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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
Bullets That HIt

1t has been estimated that In the
Franco-Prussian War the Germans
fired 20,000000 bullets, which killed
and wounded 100000 Frenchmen. Ac.
cording TO this, only one ball out OF
i43 that were fired hit its man, and,
assuming that only one man out OF
seven hit was killed. II would seem
that only one bullet in S5S proved
fatal. But since the men killed and
wounded by the artillery were includ,
ed in the above estimate. 1t may safe
ly be said that not over one rife ball
In a thousand fred killed its man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
Growth of Postal Service.

In Washington's administration the
Postmaster-General had but one clerk.
There were only seventy-five postof-
fees and 1875 miles of post roads in
the United States. The cost of the
mail transportation was S22,OS1, the
total revenue $32,935 the total ex.
penditure s32,140, leaving a surplus OF
s. 1876. 1t was not till 1888 that the
idea OF utilizing the railroads in the
mail service was thought of, and the
present railway mail service was not
inaugurated until 1864. when 1t was
begun by Colonel Armstrong.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
On The Ocean Bottom.

Sitting inside a submarine on an
ocean bottom you would be no more
conscious of the enormous water
pressure without than ii you were
going to sleep in your own bed. You
might remain twenty-four hours un-
der water without coming up, using
only the natural air supplied in the
boat without feeling the least un-
comfortable. If you wished. you
might remain down four or five days,
tapping the air tank as you needed
a fresh supply of air. In the mean
time you would bunk over the tor
pedoes and torture yourself by let
ting your imagination run loose to
your hearts content, or you might
read by electric light or play cards
or dominoes or checkers, the COOK
serving you with coffee and canned
things that can be heated on an
electric furnace without causing too
much smoke, and making the air
disagreeable to breathe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
eA1Y ruarLr. Arz cAurrous.
Nc coorer Out c. the Er1 Thsn T7ey
seurry Down to tre sea.

No Soorer Out cf the ErG TnSn E1sy
sourry Down to tie sea.
Just as soon as baby turtle
emerges from the egg Off he scurrles
down to the sea. says the Los Angeles
Times. He has 70 one to teach him.
no one to guide him. In his curious
little brain there Is implanted a streak
of caution period in his life his armor
is soft and no defence against hungry
fish, and he at once seeks shelter in
the tropical profusion OF the Gulf
weed, which holds within its branch
ing fronds an astonishing abundance
of marine life. Here the young turtle
feeds unmolested while his armor un-
dergoes the hardening process.
Whatever the young sea turtle eats
and wherever he eats it-facts not
generally ascertained- thing Is
certain, 1t agrees with him immensely.
He leads pleasant sort OF life, bask-
ing in the tropical sun and cruising
leisurely in the cool depths.
Once he has attained the weight Of
twenty-five pounds, which usually oc-
ours within the first year, the turtle
is free from all danger. After that no
fish or mammal however ravenous,
however well armed with teeth, inter-
feres with the turtle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
Our Bad Eagle Bird.

Hazel Green, Ky.-"Billy" Pack, Of
Grassy. one day last week killed a
gray eagle which measured six feet
from tip to tip OF wings. AS we noted
last week, "Bill" Sweeney killed an
eagle of the same species measuring
seven feet from tip to tip OF wings,
and the distance between the two
points being only five miles, the pre-
sumption is that they were probably
mates. the Sweeney eagle the male
and the Pack bird the female. Either
was large enough to carry away a
baby, a lamb or a shote weighing for
ty pounds. and the thanks Of the peo-
pie generally are due TO Messrs.
Sweeney and Pack for Kidding the
country OF thsu,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01

No one who sees common or
hillside covered with gorse in full
flower can fail to appreciate lts
beauty, and we can well Understand
such plant lovers as Linnaeus and
DiIIenius going INTO ecstacies of de-
light. as they are reported to have
done, when such sight first burst
on their view after being acquainted
with the plant from botanical ma
terial only
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
SEES DEMOCRACY IN A GUN.
Judge Says Firearms Alone Keep Men
from BEING Oppressed.

