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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
TALIsMANs IN MALTA.
ODD Shaped stones to Ward on Et-
fects Of Snake Poison.

There are still to be found in NAL
Ia a number of small stones shaped
and colored like the eyes. tongues
and other parts OF serpents
The superstitutious among the
Maltese connect these with the ira
dition that st. Paul when ship
wrecked was cast on their Island.
and that It was there that while
lighting bundle OF sticks for q FIRE
a viper fastened on the Arcst s
hand. st. Paul calmly shoo6 ile
reptile off into the flames ami no
harm followed. The natives wear
these stones as talisu ans. in which
character they suppose them service
able in warding of dangers from
snake bites and poisons
They are found in st. Paurs
Cave. imbedded in clay. and are set
in rings and bracelets, and VIII IN
found to be in the shape Of tongue
or liver or heart are hung around
the neck. They are also taken in
ternally. dissolved in wine, which
mo hod is attended. according TO
some people. by more immediate re-
suits
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
LIMBURGER CLOSES SCHOOL
Boys Place II In the Radiators and
Make the Teachers lll--Nlne
Suspects Arrested.

Pittsburg. Failing to get a prom.
ise from the teachers for as long a
recess as they thought they should
have. large boys OF the Oakdale Pub.
lie Schools tried limburger cheese
with startling effect. This was
brought out when nine boys were
placed under arrest, charged with
malicious mischief, on warrants issued
by Justice of the Peace u. G. McMur-
ray, the complainant being made by
the School Board.
Oakdale is a hamlet about fifteen
miles from Pittsburg, and it has a
school Of ten rooms. When d. Loss
Dickson. Warren, Wallace and Charles
Letter of last years class, who are
now students in Grove City College,
reached home and found there was to
be short vacation season for the old
home school they are alleged to have
introduced some college ideas into
the heads Of the youngsters. In any
event Dickson, Wallace and Letter
were the first three arrested. There
is doubt as to the time the hearings
will be held, since Ida Stevens and
Gertrude Mortimer. who were two OF
four teachers who tainted in the
schoolroom owing to the strong odor
of cheese. are in bed and may not be
able to appear against the lads.
A committee of the boys called on
r. G. McKelvey, the principal, and
asked for longer recess than usual.
This was refused and the boys left
him threatening to get even. That
night the school was broken into and
the limburger cheese smeared over
every heat radiator in the building. At
the same time cheese was placed in
side each radiator. The teachers tried
to teach in the hot, close rooms with
the limburger cheese, but they could
not do 1t with success, and all became
i'll. After the school was dismissed one
Of the boys was heard to say boastfully
that they had fixed matters so there
would be no school for long time.
Aside from the three Grove City
College students arrested were Merl
Heron, Frank Mcknight, Harry Nc
Knight, Roy Letter, Bruce Dodds and
Clyde Dodds, all boys OF the school,
who admit placing the cheese, but say
the older boys put them up to it,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
MOTHER EARTH STILL YOUNG.
Not 100000 Years Old, but only
10000, 900, Says Prof. Davis.

Not 100, ,ooo, 900 Years Old, but Only
$4,000, 900, Says Prof, Davis.
Cambridge, Massive are now
able to tell almost exactly the age of
this earth" said Prof William Morris
Davis OF Harvard In lecture at the
Lowell Institute. "It has existed co.
600 900 years, not 10000 600 years.
We are able to tell this by an exami-
nation OF the cliffs in Arizona and
Utah, where the time taken to lay
down deposits can be easily com
puted.
"The Grand Canyon Of the Colora-
do is another excellent place for these
estimates. The time taken for the
river to cut the canyon, multiplied by
the figure representing the ratio OF
the age OF the canyon to the country
about il, gives the age Of the earth
almost accurately.
"A fair way of estimating the age
OF the earth is by comparing the un.
derground temperatures OF to-day with
those OF years ago, and comparing the
condition OF the suns life to-day and
years ago"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
nEvIsION AND APPEALS.


III Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Act OF Assem-
bly,, entitled IAN Act to provide for
the ordinary expenses Of the govern
ment, payment of the interest of the
state debt, receiving proposals for
the sale of public works and for
other purposes" approved the 27th
day of July, 1912, that the assessors
of the several townships ano boro-
ughs of Wayne county have made
their returns of their assessments
for the year 1910, and that the fol-
lowing Is a statement of the aggre-
gate values and assessments made
by said assessors of the several sub
jects OF taxation enumerated in the
11th section of said Act of July 27,
1912, and in the several Acts sup
Elementary thereto, and of the whole
amount of county taxes as assessed
in said townships and boroughs.
MONEY
DISTRICT VAL. co TAX. AT INT.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
EVOLVES WINeLEss CHICKEN.
Fine Monument Will Be Due This
Man from Suffering Boarders.

Fine Monument Will Be Due This
Man from Suffering 5oarders.
Alton, Ill.-Chicken wings will dis
appear from Alton bills of fare when
the new wingless chickens, raised by
w. A. Bertman. an Alton chicken
fancier become common.
Bertman has found that wings de-
crease the value of chickens in cities
and towns by making their confine-
ment in yards more difficult He con-
ceived the idea OF crossing common
breeds with the Wyandottes and the
barred Rocks, whose wings are small
er in proportion to their weight than
those of other chickens.
After several seasons he has pro
duced a fowl which has only a few
pinfeathers where nature meant wings
to be, and which cannot jump fence
higher than two feet.
II will be easier, Bertmau says, to
fatten chickens which do not reduce
their weight by the exerting of flying.
This will compensate by putting more
flesh on drumsticks and wishbones
for the ultimate atrophy and disap'
pearance of the wings.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Death to Nermln.

Fowls suffer probably more from
vermin than from any other cause. A
little care exercised in cleaning poul-
try houses will go far to prevent the
presence OF insects such as infest
fowls and their abodes. 1t is well to
have the poultry houses furnished
with movable furniture; that is to say,
to have the nests movable and also
the roosts. An application OF kerosene
to these, when outside OF the house,
will not only prove fatal to the In
sects, but will further tend to keep
them away. Then, a good whitewash-
ing of the inside OF the house a couple
Of times a year will act similarly. Sui
phur may be occasionally busted into
the nests. Some insect powder may
then be applied to the bodies Of the
hens when infested. The insect pow
der may be applied through the medi-
um OF small bellows. The feathers
may be opened and 1t may then be
blown in or busted in by some other
method. Two or three applications
are usually necessary to make a
complete finish. The removal of the
surface OF the floor, II an earthen one.
two or three times a year is also i'm
portant. The material used for filling
in should be sand. or dry, porous
earth Precautions OF the character
Just mentioned will be OF immense
advantage to those who keep poultry
and especially to those who keep
them on a large scale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
W Y
@A>NsC@A A5
TREATMENT OF SICK FOWLS.
Hlgh-Priced Chicken May Be Saved
for Breeding.

In the majority OF cases the sick
fowl should be killed, says the Farm
ers' Review. Generally it does not pay
to doctor sick fowls, and often the
sick fowl that RECEIVERS is not the one
that amounts to anything afterward.
This is particularly the case with
fowls sick with the roup. This dis
ease seems to permeate every fiber Of
the birds. and II they recover at all
they are OF little value for long time.
1t is doubtful II they ever fully recov-
er their vigor. II one owns a high
priced bird it may prove to be profit
able to cure it for the sake OF the eggs
that II may produce, which eggs may
be used for Matching other hiGh-priced
birds. But a fowl that has been sick
and has been cured should not be sold
to an unsuspecting customer.
The fowls that are to be doc
tored should be given good food and
good surroundings rather than any
thing else. Their native vigor will
help them to recover when medicine
would be detriment. Sunshine is an
invigorator and may well be consider
ed great help In the doctoring of
fowls.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
The Animals Must Sleep.

