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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05

him greatly. 1t was a little stream
of hot water. He traced the stream
to a spring, which was likewise hot,
and presently 1t became obvious that
a considerable area was underlaid by
such springs. Promptly deciding that
this was a discovery more valuable
than a gold mine, Karshner gave up
prospecting, obtained quantity of
vegetable seeds of various kinds and
started in to raise garden truck.
"The temperature in that region
sometimes falls to Sc degrees below
zero, but a natural system of hot wa
ter heating, free of cost, was just
the thing for truck gardening near
the Arctic Circle, where potatoes have
market value of 25 cents and other
vegetables bring prices in proportion.
"The Karshner farm occupies fiat
area with a convenient slant toward
the ground, forms three small
streams which empty into the nearby
river. The warm spring extends
over a distance of about mile, and,
as the owner says, the heat must be
felt to be believed. He goes on to
say that the place has a climate of
it's own, for often there is no frost
when it is freezing everywhere else.
This hot water farmer has seven
ty hens and six pigs. He claims that
his crop of potatoes this year will
average over 500 bushels to the acre.
Tobacco grows finely and tomatoes
are a success. Squashes of various
weighing as much as fifty pounds.
Not content with that, Karshner gets
81 apiece for his muskmelons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05

criticism is. 1t laughs at the splen-
did procession of fulfilled prophecies
in the book of Daniel"
At this point several women and a
man who had been sitting near the
door got up hastily and left the
church.
"The unbelief that echoes from the
pulpit to-day" continued Mr.. Halde-
man, "by men graduated from the
modern theological schools puts
Thomas Paine and Robert Ingersoll
in the CLASS of the Sunday School pu-
pill. 1t is not Christianity at all. 1t
is Christian Science in disguise. 1t
is Theosophy, Buddhism, Orientalism
in disguise. 1t is the gospel Of auto
suggestion. 1t is the old DEVILS eye
in the Garden of Eden. What does
it mean for me to stake my soul
on the statements of professors and
scientific men?
Now, l am done with it. This is
the last. To society and morality it
is a menace and a peril. Who can
measure the danger TO the daughter
mind of another is their religion?
1t is an accursed thing. Can you see
the possibilities of it-one man dar-
ing to invade another's mind and
his soul?
Why, / might put my suggestion
for wrong into some virgins mind
and soul Oh! men and women, can
you sec on one side a crowd of men
tai suggestionists and on the other
men and women whose minds and
souls could be invaded?
Then, too, the Emmanuel Move
ment is a menace to health. The
profession of medicine is one of the
noblest and best and most chivalrous
A doctors bill is one debt that al
ways should be paid first, above all
others. If you would let this thing
called the Emmanuel Movement &C
for five years it would do away with
physicians. 1t would turn loose q
band of freaks with banners on which
would be inscribed No doctors, nc
doctors bills, no medicine, no sick.
ness
1T is a menace to the Church. The
danger of such a belief to women is
appalling. The power of hypnotisn
and of mental suggestion, even if il
comes in the name of Christ, open!
dangers never dreamed Of If the
Emmanuel Movement were made uni
versal throughout the churches fol
five years only one church would sur
vive-the Christian Science Church
Don't turn the Church of Jesu!
Christ into band of hypnotists. |
is time to hear the rebuking of Jesus
Christ. l. bid you turn away from i
as you turn away from Christian
Science"
During his sermon Mr.. Haldemal
read occasionally from"' Religion ant
Medicine" the Emmanuel Movemen
book. One passage which he rea(
said that Science and Health" tn,
book published by Mrs. Eddy, con
tanned many great truths. Once HI
read from the Emmanuel Movemen
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
NEWSPAPERS AS MAKERS OF
HISTORY.

