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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
PLEA FOR THE MUsKRAT.
Rodent, Once Killed for Bounty, 10
Well Worth Savinq.

Rodent, Once Killed for Bounty, 10
Well Worth Saving.
Sharon Hill, Pa.-If the petition that
is being circulated by Frank S. Nor
ris along Chester pike Ia acted upon
tavorably by the Legislature, there
will be "closed" season for shoot
ing and trapping muskrats, which at
present are not protected by law.
At one time bounty was paid for
them on the presumption that they
burrowed through the dykes and riv-
er banks and caused floods in the low
lands, but now the rodents are hunted
80 much by pot hunters and trappers,
who sell their flesh and their skins,
that the old rats are killed Off in Sep
tember and October. before their
young are able to take care of them
selves. In the petition 1t is requested
that the open season be from Novem-
Der to March Is.
At present the flesh Of the musk
rat is considered a delicacy, compare
BILE to 'possum, which. together with
the craze for coat Innings Of muskrat
skin. 1t Is said, portends that the ro-
dent will be exterminated unless some
means are taken to protect 1t.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
cElLIk@

the walls at the bottom should be
about three square inches to an ami
NAL housed in the pen. To illus
trate, piggery holding thirty head
should have four ventilators, each
2 by 10, or six ventiators by 61-2.
or eight each, 2 by inches, inside
measurement. The large area re-
Quired is on account Of half of the
ventilators having to serve rs out
lets, as will be seen later, because
when these ventilators on the side
or sides when the wind strikes
serve as inlets, the ventilators on the
opposite side serve as outlets.
In the diagram ventilators are
shown on opposite walls, and the
swinging parts or doors set to allow
air to enter by way Of D and G, from
the left, and leave the pen by the
way of K. and E, through the shaft
on the right. entering at the bottom
h, and going up and out at e, as in
dicated by the arrows.
On the left, the trap or door H is
set to prevent any air entering the
piggery or going out at that point,
while G is set to prevent any air en-
tering or leaving the room at the
opening G. The same may be said
of the doors l. and X.
The doors are placed in these po-
sitions when the wind is coming from
the left side, but when the wind hap
pens to strike the right side of the
stable then the positions of all ven
tilators are reversed and the air
should enter by way of F and L and
leave by way of H and G. The ends
of the ventilators should not project
from the walls on the outside.
The trap doors may be constructed
of wood or sheet zinc and may be
controlled by means of projecting
handle or by means of cords. By
letting the upper doors hang vertical
ly some Of the warmer air near the
ceiling may be drawn off If the tenn
perature becomes high. If the wall
be built with a space between the
studs two studs may be used in the
place of the shaft shown, and so
nothing but inlets and outlets show.
Under such conditions the doors
should have to be hung in the mid
die of the wall and would be some
what more difficult to manipulate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
VENTILATING A PIGGERY.
A System Established at the Cana
dian Agricultural College.

a system EStaDl16ne0 at tn0 'Cana-
dian Agricultural College.
A piggery is about the most diff
cult of farm buildings to ventilate
properly. 1t is always wet and damp
under ordinary circumstances, un-
like COW stable In this regard, and
the system of ventilation which an
swers for a cow or horse stable does
not answer for a piggery. The Ruth
erford system of ventilation which
described in The Tribune Farmer re-
Gently hardly think will answer for
q piggery, neither will the King sys-
TEN. Something radically different
is required. The system which l am
about to describe has been in use at
the experiment farm here for twelve
years and has given splendid salts
faction.
Described in general way 1t may
be said to consist of a number of hol-
low shafts or tubes, placed inside the
stable in contact with or close to the
walls. These hollow shafts start
ABOUT foot or eighteen inches from
the floor and extend vertically upward
to within three or six inches of the
ceiling. At the top and bottom these
shafts turn at right angles and
traverse the wall They are also
open to the air-that is, inside or
outside air that shall flow through
these shafts Is controlled by damp
ers at the top and bottom as described
below. The number and size of
these ventilating shafts will Of
course, depend upon the size Of the
piggery and the number of swine
therein. There should, If possible,
be one or more on each outside wall.
The total area of opening through
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Sweetness and Wrinkles of Corn

