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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
FINDS MAGIC MACHINERY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
There was once an old house in which
no one lived. But one night two men
and a dog went to this house and
stayed over night. When they went
into one room the door flew shut; they
couldn't get out. In a minute they
heard some footsteps. The door flew
open, but they could not see any one.
That night when they went to bed
the dog laid in one corner. The next
morning when they woke up the dog
was dead. SO the men went to the
owner of the house and told him that
he ought to build that roomA over
again.
The next day the owner of the house
got some men to rebuild that room.
The men found a little stairway. They
went down it and came to a small
ROOM They found all kinds of magic
machinery. They took it all out and
tore the little room out. Ever after
that people lived in it. Yours truly,
JURETTA BUGGERT.
720 Franklin avenue, San Diego.
Logan school, grade AS; II years old.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

sor and the boys had a hard time to
bring him to his senses. All the boys
who had anything to do with that were
expelled.
The boy was i'll for long time. He
was finally taken from the college and
put under medical treatment. His ply
sician said that he had hurt his brain
SO that he could never go back to
college This was all due to some
boys fun. The boys ruined this young
man forever.
JOHN KILKENNY.
Age II years. 162 Boston avenue, San
Diego. Logan school, grade AS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
ARE CAUGHT IN MISCHIEF

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Last Halloween all the boys around
the neighborhood got together and
bought a large piece of iron wire.
There were some palms growing on
each side of a railroad track, and the
big boys got the wire and tied it to one
palm and then stretched the other end
across the track to the other palm.
All of the small boys were behind,
watching what was going to happen.
Just then a cop came behind us, and
we ran as fast as we could. We didn't
say anything to the big boys.
Then the cops made the big boys
take it off again and told the boys
that he would give them another trial.
ERNEST AMENT.
Logan school, San Diego, 5A grade.
Age 13 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
sILLYs JOKE NOT A SUCCESS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
MY friend Billy told me this story:
''My sister had mystery album with
an envelope on each page, In Whlcn
was a card that people wrote a lot
of silly stuff on and then put the date
when it was to be opened on the out
side.
There was a young man who came
to see sister and took her to parties
and places, and I didn't like him very
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
GHOST IS RusTLlNe LEAVES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 know a man who used to be afraid
of ghosts when he was a boy, but
he was taught to always investigate
when he saw anything in the night
that he didn't know what it was.
One night he was driving through a
grave yard on horseback. 1t was
moonlight, but the trees on the edge
made it dark inside. 1t was blowing
and the leaves on the trees were rus
tling. AS he rode on he saw some
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

began Mary, but just then Aunt May
entered and said that the electric
wires had become crossed. That was
the answer to Mary's question.
PEARL CHURCHILL.
Grade 6, Ninth street school, age
19h, III Ceres avenue, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

DREAM TEACHES LESSON
Dear Aunt Laurie:
In the country there lived boy with
his father and mother. This boys
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Markln sthe Santa Fe Trail.

The famous old Santa he trail is to
be marked so that its location will
not be forgotten. The school children
of Kansas we're asked to contribute a
penny each to secure suitable markers
for this pioneer highway of progress,
and 1863, ,166 responded. With this
fund the trail will be outlined in an
enduring manner from Kansas City to
Santa Fe, 800 miles as the caravans
made It, the time consumed for the
round trip being 11O days. 1t is be-
lieved the trail dates back to 1910,
when a Spanish adventurer led an
expedition from Mexico as far north
as Kansas. But it was not until the
beginning of the last century that the
American trader and pioneer utilized
the long trail that stretched out into
the wilderness of the new FL Dorado.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Where Elephants are Stolen.