When, in 1887 | began the criti-
cal study of the History of the United
States from 1S5O-1860, l was struck
with the paucity of material which
would serve the purpose of an ami
mated narrative,
While considering my materials, |
was sruck with statement cited by
Herbert Spencer as an illustration in
his Philosophy of Style: "A modern
newspaper statement, though prob
ably true, if quoted in book as tes-
timony, would be laughed at, but the
letter of a court gossip, if written
some centuries ago, is thought good
historical evidence" At about the
same time, noticed that Motley used
as one of his main authorities for the
Battle of St. Quentin the manuscript
of an anonymous writer. From these
two circumstances, it was logical
reflection that some historians might
make an exaggerated estimate of the
value of manuscript material be-
cause it reposed in dusty archives and
could be utilized only by severe labor
and long patience; and that imbued
with this idea, other historians, for
other periods might neglect the news
paper because of it's ready accessi-
bility.-Jno. R. Forbes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05

book a quotation which, referring to
the teachings of Mrs. Eddy's book,
said: And therein lies its superiority
over preaching"
Mr.. Haldeman announced that he
would preach a sermon on "Was
Christ Socialist" on Wednesday
night.
II will show that He was not"
said Mr.. Haldeman. Christian So
cialism is a damnable treason"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
LARGEST OIL TANK.
Standards Rival Completes Biggest
Receptacle in the East.

Receptacle in the Fast.
New York, April 3O.-The Texas
Company, Standard Oils reputed ri
val, which is building a big oil plant
at Bergen Point, N. j., completed one
of the largest oil tanks in the world,
the last brush of paint being applied
at quitting time to-day.
Superintendent M. ]. Lee said there
was no tank in any of the oil plants
east of the Illinois oil field to equal
the big oil receptacle just finished.
1t is 1141a feet in diameter, 80 feet
high from the ground, and will hold
900 gallons. 1t required 100 tons
of half-inch and 5-inch sheet iron to
complete the six great iron rings
which constitute the tank, and which
are bolted together with heavy steel
bands and rivets. Forty thousand
feet of lumber were used to form the
interior supports.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
st. Yves is Beaten by Alfred shrubb.

Aired Shrubb, the English middle
distance runner beat Henri st. Yves,
the Frenchman in a 15-mile race at
American League Park Saturday
without difficulty. Shrubb gained a
lap at the end of the fourth mile and
steadily gained throughout the re-
mainder of the race, finishing lap
and three-quarters ahead of his op-
ponent. The winners time for the
15 miles was one hour 26 minutes
and half a second.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
ALAsKA's HOT WATER FARM.
Finding Warm Springs Underlying
His Claim, Miner Drops Pick
and Raises Garden Truck.

Milwaukee, Wis.-"At the risk of
being considered romancer," said
Thomas R. Mitchell, II am going to
tell you about the agricultural side of
Alaska. OF all the farms in the
world perhaps the most remarkable
is in Alaska on a small branch of the
Tanama River, only 1875 miles, south
of the Arctic Circle. 1t Is owned and
operated by a man named Karshner.
"A few years ago Karshner was en-
gagged in hunting gold when he came
across something which astonished
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

When your hens sing know then that
they are feeling good and will lay.
Hens will not lay well or thrive I'M
less they have plenty Of sunlight. Keep
the windows clean.
Don't fuss around your hens too
much. Like some people, they want to
be let alone at times.
Take the chill off the water. Hens
will not lay many eggs If they are
compelled to drink Ice water and eat
corn mixed with snow.
Get rid of te useless cockcrels and
old hens. Stuff them and they will
grow fat and tender-not too tender
but enough to grace a boarding house
table.
Throw some rusty nails In the drink.
ing trough. The hens need the iron as
tonic. But do not let anything else
besides clean water go in with the
nails.
Dressed fowls. wrapped In clean,
white paper and packed in new boxes
will bring enough more to pay well for
the trouble. 1t is not hard to get ton
prices by little thought and work.
Green bone is the thing that brings
the eggs in winter You cannot afford
to do without it, 1t contains all the
food elements necessary to make eggs.
As 1t is highly concentrated food IL
should be fed without clover or bran.
1t is a sad mistake to feed laying
hens or any other kind red pepper or
any sort of stimulating food. That is
one of the old-fashioned theories that
do more harm than good. DO not do 1t
because it acts like whisky on man.
The reaction Is sure to come and leave
the birds in worse condition than be.
fore.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
SECTIONAL VIEW OF IcEHoUsE.

