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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
sEAwEED AS A FERTILIZER.
lee Value to Coast Farmers 10 In
creasinu,

bto Vatuo 10 SohSt FNtHSTS 10 W.
ereasins.
Seaweed is q valuable fertilizer. The
Irish peasants prefer It to manure,
and the farmers of the Orkney islands
formerly let farmyard manure accu-
mulate unused on account of its infe-
riority to seaweed as q fertilizer.
The seaweed that is brought ashore
or drifts there Is dried and burned,
and the ashes are spread over the
land. The ashes contain a good pro-
portion of potash and phosphates, and
some kinds Of weed also yield nj
trates. These three substances are the
life Of vegetation, and for this reason
the ashes Of seaweed are an ideal food
for crops.
Some years ago a French sea cap
tain attempted to organize a company
to send ships to the Sargasso sea,
where they could easily collect big
cargoes Of drift weed and bring It to
France to be burned for the fertiliz
ing ashes. Capitalists told him. how
ever that they did not think 1t would
pay to carry the weed so far. and the
money was not raised.
1t Is asserted by some authorities
that the great deposits of nitrate OF
soda which are sent from Chile to all
parts Of Europe and the United States
to be spread over the farm lands were
formed by the decay Of huge masses
Of seaweed when the land was sunk
under the sea. Undecomposed parts OF
seaweed. It ia said. nre still found
there.
The attention Of the Cape Colony
government was recently called to the
fact that very large quantities of sea.
weed are constantly being washed
ashore along the northwest coast. and
at last accounts the government had
sent for samples Of the weed to deter
mine its value as fertilizer.
Sir Humphry Davy was one of tho
| first to recommend Seaweed as a fer.
tilizer about century ago. For gen.
erations the inhabitants Of the Chan.
ncl islands have gained a, fair living
by collecting and burning the weed
and selling the ashes as manure
These ashes are also largely used in
the British isles and along the Nor
wegian and French coasts.
The publications of the United
States agricultural department say
that the use of seaweed as n fertilizer
is increasing In this country. that fol
long stretches Of the New England
coast the weed is utilized by the farm
ers for fifteen to twenty miles INLAND
and that it is especially favored fol
the stimulation Of clover fields. Rye
beach is almost always strewn witt
the weed. and few lands ever show Sc
luxuriant growth of red clover a.
those in the neighborhood Of this
beach
The seaweed thrown up on the
shores In the neighborhood Of Cape
Town has long been regarded as al
expensive nuisance. The city govern
ment has for years been paying team
sters to collect the stuff. haul 1t ava,
and bury 1t. The amount of weed thus
disposed of has been about 1.5OO ton!
n year
The city authorities have now seer
new light and are spreading tn,
news among the farmers that tn
weed is a very valuable fertilizer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
RESOURCES

RESOURCES
Reserve fund
Cash, specie and notes, Ss,S2 s5
Legal securities. ......... 5000 W
Due from approved re-
serve agents. .......... .I25, ,1B7 lZ-Z29, ,l69 81
Checks and cash items. ......... l6O6 IS
Due from Banks and Trust Cos. not
reserve agents. ts..................... zoos 80
Bills discounted not due, $2y7, ,5l9 81
Bills, discounted, time
loans with collateral. 1885 80
lateral. ai................ T,76 so
Loans on call upon one
or more nameS...... H,006 %
Loans secured by bonds
or mortgage. 5000 00--412,4 ,4G 81
stocks, bonds, etc. " l.sOS,997 Is -
Mortgages and judg-
ments OF record -. 1889 "a, ,994 9O6 30
Real estate. ..:.:...................... $1,000 90
turniture and Fixtures. 1000 90
faSs Hiseelia"eOas Xssets..::::::::::: 80 % g g
$2,742.5eS 50
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock. paid din..............$ 100000 90
2Iurpius tuna. a..:;....:............... 100000 90
Deposits sub tect to check si5i.7a2 IS 0s''E %
DEPOSITS ITPpo Its; ;sYPSesial; YSsata: ..2oa'a "A
Certified checks..........,..... ;httiks........ Si q q
Cashiers check outst'g 1871 O5-2,25i .254 8.
Due to Commonwealth. ........,., 25OO0 DO
Due to banks and bankers not re-
serve agents. ....................... 1880 SO
state Of Pennsy ylvania, County OF Wayne, IS.
/, ii. Scott Salmon, Cashier OF the above
named Company. do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true, to the best OF my
knowledge and belief.
Signed ii. S. SALMON. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd
day OF December 1908.
(Signed) ROBERT A. SMITH, Mp.
lNotarial Seall
Correct-Attest:
4. EiGs;aH 4 8! :; a4tsS5 aHGsssai ssssrr Directors
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13

