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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Valuable chlnsse Medicine.

Curious experiences occasionally
come to administrators of even so
prosaic department as the customs.
A Sydney correspondent tells Of one
which recently befell Mr.. N. Colston
Lockyer. the Federal Assistant Comp
troller-General. Above the mantel.
piece in his Office is nailed a sun dried
lizard. It had been imported by an
enterprising Chinese merchant. who
desired Mr.. Lockyer to take particu.
lar note of 1t and instruct his off,
GERS as to its nature and the amount
Of duty chargeable on similar con.
signments in bulk. The Chinaman ex.
planned that dried lizard was a very
important item in the pharmacopaeia
Of the Celestial Empire, and when
ground to powder possessed medicin.
al properties of untold value. The
officers of the department were at a
loss to know how to classify the arti-
Gle, their choice apparently lying be-
tween drug, preserved food and pro
hibited vermin. Mr.. Lockyer cut the
Gordian knot by classifying the med.
icine lizard" as "unenumerated" and
admitting 1t duty free.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
GET FAT ON $1.5o A WEEK.
Kansas Students Beat Prices at Board
ina Houses.

Kansas Students Beat Prices at Board.
Ing Houses.
Lawrence, Kan.-The cost of living
in Lawrence boarding houses is 81 a
week, but eight students have formed
a cooperative boarding club, and have
been living for an average of $1.50. a
week. AS evidence that they have
had sufficient food the average weight
of the members of the club has in
creased two pounds since the opening
of school, Here is a sample of the
average meals:
reakfast-Oatmeal, eggs on toast,
milk toast and hot cakes, with butter
and syrup.
Dinner Meat, potatoes, apple
sauce, bread and butter and rice pud-
ding.
Coffee and tea are not served, as
the members think they are not con-
ductive to scholastic pursuits. One
week the cost of board ran to 50. They
then lived for $1.25 for two weeks to
make up the deficit.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Convicted by q rhsrmometer.

In connection with the death OF DR..
Whitelaw Of Kirkintilloch, Scotland.
an interesting story is told of his
early career. Being called up one
night he was walking along with the
messenger when he was set upon and
knocked down in lonely part of the
road.
His pockets were rined and he was
left lying on the road severely In.
jured. One of the articles stolen was
q clinical thermometer with which he
had that evening taken the tempera.
ture Of q patient. He remembered
the temperature registered. also that
he had not shaken down the mercury
before putting the thermometer back
in his pocket and he communicated
these facts to the police.
Some time afterward thermome eter
registering the Identical temperature
was discovered In a pawnshop in
Glasgow and by this means the police
were enabled to track the doctors as
sailants and to arrest them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
rousE INVENTORIES.
Convenient Booklets Issued BY the In
ssranee conacanlos.

bSfaneo companies
OF the simpler schemes a the in.
suranos agents who are always fever
ishly trying to hold old business and
70 attrast new one Of the most sue.
eessf,i 10 the issuing Of . blank book
for pse as q residence inventory.
This 10 usually a neatly prepared
booklet Of IL pages, says System.
On the inside Of the front cover 10 q
notice Of what 10 do IN case Of IRE,
instructions for making an inventory
and appraisal and on the opposite
page are lines for the dates Of the
original inventory and three revisions.
On the inside Of the back cover are
printed general instructions for plac.
ing insurance, how TO give a notice
for additional insurance and what to
do In case Of removal Of property.
The twelve pages Of the book are each
devoted to a room and are ruled to
show the number Of articles inven.
toried, and a memorandum Of each
Article itself, date of purchase, cost
and description.
These inventories cost from six to
seven cents apiece II they are got up
in attractive style, and therefore they
should not be carelessly mailed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
WOMAN FAILS IN HIGHER aims
Judge orosscup Tells Her Why She
Cannot Be Theoloslan, Law.
vAr or Scientlat

