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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
TO MUzzLE BOOSTERS.
Device Invented to Stop Their Early
Morning Growing.

Washington, D. C--The recent
municipal edict which may spell the
Punishment Of the insomnia producing
rooster within Washington's city linn
its has aroused the inventive genius
of a man who has devised rooster
muzzle. His idea Is to kill the crow,
but save the rooster.
This advocate of noiseless chanti-
cleer believes that if the authorities
will sanction the use Of the device,
which consists of a simple collar Of
leather with a small cotton pad, fast
ened around the ROSTERS neck, suffl-
GENTLY tight to throttle the vocal or
gan, both the community and the
the rooster can live in peace and
quiet The corporation counsel has
been asked to determine the unique
question whether to muzzle roosters
is legal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
The Clothesline Test.

Let me see her clothes on the
line" said an old-fashioned woman re-
Gently, "and l can tell you If she is a
good housekeeper." The test lies in
the way the garments are hung. If
the skirts are scattered around pro-
miscuously the women lets garbage
stand on her kitchen table over night.
The skirts, like we men, should al
ways hang together, shoulder to shoul-
der, and everything of its kind should
hang in a row.--Atchison Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
RoADs.1,3:!s::z,1G1 :: ! 4 !
ROADMAklNG
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NATIONAL SUCCESS INVOLVED.
Hinges to Large Extent Upon Con.
dition Of Highways.

dition OF Highways.
A cursory perusal Of the reports Of
railway commissioners, and of the
data compiled by the Departments Of
Agriculture and Commerce at Wash
ington, would convince the most
skeptical theorist that the agricultural
and transportation interests of the
United States overshadow in impor-
tance the manufacturing and all other
interests combined. The question of
our success as a nation depends not
on what we can make, valuable as this
element is, but on what can be raised
from the soil and transported to the
consumer at a cost that will not be
prohibitive. Therefore it follows, logi-
cally, that our national prosperity
hinges in a large measure upon the
condition of the highways throughout
the country; for, II crops be abund-
ant, labor plentiful, and money for
transportation to be had at reasona-
BILE rates, yet If the roads cut off COM
munication from farms to shipping
points, the price of the produce be-
comes abnormally high, and what
ought to be public benefit becomes
a national calamity.
Numerous tests, covering widely
separated territories and varying con-
ditions of climate and topography,
have resulted in securing valuable fig
ures on the traction resistance with
wheels equipped with tires of differ
ent widths on macadam, clay and
hard-dirt roads, as well as on sandy
and muddy ways.
The lines of inquiry in one expert.
ment including upwards of a thou
sand counties throughout the States
Of the Union, showed that the aver
age length of carriage over country
roads was slightly more than twelve
miles, with an average weight of a
little over two thousand pounds per
load. and consequent cost of about
twenty-five cents per ton per mile.
While the rational handling in a
broad fashion of the entire good-roads
question would rebound to the benefit
of all citizens, it seems essential that
the farmers should be shown some
thing of the direct profits that must
come to them from the extension Of
good roads.
Several counties in one of the States
in the Middle West were thoroughly
canvassed under professional super
vision, and the data collected from in
telligent farmers were carefully tabu-
lated. When there were included such
elements as economy in time, in force
of transportation, and the reduction Of
the cost of wear and tear, it was esti-
mated that each section of land with
poor roads represented loss of 2,432
per annum-enough to construct sew
eral miles of good highways. The in
crease in valuation Of each section Of
land by the construction and main
tenance Of proper roads was from the
same data estimated at $500, or
about SO per acre.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
A FAMOUS SEA FIGHT.
How the Boxer and Enterprise Had
II Out In 1918.


