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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
STEENE.

The BobolInk gets :Iis first fish
story from Mr.. Buckland Tuesday
morning as the Link" had a few
minutes to spare, but wouldn have
had the time to spare only for the
cold snap drying up his sap spiles,
which had kept him from letting the
grass grow under his feet for four
days and nights until midnight. After
Witnessing his neighbor cut off an
extraordinary large chew, from a
fresh plug just received, he knew
that their was something coming
without asking any questions. Af-
ter getting the big chew we'll placed
so that he could talk without being
choked, he began: well, Link, you
may think I'm lying because there
are no such fish stories, or no such
fish in your day, | think that 1t was
in the year of 1910, that the forest
with white rabbits, and you know
to get one of those il was worth as
much as a four weeks old pig for a
roast. Well, the first night ] set
two large box traps, as it took me all
day to make them. Well, ! struck
two good runways where the rab-
bits would come down to the lake
for a drink. There set my traps as
close the waters edge as possible,
and the next morning at the peep of
day, | rowed across the lake to my
traps. They were about 100 feet
apart. Before | reached the shore
could see that my traps were sprung.
You know that ! had been living on
fish so long that my heart gave a
bound, thinking of the two fine
would-be roasters in store Tor me,
but in reaching the traps / was in a
quandary what to do, as each trap
had, as | judged at the time, a 40
or so pound roaster inside and
didn't want to loose any such game
SO after a short consultation with
myself, | decided to take traps and
all to the house where, by the aid of
the women. in a closed room | knew
there would be no escape for the
bunnies. Well, Link, you can be-
lieve me or not, when | opened the
first trap there crawled out on the
kitchen floor six eels that would
average six pounds apiece, and when
iifted the trap of the second one,
five black bass jumped out on the
floor, that would average five pounds
apiece. Well, ! grated my teeth in
rage. but the women smiled as they
had the fire built and two large fry
ing pans hot awaiting my fish. When
you have more time ! have a better
one than this"
Lesley MIL visited friends at Car
bondale Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Ruth Nichols visited friends
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
"Hleksltes" VS.. "ErIends."

Hicksites are a numerous body az -.
tionalistic Quakers in America, foudd.
ed by Elias Hicks Q74S1S3o), who ~
1927 seeded from the Society oi
Friends and created a schism in tina,
body by his PRONUNCIATION Of Unitarian
doctrines. About one-half of the
Friends" in America adopted his
views. The Hicksites deny the miracu,
lous conception, the divinity and the
atonement OF Christ, as well as the IN.
spiration and authenticity OF The
Scriptures.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
actics.

So far as history gives us any in.
formation on the subject, the father
Of tactics" in the military sense, was
the great Theban General Epaminon.
das, who, at the famous battle OF Leu.
ctra, B. c. 81, fought between the
Thebans and Spartans, for the first
time introduced the scientific mode
of lighting. Prior to that time the
universal rule was for the opposing
armies to face each other and fight it
out by sheer brute force and building
tenacity, without any particular re-
gard for scientific principles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
SOUTH STERLING.

Mrs. George II. Lancaster spent
few days with her people in Hope
well, n. j.; also in Philadelphia on
business.
On March I'd Dr. Edison Burke
of Chicago; DR.. J. NJ. Burke, of Buff
falo; DR.. Harry Burke, of New York,
and Mr.. Hugh Burke of Scranton,
gave their mother, Mrs Angeline
Burke, a surprise on her 18th birth
day at the home of Mr.. G. II. Ian
caster
Mr. j. NJ Barnes has been sick
but is on the gain again.
Miss Ella Velklin has returned
home again after spending two
weeks with Mrs. Ernest Elder, at
Gouldsboro.
Mr.. James Gilpin is on the gain.
The A. ID. X. boys hold their en-
tertainment in Newfoundland High
school building, on Friday evening,
March l1th.
George Lawrence and Anna
Barnes spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Sterling
DR.. Edwin Burke is visiting his
many friends in this place.
The Ladies Aid meets at the
home of Mrs. Frank Madden all day
on March 18th.
Mrs. Dr. Simons spent Saturday
in Scranton.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11