SecOnd-rate pine boards were used for
siding, which was nailed on the inside
of the frame. The roofing was made
OF similar material as the sides, but Of
a little better quality
In filling, space Is left between the
wall and the ice, TO be packed with
sawdust The crevices between the
cakes are filled with fine ice shavings,
but no sawdust is used between or on
top of the layers of ice until the filling
is done. when about one foot of saw
dust is placed on top.
Openings must be left near the peak
of the roof to secure ventilation, and
the sawdust filling at the sides must
be kept firm and solid while the ice
Is being removed in summer. 1t is
important to locate the icehouse
where there will be good drainage.
Poor drainage at the bottom of the
Ice or allowing air to circulate at the
top will quickly spoil the contents Of
cue house.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

They had completed the map of Green
land. The precious survey sheets were
put into a bottle and thus they were
preserved. Then they pushed south to
Denmark Fiord again.
When they lacked all other food,
dogs were killed to supply meager
ration for men and animals. On Oct
10 the sun disappeared beneath the ho-
rizon and still they stumbled south
ward in the semi-darkness. Two Of
the men never reached this goal. Ha-
gen died on Nov. 10 and Mylius- Erich
sen ten days later. Bronlund reached
it In the moonlight, and when the
spring search party this year found
his body there it was evident that he
had lived for several days after his ar
rival.
With trembling hand he filled sew
eral pages in his notebook with de-
scription Of their wanderings and suf-
ferings and told where his comrades
had died. He and his comrades now
lie on the great island whose mapping
they completed.
1t was wonderfully fortunate that
the bottle containing the survey sheets
was found slung around the neck of
Bronluna Perhaps the great result Of
this exploration would never have been
known If it were not for this fortunate
circumstance. 1t is thought that Ny
lius-Erichsen probably did not venture
to carry hts diaries and collections over
the inland ice with him, but left them
in some safe depository at Denmark
Fiord, where they may ultimately be
recovered.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
MAPPING OF GREENLAND
COST EXPLORERS LIVES

The completed map of Greenland,
the largest island in the world, has at
last been published. About forty years
ago DR.. A. Petermann spread the view
that Greenland probably extended
across the pole and down the other side
Of the earth to the neighborhood of Be
ring Straits. Then, in 1905, the Duke
of Orleans pushed over 100 miles to
the north of Cape Bismarck, but fog
prevented him from making a salts
factory survey of the coast line. Mean
while DR.. Mylius Erichsen formed the
plan Of making complete survey. He
started on the steamer Denmark from
Copenhagen on June %, 1906. On
March 2S. 1907, the great sledge jour
ney was begun.
AS Mylius Erichsen and his two com
paniOns emerged from Denmark Fiord
they met Lieut.. Koch and his party,
who had pushed directly on to Peary
Land across the sea ice and had not
only connected their surveys with
Peary's at Wyclioff Island but had also
resurveyed the coast as far north as
Cape Bridgman. Koch and his men
had done everything they set out to dc
and returned to the ship in safety.
Mylius- -Erichsen and his comrades
determined to risk everything to COM
plete their survey Of the mainland
coast. At last, however, they joined
their surveys with those of Peary.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
THE PRINCE 90
90 OF PIEDMONT

This little boy will be king of Italy
some day. The picture is very recent
one and shows the youngster in the
uniform of colonel of the guard. The
prince, who is the only son of King
Humbert and Queen Helena, is robust,
merry child, who delights in donning
his various uniforms and playing sol
der with his little friends He was
born Sept. 10, 1904 and reioces in the
name of Humbert Nicholas Thomas
the first after his paternal grandfather,
the second after his maternal grand
father, the ruler of Montenegro, and
Thomas after the Duke of Genoa, his
fathers cousin.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

When the dimpled baby's hungry, what
does the baby do?
II doesn't lie serenely and merely sweetly
coo;
The hungry baby bellows with all its little
might
Till someone gives it something to curb
its appetite.
The infant with the bottle which stills its
fretful cries
A lesson plainly teaches: 1t pays to adver-
tise.
The lamb lost in the hillside when dark
ness closes round
Stands not in silence trembling and wait
ing to be found;
Its plaintive bleating echoes across the
wales and meads
Until the shepherd hears it, and, hearing.
kindly heeds,
And when its fears are ended as on his
breast it lies,
The lamb has made this patent. 1t pays
to advertise.
The fair and gentle maiden who loves the
bashful boy
Assumes when in his presence manner
that is coy;
She bushes and she trembles till he per-
ceves at last,
And clasps her closely to him and gladly
holds her fast,
And as he bends to kiss her and as she
serenely sighs,
This fact is demonstrated: 1t pays to ad.
vertise.
Chicago Record-Herald
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