To steal an elephant would seem to
be wellnigh impossible. But the Brit
ish Consul reports that it is a COM
mon practice in Siam. There the huge
quadrupeds are employed in the teak
forests and frequently disappear. One
British firm last year bewailed the loss
of a dozen and reported that as many
more were stolen from their contrac-
tors. Another firm lost nine, only
three of which were recovered. AS
the average value of the elephants is
about 81 900 a head, the consul natur-
ally enlarges on the seriousness Of he
matter. What is annoying about it is
that the officials are Indifferent an If
one Of the missing creatures is recov-
cred at all it is only by means of a
search party organized for the purpose.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Random Shots.

shot an arrow into the air, it
fell in the distance, knew not
where, till a neighbor said that it
killed his calf. and l had to pay him
six and half (s6.50). l bought
some poison to slsy some rats, and
neighbor swore 1t killed his cats;
and, rather than argue across the
fence, l paid him for dollars and
fifty cents (s4.50). One night l set
sailing a toy balloon, and hoped 1t
would soar till it reached the moon;
but the candle fell out on farmers
straw, and he said l must settle or
go to law. And that is the way with
the random shot; it never hits in the
proper spot; and the joke you spring,
that you think so smart, may leave a
wound in some fellows heart.-Em-
poria (Kan.) Gazette.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Where the Good 'uns" Were.

One of the notices which, though
good, are rarely applied. is "A place
for everything and everything in it's
place" A writer in the Dundee Ad-
vertiser tells of London cab-driv-
er who seemed to think that affairs
were ordered after this pattern. AS
he sung down the Strand, an Ameri-
can sitting beside him asked him to
point out the spots of interest.
Right you are, sir!" agreed the
driver, touching his hat. There's
Luggit ill, where they 'ang EN-"
A little later, There's Parliament
'ouses, where they make the laws
wot does it, across the way. An
there's Westminster Habbey, where
they buried the good 'uns wot didn't
get 'anged"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
REPORTS TRACE OF
ANDREE IN ARCTIC
Missionary Tells of Eskimo Tribe
Which Had Rope and In
struments
SAY THE EXPLORERS STARVED
Another Story ls that Andree Party
was Killed In Fight and Balloon
seized-came Out Of the Sky In
"White House."

Winnipeg, Man.-Bishop Pascal,
who has charge of the Diocese Of
Prince Albert, which embraces the
sub-Arctic country to the north OF
that city, brings back with him story
of the finding OF traces Of the balloon
in which S. A. Andree, the Swedish
explorer. attempted to drift across to
the North Pole.
One Of his missionaries reported to
him that while working among the
Eskimos Of the Arctic region he met
a tribe which had some of the plunder
of the party with them. These ma
tives had in their possession quanti-
ty of rope of a quality which they
could not get in barter from the ships
which enter the Arctic sea.
When questioned the Eskimos told
that many years before they had come
across two white men who came down
out OF the sky in a white house"
These men had afterward starved to
death and the natives had seized upon
the balloon, the cordage Of which they
converted to their own uses. Bishop
Pascal instructed the missionary to
return and get further details.
This is the second story Of this kind
which has come out OF the frozen
north. A Hudson Bay factor has the
same report in a somewhat different
form. His story is confirmed from
the London Office OF the company,
where it was sent in official dis
patches. According to the factor, an
Indian arrived at his post on the up.
per Churchill in 1900 from an extend.
ed trapping and trading trip along the
borders of the Arctic ocean in North.
ern Canada The Indian told of haV
ing met a party of Eskimos who had
with them a number of brass instru
meDts of different shapes, quantity
Of metal fittings. which they had util.
ized in making hunting gear; several
cooking utensils and much cordgge
and fine waterproof cloth. He had en-.
tered into communication with them
and learned something of where they
got their strange treasures.
Several years before they had been
hunting on one of the islands of the
Arctic Ocean. and one day they be
held a peculiar apparition in the sky.
1t resembled a huge "Oomiak," or
woman's boat. When it finally landed
three men stepped out They started
to approach the natives, who were in
state of terror and made a hostile
demonstration. One of the white men
fired a gun and fight followed, in
which the natives were victorious,
killing all three of the wanderers.
The Eskimos stated to the Indian
that they had not intended killing the
three white men, but that in their
terror they made signals for them not
to approach. One Of the whites, not
understanding, took these signals as
sign of hostility and opened fire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
1851 FLIES AS EVIDENCE.
Proof insufficient, Judge Decides Case
Against State.