1t is claimed by seedsmen that ears
the kernels of which are of deep
amber color and more or less trans
parent are much sweeter than those
in which the kernels are Opaque and
white. and kernels having a fine
wrinkle are also supposed to be
sweeter than those with coarse
wrinkle. A test of these methods
of selecting seed at the Maryland sta
tion showed practically the same
sugar content in kernels Of different
color, but there appeared to be re-
lation between the wrinkle of the
kernel and the percentage of sugar.
THE lowest percentage Of sugar in
the fine wrinkled kernels Is above
the. average percentage in the coarse
wrinkled and the highest percentage
OF sugar in the individual ears having
a coarse wrinkle is much less than
the average in the fine wrinkled
ones"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
pITTsBURG TOGS INEVITABLE
Scientists and Experts Declare They
Can't Get Rid Of the Great
AnnoyanC

Annoyance.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburg always
will be foggy. John Brashear, scien-
tist, says 80, and is oorroboratod by
Joseph M. Searle, chief smoke insDOc-
tor, while Geo. M. Lehman, secretary
and chief engineer Of the Pittsburg
Flood Commission, which is dealing
with food conditions, asserts he can.
not see how that organisation cau do
anything to eliminate the fogs. The
question was put up to them because
Of the annoyance Pittsburg has suf-
fered, particularly in the last two
weeks, when day has been turned
into night. "Pittsburg will have fogs
for 10o,Ooo,o0O years." said DR.. Bras
hear when asked his views on the
matter. He said:
Of its moisture we will have foEs. FogS
are not peculiar to cities whore thero
Is great manufacturing. I have seen
dense fogs on mountain peaks and In
canyons where there was no smoke
within miles. OF course, smoke ac-
centuates a fog and makes its densor
than usual.
"Fogs are really nothing moro than
clouds. A particle Of moisture in the
air is the nucleus for several particles
Of dust. Smoke Is nothing more o-
less than dust. There 10 only one
way to get rid Of fogs and that 10 to
get rid of the moisture and atmos-
phere. Fogs have existed from the
time the earth cooled of and win ex-
lst until the end"
while we cannot eliminate fogs,
we are eliminating smoke, which
makes the fogs more Dense" said
Chief Smoke Inspector Searle when
asked If his bureau could do anything
to eliminate the fogs which have en-
veloped the city.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
MonotonX of Home Life.

So many wives complain of the
monotony of marriage. They envy
women who write, paint or act, be-
cause they imagine all the callings
spell infinite variety. But any life
can become monotonous If people al
low 1t to be SO. Wives who grumble
at the dreary sameness of home rou-
tine forget that their husbands have
to face the same tiresome monotony
at the ONCE. The only way to get
out of the "rut" for wife or bachel-
or maid alike is to cultivate inter
ests and hobbies. Marriage is mo-
notonous only for those who make
1t SO.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Milk Their Cow In a Cafe.

Middletown, N. Y.-At cafe in this
city two young men who were unable
to get milk punches. owing to the
scarcity of milk, took a COW into the
place and milked her. The animal had
been purchased by the young men,
and in driving her homeward they had
encountered great difficulty, which
made them feel greatly In need of re-
freshment.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
THERE'S A LIMIT TO WAITING.
Chicago Court Causes Rejoicing In
the "Ham and" Belt.

the "Ham and" Belt.
Chicago.-The downtrodden patrons
Of restaurants obtained great moral
victory in court here. The problem
was how long should patron be ex-
pected to wait for his order in a res
taurant.
William G. Plumbe, a New York
magazine writer, ordered ham and
in Madison street restaurant. Then
he waited. kept on waiting and waited
some more. Then he started to leave,
and was arrested for disorderly con.
duct, Judge Newcomer ruled that per
sons need wait only "a reasonable
time" and discharged Plumbe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Grace Now Said at convlets' Meals.

Grace Now Said at convlets' Meals.
Lansing, Kan.-For the first time
in the history of the Kansas Peniten-
tiary, a blessing is HOW asked upon
the food the prisoners eat. Twice
each day the chaplain says grace
while the prisoners stand at the u
bles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Training the girls.

How shall we train our girls2'
is an important question. Train
them with about 90 yards OF black
silk, II you want to please your
girls. A velvet train would also
make them Nhappy.-London Tit
Bits.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Put Feed ON Boards.

When soft food 10 given to either
young or old fowls, It should never
be thrown upon the ground. Feed 1t
upon broad, smooth boards.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. K. <. DAWSON
Rutland, W.
CHILDREN'S SEASON.
International Bible Lesson for
Dec. 26, 'oo. Matt. 2: I-T2).