at Carbondale Saturday and Sunday.
Richard Duffy and son Walter are
making a two weeks visit with the
formers brother, John, in New
York city.
George Chapman, Of Carbondale
spent two days last week with the
Bobolink.
Within radius of half mile
there are three large sugar camps
working full blast day and night.
Charles Dennie has about one hun
dred trees that he expects to reap
a dollar a piece from and the Bobo-
link has 90 under the tap, enough for
one man to attend to. Emmett Swim
gle says that IL he can find the trees
he will tap two hundred. Emmet's
stills are long; he can wade through
deep snow.
1t is expected that the Rev. Mr..
Davis will preach his farewell ser
mon here next Sunday. It is hoped
that the conference will send him
back to us again as we feel that his
place cant be filled to the liking of
everyone, as he fills it.
Farmers who are not operating
sap bush are busy getting their sum-
mer wood.
Mrs. Thomas Arthur is quite i'll
at the home of her son, Thomas,
at Steene.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Necessity Of Air Baths,

The conditions and conventions Of
our civilization demand frequent bath
ing; any one suspected of avoiding a
daily bath would quickly find himself
persona non grata in decent socic y.
1t Is popularity supposed that frequent
bathing is essential to health. This "a
quite untrue. Much of the benefit at
tributed to the water is in reality due
to the complete exposure of the s.'-l
to the air. The respiratory function
of the skin is of high Importance, and
although water may be dispensed
with, closing the pores to air would
result in speedy asphyxiation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Amount Of Rainfall.

Recent authorities assure us that
II alf the rain which falls upon the
earth were allowed to accumulate in
a basin Of the same area OF the ter
restrial surface, It would almost be a
collection OF eight feet deep at the
end of the year. The heaviest rainfall
known upon the earth occurs upon The
mountain slopes beyond the head ~
the Bay OF Bengal. and amounts upon
the average to $40 inches or nearly D.
feet, in the course OF the year C0s
inch of rain implies fall Of 101 toEi
of water upon each acre OF ground.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
HAMLINTON.

The Book club was entertained on
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. T. Stocker.
Edward Hoffman, of Scranton, re-
Gently visited his parents here.
A load of young people from this
place attended the Grange supper
at Madisonville Tuesday might
Cora and Lawrence Alt are spend
ing the week at Big Pond.
Miss Edna Chumard has returned
from a visit to friends in Scranton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hummer are
visiting Mrs. Hummer's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Florence Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Corrith of
Scranton, are rejoicing over the birth
of daughter, Mrs. Carrith was form
erly Ida West of this place.
On the afternoon of Thursday,
March Sd, a number of girl friends
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Williams and showered
her with pretty and useful gifts
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams expect soon
to begin housekeeping in Scranton.
The annual settlement of the aud
itors of the township was held in the
o. o. F. hall, March 7th.
Sugar making is in progress. Thus
far the weather for that purpose has
been very favorable.
Mrs. c. NJ Loring spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Inez Curtis.
John Williams is getting out lum-
Der for a new house which he pro-
poses to erect upon the site of the
one recently destroyed by fire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
RattIesnakes.

1t is commonly believed that the
rattlesnake will strike without giving
the warning rattle during the hot days
OF August, at which time their sight
is affected. A new joint is, formed
to the rattle every time the snake
sheds its skin AS the reptile sheds
its skin oftener than once "A year. the
number of joints does NOT represent
the age of the rattlesnake Many
joints are lost by accident OF wear.
Rattlesnakes are entirely confined to
the western hemisphere
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Tragedy Of a Kiss.

An Atchison romance: He had not
known her long, but as she stood in
the moonlight a white dress and a
blue sash set OF uer figure so weH
that he thought ne had never seen a
prettier picture. And then he did an
awful thing kissed her. The in
nocent girl shrank from him in hor.
ror and the young man realized that
he had gone too Iar Indeed, as the
painting girl strove to collect herself
sufficiently to express the scorn. surg
ing III ner bosom the young man
thought OF the beating he must en-
dure the next day from uer father and
brothers, and OF tue long accounts of
the nsht tnat would appear In the
newspapers. Fortunately. ne had his
hat In hlS hand, ana turned to 20.
But the sIrl strugs .ed to speak; sac
would express her contempt Tor his
action though it killed ner. When"
she said, Ia d low, ralterlng voice, full
OF deep-seated tatred, are you COM
ing again ?"-Atchlson Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
USE MORE THAN CNE DESK.
Men Who Find Two or Even Three
Desks Convenient in Their Work.