man" institution, even when operated
with no shadow Of wrongdoing, is some
thing inherently vicious.
In this instance, however, the very
fact that practically the only use that
the zone man" had for the bank was
to borrow its money or to employ it
in any way that he saw fit, ought to
have constructed a danger signal at
the very outset. And 1t is not little
remarkable that among all the officers
of this institution with authority to
act and to take a stand that would
put stop to the thing, not one except
Curtis so much as raised a finger in
protest or did anything to prevent the
outcome that must have appeared to
be something almost inevitable.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
PERIL OF CONE MAN, BANKS.
Most Impressive Lesson of the Morse
Conviction Is This Fact,


Conviction is This Fact.
BY far the most impressive lesson
Of the Morse-Curtis trial and its out,
come, apart from the terrible warning
that it projects to those who would
achieve financial influence and leader
ship through any but the old-fashioned
straight and narrow paths is that con-
veyed by the testimony concerning the
carelesSneSs or, the Indifference, or
both, of the officers of the National
Bank of North America other than
the two whose con ,iction on serious
criminal charges has been reached
From the outset it must have been as
plain as pkestaff to anybody hav-
ing to do with the conduct of this in
stitution, even in the most subordinate
capacity, that Morse had it completely
within his own personal control; and,
that being apparent, it ought to have
been equally plain-and no doubt was
that the sole purpose Of this control
was his own individual benefit-not
that of the bank or of anybody or Of
anything else. Still, with this full and
early knowledge of the situation and
with a complete understanding of
Morsc's business methods, practices and
ambitions, they permitted the Bank of
North America at the very beginning
of his connection with 1t to be zone
man" bank of the most pronounced
one might well say the most vicious
type, for the influence of any such zone
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Horse Value of Country.

Almost $20O0,0O0,000 worth of
horses are owned in the United States,
according to the Year Book of the De-
partment of Agriculture. 1t is prob
able that if the horses were taken at
their real value, instead of their as
ly increased. According to this report,
there are 1892, 600 horses in this couu-
try, with a value of S1,S67 100000, and
the average value per head is $93.40.
Anybody knows that has tried to buy
horses of late that the average per
head Is too small, for even an ordinary
work horse is worth more than that.
However, the showing is very encour-
aging. In the last ten or twelve years
the number of horses in this country
has almost doubled, and, instead Of
there being too many horses, there are
not enough to do all the business that
is required, and if it were not for the
use of automobile trucks in the large
cities the merchants Of this country
would be hard pressed for methods of
transportation for their goods With
business increasing, as every sign indi-
Gates, there will be a greater demand
than ever for horses during the com
ing year. In view of this, breeders
can 90 on increasing their business,
with every confidence that all the
horses they can produce will find
ready sale at good figure. AS for
good trotters, horses capable of going
out and winning in their class, the de-
mand is greatly in excess of the sup
ply. Auction sale managers complain
that there are not enough of the good
ones TO supply the gentlemen who are
in the market for likely prospects. The
coming year will be a banner one in
the horse business, especially in the
breeding business.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19

mated that Texas would be fifth in the
States Of the Union. This is a splen-
did showing compared with what II
was only a few years ago, and is ac-
counted for by the fact that the Texas
farmer is beginning to realize the great
there is in raising his own
meat and bread, and in the further fact
that the Texas Corn Growers Associa-
ton has done come splendid work in
not only pointing out the blessings to
the farmer in growing corn. but also
in promoting the study of seed selec-
ton and ltivation.-Galveston News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Cheap and Simple Ice House.

An icehouse is one of the simplest
Of farm buildings; in fact, many farm
ers make a mistake in putting up too
elaborate building, which fails to ell
dure and to afford sufficient ventilation
for keeping the ice. The simple build
ing shown in the drawing which is re-
produced from Farm and Home, was
put up with about one days labor.
The framework was made of refuse
hard wood some 2X4s and some 2X6's.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Making Use of the Dog.