Chicago.-"You can't be theologians
because you haven't the power Of
analysis; you can't be lawyers, be-
cause you are devoid Of the reasoning
faculty; you are not successful scien-
lists. because you consider only one
detail at time; you are only occa-
sionally successful in business and you
succeed only In those branches Of
medicine which call for the exercise
of the nursing instinct"
Federal Judge Peter s. Grosscup
told the women of the Ossoli Club, the
women's auxiliary of the Highland
Park Club, all these things in an ad-
dress at the first meeting of the club
this season in the clubhouse of the
mems organization.
But he escaped the vengeance that
might otherwise have been wrought
upon him by telling the women lot
of things they can do, and which they
must do IL this old world is to roll
along unchanged in the course map
ped out for it.
But" he said, "I wish to present
an analysis Of woman's work from
my point Of view. The only woman
lawyer know who is success in her
profession began her career by being
put in Jail for contempt of court for
throwing a pitcher Of water at a Judge
who overruled her motion.
I'm law, theology and medicine she
rarely succeeds, she cannot be a sci
enlist because that involves a multi
tude Of details, and while woman Is
essentially a creature of detail she
can consider but one detail at time.
and not many in their relation to one
another.
"I'll tell you what woman can do.
The feminine mind is the complement
Of the masculine mind. With but one
OF them in existence the world would
soon become dreary place of exist
ence, and in few generations its
population would disappear"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
BREAKS HEN FASTING RECORD.
Jersey Fowl Staves for 25 Days and
Escapes Death Sentence.


Belleville, N. Oscar De Rose of
Belleville is the owner of a chicken
that has survived fast of twenty.
five days. The hen, a Plymouth
Rock, was placed in the cellar of the
De Rose home, and was intended for
dinner the next day. It's legs were
tied. When Mrs. De Rose went to
the cellar the next day to get the
chicken, it was not to be found. She
thought that 1t had been stolen.
Some days afterward while in the
cellar Mr.. De Rose heard noise and
decided that rats had begun to fire.
quent the cellar. The house cat was
kept in the cellar nights thereafter
The noises, however, continued from
day to day. Mr.. De Rose had occa-
sion to go into the cellar, and hearing
the same noises he searched around
with a light until he came to a hole
which had at one time been used as a
cistern. At the bottom of the hole
was the missing chicken. It was
still alive and De Rose carried 1t up
stairs. 1t was 80 weak, that when its
legs were united, 1t could not stand on
them, and food and water had to be
poured down Its throat. Next day It
was much improved and could walk.
When placed In the cellar the chick
en- weighed six pounds, and when 1t
was taken out 1t weighed just pound
and a half.
So it won't be eaten Just now.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
WHY tn. BIG raaiss ARE SIC.
Heavy Rainfall Gives oulok oerntlna.
tion and Steady Growth.

4 ~'S' Ss'a SeVUAJ
The magnificent forests Of Douglas
Or In Washington-it 10 called Wash
ington fir there and Oregon flr (its
commercial name) in Oregon-do not
have an equal anywhere else In the
world. This is not surprising IL we
take into account the rainfall. which
In the Puget Sound country Is about
dfty-three inches, while up in the
higher Cascades near Seattle II is 100
Inches and even reaches $50 inches.
! Under such climatic conditions the
seeds Of trees germinate readily and
Jail trees continue to make q vigorous
growth. These great forests. says
Horticulture, are due to the climatic
conditions of the region.
On the east slope Of the Cascades
the rainfall is much less, and here the
bull pine Is found, interpreted with
beautiful white pines, which some
times reaches q height of 200 feet and
"a diameter Of feet, although there
are many trees over 100 feet high and
Q or feet In diameter. The tree re-
sembles our Eastern white pine, but
is more slender and with slender
spreading or somewhat dropping
branches.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Orientation.

Orientation means that strange.
battling power by which many birds
and animals find their way home in
the dark. Fishes traverse worlds OF
water back to their spawning grounds,
cats tied in q sack and taken over
distances Of many leagues flnd their
way home again; horses after water
voyage Of hundred miles away from
home have found their old places. In
no end of similar cases the return
path was found by other powers than
sight and hearing. In some whales
the eyes are set so far back in the
head that they can see only rearward,
seeming to sense their swift way by
some oragns Of sense in the head or
snout.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
ROSA BENKO, NOTED
BEAUTY, IN DESPAIR
Sweetheart of Kings, Divorced
Princess, Now Old and Poor,
Attempts Suicide
SEEKS DEATH BECAUSE FORGOTTEN
AZ a Girl She Sang In Chorus Of Music
Halls-kins Milan Of servla and
His Son Alexander We're Among
Her Many Admirers.