Proof insufficient, Judge Decides Case
Against State.
Sheboygan, Wis.-How many flies
must the State offer before it can Sc
cure conviction II 161 flies found in a
cheese vat are insufficient as evidence
to convict a cheese factory owner Of
keeping unclean premises.
This is a question which State
Dairy Inspector e. L. Alderhold is now
asking. He recently brought proceed
ings against a cheesemaker at Ply
mouth, and when the case was called
before a justice, Mr.. Alderhold drew
from his pocket little box and turn
ed 1t over to the court as exhibit A.
The box contained 16l flies and Mr..
Alderhold swore that he picked them
out OF a cheese vat in the defendants
factory.
After all the testimony had been
taken and evidence presented the JUS
tice decided against the State.
To add to Mr.. Alderhold's huinilia-
ton at losing after he believed he had
a clear case, lhe decision of the JUS
tice was Justify cheered by the towns
people and farmers present.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
RAISES TAME WOODPECEERS
Trained TO Transform Ordinary Rock
Maple Into Costly 5lrd's

Bangor, Me.-After having spent
more than sixty years and more than
$4,000 in hunting bears and studying
the ways of wild creatures, Greenleaf
Davis OF Mount Katahdin has begun
to raise tame woodpeckers with the
purpose of using them to convert ordi-
nary rock naples into the rare and
costly wood known as bird's-eye
maple. Mr.. Davis is more than eighty.
1t has been Mr.. Davis's belief that
no creature should be kept in captiv-
ity more than a month. He has two
crows. one more than thirty years old,
which have stayed by him and never
sought the society of their kind. Two
robins lived with him for three years.
His great success, however, has been
won with woodpeckers, OF which he
now has nearly one hundred Most Of
them are the red-headed sapsuckers,
which pick round holes in the bark Of
trees.
He passed weeks in his grove
watching the result of the wounds
which the birds inflicted on the bark.
AS the scars healed he noticed that
there was bright red spot left on
the wood directly below the wound.
1t occurred to him that as the mark
ings of birds eye-maple were due to
red spots in the wood, and as nobody
had ever been able to account for
them. it was possible that this variety
might owe its origin to the work Of
woodpeckers.
By mixing ants which he Sits from
the sand with a paste formed from
elm bark boiled down to thick bat
ter he can smear the trunks of thrifty
naples with such food as the wood
peciers require, and while they are
getting a meal from the bark their
bills are boring new holes in the trees
and Transforming ordinary maple,
worth no more than $12 thousand
feet, into birds-eye maple that sells
anywhere from $50 to $50 a thousand.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
FISH THAT is NOT AFRAID.
Pike Darted at Mans Hand-An-
other Bit Fisherman's Arm.

Otnef Blt tlsnernanS = arm.
The boldness Of pike is very ex-
traordinary, writes an angler. l
have seen one follow a bait within
foot of the spot where ! have been
standing; and the head keeper OF
Richmond Park, England, assured
me that he was once washing his
hand at the side of a boat in the
great pond in that park when a
pike made a dart at it and he had
but Just time to withdraw II.
A gentleman now residing at Wey-
bridge in Surrey informed me that
walking one day by the side of the
River Wey near that town he saw
a large pike in a shallow creek. He
Immediately pulled off his coat, tuck
ed his shirt sleeves and went into
the water to intercept the return Of
the fish to the river and to endeavor
to throw it upon the bank by get
ting his hands under it.
During this attempt the pike, find-
ing he could not make his escape,
seized one of the arms of the gentle
man and lacerated it so much that
the wound is still very visible.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
For Sick Kidneys
DEVISION AND APPEALS.


III Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Act of Assem-
bly,, entitled "An 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 ana 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 81,
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, 1910-01-21
APPLES AS LIQUOR CURE.

