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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
The Poultry Question,
Icontinued from CITIZEN Of Jan. i5.l

To decide whether one has the quail
ties which, under average conditions, will
make him successful in the poultry busi-
ness, calls for close examination of the
would-be poultry mans personality.
The first essential is genuine, practi-
cal liking for the birds and the business.
This quality should make such strong
personal interest in all the detail of care
and management that the business would
usually go right, and anything wrong
would be quickly seen and attended to.
A man must stick to his business.
Patience and perseverance are required
to enable poultryman to make sue
cess.
Discouragements will occur in this, as
in other occupations, but by being per-
sistent, the business can be successfully
carried on. The poultryman should
keep a, strict account, 80 that he might
know whether the undertaking pays or
where it is running behind.
The poultryman should possess the
shrewdness of the keen business man,
seeing all the opportunities of increas-
ing the value of his poultry plant, pre-
venting the wastes about the house and
farm that might be utilized, and 30 les
sen the feed bills.
The best plan in the poultry business,
is to commence in a small way. The
poultryman can then profit by his own
experience when entering upon the busi-
ness on a more extensive scale.
Theories are advanced and discoveries
made, discussed for time and are for
gotten then in a few years they are re-
vived and brought forth in all their
original glory. A striking example of
this is hopper-feeding, which is just now
having boom. When the writer was
boy (that was several years ago) my un-
Gle purchased a pen of Blackbreasted
Game, and breeder who sold them to
him explained the hopper-feeding sys-
tenn and gave the carpenters instructions
as to building the feed boxes. The fowls
were given one kind of grain, and of
course did not do we'll. Then everyone
went against the hopper feeding-a mash
and litter in which to scatter the grain
was advocated. 1t seems all theories
are on wheel which keeps revolving /;
part of the time some are on the top and
the others are out of sight, but the OBJ
scure ones soon rise to the surface again.
Do not try to start too many breeds at
one time on a small lot; if you do you
will never succeed in the poultry busi-
ness. Take one good strain of fowls,
house them in a warm coop and feed
them on a variety of grain, and keep
the house in good sanitary condition.s
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22

The Rev. H. E. Robbins, of New
Bedford, Mass, who is to serve
as the special commissioner Of the
diocese of Central Pennsylvania for
the next six months, will preach at
Grace Episcopal church, Sunday at 1890
a. M, and at 1880 p. m. He will be the
guest for few days of Rev. and Mrs.
A. L. Whitaker.
The annual donation for the benefit of
Rev. ]. B. Cody, pastor of the Presby-
terian church, Bethany, will be held at
his home in Bethany, on Friday, jan
uary 10th. Supper will be served for
25 cents, or any amount above that you
may choose to give.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
LINEN DRAPERIES.
inside Curtains Of This Material Are
Very Smart.

inside Curtains Of This Material Are
Very Smart.
For inside curtains heavy linen, ell
ther natural linen color, in white or
colors, is very popular. They are Sc
lected, of course, in accordance with
the fittings of the room and are trim
med either with applique Of linen In
contrasting cOlors, with braid or en-
broidery in heavy linen thread. Chintz
hangings are also very popular. and
chintz and cretonne are now shown in
a more remarkable variety of colors
and designs than ever before. There
is quite a fad at the moment for the
blue and white or the red and white
chintz hangings for use, Of course, in
rooms suitably decorated. The walls
of a room, for instance. may be in
pale gray or white and gray when
blue and white, or red and white
chintz will be used for hangings and
upholstery. These chintzeS are not
quite 80 striking as they sound, the
red chintz, in fact, being quite mild In
effect. The color is light and rather
dull red, and the patterns show a
great deal of white. For some bed
rooms, such, for instance, as have a
rather chilly aspect, these chintzes are
admirable. They seem more suitable
for mems rooms than the lowered
chintzes In pink and green, lavender
and yellow, which are so charming.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
A Chicago Idsa.

"Have you any more figures in mar
ble?" asked the old lady in the art gal
lery.
"Not any" replied the attendant.
."Any particular one you wanted to
Beef'
"Yes, l wanted to see the statue Of
limitations my husband was telling
about."-Chicago Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
In Case Of Fire.