Vienna, Austria.-Rosa Benko, who
in her halcyon days was known as
"The Star Of the East" and "the most
beautiful woman in Europe"-Rosa
Benko, who was the very dear friend
of two kings and who almost won a
crown prince for her husband; Rosa
Benko. now old, poor and forgotten
tried to commit suicide in her sordid
room here the other day. She has
learned how perishable Is beauty
when 1t Is not preserved by modesty
and illumined by brains. At her best
she was only lovely; she never was
clever.
In her youth Rosa Benko was a
strikingly beautiful brunette, tall for
a woman and with a superb figure.
Though she lacked education, she had
learned to assume an aristocratic
bearing and had great charm Of man.
ner.
She was chorus girl in the music
halls of the European capitals when
she attracted the admiration of Milan,
then King Of Servia, the worst spend
thrift and one of the greatest roues in
all Europe. The King was devoted to
her for perhaps week longer than he
ever was to another woman.
She transferred her affections to
Milan's son, young King Alexander Of
Servia. He gave her an apartment In
the royal palace at Belgrade, gave her
exquisite gowns and costly gems. The
chorus girl of the music halls was in
troduced in court circles as the niece
of the Kings physician and gentle
woman Of birth. She adapted herself
quickly to her new surroundings;
court that had endured King Milan
was not to be shocked by an incident
like this. Milan often invited whole
burlesque and comic opera companies
to the palace and entertained them
for days.
Natalie, King Alexander's mother,
knew Rosa Benko's antecedents, but
the former Queen merely remarked:
Doubtless my son will marry be-
fore long, so he should learn how to
make love-"
King Alexander did marry, and he
and Queen Draga met the same
dreadful fate at the hands of assas-
sins.
Immediately after his marriage
Rosa Benko was compelled to leave
Belgrade and came to Vienna, where
she soon became famous, not only for
her beauty, but for series Of lawsuits
with jewellers and dressmakers. Here,
too, she met the Prince of Bulgaria
who fell madly in love with her. But
her efforts to wear a crown were frus.
trated for the second time, for the
Prince divorced her.
In her prime she had herself pic
tured in the garb Of nun, probably
to heighten the effect of her beauty.
AS she grew old and went out Of
fashion, she treasured that portrait
as a reminder of her brilliant past.
Finally she was forgotten, and in
her extremity sought death.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Europe's onerous Burden.

In foreign lands the question OF
armament Is discussed in conjunction
with treasury deficits. In Germany
increased taxation is grumbled at;
japan has already curtailed her mill.
tary expenditures for lack of revenues,
while in England an almost certain
falling off Of $25. 100000 in revenue is
foreseen, and a demand for at least
$60,000,000 new expenditure has been
created by the enactment Of service
legislation coupled with the institu-
ton Of old-age pension.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
chIvaIry In Lower Animals.

In rough and tumble competition
like Peary's and Cooks, even the
fiercest lower animals sometimes
show chivalrie compassion. Tip
with his own eyes saw a wet, dreary
rat put into cage and kept for days
with male and female mongoose, an.
imals which cut rats throat like a
pair of scissors. The wretched rat
made a crouching. pitiful obeisance
and the pair thereafter had no dis.
position to injure or kill this misera.
BILE prey. During the several days,
however. perhaps dozen husky rats
were put in with the mongooses for
the amusement of the ships company
and were instantly killed.-New York
Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
FIGHTS OFF BULL WITH AXE.
Harkey Probably Saved the Life Of
Helpless Man on the Ground.

Harkey Probably Saved the Life OF
Helpless Man on the Ground.
Montclair, N. J.-When a big bull
deserted the farm of Henry Becker in
Roseland to trespass on the land of
Mrs. Horace Osborne adjoining, Au.
gust Becker, brother Of Henry, fol-
lowed to drive the bull back. The
bull charged, and Becker turned and
ran.
The animal overlook the man and
tossed him ten feet in the air. Beck
er fell in a helpless heap on the
ground. Then the bull rolled him
over and over, playing with him as
cat does with mouse. Bernard Har-
key saw Becker's plight and, selling
an axe, ran to his help. Harkey
swung the axe and brought it down
on the bulls head with all his force.
The blow knocked the bull to the
ground, but 1t staggered to its feet
and, neglecting Becker. charged Har-
key.
The man stood his ground and
again dealt the bull a stunning blow
on the head. The animal fell, but
managed to regain its feet after mo-
ment. The fight was taken out of it,
however, and it staggered away.
Harkey and Henry Becker, who had
run up, carried August to his home,
where DR.. Edward H. Peck of Caldwell
treated him. Becker had a broken
arm, severe cuts and bruises, and in-
ternal injuries.
The bull, which was almost dead
from Harkey's blows, was killed later.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Valuable Common Land.