Wiscasset, Me-, had big day in
1918, when the American brig Enter
prise met the English brig Boxer, but
short distance outside Wiscasset
harbor. The English vessel mounted
fourteen guns and was commanded by
Captain Samuel Blythe. The Enter
prise was of about the same strength
and, as the two vessels neared each
other Captain Burrows, who COM
manded the Enterprise, suddenly
changed his course and put out to
sea. This looked like running away
and a delegation of the sailors went
to the captain and protested against
the action, saying that they wanted to
fight. The old sea dog merely shifted
his quid of tobacco and replied: Don't
worry, boys, will give you all the
fight you want before you get out OF
this!" And he kept his word.
Captain Burrows was merely playing
for time. AS soon as he was out of
reach he deliberately mounted his
heaviest long gun out OF his cabin
window. 1t was an unheard Of method
of fighting, but as soon as the gun
was firmly placed he gave the COM
mand to change course, put on all
sail and run down to the Boxer as
rapidly as possible. Then commenced
the famous historic battle. Swinging
broadside to the Boxer he poured
solid shot into the English ship until
she fairly trembled on the water. Cap
tain Burrows fired the long gun him
self and in a short time was mortally
wounded. Captain Blythe, Of the
Boxer, was shot dead at the same mo-
ment. Burrows refused to be taken
below, but continued to direct the bat
tie from a stretcher, and every few
moments would feebly shout: "Are
you getting all the fight you want,
boys?"
1t was terrific battle and the decks
of both vessels were slippery with
gore and covered with the dead and
dying. Not until o'clock in the af-
ternoon was there any cessation of
the struggle and then the Boxer asked
for quarter. 1t was noticed that her
| flag was still flying and soon 1t was
learned that 1t had been nailed to the
masthead. Against the protests Of
her officers the flag was torn down
and the white flag run up. 1t was
found that the Boxer was literally cut
into pieces. Fourteen dead and dying
men lay on her deck and among these
was Captain Blythe. Others had been
| thrown overheard so that 1t was never
known how many men were lost in
the battle.
The Enterprise was also terribly
shattered. Captain Burrows had the
sword of Blythe hung above his
stretcher and said. 81 can now die
contented." Only one other of his
crew had been killed, but thirteen
were wounded in different degrees
and were cared for as we'll as possi-
ble.-Lewiston Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
Make il STAY Good.

A good road in order to stay good
must be properly maintained and kept
in good condition. A very important
feature of proper maintenance is that
Of keeping the ruts out by continual
raking or dragging. Wherever ruts
are allowed to remain they will hold
water from every rain, which, unless
removed will soften the roadbed and
result in chuck holes injurious alike
to the team, the wagon and the driver.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
Advantage Of the Lower Berth.

II see that the Pullman Company is
going to make a difference in rates be-
tween the upper and lower bertha"
"Yes. and l suppose the lower berth
will be the higher priced one."
"No doubt"
$50 that the man who sleeps in the
lower berth will have to pay some
thing additional for the chance of get.
ting his face stepped ON by the man
In the berth above"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
ImpaIes 7o-Foot Whale.

Plymouth. England.-The steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse from New
York, off the banks of Newfoundland,
oollided with 70-foot whale that evil
IDENTIFY was asleep on the surface Of
the water. The whale became i'm
paled on the liners bows and all its
efforts to free itself were futile.
Finally the steamer had to go full
speed astern in order to get clear Of
the dying leviathan.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
Functions Of the Happy.

A happy man or woman is a better
thing to find than five-pound note.
He or she is a radiating focus of good
will; and their entrance into room
is as though another candle had been
lighted. We need not care whether
they could prove the forty-seventh
proposition; they do a better thing
than that. they practically demon
strate the great theorem of the Liv-
ableness of Life.-Robert Louis Ste
venson.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29

Elytheville, Ark.-Wilbur Robinson,
q st. Louis travelling man, and Jim"
Hardy, a hotel clerk. came near mix
ing" day or two ago. Hardy was
prevented from drawing his pistol by
Nystanders when Robinson resented a
'Ncall down" from Hardy for killing a
ave foot chicken snake which had
come to be regarded as town pet
The snake, known to be OF harmless
species, was crossing the street when
Robinson used g big stiCk to end its
Life.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
CLEANS HIS COWS TEETH
Linen Coats and Hats Also Provided
by sohoepf, Traction Mag
nate for Herd


