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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
GREAT LAKES SKY PILOT
HAS 1900 MILE PARISH.
Gasoline Boat Is Church, and Services
Are Held Annually.

parish 1,S00 miles In length and
300 miles in width is in charge of the
Rev. w. II. Law. known from Buffalo
TO Duluth as the sky pilot of the great
lakes.
The membership of this parish runs
into the thousands. and the great ma
jority Of the parishioners never wor-
ship twice In the same locality. for
services are held mostly in the moving
ships. No wedding has ever taken
place in this parish. no christening Of
a baby, no services for the burial OF
the dead.
This sky pilot seeks his parlshioners
In a small gasoline boat twenty-two
feet In length. Besides carrying the
message of gospel to these men, he
takes to them books. magazines, pa
pers and news of the outside world.
His visits are looked forward to by the
lighthouse keepers and the lightship
crews. for his territory is 30 large that
he is unable to visit them moro than
once during the season.
Some of the lighthouses visited are
them are hazardous. Standard Rock
light, for instance y nearly 1fty miles
out from Marquette en- Lake Superior
The light Is 1O5 feet In height and
rests Or crib work, whish b sncireled
By a railway, and fer weeks at q tinns
the weather is SO bad that II h dan
gerous for tho keepers 10 venture cut
Of doors. Betweea the lieht and Ks-
weeHaw point there 10 q espth sf 1.oo6
feet Of water.
On his travels the sky pilot visits
800 lighthouses. aftsea hghtshiDs ana
sixty life saving stAtisas. Mr.. Law
does net outwardly resemble n minis
ter s< the gospel. He b big and healthy
and has a rolling gait hks q sailsr. He
breaches simply to the Sailors with
whom he Is very popular
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
skirts Must Be Short.

The new skirts are short even in
afternoon and evening gowns Of the
most formal character. Trains are al
most obsolete, but they will always be
worn to q certain extent, for some wo-
men refuse to give them up. Where
they are used at ali they are short and
narrow. The prettiest length skirt
comes just TO the instep, Few wo-
men can wear anything shorter sue
cessfully. All the skirts are narrow
and short, but no one single type pre-
walls. For tailored suits the skirts are
either gored or circular or partially
plated. In more pretentious suits Of
velvet, cashmere, prunella cloth, etc,
the skirt drawn into a band at the bot
tom is very popular, but one still sees
tunics OF all kinds over plain or plated
undsrskirts. In reception gowns and
evening dresses one material is usually
yelled with another, and the skirts are
OF an inaRits variety OF eat
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
DOFF GLASSES IN BoWING7
China Rent by Curious Debate on Ell,
quette.

quette.
Should q man remove his spectacles
on greeting his friends as he would re-
move his hat before a woman? Con
servative China answers, Certainly"
Modern China, especially the student
class, insists it is not at all necessary,
especially if one really needs ones
spectacles in order to see. Feeling Is
high on the subject.
The meetings of the first constitu-
tional assembly have only intensified
the discussion. A curious incident
started the trouble. From time imme-
mortal, or at least since the invention
of artificial aids to sight, it has been
the usage of the Celestial empire to
take off ones spectacles on meeting an
acquaintance.
In Europe and America hats are re-
moved in the presence of women. In
France you uncover on meeting either
a man or woman acquaintance. In
China you take off your spectacles.
What's the difference? Thus argue
many of the enlightened. But young
mobiles who have been educated abroad
have learned to scorn native customs
in favor of European and American.
A youthful mandarin noted for his
learning and brilliancy was recently
summoned before the regent. He is
extremely shOrtsighted; therefore he
didn't take off his horn rims as he was
shown into the imperial presence. An
attendant, noticing this. sprang for
gave him a smart slap on the cheek.
Other students, hearing Of the affair,
rallied angrily to the support Of their
colleague, and the debate has since
ragged merrily.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
STRIKING WAsHWoMEN LOSE.
Employing Matrons Organize, and
Town CrieF ls Busy.