One man | had occasion to call on
the other day." said a man whose
business takes him around among
people more or less, II found sitting
between two SKIS. Facing one, he
had the other directly at his back,
and evidently both were in use. The
significance of the TWO desks was real
ly very simple.
This man is at the head OF an es-
tablishment calling tor both scientific
and administrative work and in one
of his desks he has all the material
required in his scientific work and
In the other the various things re-
quired in his business work.
He sits between the two desks In
a revolving chair. If he has business
to attend to he swings around and
goes at it on the business desk Busi-
ness finished. he swings around again
to his other desk and resumes his
scientific work, enabled by the ar
rangement to avoid confusion and to
prosecute his work In either direction
with convenience and economy OF
time, all OF which ! thought was very
fine.
Il have since heard of another man
engaged in three pursuits who uses
three desks in precisely the same
manner. the thre desks being set to
form three sides of a square. with his
revolving chair in the centre, the pa
pers and documents and data pertain
ing to one thing in one desk, to an.
other thing in another aud to the third
thing in the third desk. all very con-
yenient. and time savins
And | suppose ii you looked around
enough you would find ia fact con-
Siderable number OF men who make
use in their business or professions of
mois than one desk"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
RUN WITHOUT HEADLIGHT.
Wherein British Railroad Trains DH.
fer from Those Of America.

Wherein British Railroad Trains OH.
fer from Those Of America.
Locomotive headlights as we know
them in this country are practically
unknown in Great Britain. we are
told by a writer in a recent railroad
magazine Their are few grade cross
ings there, and these are well pro-
tected, SO that the light is not need
ed as a danger signal. and there "a
no effort to use exceptionally bright
lights to illuminate the track in front
of a train
The situation is not without its ad-
vantages. Bright headlights modify
or obliterate the feoble colored lights
of signals and switches, and they daz.
zle the eyes of the drivers on pass-
ing trains. In this country the head.
light seems to be a necessity. To be
effective It should be sufficiently bril-.
liant 20 illuminate the track for a dis
tance greater than that within which
the brakes can stop the train, but It
must not be so powerful as to blind
approaching trains crews and modify
the colors of signal lights. 1t should
also be as effective as possible in fog
gy and snowy weather.
The oil lamp hardly meets these
conditions; it is too feeble, even with
proper reflector Electricity is too
powerful and has been abandoned by
some OF the roads that nave intro
duced it. Acteylene, which is now SO
familiar as an illuminant on automo-
biles' Is advocated by many authori-
ties.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Costly make Poison.

one of the strangest as well as most
costly articles of commerce is snake
venom, for which there is growing
demand in medicine and other
branches OF science The supply
comes from Australia, and a recent
Sydney quotation placed the market
price at 20c to . grain. or about
$30.UHO pound Troy. no attempt
seeming 10 nave been made hitherto
TO distinguish between the poison OF
snakes whose bite is usually fatal and
THAI from reptiles that seldom kill
DR.. Tidswell, of the New South Wales
Health Department states that the
Venoms are now being classified.
Laboratory experiments place the
tiger snake venom first, as it is six
teen times as deadly as that of the
black make and four times as power
full as that from the brown snake or
the death adder In average yield at
a bite the death adder supplies three
times as much as the tiger snake and
seventeen times as much as the
brown snake. So Iar the snakes have
been mostly captured by hand to
avoid loss OF poison, and at even
greater personal risk, have been held
In the hand while being enraged and
made to bite through a rubber band,
ejecting upon glass plate the venom
from the two poison fangs in the up
per jaw. Each snake has supplied
the material from one bite. averaging
about a grain.-Dundee Advertiser
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
USWICK & LAKEVILLE.

Misses Gladys Pennell and Pearl
Crane, also Lester Pennell have the
sore throat and the grip.
Messrs. f. b. Pennell, P. G., and
F. r. Olmsted, p. G., of Uswick,
and oliver Locklin, p. G., Alfred
Locklin, Charles Daniels and VIII
liam Shelley, OF Lakeville, attended
Wangum Lodge, No. AS, /. o. o.
F., at Hawley. on Wednesday even
ing. March I'd. Joseph Mackey,
Grand Secretary, and Mr.. Mont
gomery, Grand Master. were present
and held a session of Grand Lodge,
after which lunch was served and
all returned to their homes having
enjoyed the evenings entertainment
very much.
The l.. A. S. of this vicinity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
LOOKOUT.

