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resting place of those who here gave
their lives that that nation might live.
1t Is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this. But In a larger sense
we cannot dedicate, we cannot conse-
crate, we cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men, living and dead. who strug-
gled here have consecrated far above our
power to add or detract (Applause.) The
world will little note nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never for
get what they did here. (Applause.) 1t
is for us, the living rather to be dedi
Gated here to the unfinished work that
they have thus far so nobly carried on.
(Applause.) 1t Is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining be-
fore us; that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to that cause
for which they here gave the last full
measure of devotion; that we here highly
resolve that the dead shall not have died
in vain (Applause); that the nation shall,
under God, have a new birth of free
dom; and that government of the people,
by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth" 0ong con
tinued applause).
President Lincoln later revised his adj
dress and 1t has been generally accepted
in its somewhat changed form, though
the thought Is the same.
On July A, 1865, the cornerstone Tor
the National monument In the center of
the semicircle of graves was laid and
on July n, 1869, the monument was dedi-
Gated, Major General George G.. Meade,
commander of the Union forces during
the battle, making one of the addresses.
This monument is 90 feet high, crown
ed by a colossal statue of liberty, stand
ing upon three quarters of a globe. In
her right hand the goddess holds the vic
tors laurel wreath, while with the left
she gathers up the folds of the National
flag. At the four corners of the mass
I've pedestal, % feet square at the base,
are buttresses upon which are allegori-
cal figures representing War, History,
Peace and Plenty.
Public interest, however was not con-
fined to the cemetery at Gettysburg, and
even before the close of the war steps
were taken for the erection of memorials
of the great victory achieved by the
Army of the Potomac. On April 30, 1864,
the legislature of Pennsylvania incor-
porated the Gettysburg Battlefield Me-
mortal Association with power to buy
land, sell land, make roads and. in short,
to do almost anything to accomplish their
object which, as set forth in their char
ter, was ito hold and preserve the bat
tlegrounds Of Gettysburg, on which were
fought the actions of the first, second and
third days of july, 1853.
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HDHAT DR.. William Osler, Of Oxford
University, England, named for the
W remainder of mankind as 1.-The house
habit Is being more and more severely
attacked by scientists. In fact, the only
real sensible thing, according to science
nowadays, is to sell your house and go
to housekeeping, If 1t could be SO named
on the nearest vacant lot Living IN a
house. says science Is tne surest way
to get sick and die.
However, the average man will I'M
doubleday wait until the scientists and
famous physicians set the example OF
returning to gypsy methods of house,
keen,ng before taking nm the enterprise
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ant than more heat In dwelling. This
has even been applied to great hospitals,
and In the wards of such the need of
open-air conditions are considered as far
more important than any amount of
warmth.
Patients who have acute pneumonia are
by celebrated physicians all over the
world being kept in the open air, even
when snow Is on the ground and their
attendants are forced to wear heavy fur
coats to keep from suffering with cold.
Yet the advantages derived from being
in the open are said to far more than
Offset any possible Ill effects of the cold.
These open air-treatei cases are said 10
have shown absolutely no mortality.
Statisticians, now armed with present
scientific knowledge, have gone back
over the death records Of all plaques,
and report that plaques have ragged so
much worse in great cities solely from
the house habit" Science even de-
clares that If there had been no great
cities there could have been DO wide
spread epidemics.
However science is now entering on
the greatest of it's triumphs-its triumph
over the masses Of the people. For sci
ence says Keep your windows open, or,
better still, don't have any windows put
in your house." Perhaps in a hundred
years this will be brought about, but
one century. is short time, Indeed, IN
movements sbf this class.
1t took man several hundred thousand
years to learn to erect and live In houses.
He may well be allowed, however, much
improved and evoluted, another century
In which to learn that fresh air Is more
important to his health and happiness
than fur coats, steam heat, warm rooms
or even physicians and medicine.
Switzerland, in proportion to its size,
has more hotels than any other country.
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Il last the wonderful cliff dwellings
Of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico
are to be preserved. Not long ago
y Congress voted that certain places
should be set aside for national
monuments, and the cliff dwellings are
among them. This is really the result of
an agitation that has been going on for
years among persons in these districts
who protested against having these relics
of the homes of a prehistoric race de-
stroyed. 1t used to be a common thing
for relic hunters to carry away wagon
fuls of pottery, rope, cooking utensils and,
in the early days, mummies from these
wonderful habitations. Now this will
be stopped and vandalism will cease.
Whether more people will visit the ruins
Is a question. 1t Is a mystery why,
when these ruins are so accessible, more
people have not gone to see what are
probably the oldest houses on this CONT
nent. At any rate they belong to a
race so far back that we have no record
of them and only these dwellings to
show their mode of life, and an occa-
sional mummy found in the cliffs to indi-
cate the type of Inhabitants.
In more than one instance we Ameri
cans have been unmindful of the treas
ures of our continent until our attention
was called to them by foreigners. The
famous cliff dwellings are no exception.
People passed and repassed them on
their way through the deserts and Wild
West and, though many wondered, few
stopped to question or explore. Finally,
In 1874 Nordenskjeld, a native Of Stock
holm, made an exhaustive search of
these dwellings that hang between earth
and sky. He published a large volume
with many photographs, and to him must
really be given the credit Of arousing
interest in one of the most valuable pre-
historic possessions America has.
Though there are three districts In
which these cliff dwellings are found,
namely, along the San Juan, on the Rio
du Chiefly and the Rio Verde the most
remarkable yet found are the Cliff House
and Balcony House. The Cliff Palace
has high walls rising out of heaps of
stones in a precipice and resembles an
old castle. All of the stones are care
fully chiseled and the corners are per-
feet. There are more than 20 rooms In
this Cliff Palace and small peep-holes in
the walls let in the light The whole is
well built and finger prints still show
in the masonry. Not far from this re-
markable dwelling Is the Balcony House
II Is one of the best preserved of these
odd homes and shows a typical balcony
In front The doors are narrow at the
bottom and wide at the top, with a
r-'-~." tog for the convenience Of those
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that most Of the stories Of the clin
dwellings are six feet high, oil the rooms
are plasteredf and painted with what
looks like dull brick red color, with a
white band across the floor
The scientist, antiquarian and tourist
cannot but be interested In these evil
dences Of a long extinct race, though
conjecture must of necessity be unverifed
No one can visit these strange old houses
without desiring to 90 again to take time
to explore the whole region. It is sup
posed that the people who lived here
moved toward the South, but no one
knows. As a thoughtless or destructive
person can destroy with one blow of a
hammer or stick, parts Of these ruins, it
is cause for congratulation that the
United States government has decided to
protect them. BY making the whole re-
gion national park, 1t can be patrolled
and kept free from narauders
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Switzerland, in proportion to its size,
has more hotels than any other country.
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Weight Of a Crowd.