nate, for Herd.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-Real coats for
cows and tooth brushing three times
a day are the novel methods adopted
in dairy farming by w. Kelsey
Schoepf, a traction magnate, who is
interested in the street railroads in
New York City.
For the past two days the two farm
ers who have sole charge of his $751;
900 herd of twenty-four blooded Jer>
seys have each morning dressed their
charges IN the one-piece linen gar
ments so stylish just now. These are
calculated to keep the flies off the
bossies during the day and conse-
quently keep their blooded dispost
tiops satisfied.
Mr.. Schoepf has always been of the
opinion that were cows teeth clean
ed like q human beings, better health
and better milk would result When
1t was reported that following the ex-
pertinent each bovine produced over
two gallons Of rich. pure milk every
day Farmer Schoepf gave orders that
the innovation be made permanent.
Ninety pounds Of butter over and
above the supply for the magnates
house in Cincinnati and town house
in New York are produced. and this
finds a ready market among the neigh
bors The millionaire declares that
the sales are not made for profit. but
merely to use the surplus milk.
The farm at present is under the
superintendency of an employee, but
Mr.. Schoepf declares that in a year
from now he intends to spend three
or four months on the place and run
1t himself.
Schoepf's first innovation in dairy
farming was to have his cows bathed
every day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
A Comparison.

On good roads heavier loads can be
drawn, and drawn faster, and the diff
ference between the selling price of
produce when carried in a wagon over
a smooth road for one hour and the
price of the same produce transported
over a rough road for three hours is
oftentimes the difference between
profit and loss.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
Mothers Day In EnuIand,

Provincial England is smiling in a
superior way at Americas belated dis
covery that the country ought to cele-
brate mothers day. In the villages OF
Cornwall, Devonshire and Lancashire
mothers day has been a recognized
institution for generations. 1t is cele-
brated on mid-Lent Sunday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
HEN AND CAT EAT SNAKES.
Bee Hunters Find Blacksnake EGGS
II Was Near Wlnsted.

~ Nsdo tNCct
Winsted, Conn.-Leon and Truman
Clark, of East Hampton. are watching
a hen they own because 1t ate the
rattles off a big snake they had killed
H. M. Taylor, of East Hampton, is
watching cat because 1t nibbled the
hide off a rattler he skinned and ate
up the oil he had placed in a cup.
The oil was worth about 81 an ounce.
A party of Chester bee hunters
found a snakes egg in a hole in a
tree, while setting fire to the tree to
smoke out a swarm of bees. Further
search revealed more eggs, and then
a blacksnake raised it's head from the
hole. 1t was shedding its skin and
therefore blind. One of the party cut
off its head. The snake was six feet
in length and four inches across.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
Reason for Earth Roads.

In many sections Of the country
there are no convenient deposits Of
rock, gravel or other hard substances
with which to build durable roads
and on account OF the excessive cost
Of such material where 1t Is transport
ed from a distance. the majority Of
our public highways are necessarily
earth roads.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
New EnaIand Society.

There is a National Society of New
England Women that has branches In
many OF the state, cooperating often
with the mems New England societies,
but making pleasant opportunities for
women to take up the thread of re-
membranes with one another. Miss
Lizzie Woodbury. Law is the president,
residing In New York.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29
why THEY'RE plsappoIntsd.

"Some men sit with folded hands
waiting for their ships to come in,"
remarked the Observer Of Events and
Things, who never made a single
move toward even raising a sail"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-29

It is reported that about 80 miles OF
good roads will be built this year In
the Province Of Havana. Cuba.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-13
eebte 152 SATIRE.

@m. 8orr, gnelanos dltelter
Mant, beiratete nit 1870 gum oritten
MaIe, arbeitete i'm Seloe bis 1872 uno
Iebte nod 90 Sabre LANCER. 2ente
nit so Sabren louten nod ingenoli1
iein. Santes @rigbt bon Spenlof,
ap., 5eigt, pie man jung bleibt. SD
fuble mie elm 4nabe bon Is Sabren,"
idreibt er," onadoem id feds Sla-
ihen electric 8itters eenommen.
Set 80 Sabren madten mir 0erpen-
leiben bas 2eben CUR 2ait, aber Die
erite SIaide oieier mu%noerbaren Me-
oisin iiberaeugte mid, baB i6 oas
groBte &eilmittel auf groen getllt-
ben" gs lit cine @ottesgobe fir
ldpade, franflide ltno alte 8erionen.
geriudt es. SOC BEL alien 9ruggilten
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-13

goren Ser 8robibition NIT ibrem Sc
i6rei leinen @eener munotot 5la rlo-
6en ber1u1ten. 8os baben mir oo
mol erit in Ser inmitten elmer probt-
bitioniitii6en @ilte gelegenen Stoot
SEEM Orleans bon linn at ertpartelL
nern bie oortige 8oli5ei linn nno
ieinem @nbo1e nibt i6arf o1f Die
Sinner baBt?
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-13