No birth il in
significant. A 8
the mother bends
over the form of
her 81 epi n z
child she sees in.
finite possibili.
ties. The rising
generation will
have among their
number more no
blemen { h q n
their predeces.
sors. We are ev-
cry day walking
~ n n n ~ ooio,7c1u
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
Care For Farm AGnchinery.

If you want your farm machinery
TO live 10 . ripe old age, don't forget
the oil can and grease bucket.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
The Empire OF sultanate, MOROCCO

Inc umpire OF Sultanate' MOROCCO
10 one Of the few still independent
countries on the Dark Contipent. In
area 1t n q little larger than Ger
many, and about the size Of our
Seate OF Texas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
Sport Notes

Corporal Hans Nelson of the Marine
Corps challenges Battling Robinson OF
the cruiser California to box fifteen
rounds. He does not care whether 1t
takes place aboard ship or any old
place. He wants to fight Robinson.
~ - 1S
There once was a player named Dreleri
Whose fielding we all must admeier.
Though batters may try
To swat the ball by
He catches them heier and heier.
Next Sunday the J. A. c. will play
the Tennessee team. 1t will be remem
bered that last Saturday the Soutf
Dakotas took theirs from the Japs ant
that the Dragonlets were downed BY
the Tennessee kids. This will be
meeting between the winners of las
Saturdays games.
- - .s
There is a great batter named Long
Whose arm is terrific lily strong.
The cheers are immense
When he hits the fence,
Bet he II bingle, you cannot be wrong
- - -
Look out. look out there. Chalmer
Graham is in town. Keep your hand
! on YOUR pocketbooks and be ready t
get your laugh boxes working. 'thal
ie'' has the latest thing IN swagge
| canes and his great old smile has mad
the Rialto look like the dawning OF
new and better day. Aloha, You Cha
mers Graham.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
GREAT TRACK
MEET TONIGHT

Tonight at clock the big doings
will start at the Y. Nj C. A. building,
upstairs in the social hall. The SAID
big doings will take the shape OF an
intercollegiate meet and that meet Will
be hot one.
Every kind of track event will be
pulled off and there will be much fun
ia the pulling off of them. just how
they will be pulled off is not for pub.
lication. IF you want to know, just
bother the life out of Paul Super or
DR.. Hand by ringing them up. They
will tell you, perhaps, perhaps not.
| The event is not one to be missed.
| There will be more stun and lnno-
| cent merriment as the poets have IT.
in one evening than twenty Elk lnItla-
tions could give in twenty years. Inns
| sum worked out in higher mathematics,
| percolations and transgressions, chrohie
| selections and all the other figurings
| ;s reduced to the, resultant Fun.
Johnny Anderson will announce. the
magnificent volume of his massive and
| meGapnOne utiiNtiy WILL -A 49,
Of the building and cause to trembls
the neighboring walls of the Young
hotel. Professor Blanchard VIII star
the events. That is an easy Jop, pnt
| oh! YOU Judges. The goat is saited OF
on the compiler of these columns wn'
| is named as referee. He shall re
J largely but with a convenient avenu
of escape always handy. One of tn
windows leads out onto the root
the Hotel de Bonine, thence through
8 trap-door into the moving picture n ma
chine gallery and thence to the ahe
way. Yes. there will be large fun.
The following men have been aske
f to serve as officials: =
VI Referee, Jack Densham; judges, L
! Towse. Harry German, r. MeCorrlsto,
: 7. CRUDE; timers, Ed Fernandez, Gar
Hampton; announcer, j. G. Anderson
= scorer. E. B. Blanchard; starter, l
q Roy Edwards; clerk Of course, H. III
ford.
n A number of string musicians w
add to the good times. A quintet COZ
posed of Messrs. Myhre, saekwi'
Maeaulay, lie Clair and MeIlghe a.
q some musical stunts by Nm. Hoop
! are on the program.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
REILLY-TRlNKLE
BOUT CERTAIN