TN the building of theater galleries and
grandstands the supporting strength
! of the structure has to be carefully
worked out by the builders. This is ac-
complished by multiplying the area in
square feet by the pressure which 1t is
estimated crowd exerts per square foot.
and making the supports proportionately
strong. At one time the weight of
crowd was determined at between 81
pounds and 1O2 pounds per square foot.
But experiments have shown this to I've
great underestimation, and the weight
exerted is now calculated at from 123
pounds to 1913 pounds per square foot
The period of the deepest sleep varies
from 3 o'clock to 5.
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.o3LaZUS u GSH. NG2RoS
~ \ Decoration Day the thoughts of
r. everyone will revert to those days
of 1-'65 when, the nation was
" torn by the conflict of the greatest
civil war in the history of the
world war In which brother was pitted
against brother and family ties were rent
asunder as the men went forth to fight
and to die for the cause each thought
was right
Forty-nine years have elapsed since the
first blare of the bugle sounded, and in
that time many of the veterans of the
struggle have passed away. Each recur-
ring Decoration Day sees the "blue" line
growing thinner and thinner as the Grim
Reaper gamers the harvest.
At the same time much OF the bitter
ness engendered by that vast struggle and
the period of reconstruction that followed
has passed away, until the present gen
Grafton feels no longer that there is such
a thing as Mason and Dixon Line to
divide the North and the South.
One of the greatest mementos Of the
great war Of the States is the Gettysburg
National Park, a park that has no equal
in any land, and 1t will be, for time to
come. a monument to the bravery and
loyalty of the men who, during the first
three days in July, 1868, met in a bloody
struggle for supremacy, each side fight
ing with desperation unequaled before or
since.
The park, while inspired by those whose
sentiments were with the Union, and
who desired the cemetery attached for a
final resting place for the Union dead. Is
the property of the government, and as
such it is now as much a memorial to
the gallant men of the Southland as 1t
is to those who held the ground against
them, sending back across the waters of
the Potomac the wreck of what was the
finest army General Lee had commanded
Gettysburg was the high-water mark of
the Confederacy. 1t was there that was
fought the fiercest battle of the four-year
war; Ii was there that there were en-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
Tho ExoIusivsn.ss of cas,a.