Employing Matrons Organize, and
Town Crier Ls Busy.
The washerwomen Of the small vii
lage Of st. Pierre fOleron, In France.
decided to strike and sent the town
crisr through the streets 10 proclaim
that henceforth their rate was 30 cents
q day with meals Tho women who
employed them retortsd by means Of
the same town crier that the new rate
would emily be paid on condition:
Ftrst.-A day was to be from a. m. to
6 p. m.
Seoond.-No linen was to be brought to
the houses where the wsnea were en-
ployed to be washed.
Third-Coffes not to be Included.
A tumultuous meeting Of the wash
erwonen followed, and the town erier
was sent forth once more 10 proclaim
that the waSherwomsn had now raised
their price to 35 cents day.
Those who wish to keep clean will
employ US at that price; those who do
not wish to are begged to do their own
washing" they added.
The matrons Of st. Pierre d'Oleron
met, OlScuSSeu lno SltuAIbon anu ue-
cided to do their own washing rather
than submit to such eItortion.
Result in a few days the town crier
was again on the march throughout
the streets giving out the following
notice
Ladies, the washerwomen Of St.
Pierre have decided after reflection to
continue day work on the old term, 20
cents day. with meals and coffee"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
PLACES OF ELECTION.
CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR.

And l, the said Sheriff, do also
hereby make known and give notice
that the places at which the electors
of the several boroughs, townships
and districts within the county of
Wayne are to vote at said elections
are as follows, to wit:
The Electors of the township of
Berlin residing in Election District
No. /, to meet at the school house
at Beech Lake in said district.
The Electors of the township of
Berlin, residing in Election District
No. 2, to meet at Grange Hall in
said district.
The Electors of the borough of
Bethany to meet at the Public
School house, in said borough.
The Electors of the township OF
Buckingham, in Election District
No. /, to meet at the Starlight
School House, in said township.
The Electors of the township OF
Buckingham, residing in Election
District No. 2, to meet at the
store OF John A. Carey, in said
township.
The Electors of the township OF
Buckingham, residing in Election
Dloli lSL W. o. III NhS hOhoO ~ ScS'
Layton, Equinunk.
The Electors of the township OF
Canaan to meet at the school house
at Waynesville, in said township.
The Electors of the township OF
Cherry Ridge to meet at school
house No. 2, at Clark's Corners, in
said township.
The Electors of the township OF
Clinton, residing in Election District
No. /, to meet at house of C. II
Wilmarth, Aldenville, in said town
ship.
The Electors of the township OF
Clinton, residing in Election District
No. to meet in store building oi
George Styles.
The Electors of the township oi
Damascus, residing in Election Dis
! trict No. /, to meet at Pethick'i
Hall, Tyler Hill, in said township
The Electors of the township oi
Damascus, residing in District No. 2
to meet at the house of Volney
/ Skinner, in said township.
The Electors of the township oi
Damascus, residing In Election Dis
trict No. 8, at Grange Hall, Gallilee
| in said township.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
DYNAMO ALTERS
Flowers KUES
British Scientists Find New
Use For Electricity.
ALSO ACCELERATES GROWTH.

Wheat Yield Increases One-third With
Assistance of Current, Experiment
Proves, and Even Fish Develop
Amazingly When Vital Sparks Pene-
trate Their Ponds.
The latest experiments in applying
the electric current to growing plants
and flowers, as reported by Professor
j. II. Priestley of the botanical labo-
ratory at Bristol university, England,
tend to show that the current not only
accelerates the growth, but also In
some way improves their health and
makes them stronger and better able
to resist disease.
The precise action Of the current ia
not yet fully understood. There Is a
difference In the color Of electrified
and nonelectrified growing wheat, the
former being darker green In conse-
quence of the plants obtaining more
nitrogen from the air.
Increase Is Remarkable.
The increase III yield Of wheat under
electrical cultivation amounted In one
case to almost one-third.
The current. as a rule, Is conducted
by wire from the generating station.
or power house, to the field and there
raised to very high voltage before
distribution over the field on wires at
tached to poles ten feet high. Bscap-
ing from the wire to tho ground, the
current passes through the plants and
so completes the ckcuit.
In cloudy or foggy weather there Is
a greater current escaping from the
wires. The cost Of the electrical slim
ulation is not as great as that Of stim-
ulation supplied by the use Of phos-
phate or other ordinary enrichers
Modifies Floral CoIors.
1t has been found that the current
somewhat modifies the colors Of flow
ers, and this fact Is being taken ad-
vantage of by greenhouse cultivators,
who have begun to use the electric
current quite extensively.
The current has been applied to a
private fish pond in Sussex with re-
ported Quickening results on the
growth of the finny residents, but
these experiments have not progressed
far enough for definite scientific re-
suits to be announced.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
ONE JAIL IN ICELAND.
Rarely Occupied by More Than Two
Prisoners.