Cleveland, Ohio.-"There is more
democracy wrapped up in a muskct
than in all the oratorical and academi.
cal platitudes ever spoken declared
Judge Robert w. Tayler of the United
States court, before a large gathering
in Trinity Cathedral here.
The Judge declared that as men
were not born equal intellectually or
physically the majority had been
able TO escape the rule OF the brainier
minority only by the development Of
firearms.
Free government is not wholly due
to AN ethical sense Of justice" he said
MAN has always yearned for II, but
he rever could have 1t until he could
get it and keep It by resort to arms
Physical potentiallty is the main
thing, after all"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01

Boston child not vet in her teens
and unusually precocious. with ex-
ceptional penetration, asked her mo-
ther the other day How long.
mother. will It be before | get old
enough for you to say that am
nervous and not naughty when ] do
so and so
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
DO NOT MAKE FUN
OF THE FARMER.
His Sensitive Sons Leave the
Farm, Then Up Goes the
n.;ao &c EAal

Price Of Food.
Columbus, O.-The news
papers comic Sunday supple
ments that picture hayseeds and
birds nests in farmers boards
and make fun of the horny-hand-
ed agriculturist are responsible
for the high prices of food
stuffs.
So John A. Stewart, a New
York manufacturer and founder
of the State Agricultural School,
Morrisville, n. j., testified be-
fore the legislative committee
investigating food prices. Mr..
Stewart said the comic supple
ments ridicule the farmer and
his work and so drive the farm
er's sons to the cities. So few
men are left to raise crops that
many farms are being abandon
ed Only the older people re-
main on the farms, said Mr..
Stewart, and little food in ex-
cess of what is needed there is
being produced. So it is now
comparatively easy to corner
the market on many food COM
modities. He declared the stu
alton is alarming and should
be changed by making farm
life more attractive.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
Lays Eggs with Two and Three Yolks

Spokane, Wash. - Philadelphia
Tom" Smith, for twenty years a mem,
ber Of the Police Department of Spo-
kane. now retired, has Black Minor
ca hen which regularly lays eggs with
double yolks, crows like rooster, and
is, according to it's owner. confirmed
suffragette, in that the fowl will not
stay in the hennery and hatch its
eggs. One of the hens chief feats is
an egg with three yolks. which is on
exhibition in the exposition rooms OF
the Chamber OF Commerce.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01

No young man can boast OF thor
ough education until he has been
abroad and learned the ways and
ideas OF other nations. In superior
schools travelling during the holidays
should be made compulsory, or at
least strongly encouraged.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
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) Seasons Prize Yarn from
: Breezy West.

Lake City, Iowa.-While on
his way home late at night from
q party at a farmhouse along the
railroad, Steward Dunbar fell
through a cattle guard, and his
foot became caught.
Hearing a handcar, on which
guests from the party were rid
ing hilariously into the city, APP
preaching, Dunbar frantically
tried to free himself and lighted
the first thing at hand to warn
the occupants OF the car of his
danger.
The car stopped a few feet
from him. Dunbar was picked
up in a fainting condition, the
last burned edges of $40 bill
still clutched in his fingers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
Make Use of Rubbish,

In certain towns In Germany
householders are compelled by law
to sort out their house dust. They
have to provide three receptacles-
one for cooking refuse and one for
rags and paper. The rubbish is util-
ized by the town authorities
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01

once there was bachelor man
who said that talk was cheap. but
one day he got married. and then
he learned a heap For when his
so-called betterhalf doth speak OF
gowns and such he finds her talk is
different-it costs him mighty much.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
She Grew.

A teacher after patiently defining
words in a spelling lesson. gave the
word "grewsome" from among them.
to be put into a sentence. with this
result from the brightest little girl
in the class: II cannot wear my
last Sumrer's dresses, because l
grew some.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01
That Saving Motion.

Some people do dislike work,
remarked the Observer OF Events
and Things: and yet 1t takes about
the same mum Der OF motions TO play
one of Schuberts sonatas on the I'D
die as It does to saw cord or wood"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-01

Because of the lichens which grow
abundantly on the stone paved
streets in Madeira, making them
slippery. It is possible to use sleighs
the wear around.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29
REMODEL AND
IMPROVE HOUSE
MORE LIGHT AND GREATER CON-
yENIENURs FOR THE
AIEMnERs.
Postoface Department. Has Mail TloN
Graveyard.

WASHINGTON. March ss.-Thls
being revolution season In the house
OF representatives. other changes be-
sides revision OF the rules are under
way.
Plans have been drawn and all
preparations made for physical
transformation OF the house chamber,
All that ID lacking 70 set an army OF
workmen on the job Is the final fall
OF the speakers gavel adiournins the
house sine die. As soon as the coat
tails OF the last Congressman disap-
pear through the glass doors, the
jean overalls OF carpenters, iron
workers and masons viii stalk in
and the most tremendous upheaval
ever Witnessed under the big dome
win begin.
The house IL TO be made smaller;
the desks OF the members are to be
replaced by benches, after the fash
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29
PARTY PRINCIpI.Es.