An English officer who some years
ago was wounded in a battle in India
and left lying all night among the ma
tive dead and wounded tells this story:
Next morning we spied a man and an
old woman, who came to us with a
basket and a pot Of water, and to
every wounded man she gave a piece
Of joaree bread from the basket and a
drink from her water pot. To us she
gave the same, and | thanked heaven
and her. But the Soobahdar was a
high caste RaJput, and. as this wom-
an was a Chumar. or Of the lowest
caste. he would receive neither water
nor bread from her. I tried to per-
Buade him to take 1t that he might
five, but he said that in our state, with
but few hours more to linger, what
was a little more or less suffering to
us-why should he give up his fate
for such an object? No; be preferred
to die unpolluted."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
WHEAT, OATS AND HAY.
These Pay Farmer Best, Says Le-
highs Boss Farmer.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Aug. 23.-
F. r. Stevens, agriculturist of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, issued the
following bulletin in regard to the
condition of crops in the territory
traversed by that line:
Wheat, oats and barley, in gener-
al, have been harvested. The yield
is reported as unusually large. The
hay crop, especially on new mead
ows, has been unusually large. APP
pies will show a fair-siZed crop, with
quality excellent. More injury has
resulted from spraying than in many
years past.
Cabbage has been injured some
by louise, but is growing now fairly
we'll. Acreage in general not quite
as large as last year. Corn has not
recovered entirely from the unsea-
sonable weather in the spring and
bids fair in general to be a short
crop, although a late fall may ma
terially help this condition"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
THEY CALLED ON PINCHOT.

MILFORD, Pa, Aug. 23.-Hon.
j. S. Whipple, state forest, fish and
game commissioner of New York
state, accompanied by Superintend-
ent of Forests c. r. Pettis, Assist
ant Z. II. Johnson, Stratton d. Tott,
fire superintendent for the four
Catskill counties, and Edward Bis
land, five patrolmen, who are MAX
ing a trip through the Catskill
counties, inspecting the wooded
country, fire observation stations,
game protectors and general condi-
tions, with a view of improvement
in the department work, were guests
at the Yale summer school of fores-
try and called on former United
States Forester Clifford Pinchot at
Grey Towers. The party are max
ing the tour in an auto and from
here left to take in the Delaware
river towns in Sullivan county, n.
Y.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
SANE WORDS FROM DIXON.
"Boil Your Water" Health Boss of
State Tells Pennsylvania Peo-
DIe.

