY on, D0Zan

dare sell, masquerading as the
adjunct to "harmless beverage" is
not to exaggerate. And man MAX
ing this stuff put at the head of
enforcing the Pure Food and Drug
measure!
Another case in Pennsylvania pre-
scnting more "human interest" was
decided last week, when
The Whitla Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy
Case. Boyle, convicted of kid
mapping the little Whitla
boy, were promptly sentenced and as
pl omptly sent to the penitentiary,
the man for life and the woman for
p years. The severity of the SEN
tence occasioned astonishment, but to
those who had recently witnessed the
anguish of the missing boys father
and mother, seemed not inadequate to
the great offense. Few crimes are
worse than kidnapping, even when, as
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

While Missouri is preparing to APP
peal from the recent decision of Fed
eral Judge Smith McPher-
Impeach- son in the famous 2-cent
ment of rate case which went
Judges. against the State and in
favor of the railroads con-
cerned, the Representatives in Wash
ington are attempting to initiate
move for the impeachment of the Fed
eral Judge and his confrere, Judge
Phillips, of the Western District of
Missouri Formal charges covering
alleged acts Of "undue friendship for
the corporations are to be filed.
The Missouri Legislature has. by the
way, also passed one eminently sane
and progressive measure, as follows:
Section 865. Neither the Supreme
Court nor any courts Of appeal shall
reverse or remand any judgment rem
dered in any civil or criminal case on
any ground unless the court, after a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

who works up cases of no merit, while
it fawns upon the fat corporation
attorney who is guilty of nothing less
than the most consumlnate barratry
the world has ever seen. But, with
the legal profession, as most others,
"the jingle Of the dollar helps the
hurt that honor feels.'
Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, is
not conducting himself in a manner
to inspire any confidence
The Okla in the declaration that
homa Land he has been made the
Fraud Case. victim of mere political
Vaccinations, in connec-
ton with the charges of land frauds
in his State The original indict-
ment against him and others was re
Gently dismissed because the Grand
Jury making it was not made up after
technical requirements, and now the
Federal Grand Jury, called to re-
open the investigation is liable to dis
solution on the ground that the enab-
ling act, under which the Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma were permitted
to become a State, contains no pro-
vision for investigating crimes in the
territories before statehood, where
fore the Federal Court has no juris-
diction. This is another purely tech
meal defense, and, as such, leads to
the conclusion that none other could
be made and that these men are afraid
Of investigation and trial
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

Both France and Germany are up
in arms against the proposed Payne
Aldrich bill, which each
The Tariff country assumes has
in Foreign been directed against it,
Eyes. in particular. France
has, through Ambassador
Jusserand, lodged the protest of his
country with Philander c.. Knox,
while the German press is bitterly
agitated. In both cases, the new tariff
will terminate previously existing
agreements relative to imports, ETC.
One German paper significantly says:
1--WE need not weep over the ter
mination of the agreement, whereby
we were the givers and the United
States the takers. If we must reach
fresh understanding, it is to be
hoped that we will lay less stress than
hitherto on demonstrating our nat
lcnal unselfishness. The State is and
must naturally be selfish. -
A tariff war is freely predicted and
these three idiotic believers in pro-
tectlon-France, Germany and the
United States-ought to be brought to
d realization, by some means, of their
stupendous folly The blind selfish
ness leads only to blind misery ON
the part of the common people who
must pay the cost
Illustrative of the inordinate in
justice inherent in the privileged class,
ut seems that poor, benighted China
has a few customs duties on the cot
ton she imports, and "our mill men"
are perspiringly anxious to get them
abolished. Dear Cotton mill men, who
are protected 10y tariff at home, as
to the goods they sell; who are pro-
tected IN perpetual supply of cheap
labor by unchecked immigration, and
unmtorced, or non-existent child
lfbor laws, and whose whole market
Is the world!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
Two More
Mergers.