The following notice is said to
have been posted up by order OF the
mayor In a small parish in the up
per Pyrenees:
Seeing that the young people of
the parish are accustomed to as
semble every Sunday after mass to
dance, and that the noise which they
make frightens the hens. cocks, pigs
and other domestic animals OF tine
village, and that the result is fall
ing away injurious to agriculture.
we hereby prohibit the dances dur
Ing the hours that the domestic ami
mails take their repose."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
TO NORTH POLE IN "a HOURS.
This Is the Dream Of Professor Moore
the Weather Man.

the Weather Man.
Washington, d. C.-Looking heav-
onward, with a weather eye out for
amazingly quick traffic facilities be-
tween New York and the North Pole.
added a bit OF ginger" to statement
made before the House Committee on
Agriculture by Professor Willis L.
Moore, chief Of the Weather Bureau,
and president OF the National Geo
graphic Society.
DIR. Moore was explaining his Off
cial estimates for the coming fiscal
year. particularly in connection with
the Mount Weather Virginia, kite OBJ
servation station. and he suggested to
the committee that I'VE are advancing
so rapidly that it is a dangerous thing
to say anything is impossible.
II assuredly look forward" he add.
ed, as he Joined the committee in
laughter, "to the time when pas.
sengers will embark in aluminium cars
in aeroplanes, lighted and heated by
electricity, and sail up and around
the North Pole in from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours. and return to New
York. But we have no estimate here
for that kind of work, Mr.. Chairman
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
To Prevent Esa-Eatlng.

Prevent sgg-esung by preparing for
II In the fall. II nests are so situated
that the eggs are not in sight OF the
owls during the day the birds rarely
get into the habit Exposed nests
should have a slitted curtain of heavy
dark-colored cloth hanging before
them. The hens will find their way
through the curtain to lay and after
leaving the nest are not apt to sat
eggs unless they lie in plain sight.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
oLD-TIME CLOTHING FOR LADS.
Gay Apparel Worn by Schooiboys
200 Years Ago.

How would the schoolboys Of to-
dsy enjoy wearing gayly-howered
vests. fne blue or red stockings and
blue plush breeches? This was only
a part OF the gay apparel worn by
schoolboys of two centuries or more
ago. There were few public schools
In those early days, and the boys who
attended pay schools we're very
particular about their apparel
4 single example will give a good
idea OF the contents OF one small
trunk of boy leaving home for
school A lad about 10 years old,
named John Livingstone, was sent
from New York to school in New
England in the latter part of the
Seventeenth Century. An account
OF his new linen and clothes has
been preserved II reads thus. in
the old spelling:
Eleven new shirts.
Pair laced sleeves.
8 Plane Cravats.
Cravats with Lace
Stripte Wastcoats with black
buttons.
l Flowered Wastecoat.
New osenbrig britches.
l Gray hat with a black ribbon.
l Gray hat with a blew ribbon.
] Dousin black buttons
] Dousin coloured buttons
3 Pair gold buttons.
Silk & Thred to mend his Cloathes.
3 Pair silver buttons
2 Pair Fine blew Stockings.
! Pair Fine red Stockings.
White Handkerchiefs.
2 Speckled Handkerchiefs
6 Pair Gloves.
/ Stuff Coat with black buttons.
l Cloth Coat.
] Pair blew plush britches
| Pair Serge Britches.
3 Combs
! Pair new Shoes.
"Osenbrig' was a heavy linen.
Other schoolboys of that date had
deerskin breeches. Little boys, Just
as soon as they could walk, wore
clothes precisely like their fathers
doublets. which were warm double
jackets; and leather knee-breeches,
leather belts and knit cap.-Phila-
delphia Record
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