Rarely Occupied by More Than Two
Prisoners.
Iceland is law abiding place.
There Is only one jail, and that rarely
ever has more than two people in it.
This is to be largely accounted for
by the fact that there Is not distil-
lery or brewery in all Iceland. Some
liquors are imported from Scotland,
Norway and Denmark, but there will
be an end TO this in the year 1912.
when the prohibitory law passed by
parliament on July 80, 1909, will go
into effect.
An acute legal gentleman of Scot
land who has examined it says that
'it is hard and fast at every point
a well made law. The Good Templars
have taken very active part in Sc
curing this law, and they are prepar-
ing the way for its enforcement.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
THE NARROW SKIRT
IS THE WINNER,
individuals viii Settle Exact
Width to Suit Their Fancy.

What are we going to do about the
narrow skirt? That is the live and
vital question that obtrudes itself
among the more important ones Of
choosing servants, hunting houses, de-
Gliding on wall papers. One feels like
being bromide and quoting Hamlet's
eternal query, but one remembers the
readers and forbears.
That the narrow skirt will be worn
there is no doubt, but just how mar
row will 1t be? Will the stout and
the thin adopt it alike?
One could go on filling column
with interrogations, for the truth of
the matter is that no answers are
forthcoming. 1t is too early in the
season to do anything but forecast.
AS Americans we boast a good deal
about not following Paris, but only
accepting suggestions from the dress
makers there and modifying them to
about this boast, but / do not know
that 1t will carry as far as the rejec-
ton Of the narrow skirt.
We accepted the hobble skirt, which
was the most hideous fashion that has
been brought out for decades, and just
why we should not take up this new
straight skirt, which has no band at
the bottom and is not tied In, no de-
slgner can explain. An explanation.
however, will probably never be need
ed, for ten to one the new skirt will
become leading fashion before
Thanksgiving.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
THE CAT THAT FLEW WITH
WELLMAN.

Let Tsbitha and Thomas Cat
Whose home is In a Harlem fiat,
Meow and pur most gently at
The cat that few with Wellman.
1t is an honor when a man
Tries tho Atlantic pond TO span,
But Is no greater honor than
The cats that few with Wellman.
But how could Wellman hope to fly
Across the oceans pillows high
Without some mice to satisfy
The cat that flew with Wellman2
The reason for the failure seems
A lack OF rats I'm midair streams
The oceans vessels grant its dreams
The cat that flew with Wellman.
Wellman might gain the airy track
Without the pangs OF seAsiok's rack.
But catsl IT'S known that cats come back
That's why one hsW with wsllmAn.
New York Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02

front. The coat - made on good close
fitting lines and has an interiining of
lambs wsel to the waist and satin
lining OF a color b blend with the
outside.
To make will require four yards ma
terial forty -four inches, at $L5o, Sc;
two yards lambs wool, twenty-seven
inches. at IS cents, 70 cents; FIVE yards
satin for lining, thirty-six inches, at
70 cents. $3.75; canvas, 40 cents; find
nss, 30 cents; total. S11.15.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
IN The REELFl
OF FASHION
A Stunninq Wrap.

Even II one has several tailored
suits II is essential to have an extra
long coat anyway, for it meets 50
many demands during the winter both
for day and evening wear. The illus
tration shows one made Of smart look
ing eheviot for outing wear. Groups
Of buttons fasten the coat down the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
TURKS LOSE NOTED RED FEz
srownish Green Astrakhan Cap Or
dered For Army.

The Ottoman war office has decided
to abolish the conspicuous red fez
hitherto worn by officers and privates
alike in the Turkish army. The sub
stitute is an astrakhan military cap Of
a brownish green, the same color as
the new Turkish uniforms.
1t has a plain buttonlike knob in
front In the case of privates, while
officers have it adorned with silver or
gold braid, according to rank. OFF,
GERS will wear no other headgear, but
the rank and file still retain fez for
use with undress uniform, and this
fez is made of khaki colored felt.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
She Probably Could.

Senator La Toilette, spropos Of Ger
tain scandals, said at a dinner In Madi-
son: These things recall the legisla.
tor who remarked to his wife with q
look Of disgust, One of those land
lobbyists approached me today with
another insulting proposition
Tho wife, young and pretty wo-
man, elapped her hands. oh, goodv
she cried. Then can have that ->ble
stole, after all, can't I, dearv"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02

Tarsus, the ancient city in Asia
Minor where the Apostle Paul was
born. is now illuminated by electricity.
The power is taken from the Cydnus
river. There are now in Tarsus 450
electric street lights and about 600
incandescent lights for private use.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
Travelled $4,000 Miles.

A conductor on the Great Western
railroad Of England recently retired
after ftty years Of service, and 1t Is
estimated that during that time he
Travelled 1910, 900 miles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
Compulsory Education For Canada.