II the alcohol lamp under the chat
ing dish comes to grief and sets the
table cover on 1re, as so frequently
happens, suffocate the flames by COW
ering them with -four. This is better
than water or blankets or any Of the
other means seized upon to extinguish
. sudden fire and not only quicker but
less injurious than water.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
auaaaaaful Tea Room.

The first tea room in Los Angeles
was opened something less than a
year ago by two young college women,
Miss Mildred Morris of Columbia and
Miss Harriet Morris Of Smith. In the
6rst six months they had more than
$4,000 paying customers. They have
had to enlarge their quarters and
have added to their business in sew
eral ways.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
The Really Correct Love Letter.

Jean Jacques Rousseau once de-
clared that to write a good love letter
you ought to begin without knowing
what you mean to say and to nnish
without knowing what you have writ
ten.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
Football Courtship.

Autumn maiden-full Of funi
Football player-chapter one.
Maiden waves q nag OF blue
From the grand stand-ohapter two.
Football player turns to see.
Down he tumbles-chapter three.
Lost some scalp and, what Ia more,
Lost his heart. That's chapter four.
And he says as surgeons mend,
I've won my goal" And that's the
end,
Except there'u be q wedding soon
And then O happy honeymoon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22

Lightning Change Attachments.
Modern matrons and maids are not
worried by "tiresome ndelity," but
make lightning change attachments In
q way to make slow persons cit up and
tnke notice.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22
CENT A WORD COLUMN

FOR sALE.--A Sawmill and Turbine
Wheel, complete; also Gristmill and Jur-
bine Wheel. Hoover Lumber Co.. Miikes-
Barre, Pa. W4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22

LOST, Between upper bridge and lower
end OF town, a blue check horse blanket.
Finder will leave same at Hotel Wayne.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22

/ HAVE mouldings to frame any size or
style Of picture-cheap or dear-at Ridge-
ways Studio. 6t2
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-22

lam CLOSING OUT fancy pictures at re,
duced prices to make room for REPAIRS: Get
your pick before the best are gone-at Ridge
ways Studio. 6t2
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
unions INTERESTED
IN The RY. STRIKE
DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING
WATCHED WITH GREATEST IN.
TEREsT-THE OUTCOME MEANS
MUCH TO ORGANIZED LABOR AS
A WHOLE, IN NORTHWEST.

How about the switchmen's strike !?
This is the question that has been on
the lips of every union man, no matter
of what craft, since Tuesday evening
at o'clock, when orders were licked
over the wires of the northwest which
took the members from their posts
until their demands with the railroads
entering the twin cities, were met
For weeks every effort has been
made to avoid the final clash. 1t was
not the desire of the union to call
strike-except as a last resort. That
the laboring, man has a right to bar
gain Jointly for the sale of his stock
in trade, the toll of his hands, is
principal which will be fought for by
the union man. The switchmen made
demands of the roads in the form of
increased pay and were turned down.
A time limit was given the companies
to reach an agreement and the public
knows the rest.
The outcome of this strike means
considerable to union labor in general
in the northwest. The roads will fight
not the amount inyolved-but for
the principal that Is at stake. That
principal, and increased wages as we'll,
is just what the worlxmen want.
The rumors that the backbone of
the strike had been broken, were not
credited by union men in Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
PREPARING FOR
Big LABOR MEET
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
MAKE FIRST MOVE TO HANDLE
MINNESOTA CONVENTION NEXT
JUNE AT MEETING LAST NIGHT
LABOR TEMPLE APPROVED.