Roosevelt has been likened to every
great man of history except Mark An
tony. Now. that African trip was no
petty episode in Marks life as we
read about 1t.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
A Foolish Poem,

The trees sparse leavings bid us grieve
For autumn woods bereft.
I'd Just as lief leaves all would leave
AS to see leaves thus left
Boston Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
Poor CholIie.

Mollie-Is that Chollie at the door?
Pollie-I don't know. I can't hear
the simplest little thing tonight-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
Found Use For II,

He-My friend married for money.
She-Does he regret it?
"He doesn't regret the money
Smart Set.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13

FOR JOB PRINTING call at the The
Citizen Office. Bill Heads, Statements,
Letter Heads, Circulars, Hand Bills,
Public Sale Bills, Programs, Ticket, Etc.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
Love Is Blind.

"r you'll close your eyes I'll kiss you"
heard the fellow say.
''If you'll close your eyes I'll kiss you,"
But she couldn't see 1t that way.
New York Telegram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13

Chief Characteristics.
Knicker-What is most noticeable
about the horse show?
Bocker-Hiplessness York Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Farmers and
Mechanics Bank

OF HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY, PA
at the close of business. Nov. q, 1903.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13

TRIAL LIST.-Wayne Common Pleas
i Jan. Term, 1909. Beginning Jan. Is.
/. Gregory Perkins.
2. Woodrow Kane.
5. Olszelski v Taylor.
4. Frisch Ex'x v Insurance Co.
5. Paupack Electric Co. Drake.
q. Avery NetZow Manufacturing Co.
Z. Nolan Clark.
s. Marshall V Texas township.
q. Mullen V same.
10. kreitner Bros. Smith.
IL. Mittan Hunkele.
NJ. J. HANLAN. Clerk.
HoneSdale, Dec. "a, 1908. 1W3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-13
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

H0NEBDALk, WAYNE co.. Pa.
at the close OF business, Nov. n, 1908.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
\ VIVID ARGUMENT.

In the turmoil which now threatens
the legislature there is a vivid, for
chile argument in behalf of Oregon's
direct primary law and especially the
feature of the law that provides, vir-
tually, for the direct election of Uni
ted States senator's.
Before the legislature that has just
convened there are hundreds of i'm
portant measures requiring consider
alton. Scores of these bills vitality af-
feet the present and future economic
progress Of this state. The public well
fare demands that the legislature take
these subjects up carefully, consider
them well and decide regarding them
according to their merits.
But what is the situation? A squab-
bic over the senatorship threatens to
blast all hopes for good law making.
II the ANTS" are successful in get
ting q few statement men to break
away from their pledges and the elec-
ton Of Governor Chamberlain is
thwarted. God knows what will be ac-
complished this year in the way OF
legislation. A senatorial deadlock
will throw everything into a tumble.
There will be nothing but log rolling,
wire pulling, knitting of bills for re-
venge and perhaps bribery, all result
inb in disgrace to the state and in
loss to the material interests of the
commonwealth.
All this Oregon has had in the past.
1. was this thing that caused the peo-
pie to adopt the direct primary law
and 10 elect a statement No. 1 legis-
lature. 1t is too bad that when the
state election was held last spring the
people did not feel even more strong
ly than they did upon this subject.
Had they realized the full force of
the situation they would have refused
to elect single man who was not
pledged to vote for the peoples
choice for senator.
Had Oregon done right every legis-
lator would have subscribed to state
ment No. l. Then there would be no
doubt as to the outcome. With the
small majority now pledged to the
peoples choice there is danger. If a
few men can be bluffed, bamboozled
or bribed into breaking their oaths
the slender thread by which the peo-
pie hold control will break. The
senatorship will then be thrown to
pack Of waiting aspirants who will
snarl and fight over it like hungry hy-
enas
The next time the people Of Ore
gon should play safer and elect none
but statement men to the legislature
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
CHINOOK?