Heretofore Moncton, N. b., has had
many children working in factories
who never went to school at all or re-
ceived even the rudiments Of an educa-
ton. The new compulsory education
law will send them to school between
the ages Of six and fifteen years
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02
DY THE SHERIFF OF WAYNE COUNTY
ID A PROCLAMATION

DY THE SHERIFF OF WAYNE COUNTY.
ID A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, by the Election Laws
of this Commonwealth, it is made
the duty of the High Sheriff of each
county to give notice by proclama-
tion of the time and places in such
county of holding the general cleo
tion, in the manner provided by law;
Now, therefore |, NJ. LEE BRA
MAN, High Sheriff of the County of
Wayne, do hereby issue this, my
proclamation, giving notice to the
electors and election officers of the
several election districts in said
county that the general election will
be held in said county on
TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1910,
at the places in the several election
districts appointed by law, at which
time and places the said electors
are by law required to elect the Off
oers hereinafter enumerated-that
Is to say:
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED.
One person to be Governor of this
Commonwealth.
One person to be Lieutenant Gov
One person to be Secretary of In
ternal Affairs of this Commonwealth.
One person to be Representative
in Congress of this Commonwealth.
One person to be Senator in the
General Assembly of this Common
wealth.
One person to be Representative
in the General Assembly of this
Commonwealth.
REPUBLICAN.
Governor
JOHN X. TENER.
Lieutenant Governor
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
HENRY HOUCK.
Representative in Congress
CHARLES C. PRATT.
Senator in General Assembly
WINFRED d. LEWIS.
Representative in General Assembly
H. CLARK JACKSON.
DEMOCRATIC.
Governor
WEBSTER GRIM.
Lieutenant Governor
THOMAS H. GREEVY.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
JAMES l. BLAKSLEE.
Representative in Congress
GEORGE w. KIPP.
Senator in General Assembly
HARVEY HUFFMAN.
Representative in General Assembly
LEOPOLD FUERTH.
PROHIBITION.
Governor
MADISON F. LARKIN
Lieutenant Governor
CHARLES E. McCONKEY.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
CHAS. w. HUNTINGTON.
Representative in Congress
JAMES A. HODGINS.
Representative in General Assembly
c. H. ALLEN.
SOCIALIST.
Governor
JOHN w. SLAYTON.
Lieutenant Governor
LOUIS COHEN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
BEAUMONT SYKES.
Senator in General Assembly
HARVEY HUFFMAN.
Representative in Congress
SIDNEY r. MATTESON.
INDUSTRIALIST.
Governor
GEORGE ANTON.
Lieutenant Governor
VIM. H. THOMAS.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
JAMES ERWIN.
KEYSTONE.
Governor
WILLIAM H. BERRY.
Lieutenant Governor
D. CLARENCE GIBBONEY.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
JOHN j. CASEY.
Representative in Congress
GEORGE w. KIPP.
Representative in General Assembly
II. CLARK JACKSON.
WORKINGMENS LEAGUE.
Governor
JOHN X. TENER.
Lieutenant Governor.
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
HENRY HOUCK.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02

Section 14-District election
boards shall consist of a judge and
two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Each
each inspector shall appoint one
clerk. Election officers shall be
privileged from arrest upon days of
election, and while engaged in max
ing up and transmitting returns, ex-
cept, upon warrant of a court OF
record or judge thereof, for an cleo
ton fraud, for felony, or for wan
ton breach of the peace.
Section 15-No person shall be
qualified to serve as an election Of
ficer who shall hold, or shall with
In two months have held any office,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-02