This sketch shows an arrangement
for making use Of the dog for carrying
water 1t simply consists of a wheel,
a, 8 IT. in diameter and 1S in. wide,
with room enough inside for the dog to
walk around, where he acts as a tread
DOG POWER FOR PUMPING WATER.
power, which causes the pump, e. to re-
volve. In southern California there are
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
Light for the Barn.

Light is one of the great sanitary
conditions which promote vigorous
health. If the germs of tuberculosis
are exposed to the sun a short time
their vitality is destroyed, but their
injecting power can be preserved for
several months If kept in a dark recep-
tacle.
The State veterinarians who inspect
dairy accommodations now recommend
plenty of light, and the new dairy
barns are featured with an increased
number Of windows. If possible the
windows of dairy barn should be so
placed as to cause the sun at some
portion of the day to shine on all parts
of the floor, as the rays will search for
disease microbes and destroy them
Sunlight acts as powerful dlsinfect-
ant, and nothing is cheaper nor more
effective in preventing disease than
sunlight.
Dark, underground stables are now
condemned as insanitary and disease
breeding. Dark stables are often also
amp. and present especially favorable
conditions for the evolution and propa-
cation of tuberculosis. Cattle on the
plains. which live only under the shell
ter of the armament, are immune to
tuberculosis and many other diseases.
and barns for housing live stock should
be constructed with plenty of windows
to promote the sanitary condition of
their occunantS.-GOodnll'S Farmer
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-19
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N1ne-tenths of the worlds annual
production of 100000 tons of sugar
comes from the sugar cane
Every English family has at least
one Weak-minded member, according to
a London medical magazine.
The so-called Chinese cement for
joining wood, earthenware, glass, ETC.,
is simply solution of shelac in alco-
hol.
The wood of the ailanthus tree, de-
spised because of its odor, resembles
white ash and is capable of receiving
a high polish.
At an altitude of $500 feet 20 per
cent Of the power of a gasoline motor
Is lost owing to the decreased atmos-
pheric pressure.
The name torpedo for underwater
explosives was chosen for an invention
in that line by Robert Fulton, of steam
boat fame, In 1897.
In 1907 1861 short tons of crude
rln gnesite, worth So per ton, were pro-
duced in the United States almost en-
tirely in California.
OF the LOO diseases to which the
human body is liable, according to
German physician there are forty-eight
peculiar to the eye.
The seeds of the parasitic plant jim
kungo, native of Mozambique, yield
an oil that is said to be superior to the
salad oil of commerce.
The Introduction of japanese hand
looms into China promises to greatly
Increase the Importation of foreign
yarns by that country
A Massachusetts man has been given
a patent on a spring clip with which
new seats may be attached to chairs
with minimum of labor.
About $500 acres of abandoned
farms in New England have been
planted in trees this year As a part Of
a general reforestation scheme.
Prof. H. C. Wilson shows that the
conditions In which Haley's comet will
make it appearance in 1910 are similar
to those which existed in 1906, when
it was an object remarkable grandeur.
The comet is expected to cross the
orbit about March 1, 1909. Efforts will
be made to discover it by photography
next winter.
Count Zeppelin's fifth air ship is to
have a balloon made of gold-beaters'
skin. The envelope will comprise six
layers, and it is estimated that the
skins of 100000 cattle will be required
before the work is finished. The ma
tertal Is very strong and light, and by
secret process the skins are so joined
that no seams are visible. The balloon,
divided into 10 sections, is to have a
capacity of 100000 cubic feet. The en-
velope is to be made at Highbury, in
England.
Prof. W. Phillips read recently. be-
fore The Royal Sanitary Institute in
England, paper detailing his observa-
| tions on the limit of school chldren's
capacity for attention. He concludes
that two intervals of rest of 10 minutes
each during an ordinary school session
are more useful than one of 20 min
utes. The attention wanes more rapidly
in the afternoon, and consequently the
studies which most serevely tax the at
tention, like mathematics, should he
confined to the morning hours. Profess
sor Philips concludes that gymnastics
is not Of necessity mentally recuper-
ative agent. If the teacher is n strict
disciplinarian in gymnastics, the IA
tigue exhibited by the children may be
of q pronounced character