Iowa Physician Says They XIII Taste
for Drink.
Des Moines, lowa.-Dr. Samuel
Bailey, of Mount Ayre, and a promi
nent member of the National Medical
Society, before the State Horticultur-
al Society declared that apple eat
ing kills the taste for cocktails and
other strong drinks,
He says it is the meat eaters who
become addicted TO strong liquor. and
that fruit eating should be encouraged
as a solution of the liquor problem.
The society indorsed his theory.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21

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 a 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-ennial
assessment of 1910 at the Commits
sioners' office, Honesdale, Pa, be-
ginning at a. M, Monday. January
31st and closing at 1880 p. m, Sat
urday, 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 1t 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 1t to the Commissioners
office and IL will receive attention
County levy for 1910 is 4 mills and
one-half mill for support OF non
resident paupers.
J. T.. VAUDEVILLE,
J. X. HoRNBECK.
T. C. MADDEN.
County Commissioners.
Attest, George p. Ross. Clerk.
! HeAsaAis. Pc.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
DOGS DRUNK ON AUTO FUMES.
Plttsburg Ours Not Mad but Merely
ExhiIarated. Like JOY Riders.

CNlIldTdtCut LING SOJ niIS'Ss
Pittsburg-The Pittsburg Police
Department, after an exhaustive in
vestigation, has decided that the al
legged epidemic of hydrophobia among
dogs here is little more or less than a
plain case of drunkenness among the
ogs-drunkenness through the fumes
of gasoline escaping from automobiles.
Captain of Police Ford declares he
has discovered the dogs became drunk
like the chauffeurs who speed. Both
get intoxicated, he says, on gasoline
fumes. The Captain explains that
there is a habit prevalent among
chauffeurs of drinking gasoline. The
fumes from this oil exhilarates the i'm
biber and gives him nerve to clip
curves and corners.
The dog acquires the gasoline
fume drunk habit through running
after automobiles. The dog then gets
into the same class as the gasoline
exhilarated auto drinker and does
wild and ungovernable things. The
dogs are not mad; they're drunk. says
the Captain.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
FISH EATS OFF OWNERS HAND.
Pickerel Trained to Perform a Num-
Der of Aquatic Tricks.

Der OF NQudtiC TICKS
Superior, Wis.-Police Sergeant
O'Brien has at his home a large
aquarium in which he has a pickerel
a foot and half long that is said to
have been taught, among other things,
to eat out of the hand, to jump
through hoops and to do other tricks.
The fish has strange history
Sergt. O'Brien purchased it from a
fisherman at Wisconsin Point several
weeks ago. 1t was taken home, where
it was decided TO keep It for future
eating, and to keep 1t fresh it was
placed in water again, apparently
dead.
On inspection in the evening Mr..
O'Brien found the gills of the pickerel
moving and that it was possessed of
life. The fish was soon able to swim
a little. A tank was secured for It,
and It has since become quite a pet
of the family.
The fish weighs about eight pounds.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
One Thing He Could Not Have.

Although there was no sort of toy
which could be bought and for which
Harold had expressed a desire that
was not in his possessions, he still
had his unsatisfed longings. Il
know what | wish ! was, mother"
he said one day when his own big
brother had gone away and the lit
tie boy across the street was i'll.
Yes, dear" said his mother
Perhaps you can be it, Harold;
mother will help you. Is it to play
soldier?"
mo, indeed" asid Harold, scorn-
fully. Il just wish I was two little
dogs, so | could play together"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
PinIssS Chinese.

A member of the Chinese legation,
clad in splendid pale hued silks, stood
before the Casino at Newport.
'Pins," he said, cause untidy
habits. We have no pins in China.
The right way to fasten things is with
buttons and buttonholes, or with loops
and frogs. To fasten things with
pins is to make use Of an untidy
makeshift. To employ pins is to be-
come lazy and slovenly.
I'VE have no pins in China. Ger
tain foreign manufacturers shipped
millions of them to us in the past
but we sent them back. We had nc
use for them. We were too neat. -
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21

A Kings coachman is parsonage
of no small importance. Certainly
the coachman to her late Majesty
Queen Victoria had betting sense
of the dignity and responsibility of
his position. On the occasion of
the Jubilee of 1897 he was asked
if he was driving any of the royal
and imperial guests at that time
quartered in Buckingham Palace.
mo, SIR" was his reply. 81 am the
Queens coachman; l don't drive the
riffraff. London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Chinese Pirates.