At the meeting of the Fargo Trades
and Labor assembly at Union hall last
evening, Uhe matter Of arranging for
the big Minnesota State Federation
convention which comes to Fargo next
June, was taken up. Every member
of the assembly Is enthused with the
prospects and the biggest labor demon
stration in the middle west is promised
when the delegates, hundreds strong,
reach the city.
1t took lots OF hard work to land the
convention for Fargo, not only be-
cause this city is not within the
bounds of the state bearing the name
of the federation, but because Fargo
but recently became identified with
the gopher movement. 49,.
Committees are being appointed to
look after all arrangement details and
work will be started at cnce.
While no definite action was taken
at the meeting last evening concerning
the new labor temple movement, the
expression of opinion shows that
every union body that has considered
the matter, favors 1t. There are a
few unions that hold meetings but
once a month that have not voted en-
the proposition yet and until all re-
ports have been received by the as
sembly, no official move will be made.
1t is predicted that within a month
definite plans will have been ac-
copied and the ball started rolling in
earnest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
FOSTERS FORECASTS
(CoOyrixhted by w. W. Foster. 1OoO.)

Prices of these two grains are not in
proportion to the crops produced and it
looks like manipulation.
My bulletins promised warm weather
for Thanksgiving in the great central
valleys and now / can promise temper
atures below the normal for Christmas
and some snow in latitudes where snow
might be expected. / expect tempera-
lures to remain high till Dec. Is, prob
ably till Dec. Is.
Winter wheat will continue in splen-
did condition till the end Of December
or longer and will promise the largest
crop ever grown in America. But the
fine conditions may not continue. am
giving more attention to crop condi-
tions than heretofore and will give the
benefit of what may learn about them
to readers of these bulletins. Millions
Of people read them throughout Can
ada and the United States and my am
bition is to make my reports and ad-
vice reliable.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Some Slips of Preachers, Tongues.

Louisville Times: At recent lunch
con in New York DR.. Henry A. Morse,
the well known Lutheran delegate
from Manchester {recounted a number
of amusing pulpit experiences.
Il know a young divine" he said,
who. wishing TO impress upon his
congregation the beauty of cnild's
upturned face, said All, dear friends.
what is more beautiful than the face
of an upturned child?'
Another divine Illustrated the alb
surdity Of talking in prayer, instead Of
humbly and reVerentlyN beseeching,
when he said Paradoxical, o Lord, as
it may seem to thee,pi is nevertheless
true that and so on.
"A third divine, in funeral grafton
over a young girl, had his audience
bathed in tears. In conclusion he said:
FINALLY brethren, may the bereaved
father find consolation for the untime-
ly death of his only daughter and
here, remembering there were other
daughters. the fruits Of a second mar
riage, he added, hastily: I mean, of
course, by his first Wife"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Absolutely Rioht.

Philadelphia Times: A pretty young
schoolmarm who teaches a first grade
class in a school of the northeastern
section of the city is telling funny
story on herself that happened just
before the close of the term. She had
some visitors on the afternoon in ques-
ton, and thought she would show them
what good class she had Calling on
a bright little fellow at the rear of
the room, she said to him: johnnie,
IL / give you cents and your father
gave you cents, how much would you
have?"
'sSeven," promptly replied Johnnie.
The teacher blushed painfully, but
thought that she would try again. 'cYou
can't have understood me-, Johnnie.
Now listen, and / will repeat the aues-
ton. If I gave you cents and your
father gave you 3, how much would
you have?"
Seven. said Johnnie again, and with
the same promprness.
Il am surprised at you, Johnnie =
said the teacher. How on earth would
you have ~"
Il gots2 in me pocket" said Johnnie.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
PERILs or THE POSTWAR.
He Encounters Peculiar DANGERS in
Various Parts of the World.