Section 16 If any
vacancy shall continue in the board
for the space of one hour after the
time fixed by law for the opening
of the election, and qualified voters
OF the township. ward or district,
for which such officer shall have been
elected, present at the place of cleo
tion, shall select one of their num-
har tO All aunh vanapcy
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-05
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Randall went t
Medora Tuesday on a business trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Randall went to
Medora Tuesday on q business trip.
The P. E. O. society will meet with
Mrs. w. j. Brown on the 9Th.
John Aenew. of the Hub, visited
friends in Valley City the latter part
of last week.
Mrs. Walter Beebe and Mrs. H. E.
Haney came down from Belfeld Satur-
day 10 do some shopping.
Miss Anna Larson, teacher on the
South Side. was i'll with tonsolitis this
week.
Miss Margaret Patterson recently
changed the address of her paper from
Edgerton. Mimi, to Stevenson, Calf.
Mrs. Mark Tallmadge went down to
Brainerd Tuesday to visit her husband,
who has been suffering with typhoid
fever in the hospital there.
The Dickinson Fire & Pressed Brick
Co. were loading 100, 900 brick the
past week for the Russell Miller Milling
Co. at Mandan.
Harry Brownfield was up from his
school near Hebron on Saturday and Sun
day. and visited his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Brownfield.
Harry Wilson. son of Fred Wilson,
entertained a good number of his young
! friends at a theatre party last Saturday
afternoon.
A son was born t Mr.. and Mrs. A.
D. Heaton in Chicago on the 18th of
Februry. The first horn has been named
Richard.
Henry Essert. a brother-in-law of Joe
Auth. arrived the past week from
Vienna, Austria. He is q carpenter
by trade and expects to make his home
in America.
Conductor and Mrs. Harry Eden have
rented the Ayers cottage on 4th Ave.
W. They are getting their furniture
from Mandan and will be ready to COM
mence housekeeping in a short time.
Hettinger County Herald: Dickinson
now claims to have the best HIGH school
building in North Dakota. With P. S.
Berg as superintendent of the city's
schools. Dickinson ought not to be slow
in claiming the best high school
principal in the state.
Mrs. D. s.. L%ittlehales of Mandan was
in Dickinson last Saturday to pay taxes
on their residence property on End Ave.
W. occupied SO long by Agent Geo. W.
Kilmer. 1t is nine years since Foreman
L%ittlehales left Dickinson and he has
had very few vacations during this time.
Within q few days Mr.. and Mrs. Little.
bales leave for the Coast country for q
trip of perhaps six weeks. They will
visit points of interest in OREGON,
Washington and California.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-05
LOCAL NEWS

Farm loans. quick action. H. X. Nichols.
Staff
Springfield Rifles at 1915, Soules 4
Butler. 2-6-tt
Phone 81 for the Lehigh coal. Guar
anteed good. 2-27tf
Wanted-a girl for work at the Stein
Hospital, Dickinson. 1-2o If
: If you want to build, we want to build
for you. Soules & Butler. 2-6.tf
Call ]. Vaughn for coal, wood, SAND
gravel, rock or team work of any kind.
Phone 81. 2-21tf
Bear Creek coal beats them all-and 7.
Vaughn has it for sale. Phone 81. 2-27tf
l have purchased Albert Connelly's
we'll auger. You can trade stock or
money for a we'll. Write me and l will
come and see you. Paul Floody. 11.6-tf
Hiawatha coffee is not merely good but
the most delicious, purest and health
full coffee. In 20 to 40 cent pound pack
ages at A. +. Crowl & Co. S s 5tf
Attorney F. C. Heffron made a trip
to Mandan Tuesday.
The Equal Suffrage club will meet
with Mrs. Guy Hunter on Friday, March
18th.
G. R. Wannemacher writes that he
found IS inches of snow in Ohio and
weather which reminded him of our
January weather.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-05

Remember Chas. A. Payne. traveller
and lecturer at the CONGREGATIONAL
church March 10, II and IL. Subjects.
''Constantinople." Wonderful Italy,"
ALASKA and the Klondyke." Fine
views, interesting lecturer, price IS
cents single adm ission. Ticket for all
three lectures IS cents. School childern
IS cents.
Geo. P. Nordby recently committed
suicide at Fargo and from q letter
written before his death TO the chief
of police there he is supposed to be the
man who recently assaulted Selma
Erickson at Moorhead. The Fargo
papers state that Nordby owns land neal
Dickinson, but no records of homestead
filings are at the local land office. He
is said to have had a good reputation
at Fargo. where he has made his home
in recent years.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-05

Dan Reece. who has been living in
Dickinson during the winter, is moving
back to his farm in Hettinger county,
four miles west of Alden.
Charles Hartinger and Ed. Palmer,
north on Wednesday. MI. Hartineer is
foreman for A. H. Arnett at the old
Blachlev place on Crooked creek, where
he states that cattle and horses have
wintered in fine shape.
An interesting Washington program
wat given by the pupils of the New
port school No. 2. last Tuesday night
al 7:30. The children's acting and
speaking showed an ability for higher
attainments and much credit for their
training is due to their efficient teacher,
Miss Bertha Cooke. All who attended
the exercises were much pleased.
The Dickinson press., 1910-03-05

DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Clarke and chill
dren arrived home Monday from Grand
Forks and Minnesota points, where
they had been on q visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Sutherland left
Wednesday for Bloomington. ILL.,, where
Mr.. Sutherland's mother, aged 81 years,
is very sick.
The leasing of school lands for Stark
county, Apri l19, will be for five years,
minimum price per acre $40. There will
be no hay permits; all leases held sub
ject to cancellation.