Saiien mie a1es 5%uiammesl, io
miiiien mir 5ugeben, baB oie fran5o-
iii6e &egierrng gum auBeriten @i=
oerita1lo ge5lpungen lit uno bob mir,
i'm Sntereiie Der @Ilgeminbeit, nltr
miini6en fonnen, tie moge Der Sc
fabr Ser mer6en.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-13
ssn g(Itono lit i'm 2uiamnle

Sn @ltona lit i'm 3uiammen'
bang nit Der 6eier Der @r9ebnllg
Observation-Disclosures in @nmeienheit
Der Spieen Ser Militar- uno gioiI-
bpt0rben nno Ger 8eteranen Gin
0enfmal fir ben S6lesmieer aouu-
faten Gbennis, Der oas beriibmtc
Sreibeitslieo an S9lesmie-Solitein
qeoihtet bot, entbiilt moroen. Bon
SEM 9reaniIten geQman in Mulif
qeiest, muroe es am "a. Suli 1914
beim gdneerfeit beioer Ser3ogtiitner
gum eriten Male inter groBter @e-
qeiIterung geiunaen. Das bon DEM
9iIobaner Stidling aus Wuihei-
falf bergeltellte 3enfmol 6eigt eillcn
feline camille ~idlibetoen aampFer,
oas &eliefbilo Gbemnie uto cuff her
4iidieite aud bas 9ilonis 8cllmalms
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-05-13

Cute @etrdnfe uno fomoier
2und ftets IN 8mrsitaaer's Saluun
nno @eitanrant, @inita StraBe, ne6ell
Der Saue Der Sermannsi0bne.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

Conquer our moods.
Don't let yOur moods conquer YOU,
People who give way to moods never
amount to much because they are
never masters Of themselves.
They never know In the morning
whether they are going to do a good
days work or not, whether they are
going to be a cheering or a depressing
influence on the people o them.
If they feel like being good tenn
pered they will be.
If they feel like 'snapping" at every
thing they will snap.
People who suffer from moods should
be careful about their habits.
They should be regular about meals,
sleep, exercise and work.
The condition Of the health has much
to do with moods, and there is moth
ing that contributes SO much to health
as absolute regularity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

the demand Of the russian government
for the eXtradition Of Christian RudO-
Wiz. the LettisIl rcvolutionist, whose
arrest and trial in Chicago aroused q
storm of protests throughout the ma
ton. News Of the decision reached Chi
cago INC was hailed with dcmonstra-
tons of joy OIL the part Of the organ.
lied forces which have been operating
in the interest of NudOyitZ and other
political refugees.
The decision Of Secretary Root was
made upon the evidence taken in Chi
cago by Commissioner Mark A. FoOte
and holds that RudovitZ is to be consid-
cred q political offender and not subject
to e]Xtradition under the treaty. Com
missioner FOOtp did 0 consider the
evidence Of the political nature of the
offense sufficient to order Rudovitz's re-
Lease.
The decision is one OF tie most i'm
yorraJ which has bcen given in the
history of the nation upon the matter
II ~eXtradition. It is taken to mean
that the United States is Il land where
political Offenders may find refuge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
rOuntinr Postal Cards.

Of the many interesting machines
employed by the government i'll its
daily work. there may be mentioned
those used for counting and tying postal
cards into small bundles. These ma
chimes are capable Of counting 100000
cards in ten hours, and wrapping and
tying them in packages OF twenty-five
each.
In this operation the paper is pulled
off a drum by two long fingers. which
emerge from below. and another finger
dips in a vat OF mucilage and applies
itself to the wrapping paper i'll pre-
ciselv the right spot. Other parts If
the machine Irvine the paper round the
pack of cards, and then q thumb press
es over the spot Wheroon the mucllage
has been applied. whcreupon the pack
age is thrown on Il carrying belt ready
for delivery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26