the two old parties,
TO learn Of two new combines, one Of
coal, embracing five companies who
together own approximately 100000
acres of the richest coal land in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Ohio, capitalized
at $37 $4,000; and one of coke re-
presenting rs of the 81 independent
plants in the Connelleville and Klon-
dyke fields. This is to be a $65, 100000
merger.
Did some one say, "Anti-trust
law? Speak louder, please, as Mr..
Wickersham is a little "thick o. hear
ing"
The complete restoration of con-
fdence" that the people will be fair
prey for solid eight years and more,
is evinced more stikingly by these
actions than even by the unctious
speeches on prosperity" Since the
Democrats have rushed pen-mell into
the arms of the stand-patters, there
is no opposition whatever to the will
OF the Aldrich- Payne-Dalzell- Cannon
MacVeigh- Wickersham amalgamation.
Betrayed by its representatives,
bereft of the check that strong oppo-
sition party might exercise, with the
prospect of extortion piled upon
extortion, it looks as if the day of
the mob and the lamp post might not
be far distant.
The speech by Mr. Bancroft, be-
fore the Wisconsin Assembly last
week, was startling in the charge
made against Franklin MacVeigh.
Among other things, he said:
"The present Secretary of the
United States Treasury Us a man Of
financial ability, because he has sue
cteded in making $1,000,0OO by
cheating the American people with
adulterated foods. For this reason he
was chosen to guard the money of this
country and incidentally override
the rulings of the National Food
Commissioner.
Mr.. Bancroft also picked up a
bottle of ''lemon extract" manu-
featured by the MacVeigh company
and alleged that it did not contain a
drop of lemon, but was made almost
entirely of wood alcohol. In this, he
was doubtless entirely correct. The
recent coal tar derivatives give
products which are indistinguishable
from the natural favoring of fruits,
and wood spirits, tinctured with
these compounds, is probably what
we get, every time we buy bottle of
this stuff for household use. And
there is no computing the danger to
health that comes from soda fount
beverages made up of such favored
syrups. To say that it is rank
poison, such as druggist would not
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20
PAGE FOUR.

Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, the
well known Southern authoress,
passed away at her home
Death in Mobile, Alabama, on the
of morning Of May 9th. A
Southern very interesting sketch of
Writer. her life and work will be
found in another part Of
this paper.
1t will encourage the masses, and
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-05-20

source of particular
qualification to/ those
who have so staunch-
ly upheld either Of
the two old parties,
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-23
A New Lurcheon.

A unique and interesting form of entertainment is the Chinese luncheon. l. is most practical in big cities, where a Chinese ccok may be engaged. Then a real Chinese menu may be carried out. strange as 10 names and appear anccs. but delightful none the less. There should be a dish cf soy which is part Of every genuine Chinese meal Birds nest soup. of course; chicken, with the bones remoTed; tea cussr candied fruits, chop suey. made of fish. nuts and bamboo sprouts. aud possibly roast duck, covered with chrysarthc mum petals.
 The decorations are mo.c pictur- esuue. if less astonishing. than the food. Plum and cherry blossoms should be used if possible; chrysan- ghemums and red and yellow Chinese Bags. and on the table tiny Chinese lilies. For lights there should be the shaded Chinese lanterns. The favors might be little fans. or any pretty thing picked up in a Chinese shop. Al the places should be a pair of Chinese chorstlcks. tiny teaeups. China laGle for the birds nest soup. and soft pa per napkin. which Is changed with each course. If possible there should be q Chinese waiter. as well as cook. a5 he adds much to the reality of the occasion.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-23
MARKED Is TRIBUTE ID JUDGE SLOAN
People of Prescott EnthuSiaS- ticaIly Greet New Chief
 Executive of Territory
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 it augurs i'll for the people of the ter ritory and the state at large. I have the utmost confidence that you will not fall short of your full duty and that if mistakes be made our skirts will. at least. be clean and the odium of failure will rest upon others.
 Tn entering upon the office of gov ernor know you believe me when I say that l have only one purpose. and that is 10 be of service to the people who have so highly honored me in so many ways. l have. of course, an am bition. as all men have, but in this instance it does not lie in the direction of future political preferment, but 1t does lie in the direction of maintain ing the present high efficiency in the administration of our territorial af- fairs and, if possible, improving upon it. shall seek only to justify the wisdom of my appointment and the reasonable expectation of the people of the territory. Without the loyal support of our good citizens. irrespec- tive of political faith or affiliations. my task will be a hard che. with it.. easy. 1 feel sure that l can count al ways upon my Prescott friends to lack ms up when l am right and shall depend upon their charitable judg- ment should I make mistakes
 The warmth of your welcome. the sincerity which is apparent in your words of faith and confidence and the the good will manifested since my appointment assure ne of this.
 I shall continue to count Prescott my home. for l found nothing in the statutes which makes it incumbent on the governor to make his home at the territorial capital, howver. much his duties of cffice may require his pres ence there. I am not taking leave of you. for you will doubtless see quite as much of me as in the past; at least I would not have it otherwise.
 l thank you, Mir. Mayor. for your words of commendation cf my record as public official and as citizen. I thank you all. my friends, for this testimonial of your regard for me as ueighbor and fellow townsman, and cf yCur confidence in my ability and dis position tc worthily administer the affairs of our great and beloved Ter ritory. These things touch my heart and make me glad it has been the good fortune Of me and mine to live among a people so kind, generous and warm hearted. and at the same time so Tublic-spirited as the people of Prescott. I thank you all, my friends. and assure you that ! shall never cease to be grateful for this exhibition of neighborly love and friendship which has warmed my heart as noth- inc elsc could.