HARRISBURG, Aug. 23.-"Be-
ware of typhoid fever" is the timely
warning State Health Commissioner
Dixon has given out.
Boil all water that you have the
slightest reason to suspect. Don't
drink any water unless you know
that it is free from pollution.
'If you receive milk,in individual
bottles. be dead sure that your milk
man properly dsinfects the bottles
before they are refilled each time.
Else how do you know that these
receptacles may not have previously
been used in a household infected
with disease and you may be feed
ing your children the germs of ty-
phoid. scarlet fever. diphtheria or
other communicable disease?
"If these suggestions seem too oft
repeated, and you are inclined to
treat them lightly" continued DR..
Dixon, Just look about you and see
how typhoid is getting its victims.
Swimming and padding in pol
luted waters, drinking from any
oi'i ms vi Ntll lidl hdpBtho W Dt dI
hand when you are thirsty, especi-
ally when off on a picnic in the
country, and then carrying back to
your home and to your community
deadly germs of typhoid-these are
dangers that | wish could be driv-
en- home forcibly to our boys and
girls and men and women just at
this time of the year.
"If every farmer would realize
that every time he washed his milk
cans in polluted water he was toy
ing with the precious lives of per-
haps hundreds of his fellowmen, |
know he would be more careful.
Just a word to the physicians.
The immediate reporting of each
case of typhoid fever occurring in
your practice may save an epidemic.
The case may be on a dairy farm
from which milk is served. Think
what this means if infection starts
to spread from such source! One
days delay in reporting such a case
might mean the loss of many lives. -
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
BLACKMAILED A DIVE.

PITTSBURG, Aug. PA graft
scandal rivaling the grating coun-
climatic explosion was partly laid
bare when it became known that DIR.
G. Leonard lie Van, one of the best
known physicians of the North side,
had been arrested and placed under
$4,000 bail, charged with having
solicited bribes from divekeepers.
The allegation is that DR.. lie Van
secured this money at the instigation
of certain police officials who were
in turn to give the complaining re-
sort keeper protection" The pro-
lection has not been forthcoming
Frances Foley makes affidavit that
she gave DR.. lie Van 81 900.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
AN OLD STATE DRIVER.
G. l.. Hallett Had star Route, Toby
hanna TO Gouldsboro, in 1889.

STROUDSBURG, Aug. 23.-
Charles L. Hallett of Stroud township,
one of the old pioneers of that sec-
tion. called at the JEFF Office and
after renewing his subscription re-
lated some of his "reminiscences.
In the days of SO and go Mr..
Hallett drove the star route stage
from Tobyhanna to Gouldsboro. and
it was his good fortune to carry some
people who in after years became i'm
portant men of affairs.
At this time the tannery business
was at its best, and it was also the
time when Jay Gould was laying his
plans to build his fortune, for at that
time he had very little money
The money end of the tannery
company was Col. Pratt of Green
county, n. Y, who owned a string
of tanneries throughout this terri
tory. Mr.. Hallett carried the Col
onel over the road many times, and
Col. Pratt, who was rather eccentric,
told him many good stories.
On one occasion Col. Pratt told him
how he got rid of lazy men or make
them quit A fellow whom he had
put to work on the dam laid down
on the job and was just killing time.
The Colonel discovered this and de-
vised a plan to cure him of his lazi-
ness. Calling to the man he said:
Jack, you go up to the house and
get an old coffee pot and catch me
some grasshoppers. l want to go
fishing"
Jack went and after he was gone
the Colonel remarked:
Il could have given him a net, but
he will either have to work now or
quit"
1t was not long until Jack was tired
and threw up the job in disgust.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
BIGGEST FARM IN THE WORLD.

The announcement that the repub-
lie of Mexico is about to make some
effort to curb the princely aspira-
tions of Don Luis Terrabas, of the
state of Chihuahua, promises to
bring into the public eye one of the
most remarkable and at the same
time one of the least known of the
worlds unusual men. Four years
ago a German prince travelled s.
600 miles to visit a farmer" and
this farmer was Don Luis, whose
farm" Mexioans are now beginning
to believe, is getting too large for
the public health.
In short, it is the biggest farm
in the world. In area 1t ranks with
the largest of European Kingdoms
and empires, and would make one of
the big states of the union. 1t
measures $50 miles from north to
south and 200 miles from east to
west, or 100000 acres in all.
1t embraces whole ranges of noun
tains, entire water systems, volca-
noes, mineral lands and thousands
of lakes Over it roam 100000
head of cattle, 100000 sheep and
100000 horses. The farmhouse
is the most magnificent in the world
"a palace costing $1,600,000 in
gold, superbly furnished, with rooms
to accommodate 500 guests.-James
Oliver Curwood.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
PURE FOOD AGENTS BUSY.
Hard at Work in Effort to Save Us
From Being Poisoned.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. "a
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust
has ordered 19 suits brought in
Lebanon, Westmoreland, Fayette,
Armstrong, Warren, Mexican, We
mango, northumberland and Allie
gheny counties. The defendants are
accused of selling milk, vinegar, ice
cream, preserves, ketchup and ice
cream filler not up to standard.
J. Buschel, a dealer in produce,
was arrested in Philadelphia last
week at the instance of the dairy
and food division, for selling eggs
unfit for food. Buschel is charged
with selling frozen eggs which have
been removed from the shells. 1t
is asserted by the state that a
guinea pig innoculated with some of
the stuff died within u hours as a
result.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
Flowers ON Lamp Posts.