Charlie Reilly, champion lightweight
of the Hawaiian Islands, will arrive on
the Alameda on Friday. He IS AFTER
Trinkle's goat and Trinkle is after
Charities ditto. These two will very
probably come together some time next
week.
Before the feet left on the speed
trials, Trinkle was seen on the sub
iect and stated that he was ready to
90 in the ring at any time with Reilly.
He is quite confident that he can peat
the local champion and IS very anxious
to get at him.
These two will certainly get together
if arrangements can be made for a
place to bring the thing off at. 1t l;
due to the sailor that he have chance
at Reilly since the questionable deel
sion of his last visit here
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23

mashed potatoes and his great delight
is when he occasionally gets helping
of the real old Brussels sprouts.
From now on the Jap viii increase
his distance every day. Today he will
| run about eight miles and by the first
Of next week will be hammering out
about twenty. Then he will start run
| ming round the track and will work
hard up to within few days OF the
race when he will slack off.
| Jackson Was Joshed.
| Jackson got his yesterday. Every
body was joshing him about eating ice
cream and getting called down for 1t.
| But Nigel did not seem to mind this.
The Marathon kid is always pleased to
! have people take notice of him and Ii
merely adds to his enthusiasm.
But Jackson had pa hard time at his
midday dinner YESTERDAY. Bill Chiffon
told him that he must have thick
beefsteak for dinner. He took him over
to meat emporium and said to tht
man behind the counter, Il want {
steak about four inches thick. -
q The steak was wrapped up In brown
paper and then Nigel was conducted t.
a restaurant where Bill gave orders t
!. the cook. s'Put- this on a slow fire, i,
l he said. ssand when the outside of tn
/ steak begins to sizzle, take it off an
J serve it to this thing here. =
I Oh, Those Pies.
Jackson sat down near the end o
. counter where there was massiv
pile of pies Pumpkin pie, blaekberr
pie, lemon pie, cream pie and ever
other kind of pie. His mouth bega
e to water He wrestIed with the stea
most religiously but, between mouthful
n he took furtive glances at the pie pill
e But the eagle eye of fat Bill was Q
n him and he dared not make NOV
10 With the last mouthful Of steak he W;
j, heard to mutter, 81 eat my steak as
am told, but oh, you PIE. -
at Later on in the afternoon Jackst
d cireled the track at the Athletic pal
for many laps and made excellent tim
IN He was trife out of whack on aceou
TT of the pilikia of the day before, b
a. stated afterwards that he was feelil
really good.
OF Race May Be in Afternoon.
no There is some talk of postponing t
Il race from O'Clock in the morning
y, the afternoon It is understood tn
9 % the Oahu baseball league has kline
consented to postpone their games ]
a week to allow this.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
Only One Beat Him.
Eats HanIe Food.

Tsukamoto is training on haole grub.
He likes it and it seems to agree with
him splendidly. He eats very little rice
but INDUCES in steaks of the th1ckess
and rarest varieties. Also he nkes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
SKATING RACE
TOMORROW

An exciting race on roller skates is
scheduled for tomorrow night at the
Princess rink.
The contestants are Ell. Garrett OF
Camp Very, who raced last Saturday
night, w. B. Bolster, also of skatorial
fame, and j. Kui, the deaf -and- dumt
wonder.
The distance is to be one mile ane
fast time is expected as the men have
been training for this event.
The race will take place at 9:3'
sharp.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
~ - IL az .sSk
4 OH YOU LUAU. /

At the Peninsula l.
Next Saturday,
Things called eomposltors z
Will go out to play;
Gentlemen reporters z
Also will be there;
One or two editors Z
To sling around hot air. j
i There is to be luau
With feelings of the best.
4 Dried fish and pig-meat
| To stand old Boisse's test.
Grub of the driest,
J Also something wet,
z Given by the muckamueks, [
y That Hawaiian Gazette.
4 Baseball games and races,
\ Plenty lots of fun
4 Boisse keeping time, you bet,
= Dekum with the gun.
! The Sporting reporter,
a Special large police,
u Paymaster Charlie Crane,
n He's the Golden Fleece.
y Get up in the morning,
Z Catch the special train;
I Never know by Jimminy,.
Z When you get back again.
I All the old publicities,
j Spending not dime;
q The business Office pays for thls-
., What, no. you old Good Time !
rE~z~zw1w7WTT1g11
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23
TSUKAMOTO EXPECTS TO
MAKE A WORLDS RECORD
Japanese Runner Makes Remarkable Time in
Training Jackson Eats Ills
Beefsteak.