Governor Brady and Paul Clag-
stone are to make the race for the
republican nomination for governor
ON q platform for state wide prohibit
tion. and under the direct primary
law first and second choice votes or
those who favor this platform will DO
east for these two men with q hope
that II one fails to receive the nomI-
nation BY securing majority Of the
votes east the other may slide In
under the second choice votes. 1t h
n very cunning. as well as unfair
method Of making nomination, but
under the law II may be done and the
candidate who enters as the second
choice OF the voters OF his party has
q big load TO carry through the cam
paIgn. A plurality viii elect a man,
but II takes q majority to nominate.
These two men have abandoned their
party platform and pledges for the
purpose Of catering to the prohibition
t@NNA@ ~ NAH EeANN anu 2Au htteN1pt-
ing 70 catch them with the state wide
platform. All true republicans who
believe in party principles and in
carrying out party pledges ARE now
placed IN the position OF supporting
q candidate who declares himself in
favor OF giving the present county
option law fair test before going
deeper into experimental legislation
or repudIating the platform for
new propaganda OF state Wide prohl-
bItlon. We believe that most republl-
cans Will stand BY their platform and
BY their party principles, The only
man who ~ now before tho people
sQuarely on his party platform Is
Hon. D, =. o'Neil. the well known
chairman Of the party for the state
OF Idaho. There may be other can
didascs who win come out on the
same platform. but 81 present Mr..
OMEN IL the only one who stands By
his party principles.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

same as other city elections and re-
quires therefore. registration Of quail
fed voters, the same as other city
elections.
The names of the registrars appoint-
ed. with whom the qualified voters
must register In the various wards are
as follows:
The registrar for the first ward is T.
n. Gerdes. whose place In said ward for
registering votes for said election will
be the real estate department OF the
Occur d'Alene Bank & Trust Co.
The registrar for the second ward Is
%. b. Moon. whose place in said ward
for registering votes for said election
win be at the Journal ofIce.
The registrar for the third ward is
claud Thomas. whose place In said
ward for registering votes for said cleo
tion viii be at the Golden Rule store
on north Fourth street.
The registrar for the fourth ward is
d. IL Furgeson. whose place In said
ward for registering votes for said
election wifi be at 93s Seventh street
Only qualified electors OF the city,
who are taxpayers thereof. can regis
ter and vote at this election on these
three questions to be submitted.
This notice OF election Is given pur-
suant to the provisions OF ordinance
No. 2ss, ordinance No. SOC and ordi-
nance No. sol Of said city heretofore
duly passed and approved and publish
ed. and by order OF the mayor and city
council thereof
In witness whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and Affixed the corporate
seal OF the city Of Occur d'Alene, pur-
suant to order OF the mayor and city
council Of said city, this sist day OF
March, A. d. 1919.
FRED l. TIFFANY.
City Clerk OF the City Of Occur d'Alene.
Attest: lSeaD
FRED l. TIFFANY,
City Clerk.
W. Z. SANDER,
Acting Mayor OF the City Of
Occur d'Alene.
Weekly Mar IS, Apr. so.
Daily Mar. "a. May 3
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

The aheritI or Latah county, which
is supposed to have no liquor selling
within its borders. has arrested a
number Or b0Otieggers on the charge
Of violating the law. II Is simply
added evidence that prohibition does
not prohibit. while II makea sneaks
and criminals BY the hundred, and q
Law that produces crime Is worse than
no law az all. The prohibition wave
win pass In Idaho, as Il has passed
before In other states. and We viii
then have sane regnlative and high
license protection that will minimize
the evils OF the business and by SO
doing promote. instead OF retard.
temperance. The only true tenn
peraneo man Is the one who has con-
troll OF his appetite and OF his mental
and phyhieal SELF. All others are fall
urea to q greater or less extent, no
matter in what their intemperance
consists. and that includes most Of
the human race. There are many
Incorporate weaknesses which We
cannot overcome and the best that
can DO done Is 10 minimize Thorn and
come As near the mark a. possible.
whether II is In appetite or mind.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

an Idea for collecting mail along
rural routes. One device Is a battery
Of boxes to DO filled with mail at the
postofIlee and automatically dIstrIbut-
ed along the route. at the same time
picking up other boxes filled with
mail for dispatch.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