Notice is also given pursuant to
Act of Assembly aforesaid, that the
following days and dates appointed
for the appeals from the assessments
for the several boroughs and town
ships, have also been appointed by
the Commissioners OF said county for
finally determining whether any of
the valuations of the assessors have
been made below Just rate accord
/ ing to the meaning and intention OF
said act.
The Commissioners of Wayne
county, sitting as Board Of Revis-
ion, have appointed the following
days and dates respectively for hear
ing final appeals from the tri-enniai
assessment of 1910 at the Commits
sioners' office, Honesdale, Pa, be-
! ginning at a. m, Monday, January
I list and closing at 230 p. m, Sat
| lrday. Feb. 5th:
Monday, Jan. 31.-Honesdale.
| Oregon, Lebanon.
Tuesday, Feb. Berlin, Damas-
! Gus, Manchester, Buckingham, Scott.
| Starrucca.
Wednesday, Feb. Preston, Mt.
| Pleasant, Clinton, Paupack, South
| Canaan.
Thursday, Feb. 3.-Lehigh, Dre-
her, Sterling, Salem, Lake, Cherry
Ridge.
Friday, Feb. 4.-Hawley, Palmyra,
Prompton, Canaan, Waymart.
Saturday, Feb. 5.-Texas. Dyber-
ry, Bethany.
Persons having a grievance should
try to adjust it with the assessor be-
fore the appeals; II this cannot be
done, and it is not convenient to at
tend the appeal, write the grievance
and mail it to the Commissioners
office and it will receive attention.
County levy for 1910 is mills and
one-half mill for support of non
resident paupers.
]. z. VAUDEVILLE,
J. X. HORNBECK,
T. c. MADDEN,
County Commissioners.
Attest: George p. Ross, Clerk.
Honesdale. Pa.
.~Dr NV x1xvU,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

Tamarind seeds are to be reekoned
among the fairly nutritious plant
products that have been reported to
provide food during periods Of fam
Inc in India, says Nature. The pulp
of the fruit is an esteemed ingredi-
ent of certain condiments. The ker-
nels of the seeds when freed from
the skin and roasted furnish a not
unwholesome 1our, suitable for mix
ing with cereals TO make small cakes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Raising Pigeons.

A good knowledge of the flock is
essential to best results in mating
birds. Pigeons with the greatest num-
Der OF similar good points and with
fewer similar faults should be mated.
Desirable qualities may be introduced
into the flock by careful selection and
mating OF pigeons having those par
ticular characteristics desired. The
birds mated should be in the best con-
dition possible.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Special Test of Timber,

An example of the progress Of the
science of forestry in this country
is furnished by the cooperation Just
arranged between the University Of
Idaho and the United States forest
service for testing the timber grow
ing in the State of Idaho. Tne tests
will be specially directed to deter
mine the fitness of these timbers for
use AZ bridge stringers. railroad ties
and paving blocks.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
success In Poultry.

A successful poultry raiser started
in the business for an experiment. He
had several varieties OF heavy birds
and kept books on them from the time
they hAtched till they laid. He also
recorded a. nearly as possible the
number OF eggs each laid and now he
has discarded ali but one breed and
has a well-deVeloped laying strain. It
10 unnecessary to add that he 10 max
ing a success Of his business.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
T1oreau'. Sensible Answer.

When the forest-hsuntins hermit
Thoreau lay on his deathbed, a Cal
whistle friend called to make in
quiry regarding his soul Henry"
he said, Rnxiously. have you n'S =
your peace with Cod" John" re-
piled the dying naturalist, In y wis
per, II didn't know that God and
myself had quGrTelsd!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
sspphire. OF Different Colors.

To say that anything is 'as blue
as q sapphire" is TO make use of an
incorrect comparison Sapphires are
not exclusively one color. The sap
phires of Ceylon vary from a soft
blue to a peacock blue, which last
is practically a green. There is also
a red sapphire. sometimes called a
Ceyloness ruby. Further, many fine
sapphires are yellow or white.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Austrufian oountu.y Romes.

In the Blue mountains. three
hours from Sydney, are many beau
tiful country houses, mostly bungH-
lows with wide verandas all round,
where Sydney people fly In February
and March to get away from :hs
heat Of the city by the harbor
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
crippIes EIaht for nElrm,." crrteh

crippes Fight for "Firm's" cruteh.
Kansas City, Mo..--ln a saloon at
Fourth and Main streets two eripples
fought fiercely for d crutch. They
make living by begging and possess
ed only one c-utch between them.
They were simultaneously seized with
a desire for industry and disputed
over their common property. They
Headquarters in a somewhat battered
condition.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

The remark is generally ascri5ed
to Madame Pompadour, though It is
attributed by some authorities to
Prince Metternich. The champions
OF Madame Pompadour claim that
while Metternich may have "se' the
expression. he borrowed it from the
Pompadour.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Tao trolley wir. to Shock rIsh.