1t now seems that Boreas has fin
ished his roaring and ranting and in
his stead we are to have some gentle
zephyrs from the south and west. At
least the weather bureau promises as
much.
Under certain conditions Chinook
winds are very acceptable. But in the
present instance let us hope that the
breeze from the Pacific will not be
too warm in its caress.
Should we have a genuine thaw at
this particular time the result may be
calamitous. With II inches of snow
all over the Umatlla basin and still
deeper snow in the mountains and
foothills a flood would be inevitable
But while people should be on guard
there is no use in worrying until we
are hit. Very likely there will be
nothing to it. 1t is early for Chinooks
to be roaming about and possibly we
will not have one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
Now for a few little railway slides.
A Pleasant Prospect.

A. Philadelphia woman, whose Civ
en- name is Mary, as is also the name
Of her daughter, had recently engag'
ed a domestic when to her embar-
rassment she discovered that the SER
wants name, too, was Mary.
Whereupon there ensued struggle
to induce the applicant to relinquish
her idea that she must be addressed
by her Christian name. For some
time she was rigidly uncompromislng.
Under the circumstances" said the
lady Of the house, there is nothing to
do but to follow the English custom
and call you by your last name. BY
the way, what is it?"
We'll, num-" answered the girl,
dubiously. ITS Darling Harper 8
Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15

fishing the mill; there can be no turn
ing Jack.
The old mill was purchased by the
Bishops on the strength OF their faith
in securing proper local backing, They
were assured that $4,000 in local
money could be raised for the pur-
pose Of floating bond issue, Half
the amount has already been secured
and doubtless all would be subscrib-
ed now had the storm not interrupted
the work of solicitation.
As matters now stand, Pendleton
will either have a larger, better mill
than ever in the past. or it will have
no mill at all. The Bishops own the
old mill machinery. They want to es-
tabnsh a good, up-to- date woolen mill
in this city. They will do so If given
the proper support. If they are not
given this support they will take the
elsewhere.
The East Oregonian knows that the
business men and property owners of
Pendleton will not for a moment con-
sent to the removal of the mill. Then
it is up to them to meet the condi-
lions necessary for re-establishing the
mill Now that the mill machinery
has been purchased and the road TO
success is plain it is no time to falter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
Riley Squared Himself.

James Whitcomb Riley tells Of an
inquis.tiy lady who once heard him
say something on how poorly paid
was tie profession Of literature.
But, Mr.. Riley" said she, "surely
you have no cause for complaining.
You must be a very rich man. 1 un-
derstand you get dollar a word for
all you write"
"Y-e-e-s, madam" said Riley, with
his low drawl, but sometimes I sit
all day and can't think Of a word
not even a dialect word."-Charleston
News and Courier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
4. .........s.s..ss'
WHEN THE BLIZZARD GOES.

When the blizzard goes
With its snow and sleet
And gardens gleam
With the roses sweet,
There's a chance 10 growl
At the summers heat.
II.
So the blizzard time
Is just as well
AS the gardens green,
Where the violets dwell,
Since Trouble will never
Say Farewell!
Selected. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15

1t is difficult to understand why
Umatilla county taxpayer should
wish to prevent the county court from
paying $3.50 to a detective whose work
resulted in adding $1,000 to the coun-
tvs treasury.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
NO ."WOLF" CRY.

From the bulletin issued by the
Trans Missouri dry farming congress
the following is taken:
Homer Pease, near Rockland, Ida
no, averaged 80 bushels of wheat,
oats, rye and barley from 81 acres this
year. Fifteen additional acres in Gold
Coin wheat averaged so bushels Many
Of his neighbors produced 80 to 45
bushels and the district averaged 25
bushels. AS against the fine yields
of the scientific farmer there are re-
ports as low as 10 bushels from men
who "farmed" without giving any at
tention to system Some day the
DRY Farmer" of the west will begin
tc realize that there is no cry of
Wolf in the warnings heralded by
this congress that the salvation of the
DRY Farmer" is work and system.
By the way, how many Umatilla
county farmers are thinking of at
tending the dry farming congress
which is to be held at Cheyenne in
February? 1t should be a very prof
table session.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
7 V.