This race will be won in less than
three hours. Statement OF both Tsu-
kamoto and Jackson.
Speeding along the road with every
muscle in perfect time and tune, leap
ing lightly from one stride to another,
Tsukamoto, the runner with the pref
tiest action ever seen on this Island,
came Looping along King street yester-
day morning on the last part of six
mile spin, the whole Of which distance
he covered easily and without distress
at the remarkable rate of eleven miles
an hour.
The exact distance according to the
county survey authorities was 6 80
miles and Tsukamoto covered it in ex-
aetly thirty-four minutes. The course
was from River and Beretania out Bere-
tania to Punahou. Down Punahou to
| Kalakaua avenue and out towards the
beach as far as John Ena street. Thence
/ back along Kalakaua and King to the
| Opera House, along Queen to Maunakes
/ and thence back to the starting point
The last quarter of a mile was rur
in great shape The little Jap put OF
a great squirt and finished with a strong
sprint. When his trainers c1oaked hin
and led him back to training quarters
he was not putting enough TO blow
fly off his lip and he smiled benIgni.
when asked how he felt.
Expects to Make Record.
Tsukamoto does not claim that
can keep up that speed for tWenty-sl
miles hut he does claim that he ca
come. very near to doing it and that D
is certain of covering the distance
we'll under three hours. The way q
puts it is 81 thrink get wordr's reeor'
this time, yes.
Tsukamoto has right to feel thf
he can do things for he has reco1
! hack of ham to show it. He was
bngler throughout the japanese Russia
war and long-distanee running IS pa
Of the training through which the Jap
nese soldiers are conducted.
I. He comes from the southern part
Ianan and was always noted as Il
j fastest runner in his part of the cou
try, During Training, ooAoie o :,
Ia long distance race of thirty-tive mil
was arranged by the military autho
ties.
Only One Beat Him.,
OF ten thousand applicants for sta
inc place in the race all were eliminat
nv trials all over the country exec
three hundred. OF these three hundr
Tsnkamoto came in second. He
one of three men who actually finlsn
The pace made was so hot that I
hundred and ninety-seven OF the NJ
ners dropped by the wayside after G.
r. ering a great distance at wonder
T. speed. The man who beat him '
Lieutenant Kiramoto, acknowledged
be the king of all long distance rum
in Japan.
81 Eats Haole Food.
Tsukamoto is training on haole gr
He likes it and it seems to agree "
him splendidly. He eats very little
but INDUCES in steaks OF the timex
me and rarest varieties. Also he II
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-23

s-You say you enjoy having book
agents come around2'' "Yep,' answer
ed Farmer Corntossel. But yon are
not fond of reading?" FNo. But l
have made several book agents pay lo
cents glass for condensed milk, an
I purity near sold one of 'em a boss.
Washington Star.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-18
MUCH MONEY REQUIRED IN
 UNDERTAKING
Millions of Private Capital May Be Advanced to Help Gov ernment Develop Water ways of Country

CHICAGO April 17.-Several hun dred million dollars of private capital may be advanced to aid the federal government in it's enormous task of country. If plans now contemplated in Chicago. are carried out on a national scale. This new solution of a finan- cial problem. which has engaged the serious attention Of President Taft and the administration. Is the result of investigations made by the Chicago harbor commission and has met with the approval of engineers of the War department. Whether it is entirely practicable Is an open question, but at least it is not meant as a rever- sion to the days of private grab"
 The suggestion, as made by John w.
 Ewen, chairman of the commission, is that private capital be directly in-
 vested fin construction work under the direction of the proper authori-
 ties, national. state and municipal.
 thus relieving those bodies of some of the burdens of raising the neces- sary funds. by taxatio9 or bonds Div idends, also, would probably be linn ited to a fixed figure. In the case of
 the federal government the money
 required for river and harbor work during the next ten or fifteen years,
 will be at least $500, ,00O, GOO. it is un- derstood. Chicago has chance to
 put this plan into practical effect
 very shortly" said Mir. Ewen, If sat isfactory arrangements can be made
 in connection with the proposed i'm provements on the lake front and in Lake Calumet. Proper harbor i'm
 provements of some sort in both places would be of immense benefit. Lake Calumet can be converted into large commercial harbor with fine
 railroad connections. The suggestion that the lake be excayated and con | nected with Lake Michigan by a short | canal was unanimously endorsed by | the commissioners. Private capital ought to De willing to derive reason
 able profit from these facilities, leay | ing to the city the regulation of the | work and share in the gains" Ma | jor Thos. H. Rees, chief engineering | officer of the war department at Chi cago, endorsed this idea and called attention to the far reaching result: that would be accomplished by sucl 1 a policy in the national field.