Columbus. Fishermen along
White River, between Columbus and
Franklin, Ind, are said te attach
wire to the trolley lines Of the Indian
apolis, Columbus and Southern Tract
ion Company and then place the other
end in the water. charging the water
and killing the Ash.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
pennsxIvanIa or Team. Iror,hod

Phoenixville Pa, Embreeville's
blacksmith shop is busy place these
times. as farmers OF the old school are
coming In to have their or teams iron.
shod as a protection for hoofs. Horses
accustomed to automobiles. locomo-
lives and the other terrors OF their
tribe rear and plunge at an on team.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
Extend Siberian Road.

A great extension OF the Siberian
railroad Ia proposed along the Riy
er AmuT, and as II has met With
hearty approval on the part OF the
present ministry, It is likely to he
constructed. It will open up tO,-
900. 900 acres Of corn land.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
showing PolIy Of Anger

A wise man has we'll reminded us
that in any controversy the instant
we feel anger we have already
ceased striving for the truth, and
have begun striving for ourselves -
Carlyle
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

II possible try to have something
TO sell all the time. The person who
only disposeS OF poultry products
when every one else Is doing so isn't
very smart.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

Get In line with few trap nests
and test out the best OF the pullets.
Then use their eggs for Matching next
spring and thus begin the improve
ment Of your flock.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
shnIlow Ysssels. Etc

Little bantams are great NJ crow
ting spanish Provsyb.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04

ADDS IN THE CITIZEN
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Legal blanks st The Citizen office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
"t-thats y-your p-peculiarity. Most
people use a teaspoon

A logical answer to the question,
"Why does a kettle sing?" was fur
nished by a schoolboy who wrote:
Because if it did not you could not
tell when the kettle was boiling"
Asked to explain the initaisl sc. o.
d." another boy replied that they
stood for collector of debts" and a
second said, "Cod-liver oil drink"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
PROF. NOAH LOTT
SPEAKS ON HIGH
COST OF LIVING

How is it the people who won't
eat stale bread will laugh at stale
jokes?
Some men who are particular to
get full weight in a nickel's worth
of dog meat will accept a one-fifth
gallon bottle of whisky for quart.
If swell hotels We're feeding their
help on table scraps 10 years ago,
what does the help live on now?
Conceding that everything in
Windsor, Canada. is cheaper, "In
Detroit Life Is Worth Living when
the ferryboats are running.
All, the good old times in which
we got everything cheaper when
we got it only in season. Compare
this with now, when we have it all
the year round and pay twice as
much.
Really. we oughtn't to have such
a hard time getting along in the
face of the fact that we are CON
stantly robbing posterity to do it.
You never heard the Spartans
kicking about the high cost of liv-
ing. Maybe ii is because they didn't
live high.
IL is easier to break a meat
striker than meet a strike breaker
If man getting 81 day can't
make II reach, how does man
make 1t reach who doesn't get It?
Some Indian fakirs can live on
spoonful of water a day. Now and
then some rajab comes along and
advises him TO 60 on water strike.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-27
FOR THOSE WHO
WORRY.

out for squalls writes Dr. Woods Hutchinson for Nun
seys Magazine He says that worry is disease.
Life whole, is composed of at least nine parts Of
happiness and sunshine to of suffering and gloom.
The healthy mind it in proportion. It's sign Of
disease when discomfort begins to loom greater than
fort When this happens look and you will find that you
mstreating your body by overwork underfeeding,
lack of sleep or lack of play.
sit is really appalling" the doctor says, "when we
to consider it broadythe the monot-
ony, the everlasting repetition Of average workaday life;
the prospect of performing the petty duties day after
day, month after month"; year after year with nothing to
end it short Of the great sleep Variety not merely the
spice of life but its salt the very Of its connu
Intelligent recreation, interests outside of the daily
grind changes of scene-hese not merely Injuries,
they necessaries of life.
''The best and only for worry is to live active,
interested vigorous cheerful life with plenty Of interests
outside of your daily work, and in other people well
Yourself and with full recognition OF the gospel of play
Keep up your interests your work. and your hobbies and
you will seldom worry and will realize that you re
Old-until you re dead