There are parts of the world where
the task Of the letter carrier is actually
attended with serious danger and where
he not infrequently loses his life in the
line ofsduty.
In Switzerland there exist several
postoffices at height of 1000 or more
feet. There is letter box on the sum-
nit. of the Vanguard, from which four
collections are made daily. This box
is nearly 10000 feet above the. sea.
level. Here some few years ago three
letter carriers were crushed to death
by an avalanche. In a neighb~ ing
canton, in the summer of 1903, a post
man fell into a crevasse while cross
ing a glacier, his two full bags on his
back. All efforts to recover either the
body or the mails were of no avail. But,
a few years thereafter, the glacier
gave up its prey many miles down the
valley, and the long lost letters were
delivered to as many addresses as
could be traced.
Another danger to which the Swiss
letter carrier is exposed is attack by
the huge, fierce eagles that soar hun
gerly above the least frequented rasses
Usually the men are able ID beat off
their feather assailants, but not al
ways
In India the letter carrier, has his
troubles in the form of snakes. In one
year alone, 1t is estimated, no fewer
than 1856 carriers met their death
through being bitten by poisonous
snakes. A trifie of twenty-sevenyo or so
were killed and eaten by 'igers and
other wild beats.
The camel postman of the Sahara
hinterland is another who needs lots of
nerve, inasmuch as the wild tribesmen
of the desert regard him as their ma
tural prey; so that it may be said that
he never knows when he sets out in
the morning whether he will reach his
destination at night Blu he pursues
the even tenor of his way, regarding an
ambush by spearsmen as part of the
ordinary routine incident to his job.
Mail deliveries in thinly settled re-
gions of the east, are in SOY cases
as primitive as possible. In Japan the
rural postrunner still swings his basket
across his shoulders, precisely as his
ancestors did long ago. In Formosa
also, the mails are carried to this day
by man on foot, who joys along with
a paper lantern and ar. umbrella.
In Siberia, except along the lines of
railway, reliance is had on post sledges
and there are places where more than
two deliveries a year would be ex-
ceptional.
In China, in the interior, except in a
few districts, there is no regular let
ter delivery, and consequently no post
man. But many of the mandarins and
taotais maintain unofficif services of
their own, keeping thei. runners up to
the mark by the simple expedient of
occasionally beheading a laggard or
two.-Harper's Weekly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
STOVER in Los ANGELES
Former Fargo Boy Now in Charge Of
Associated Press Work in the
City Of the Angels.

Old TIME Fargoans remember l. FL
Slower, formerly managing editor Of
The Argus, fifteen to eighteen years
ago. He went from here to the coast
and was for many years connected
with leading San Francisco papers, es-'
Gaping the quake. and plague and VAR
ious and sundry other things to which
the newspaper man is subject. Al copy
OF The San Francisco Chronicle, re-
Gently received. says e
l.. Edmund Slower viii leave today
for Los Angeles to take charge or the.
Associated Press in that city. succeed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

Washington, d. c., Dec. 4.-Last bull
letin gave forecasts of disturbances 10
cross continent Dec. s to 9, warm wave
Dec. 4 to s, cool wave Dec. to IL.
The feature of this disturbance will be
the great change from winter to
springlike weather, threatening ele-
ments that will bring rain to but few
localities of small extent and the lack
of snow except in the far north.
Next disturbance win reach Pacific
coast about Dec. 8, cross Pacific slope
by close Of Dec. 10, great central val
leys Dec. IL to 10, eastern states and
provinces Dec. Ia. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about Dec. 8, great
central valleys Dec. IL, eastern states
and provinces Dec. 10. Cool wave will
cross Pacific slope about Dec. 10. great
central valleys Dec. IA, eastern states
Dec. 16.
This disturbance will send the aver
age temperatures still higher. Severe
storms are expected bur not much
precipitation and freezing weather will
be driven far northward. The warm
weather and small amount of rain and
snow will give farmers and planters an
excellent opportunity to deliver. cereals
to the markets and as these deliveries
will be large they may have tendency
to depress prices.
During that fine weather the late
corn will make it's first appearance on
the markets in considerable quantities
and by the close of December the coun-
try win be able to make fair estimate
of the 1909 corn crop.
The cotton crop is surely short and
is cents is reasonable price. But the
oats crop is enormous, the largest ever
produced. Foreign countries have pro ;
duced great crop of oats AS I see 1t,
oats are COO high or corn is too low
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
WOMAN TURNS CONDUCTOR.
Pay as You Enter Cash Box Has no
Mysteries for This Woman.