George Brigham, of Galilee, spent
Saturday and Sunday at j. b. Mauds-
ley's.
MIR. Jesse Hathaway has gone to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Norman
Tyler, near Ellenville, N. Y.
William Flynn, Jr, has gone to
Middletown, N. Y. on business
Mrs. A. Bush and sons, of Galilee,
called on friends at this place on
Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Daney, Mrs. F..
NJ. Lester and children visited Mrs
B. A. Brinning at Union on Friday
last
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Farmers Lot in New enoland

Anybody who THINKS the farmers of
New England are living i'll solitude,
out of touch with the great world and
indifferent to the advantages of or.
ganlzation, is destined TO rude awak.
ening ii he subjects MS Impression to
the test oi fair-minded inquiry. Much
pity" IS patronizingly bestowed on
the farmers, who resent It and reject
1t, Their winters are SAID to be de-
pressing, whereas that season is in
reality the period OF their social gay.
etles. grange suppers, neighborhood
sleigh rides. festivities within the
reach OF moderate purses and moder-
ate desires. Taken as a whole, the
farmers lot Is not an unhappy one,
any more than that OF the hired man.
The hired men have not been union
lied" yet, and that accounts for a
great gap in the ranks o: organized
labor.-Boston Transcript
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Robbx,s Ealtsrlnn Faith

One Sunday morning little Bobby
showed signs OF having something on
his mind Finally he mustered up
courage and addressed his father
thus: Say, papa, don't you think it
is time fer me to graduate from Sun
day school?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Nothinn New.

Fashion is ever changing, but Il
must be confessed that all the dresses
we create" are merely variations,
improvements, or transformations of
models worn in other days.-Moda,
Rome.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Uses of Adyersitv.

Prosperity is not without many
fears and disasters; and adversely is
not without comforts and hopes. Ger.
tainly, virtue is like precious odors,
most fragrant, when they are incensed
or crushed; for prosperity doth best
discover vice; but adversely doth best
discover virtue.-Bacon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Very Old Painting.

What is believed to be the Oldest
European painting in existence has
been found in crete by the Italian
archaeolO gical mission 1t is on a
sarcophagus. and Is supposed to have
been produced about 200 b. C.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Omlnous.

One OF the first signs that a won,aL
Is getting old is when she tells the
story that she married before she was
16.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
Rlc. cultivation In eurma,

or the twelve million acres urT sr
cultivation in Burma, eight million are
devoted 10 rice.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
What Not 10 Remembor

There is great secret in knowins
what TO keep out OF the mind as So.i
as what to put in.-Emerson.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-11
An Anolnnx Crank

A man who is good at making ex.
plantations and apologies Is seldom
good for anything else.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09

Punch.
Said a bibulous chap from the south
In a state of perpetual drouth,
1T surely seems drol
That punch In the bowl
Should be ever worth two in the mouth"
New York Times.
Oscillation.
Bus-TO kiss.
Re-bus-To kiss again.
Omnl-bus-To kiss all the girls In the
room
Il plurl-bus unum-A thousand kiss
es in llne.-Lippincotrs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09
SeaVer'S Dyspepsia Tablets

Have you dyspepsia? II you have
perhaps you want to get rid of It..
You can by taking SEAVER'S DYS-
PERSIA TABLETS. We do not
print any pictures OF before and after
taking. You get them by standing
before the looking glass. II you don't
believe this, try the tablets and you
will. We have proved that SEA-
VER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS will
cure dyspepsia over and over again.
We are ready 10 demonstrate IL in
your case and we viii tell you how.
Go TO the store of J. NJ. Ayres and get
a package. Take it according to dir
ections. II il cures you, step In and
tell the druggist so. II IL doesn't step
in just the same and tell him that,
and he will hand you right back the
ducats you paid him. DO you sup
pose this OFFER would be made If we
had any doubts about what the tab
let's will do for you? Do YOU see any
way that you can lose any money out
.of IL? But II you really enjoy dys.
pepsia, and want to retain il perman
entity let SEAVER'S DYSPEPSIA
TABLETS alone for the tablets won't
let dyspepsia alone
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09
MOST wlDELY.READ NOVEL
Decentralization Of ST. Elmo at the op
era House Next Week