No fewer than 1900 towns and VII
lagos in Germany still own and have
owned down from the middle ages so
much common land that their inhabi.
tants pay neither rates nor taxes.
Five hundred Of these townships and
villages derive so great a rental from
their lands that they are able, in ad-
dition, to pay every citizen. on New
Years day, a bonus of from $25 to
500 as his share of the surplus rev.
enues.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
selsntlsts AldIna RIxaIa.

Science in Its motives, philanthro
pies and results is almost identical
with religion, and, as a rule, has
not only been amiable toward rivalry
but has often encouraged 1t for the
common good. Many rival eminent
scientists are constantly assisting one
another outside the commercial sci.
ence.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
People Grow Rich Fast In Pru..

People Grow Rich Fast In Prussia.
Berlin.-Vorwaert the Socialist
newspaper, publishes some remarka-
BILE statistics which show that the
wealth of comparatively few persons
in Prussia has increased greatly in re-
cent years.
In 1908. says Vorwaerts, there were
$4,000 persons in Prussia with in.
comes Of more than $1,000 q year. In
1908 there were 104 900 such.
In 1894 there were $500 milton.
aires In Germany. whose aggregate
wealth was three and q quarter bill
lions. In fourteen years their wealth
almost doubled; increased 10 five AAd
thFee-QuAEteg pAalioaA
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
"TRAMP KING" BACK.
Seventh Trip Around World Without
Paying.

Boston.-Claiming the distinction of
being the king of tramps, Frank
Clark of New York, forty-seven years
old, arrived here on the Cestrian,
from Liverpool, completing his sew
enth trip around the world without
paying a cent for transportation or
food. He had with him a bundle of
newspapers from all parts of the
world giving accounts of his tramping
experiences, with his picture.
Clark has been a tramp for thirty
years. He was once newsboy In
New York, enlisted in the navy, de-
serted and then took to tramping. On
his last trip he Travelled thirty thou
sand miles. He has relatives in New
York, and intended to jump a freight
train to visit them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Early Showed Greatness,

Andrew Jackson was a marvel Of
precocity. He carried flintlock
musket, as a soldier Of the revolu-
tionary army, at the age Of IA. At %
he was appointed by Washington dis
trict attorney Of Tennessee. He was
a United States Senator at 80. He
did not reach the presidency until he
was 62.-Sunday Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Men of stupendous intellect too
often have little bodily powers. for,
according to the law Of the balancing
and conservation of energies. all pow
or here goes to the brain, and little
is left for physical use and conven-
tional display; and, indeed, genius
has too often lacked even Self-ontrol.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
One OF Fashions FoIlles.

A lady came on an odd-looking bag
the other day in one of the fashiona-
BILE London shops. 1t was in expen-
sive leather. and seemed too large for
an ordinary handbag; also 1t had a
curious opening cut at one side to-
wards the top. Ladies use it for
carrying their little dogs" the sales-
man explained.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Life and Licensed Anarchy.

In all things below the range OF
genius it is foolish to talk in univer
sal terms. Whim is just enough good
for the small matters of every day;
and life has large areas of licensed
anarchy where truth cannot reach al
far as your next door neigbbor.-
Frank Moore Colby.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Glass BonnOtR,

A Venetian glass manufacturer II
said to be making and selling bon.
nets by the thousand. The glass
cloth Of which they are made has the
same simmer and brilliancy Of color
~ salk. and is imperVious to water.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Columbus. Ind.-Judge Hacker has
decided that mule is legally a horse.
William Patterson had mule killed
by lightning and sued an insurance
company for $3.50 on policy protect
ing horses. He contended mule was
legally q horse and the Court suS-
tAined him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
To TAN. PIaes Of oaItp0ter,

BY the aid OF electrio-ehOmical pro-
duetion OF manures containing AZ
mospheric nitrogen. Germany expects
soon to largely decrease It's importa.
ton OF sAltpeter from Chill.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS

Delaware & Hudson II. II.
Trains leave at 6:56 a. m, and
1926 and 4;30 p. m.
Sundays at 11:05 a. m. and 7:16
p. m.
Trains arrive at 9:56 a. m, 8:10
and 1881 p. m.
Sundays at 1915 a. m. and $3.50
p. m. N-
Erie II. II.
Trains leave at S:26 a. m. and
2:48 p. m.
Sundays at 2:4S p. m.
Trains arrive at 1:+O and sos
p. m.
Saturdays. arrives at S;46 and
leaves at 7:I0.
Sundays at 1894 p. m.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

cannot think but that the world
woHid be better and brighter II our
teachers would dwell on the Duty Of
Happiness a. well a. the Happiness
Of Duty.-Sir John Lubbock.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

"rhRt woman seems 10 have . lot
of trouble with Asr hslp.S "Yss. she
passes hsr hlS On tAe eooFstsp. eth
" vsloOming a. anOol - diazaasslns .
NeAdl"-xAnA .,......
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Fordettlnu,

II some people were to think twice
before speaking they would probably
forget what they wanted to say.-Cht
eago News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
A Rrofanatlon.

0uOsS-M0rcyi What's that awful
profanity doVAstairsf
Ao0tsas.-Mx husband has come 70
late and fallen over the new PersiAs
~SAvAP.ruG
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01

10 cross-bred lambs were used.
A comparison Of peas in the field
and pea hay was made with two lots
Of Cotswold grade lambs, having 40
lambs in each lot.
All the lambs were fed in uncovered.
yards protected by high board fence,
with the exception of the lambs, upon
peas in the field. These were run in
small areas fenced with. woven wire;
the fences being moved as necessary,
and the lambs driven to corral at
uight.
The alfalfa hay used was good first
cutting; the sweet clover was coarse
and stemmy; the pea hay was some
what over-ripe; the native hay was
mixed wild grasses; containing a con-
siderable quantity of wire-grass.
The corn and barley were from Nebras-
ka; the spelt was raised on the Lara.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01
MAY GET SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.
The Presidents Hunting License and
East Africa.

The Presidents Hunting License and
East Africa.
President Roosevelt, not having sig
nifed his intention of asking special
privileges for his hunting trip in Brit
ish East Africa through diplomatic
channels, it is supposed that he will
take out an ordinary fifty pound
(s250) license from the colonial Office.
This, however, has not yet been ap-
piled for, though it is always usual to
demand such licenses several months
in advance.
Under them each hunter is limited
to GO animals, except In the cases OF
lions, leopards and crocodiles, OF
which he may shoot as many as he
wishes. AS set forth in the new
licenses, the president may kill two
elephants, two rhinoceri, ten hippo
potamus, twenty.one antelopes, two
buffaloes, two earth hogs, two earth
wolves, ten chevrotains, two egrets
| and one chimpanzee.
Giraffes, wild asses, secretary birds
and number OF other species are
forbidden to any nimrod not armed
with special privileges.
President Roosevelt will be required
to set forth in his own handwriting
the animals he intends to kill, as well
as the locality where he will hunt
Before leaving Africa he will be re-
uuired to declare what animals and
how many he shot.
One of the organizers Of the trip
an American interested in the develop
ments of Narobia, said that he did
not believe the president would ash
for diplomatic privileges, but he hal
an idea that unique special license
will be presented to Roosevelt Ions
before he puts rifle to his shoulder
for the first time in East Africa.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-01

regard to the amount Of pea hay need.
ed for tho production of 100 pounds
gain, yet it. can be. definitely stated
that it gives unsatisfactory results for
fattening lambs. The lambs do not
get enough roughage, and have the
scours almost constantly. What gain
is made is, chiefiy framework and mus;
Gle and little fat. Pea hay that was
we'll cured before the stalks became
stringy, undoubtedly would show bet
ter results than. those given above,
but when compared with alfalfa and
corn the pea hay is poor ration.
By comparing Lots z and we find.
that Scotch barley and bald barley are
practically equal In value when fed:
with native hay and oil meal. A study
Of Lot 9 shows that spelt is not near.
ly equal to either bald or Scotch bar.
ley when fed with native hay and OIL
meal, giving gain of only 1873 pounds
in: IL, weeks, or less than a pound
week per head.
The peas in the field gave q gain,
of 1873 pounds per head in IA weeks;
95, of an acre was required for the
production of 100 pounds gain. An.
acre of the peas supported six lambs
for II weeks.
The pea hay fed in a corral pro-
duced So pounds gain in the same
length of time; $40 pounds Of the
pea hay we're required for 100 pounds
gain. The results from the pea hay
were wholly unsatisfactory.