Every one who passed the corner
Of Ninth and Walnut streets yester-
day, says the Kansas City Times,
noticed the flowers and vines in the
urns on the ornamental lampposts in
front of the Fidelity Trust building.
There are eight of the poles, four on
the Walnut street side of the build
ing and four on the Ninth street
side. The urns are just underneath
the lamps Blooming geraniums,
lantana, archania and hibiscus fill
the urns, and a trailing fringe OF
green and white-leafed vinca vine
drapes down a foot or more around
the edges of each.
The flowers and vines are planted
IN wire baskets, semi-circular in
shape, so that two just fill each urn.
When the flowers in one lose their
fragrance it is to be replaced immed-
lately by another. A sufficient num-
Der of baskets are being tended by a
gardener so that fresh flowers will
be in the urns. The flowers were
chosen because of their ability to
Withstand the sun and winds, and
it is not expected to be necessary
to replace the baskets more than
three or four times in the summer
The insides of the iron urns are
lined with moss to protect the roots
from the heat of the metal.
The idea to have flowers on the
poles was obtained from public
buildings in Europe by Henry c
Flower, president of the Fidelity
Trust company.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
WENT FISHING AT KEEN's.

CARBONDALE, Aug. 23.-William
SurdoVal, John S. O'Rourke, James
Duggan, Thomas Killeen, Michael
Moran and John Lyons comprises a
party that had a pleasant fishing trip
to Keene's pond. O'Rourke and
Moran were fishing from the same
boat and, strange to relate, neither
of them saw the "bobber" move all
day long. The two, who claim to be
expert anglers, were supplied with
a share of the catch of the other
members of the party and cannot
explain why they had such poor
luck.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
WALK THROUGH 3 COUNTIES

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Aug, Zo'
Robert E. Laramy, superintendent
of the Phoenixville public schools,
and Herbert Rights of Phoenixyille,
after a visit to the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Laramy, left
Bethlehem to begin five-days' walk
ing trip through Monroe, Pike and
Wayne counties. They went by train
to Moscow, then walked eight miles
to Spring Brook, where they spent
Sunday with a cousin of Charles
Laramy, william Elias. The tramp
proper begins at Spring Brook
Messrs. Laramy and Wright made q
similar journey last summer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
Enterprise of Editor Richards.

The Piqua co.. Daily Call by
special arrangement with The Out
look is publishing the articles writ
ten especially for that magazine by
Theodore Roosevelt. This is enter
prise OF kind that the readers of
the Call will appreciate, and 1t
shows that the Port Jervis young
men who have become citizens of
Piqua and taken possession OF the
leading newspaper plant of the city
will spare neither pains nor expense
TO develop It to the fullest extent
Port Jervis IN. ~ Gazette.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-24
Good Roads Note From Bay State

Submits the Springfield Republi-
can: Each year the road problem of
this country is growing in gravity,
because OF the increasing use of
motor-driven vehicles, and each 12
months sees a greater demand for
men, not only for highway construc-
tion, but for repairs on the roads al
ready in place. 1t is a problem OF
many facts, one which all are inter-
ested in, as the roads are the arteries
of the country. But the two great
parties most vitally concerned In
highways are the farmer and the
motorist, and they are about as
much at peace as the traditional fox
and goose. Get either one on in a
corner and he will talk eloquently
about the outrages committed by the
other and of his own rights which
have been basely usurped. Yet both
are in the wrong in many ways.