In the violet-turreted town
Hours creep to hours thro' the drag
ing day,
Shadows upon Hymettus slope
Lengthen like dark despair oer'mas-
tr'ing hope;
Priests of the temples, fearful, pray;
Women rock slowly and mutter
"Oi, OIL"
Children huddle, nor cry nor play;
Old men silent pace up and down;
High from Acropolis eyeballs strain
Cross the Attic plain
To the hillside of the road from Mara
thOn,
One cries. Some form is moving
there" Speak, speak!
L. it Persian or Greek?"
God knowsl" Run forth to meet
him, run!" mo, wait;
A Greek must not fear to face his
fate"
Yet some forth venture and they see
A man dust covered, staggering zig
gag on,
Hes Creek" they cry. "but life has
gone
From out his staring eyes and rigid
face;
His arms swing deadlike; look! he'll
fall"
NO. See, he's swerving to the mar
ket place"
They close around him. "Tell, oh,
tell
Tell US in the battle what befell,"
He touches one, shrinks mack, and,
swaying dazed he stands.
Then sudden flame his eyes and lifts
his head.
And, throwing up his hands, he cries,
Victory"
And at their feet falls dead.
Victory. Victory"
Now a thousand voices shout
And a hundred trumpets rang out,
Victory
Forever glorious Marqthonl Forever
glorious messenger!
Victory Victory, Victory
Human Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
- q - NATURES CURE
D. -. - FOR RHEUMATISM

Suggest
heatl vegetable remedy and safest The disease
brought accumulation Of acid an irritating panpoucng
property blood This weakening and soung the crcu
unfit for noushng the body while the deposits
acid the nerves. m joints and bones produce the PAIN and
To the trouble with medicines containing pot
other strong minerals adding another poison to the already
weak diseased blood sappng of its remaining vitality and perhaps IN
the sufferer The safe and only cure
S s. 1t is natures remedy for this disease made
ingredients extracted from the roots herbs
bks of the s. goes down into the blood and
every Rheumatism ceanse and ures the
circulation those who suffering from
painful There is but be not dosing
YOUR system with take s. s. Book on
Rheumatism and any medical advice free. - - .,u. -.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15

Well, at any rate, Pendleton has a
good levee. The old Umatilla will
have a hard time getting over its
banks anywhere in this vicinity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15

Here's predicting that the statement
No. l men will stand by their pledges
and that George E. Chamberlain will
be the next senator from oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
An unsatisfactory transaction.

$50 you braced up and asked that
man TO pay the money he had bor-
rowed?"
"I did" answered the di.fident per-
son.
"Wlth what fesult?"
"In addition to going without the
money, I was compelled to apologize.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
> **+*+* - +%* - :
THE ORIGINAL MARATHON


was read by Mr. Clarke with fine
dramatic effect.
THE MESSENGER FROM
MARATHON
Victory! cry of all cries after battle;
Victodl only cry worthy of breath,
Lifting the soul up and thrilling the
heart strings,
Shaking the heavens and laughing
at death,
Never glowed sunburst more sudden
and wonderous.
Scattering darkness and staying the
night.
Then when upon Marathon headlong
the Greeks charged
J Down on the Persians-a torrent of
fight.
Sword of Miltiades! Shield OF
Athene!
Loud cry for Greekland in whirl-
wind of laughter,
Ten 'gainst a hundred of thousands,
vet drove them
And slew them in scores by the
edge of the water
Virgin of Athens Victory!
Victory,
Voice of Miltiades: Who'll bear the
word of it
Fastest to Athens and free her from
fear?"
Springs a young soldier forth, crying
out: "Here!"
Dropping helmet and spear,
Six words of a pray'r TO Athene-
then gone.
Swiftly he skins the red plain
Skirting the blood pools and masses
of dead,
Light on his forehead, joy in his
tread.
Lavish of vigor. length of stride;
Ever on! Ever on!
Scorning the stress and the strain,
Sees the broad slopes of the mountain
arise.
Laughs at the hot sun that flames in
his eyes,
Faces the steep of Pentelicus,
Fired by the word in his heart held.
Victory, Victory, victory"
Where echo alone from the mountain
replies:
Victory
Smothering heartbeat and breath
drawing pain,
He shouts it again,
Victory!
Never a pause rs he masters the top,
But plunges on down the white line
of the road;
Long g-drawn-out distances stretch dim
before him;
Hot pace and hot sun are wearing
him down;
Hill after hill comes as load upon
load;
But the joy he is bringing still serves
as a goal;
Thirst in the throat, but OF water no
drop;
Dust stings and blinds him and
chokes him.
Shudd' ring. ,he thinks. If the heart
beats so.
Why must the beat of his feet fall
slow?
His head swims faint in the blasting
heat.
Sisyphus' rock seems as laid on his
shoulders,
Breaking his loins and crushing his
knees,
And the road-stones loom into giant
boulders.
80, gods" he cries. for a draught
or a breeze!"
But he must not stop,
Though his footballs drag-Klop!
Klop! Klop Klop
For the wonderful word must in
Athens be spoken.
And the fear for her people be
broken.
And still in short gasps the baked
lips utter:
Victory! Victory! e
vlgin of Athens, uphold him stagger-
ing on!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-15
NO TURNING BACK.