Unlike the prim brnids of the present
period, these little braids will be found
useful on waist outlines.
Never has ST much red been worn
in the hair as this season. Flowers, or
ribbon, it seems to make little dltfer-
ence, as long as the shade is there.
The Greek key design developed in
soutache upon velvet is used largely
to outline certain details Of the heavy
street garment that is worn without a
coat.
Embroidcries carried out in a Won
dcrful variety Of metallic threads. in
Guiding not only the more ordinary
gold and silver. but also copper, plati-
mum and aluminium, will be Il feature
of the most elaborate evening gowns
this winter.
On the front of a One-pieCe dress the
bodice was decorated in a very move
manner On one side were buttons of
white pearl. while elongated white but
tons were stitched Oh the opposite OF
left side at the whist. The two fronts
however, were separated with a small
ornament Of braid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
STANDARD OILS SPY SYSTEM
! aSes OF 80, crzeal" That Even Mr..
K""k"f"llcr VIII Hardly InhnhJ

"eH or 'o'crzeai' That Even Mr.,
h""h"f"llcr VIII Hardly UphohI.
Ana while | am SUGGESTING tonnes
There is another department OF Mr..
It"rkrtrII"r'S great business which orIy-
matted with him and Which | wish he
would be explicit about, and that Is the
SPY system, writes 'Intrrpretrr" IN the
American Magazine. Certainly Mr..
I"'Hrf"Il"r will not venture to uttrib-
ut" this peculiar activity to the "uvcr-
zeal Of some employers "unXlous for
his own or his coLnpuny's ndyanccment'
tn" general explanation he gives In
The first chapter of his "reminiscences
l." the criticisms made In his concern.
at least know that far from being Il
case OF Overhead, the spying on com
petitors has been 4 w~ell-Orgnnizcd and
most efficiently managed part Of his
business organization for many years.
! one" had in my hands Il great bundle
"t III" Anonymous ~'r"pOrtS' and
"f"rniS' which had been used ani dis
"Ardvd by the bureau Which looks after
This Kind Of thing a division of that
great bookkeeping system to which I
see Mr.. Rockefeller attributes so much
of the s3l"fess Of the Standard OIL Conn
pAny. \ boy employed by the Standard
Oil Company to burn such papers rrgrl-
!arly in the furnaces noticed frequently
on them rs he stuffed them into the fire
the name of Il man who had once been
Kind to him. The man was an indie
pendent dealer in oil. The boy studied
tn" papers. He saw from them how
this mans shipments were reported
from the freight Offices by railroad ON
ployeS secretly to tEc Standard. He
found a telegram ordering agents to So
cure n C0unt"rMAnd of the Orders-saw
reports that the ordering had been sue
rcSSfuIly discharged. SO often did he
sec this that he became alarmed for his
friend and finally. unable TO endure his
secret, h" gathered up complete sets of
the documents and carried them at
night to the mans house. 1t was from
there they came to me-. Tho papers
now are buried in the mountain high
pile Of testimony the government is tax
Ing in its suit against the company.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-26
POE,s DESK ~UNEARTHED.
Nr;tinr Case Once Used by the Zoe
Now in Book store.

Wr;tinr Case Once Used by the Poe'
Now in Book store.
desk that was once owned by Ed
oar Allan Poe has been on exhibition
for several days IN the windows OF q
wall street book store, the New iora
Press says. The desk is q small porta'
BILE aff;sir of a fashion long out or use.
1t il neatly made Of mahogany, Win
brass mountings. That the desk WaA
Poe's there is said to be no question,
for its history has been carefully
traced. The desk was for several
wears, after the poets death, the prop
ertv Of Mrs. GLENN. Poe's mother-ln'
law. From her it passed into the hands
of Amos Bardwell Hayward, who, with
his wife, were intimate friends OF Mrs
Clemm. The desk was sold for the hrst
time at auction. with several other ar
ticlcs and books of Foes in this city
Oh April II. 1906, bringing about SlO0
In the desk originally was a volume
of George P. Morris poems and ballads
a presentation from the author to Ed
gar Allan Poe. bearing Mr.. Morris au
torraDh. This book was sold separate
w ot the same time with he desk and
brought S25. and eventually found 1a
WAY into Henry w. Poor's library
which is now being sold at the Ande
Sol, book salesrooms. at the ale o.
the third part of the Poor library thu
identical book was sold, with a few
first editions Of Poe's works, but, fot
lowing the vagaries of book auction
prices, only brought Sc.