On Tuesday evening at the Ben
nington opera house Manager c. A.
Wood promises what will probably be
the greatest treat of the year for To-
cal theatregoers, in the first presen-
tation in Bennington OF the dramatic
version of Augusta ]. Evans famous
novel st. Elmo Nothing In theat-
rical annals has eQualled the wonder
full furore created by this play the
present season, and the reason for 1t
is not hard to understand Probably
no American novel, with the excep-
ton OF "Uncle Toms Cabin" has
been so widely read, and is so fam
liar to the American public. Our
grand-dads and grandmams, our
pas and mas are all familiar with the
apparently immortal love story Of 81
Elmo Murray and Edna Earle and
II has seemed as though the desire to
see them actually embodied in the
persons of living, breathing humans
has spread to every theatre goer
throughout the country.
Since the piece was first produced
at the Academy Of Music, New YORK
last fall, its vogue has spread like
wild fire throughout the land. and
from Portland, Maine to Portland Or
egon, the rush to see est Elmo" has
been absolutely phenomenal.
For a long time Manager Wood has
been endeavoring to secure the auth
orlzed dramatic version, but il has
only been recently that arrangements
could be made and now he is happy
TO state that the entire original com
pany will appear in this city, and the
performance will be given in every res
pect identically as at all the large
cities throughout the East. The com
pany has been selected with the
greatest care and no detail than can
in any way add to the enjoyment OF
the auditor has been overlooked.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09
Taste and smell.

Psychologists have long known that
many sensations ordinarily ascribed
TO taste are in reality due to smell.
but this fact has been made clearer
than before by the investigations Of
German savants Air enters the OIL
factory chamber. where the nerves
connected with the sense OF smell are
centered. both through the nostrlls
and through an inlet leading from the
mouth. In consequence a breath Of
perfumed air manfests It's odor not
'only when It is breathed IN. but when
It is breathed out. For this reason we
are sometimes deceived as to the
source of the pleasure we derive from
things taken into the mouth. the agree
ableness Of the impression being due.
in some cases. rather to smell than to
taste.--New York Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09
Maze of Forest Roots

believes American abound valuable medicinal
would
o with pride almost
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09
IF BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN Deep
USE A. 0. S. PEROXIDE CREAM

If beauty is only skin deep then
some people certainly ought to pay
more attention to the skin-for
rough, red, wrinkled, scaly skin mars
the attractiveness Of many otherwise
beautiful women and handsome men.
When the American Druggists Syn
dicate-of 10000 leading druggists
perfected its list of 1000 household
remedies and toilet articles, much
thought was devoted to the treat
ment of the skin, and as a result A..
d. S. Peroxide Cream was Eace and
has proved one of the very best pro
ducts of the syndicate. because it has
taught men and women a simple way
to help preserve the skin in al its
youthful beauty and keep 1t free from
the effects of the Winter winds and
the Summer sun.
A. D. S. Peroxide Cream helps make
a rough skin smooth, a murEy skin
clear, a red, blotched skin white, and
many a sore skin well. 1t acts as a
mild skin bleach and will not grow
hair.
This is but one of the famous A. d.
s. Peroxide Family. The others
equally as good, equally as beneficial
and Just as popular-are a. D. S,
Peroxide Tooth Powder, which wait
ems, cleans and preserves to teeth;
"a. D. s. Tooth Paste, for the same
purpose, put up in different fern;
A. D. S. Peroxide Soap is so different
and superior to any other Eind Of sosI
that its use should be and probably
will be universal. Last, but by nc
means of least Importance, is A. D. S
Peroxide Of Hydrogen, the great dis
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-05-09

DR.. e. G. Grain, of indianapolis,
enc of the lcaa'-g druggists in In
diana, sa-s: "A. d. S. Peroxide Cream
Is very popular among my customers,
and is use is not altogether confined
TO the women, for know number
Of men who use it after shaving l
have one lady who cleared I'm a very
ugly skin by using A. d. S. Peroxide
Cream and ! suppose she has sent me
no less than twenty customers for
this preparation"
You can get A. D. S. Peroxide Pre-
paratlons at any'A. d. S. drug store.