New York Herald: With a quarter
in her hand and a baby in her arms, a
woman got on a pay as-you-ente car
in Third avenue, the other day. Not
understanding the formalities of these
conveyances she hurled the quarter in
the box and demanded her 20 cents
change from the conductor.
"You don't get no change from me, .
he answered, with the characteristic
politeness of his profession. "G'wan up
to Hundred and Toietieth street for
your change"
soothed by these words the woman
replied:
But l haven't any more money"
THAT amt no funeral of mine," was
the blithe reply.
Then the woman showed her versa
tility. She took. her stand on the back
platform. To each man who boarded
the conveyance she explained the ext
gencies of her case and promptly COL
lected his fare. When she had netted
20 cents she walked into the car and
sat down.
And as the passengers got off NOSE
everybody smiled at the conductor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

Note-Meridian 30 runs north and
south through Memphis and st. Paul.
Pacific Slope" all west Of Rockies.
Latter, a strip 400 miles wide. East
of Rockies to north and south line
through Atlanta and Pittsburg are
Great Central Valleys" East of that
are Eastern States and Provinces"
of Canada. Southwest" is Texas,
Okla, Ark, Missouri Northwest" is
middle Canada, Dakotas, Minnesota,
Wisconsin. Extreme Northwest" is
British Columbia, Alberta, Oregon and
Washington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Big TIME At DANCE
Hotel and Restaurant Keepers Met
With Success in First Annual
Ball.

1t was some kind OF time" that
was enjoyed at the first annual bali
Of the hotel and restaurant keepers
union. No. 446, gave Thursday evening
at stones hall The officers and com
mite in charge had every detail work
ed out. Choice music was provided,
the floor was in good shape and the
crowd merry. The annual affairs will
be looked forward to in the future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Strike in South Carolina.

A total OF $50 machinists and thirty
apprentices walked our of the South
ern railway shops at Spencer. s. c.,
last Saturday afternoon. The strikers
contend that the foreman of the
roundhouse is unnecessarily severe,
and after presenting their grievance
to the officials and insisting upon his
discharge they walked out
The Spencer shops are among the
largest and most important Of the
Southern system.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

indispensable. - There are some simple
remedies indispensable in every family.
Among these, the experience of years
assures us, should be recorded Perry Davis
Painkiller. For both internal and external
we have found it of great value;
can we recommend it for colds,
rheumatism, or fresh wounds. ID hrSStSas
Era.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

The peculiar properties Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy have been thor
oughIy tested during epidemics of in
fiuenza, and when 1t was taken in time
we have not heard Of a single case of
pneumonia Sold by all dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
TRIUMPH IN SWITZERLAND.
Opponents Of Labor Laws Beaten Tive
to One in Referendum.

to One in Referendum.
In a referendum just held in Berne,
Switzerland, the labor hating reaction
lists were trimmed in good shape. The
latter wanted to repeal the laws pro-
viding that stores must close on or
before p. M, and that women work
ers must be given ten hours rest after
that time. The profit had the
support of nearly all employers and
politicians, but they were defeated by
2O,s41 to 1851, and the laws stand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

It's good sigh IL its made by the
Fargo Decorating Co., sign painters.
lew location, 21S Broadway.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

ing John B. Elliott, transferred tc
Washington.
The Washington times., 1909-05-12
MINNESOTA SURVEYS
HER WATER POWER
Federal Government Officials Are
to Help State Officers
in Work.

The State of Minnesota is going tc
get ready to give a warm reception to
the National Water Power trust when
it comes there.
Secretary of state Julius A. Schmahl
and State Drainage Engineer George A
Ralph, of that State, are here for con-
ference with the Photographic Bureau
of the Geological Survey, with the view
to executing the provisions OF new
Minnesota law providing for survey OF
the rivers and water powers of the en-
tire State
The Federal Government has PROM
ised its cooperation in this work
The Minnesota people propose, if pos
sfbIe. to find out what resources Of
water power their State possesses, and
then to take legislative and engineering
steps TO protect it against possibility
of monopolization. They have made
careful estimates which indicate that
their State has about 100000 Of poten-
tiai horsepower in its rivers, and they
want to know how best to preserve and
utilize IL.