In dusty loft at the rear OF the
postofilce building In Washington
there is monument built OF 1900
boxes to the memory of American
persistency and failure.
These boxes are the offering OF as
many inventors for the alluring bait
OF the o, X, of the department on
their inventions which would have
brought them chance at an order
for 6.000.O00 mail boxes for the ru-
raj delivery service.
All these eontraptlons have been
sent In since 1901. Up to that time
the department allowed the farmers
To nse whatever they chose as mail
box, but when It found that In many
Instances their choice ran 10 q piece
OF tiling. stove piping. old powder
and oil cans. and everything else
from the refuse heap back OF the old
homestead, the department baked
and decided to set u standard. This
Immediately created n market for an
enormous supply of boxes and all the
would-be Westinghouse OF the eoun-
try set to work Justify to supply
Uncle Sans need.
Tho results OF their efforts form
most interesting index to what the
human mind can evolve. Some are
shaped like a dir'gihle torpedo. some
open on a hinge like q clam she'll.
One Is Tlgged out with more aecoutre-
ments than Harlem flas, with coin
and letter holders, interlocklng sig
nails and electric annunelators to
tell the passing postman whether the
patron desires stamps. money orders.
post cards or 10 segister a letter.
One (probably invented by a letter
earrierl has an arrangement whereby
II could be swung into the carriers
wagon. emptied and returned without
the carrier getting out OF his seat.
Some didn't stop at inventing a
box; they devised n whole system to
Be run from q village postoffice by a
gasoline motor. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General De Graw, who
has charge OF the rural delivery,
says. that even now he gets a letter
every week from some one who has
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

be made to let more light into the
now somewhat gloomy chamber. TO
accomplish all this congress appro-
prlated 100000 some three years
ago, but up 70 the present year sum-
Client time has not been given the
woFkmen TO get & the task. Year
before last congress held an extra
ordinarily long session, and last sum-
meF the law makers were here sweat
Ing through the hot spell making
new tariff law. This summer there
d likely to be nothing TO prevent
the work. All the members wish to
get homo as soon Es possible any
way. TO look after their fences for
November, so Elliott Woods. super
intendent OF the capitol under whose
direction this work will be done. has
issued orders for the beginning of
operations as soon as congress quits.
The most noticeable change in the
appearance OF tho house chamber
will be made by tho removal OF the
wall directly behind the speakers
desk. and the bringing in OF. the two
walls. right and left OF the speaker.
70 narrow the apartment. The pres
emit press gallery will be wiped out
and the newspaper men and tele-
grapheFs given quarters at either side
Of the rooms they now use. Replac-
Ing the desks OF the members on the
floor, will be little narrow strips or
shelves, only wide enough to hold q
small book. The comfortable swivel
chairs they now occupy will make
way for long. hard benches, so that
when the alteration Is completed the
house OF representatives will look
like a district school. Another and
very noticeable change will be the
installation OF large table In front
OF the house directly before the
speakers desk, for the accommoda-
ton OF the gentlemen In charge OF
20 bill, or for anyone who for any
reason may expect to occupy the floor
for a considerable length Of time and
wish to fortlfy himself with docu-
ments or volumes from the library.
He can spread his literature upon
this table and II his brother members
desire, they may crowd around the
table to set a closer view or come
within nearer earshot.
BY making the house chamber
smaller 1t Is hoped that the acoustics
may be improved. Just at present
they are about the worst that can be
found In the country. II is practical
" impossible for anyone in the gall
leries TO hear a member on the floor
unless he has lungs or leather and
exerts them to the utmost. BY TAX
ing away the desks and easy chairs
II Is thought that those members
who are not interested In the speech
"a. or debates will absent themselves
from the chamber. Under present
conditions about half OF those In daily
attendance while away their time by
eonyersins with each other in loud
tones OF voice or add to the racket
BY sIamming their desks and kick
Ing the cuspldors. Superintendent
Wood says he is experimenting with
an marketable and noIseless cuspi.
dor which he expects to install in
tho new chamber.
Mall Boxes.
In dusty loft at the rear OF the
postotilee building In Washington
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29
TO TIN punLar.

The Press will deem Il q special ia
paper regularly win report the came
20 the off1ce, an u ~ our emily means
o. knowing how the carriers are doing
their work.
We Will pay . reward of eaE for
evidence that will convict any one OF
stealing papern after they are daliv-
cred 20 residences.
THE PRESS PUBLISHING co.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29

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