When the machinery Of the old
wooden mill was paid for yesterday
Pendleton crossed the Rubicon. Local
people must now provide for re-estab-
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18

Hayden Davis, a Lawrenceburg
race-horse trainer, lost a valuable
running horse, Osterman, (Which was
addicted to habit that resulted in
its death. The animal was an invet.
crate tobacco chewer. When Davis
turned the horse out in a pasture n
jumped a fence and got into the
barn of a tobacco raiser in Logan
township and ate so much OF the
weed that death resulted. The dead
body Of the animal was found in the
tobacco barn, and several hundred
pounds of new tobacco had been de.
stroyed by the horse before its
death. The farmer had been avail.
ened by the noise in the barn brt
was afraid to investigate until morn.
ing, thinking that night riders bsd
come to destroy his crop-Indianano
lis News.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18
SAVING WASTE LAND.

The people of Denmark are fast
retaining their waste land by the
labor of convicts. In Jutland tbera
is a large undeveloped territory 4
almost barren waste covered with D
tough, healthy underground. The
Government sets the prisoners At
work breaking up the tough surface
and putting 1t into shape for farm
ing. Even then the land is at first
at very low grade, and 1t is given
away to settlers who care to take
possession.
Through their efforts many farms
have begun to dot the Jutland land
scape, and trees are seen where for1
merly were unbroken stretches OF
barren land. Many acres of good
grain bearing land have been built
up by the patient toll Of the Danish
settlers.
The experiment may be a valuable
hint for other countries during the
present period of hard times, which
seems to be almost world wide in It's
extent. The great number Of unemI
ployed as well as the eonvicts might
be set to work and kept out Of mis-
chief in retaining the waste lands.
Weekly Witness.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18
GREEN ROOD FoR rows.

II there is any surplus cabbage or
other vegetables that you really do
not need for the house use, keep them
for the hens this winter. It will pay
you better than to throw them to the
hogs or cows, or possibly to let them
rot in the patch. Green food in win
ter is not so valuable on account OF its
own elements of nutrition as because
1t makes it possible for the fowls to
more thoroughly assimilate all the
food elements of the grain given
them. Cabbage in itself is not so very
nutritious, but a flock of fowls given
a daily feed of cabbage will require
less grain than flock fed entirely on
grain. And the flock that gets the
cabbage will produce more eggs thay
the one deprived of cabbage or other
green food.
A supply of succulent green food
for fowls is matter Of importance az
all seasons of the year, for green food
forms a considerable portion Of the
daily diet of the fowl under natural
conditions. Green food is especially
important in the winter when the
fowls cannot range on account Of the
weather. Nearly all the vegetables
are available for the supply of green
food for winter feeding. among the
best being beets. apples. cabbage and
turnips. Good second-crop clover.
properly cured and cut into shoJ1
lengths, is one Of the best green foods
there is for winter feeding. When II
is softened by scalding or steaming
and fed alone with other food in deep
troughs, it is greedily eaten by both
old and young fowls as soon as they
become accustomed to it.-American
Cultivator.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18
TOO MUCH MANURE.

The claim that too much manure
will burn up the corn depends upm'
the amount of moisture and how tAs
manure is applied. II the manure b
we'll worked into the soil there Will
be no liability of injury from heaU.
application. The real difficulty is that
the manure is spread over too mud
surface, not enough being used
Epitomist.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-03-18
FOOD TEST

The most satisfactory food rallr
in fattening poultry as indicated b,
an Irish test was one Of equal p,r,
of ground oats, barley meal and BEN
meal moistened with milk. The gain
was seven pounds and eight Dunes
on six cokerels in fifteen days and Il,
cost of feed forty cents. The quality
Of meat was superior. - Farmer
Home Journal.