Piracy is no new thing in the wa
ters around Hong Kong. AS long
ago as the thirteenth century the
island of Hong Kong was piratical
stronghold, and for centuries the
Chinese government was unable to
drive the sea robbers out. All craft
passing what is now Hong Kong har-
Dor were compelled to pay tribute.
The higher elevations of the island
served as lookout stations, and no
boat that approached was permitted
to leave until 1t had paid toll.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
ONION BIN A POOR BANK.

Farmer Had Not Told His Wife and
She Sold Vegetables and Money.
Amigo, Wis.-Thinking II about as
safe a place as any, William Jackson.
a farmer Of Ruling. put $40 in cash
and a $50 check in a cellar bin and
covered them with onions. but failed
to tell his wife what he had done He
gave It no more thought until he
learned that his wife had sold some
OF the onions.
Search revealed the fact that the
money was gone and now he ID look
ing for II amoaE his customers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
A Bad Break.

"Mushleigh. the actor, made bad
break at his wedding today"
How was that?'
after the ceremony his friend
pressed round him and congratulate
him so earnestly that Mushleigh re
quested the minister to perform tn,
service over again as an encore!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
MARRIED MEN WANTED.
Logan County Land Owners VIII Rent
No Property TO Bachelors.

No Property to Bachelors.
Springfield, Il.-"No unmarried
men need apply" is the sign that has
been hung up by the land owners of
Logan County. who are renting their
farm lands. The movement has
thrown the young men into a panic,
and it is said more engagements have
been announced in the vicinity of At
lanta since the plans were started
than in the same periods in half a
dozen years preceding. Other young
men inclined to balk at the matrimon-
ial proposition are departing for other
sections.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
wom.n shoes Oxen,

Three Lakes. Wash. = Mrs. Mary
Johnson OF this city earns a good in
come working at hsr trade OF shoeing
oxen. 30 expert has she become that
she Ia able to nail shoes on the hoofs
OF ten oxen in one hour. Tor that
burst OF speed she receives $3.50. or
ssventy-nvs cents for each OF.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
The Modern Mother.

Madam TO the nurse maid, who
has just brought home her four chill
dren from a walk) Dear me, Anna.
how changed the children look since
last saw them! Are you quite
sure they are the right ones?- File
gende Blaetter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Jokes When About to Be EmbaImed.

Jokes When About to Be Embalmed.
Terre Haute. Ind.-As an undertake.
er started to prepare the body of Ed
ward Murphy for burial the supposed
dead man arose in bed and yawned.
feel better after that long sleep" he
said. Murphy had been in coma ten
hours and an invalid long time. The
undertaken soon was recalled. for Muir
ply died after joking with the en-
balmer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Improving Mad Dogs.

Boston has a hospital for the
treatment of dogs suspected of hav-
ing rabies, and several cases have
been improved, though the veterina-
ries do not say they have cured the
dogs of hydrophobia They have
merely improved some dogs suspect
ed of the disease Worcester Tele-
gram.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Only a Slight Ernor.

They done what they should
have done" remarks a New York
politician who has a careless stenog-
rapher. Probably he really said
Should have did. id."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Quick-Working Machinery.

IN single minute a machine
which cuts up wood to make matches
will turn out 4o.oee "spiints." as
they are called.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-21
Nothing Else Half AS Good

Nothing else half as good for breakfast
or lunch is so easy to prepare as this.
Beardsley's Shredded Goldfish is ready
to cook the instant you open the package
No bones to pick eut-no washing-ne
soaking-no boiling. Our patent q
Shredding Process saves you all that.
And it makes the meat fine aud fluffy
and dainty. This shredded meat cooks
almost the minute heat reaches it.
Any way that you serve it, you can
have 1t ready for the table in less time
than il takes to make coffee.