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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
THE MAN WHO ENTHUSED
ROOSEVELT.

Human Life for April has a rip
ping good story by Leigh S. j. Hunt,
the man who enthused Ex-President
Roosevelt with the African hunting
fever.
If there is any single quality that
is dear to the American heart it is
pluck, and pluck was about the
whole stock in trade of Leigh Hunt
when, youth of seventeen. he ap-
piled for a position as teacher of
foreign languages in the Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, schools, although he didn't
know a word of any language outside
of his mother tongue How he got
the job and made good is simply char
acteristic of all his after achieve
ments.
His is wonderful story. Few
men have been tossed higher and
dropped lower by the caprices of For
/ tune,-and running through all his
/ checkered career is that talisman of
/ pluck which compelled the tickle
| goddess to smile on his daring
/ schemes and gigantic plans whether
/ she would or not. America, China,
hOrea, EBypl-dli IhesS CouhtllSS
| have been the scenes of his prodigi-
/ Gus activities, and the sources
whence wealth has flowed into a his
! treasure house. Impossible is the
adjective of fools" is an old copy
book motto attributed to Napoleon
! and it would seem to have been also
/ the motto of Hunt in his undertak-
ings.
This erstwhile school teacher
numbers among his friends rulers
and potentates, and many other great
ones of the earth. But even now he
is signing for new worlds to conquer
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

We like to work and we like to
see others work, but we just arise to
remark that when we get to be
worth as much money as some we
know, work with us will cease. We
could never discover why men sixty
and seventy years of age and worth
from forty to one hundred thousand
dollars should continue to toll from
early until late and in all kinds of
weather We like to see men pro-
vide something for their family after
they are gone, but the average boy is
better off if not left too much prop
erty. You who have labored your
three score years should stop hard
work, and enjoy life the few short
years you have left to remain with
us.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Bed Feather Markets,

The plains Of Hungary are well
adapted for the raising of geese, and
travellers in that country are often en-
tertained by seeing from passing trains
great fiocks of geese feeding in the
fields and watched by goose herds. So
many feathers are yielded by these
geese that four bed feather markets"
are held annually at Budapest, and
at each market from 100000 to 100000
pounds of bed feathers are placed on
sale
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Microscopic Life.

The first organized living forms are
extremely minute and can only be rec
ognized by powerful microscopes. A
filtered infusion of hay, allowed to
stand for two or three days, will lit
orally swarm with living things, many
of them not exceeding the forty-thou-
sandth part of an inch in diameter
And yet, minute as these animalculae
are, they are thoroughly alive. They
dart about and digest, shooting out
their jellylike substance to seize their
food.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

Where is the man so happy as the
one who applies himself to manual
labor? Where is the home so happy
as the one where each member of
the household feels, at the close of
the day, that they have performed
some at least of the many duties de-
volving upon them? There may be a
clash some day between capital and
labor. When this period comes,
the hope is that honest labor, with
the conquering tread of a hero, will
trample beneath its heel the power
that has to a considerable extent,
made labor laborious. We are all
laborers in our little town.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
NEW COMMANDMENTS.

A concern in Kansas City has is
sued some new commandments by
way of suggestion to it's employees
and they may also fit some bosses.
l. Don't lie. 1t wastes my time
you in the end. and that is the
wrong end.
2. Watch your work and not the
clock. A long days work makes a
long day short
3. Give me more than | expect
and I'll pay you more than you ex-
pect. Increased profits will make
increased pay.
4. You owe so much to yourself,
else.
3. Dishonesty is not an accident.
Good men can't see temptation when
they meet it.
6. Mind your own business and
in time you may have a business to
mind.
I. Don't do anything which in
jures your self respect. The man
willing to steal of one, will from
another.
s. 1t is none of my business what
you do at night. But dissipation af-
fects you next day when your time
is mine.
8. Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear but what l ought to hear.
10. Don't kick if l kick-if you
are worth correcting, you are worth
keeping. 1t is not worth while to
cut specks out of rotten apples.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

from the garage and with the mayor
and two other men in it was driven
to Arlington at fast rate. That the
long run had not overheated the en-
gine or injured it in any way was
evidenced in the fact that the motor
car, carrying the three men and hay-
ing the top raised, made the four
teen miles in twenty-one minutes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Dickens Burial.

Dickens was buried in Westminster
abbey in the presence of only about a
dozen, people. His funeral was prac-
tically secret one This was by his
own wish, for in his will he expressly
stated, Il emphatically direct that
be buried in an inexpensive, unosten-
tatious and strictly private manner"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1910.

Why is it, a careless seven year
ola kid can drop half burned match
in an alley and burn up all the barns
in block, while an able bodied man
has to use up a whole box of matches
to get a wood fire started in a heat
er that has draft enough to draw
all the furniture up the stove pipe?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

The big head" is a popular way
of expressing a common and very
frequent ailment. 1t arises from
various sources, but the real founda-
tion is a lack of sense. A little mon
ey develops it in some people; a few
good clothes gives it to others; a
little office, where a chance is given
to exercise little authority, is often
the cause of it, while others get ii
having a little better job than their
associates. The truth is no sensible
person gets the big head" The
one who become stuck up and stiff.
necked from sources of any kind
are weak in the intellectual caliber
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

There are two ways of getting in
to newspaper-"purchasing an in
terest and purchasing an interview" D."
There is still another way-pulling
the wool over the editors eyes and
getting in for nothing. This is very
popular form of entry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
PIeasure and Apnetits.

The impulse to celebrate any joyful
event or anniversary by a dinner is a
rational one, physicians say, for pleas
ure excites hunger just as. disagreed
BILE sensations take the appetite away.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

With Mayor William Davis acting
as one of the officials a nonstop
run of sixty-six hours was recently
completed by an automobile in the
garage of Hugh II. Lewis of Fort
Worth, Texas. The motor car was
an eighteen-horse-power Franklin
touring car, and the continuous run
of it's engine was in charge of C. s.
(Clean Score) Carris, who won his
sobriquet by driving a Franklin mo-
tor car through many contests with
a perfect score.
The air-cooled engine was started
on its continuous performance at B
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, Mayor
Davis setting the engine in action.
The automobile had been placed on
the floor of the garage for exhibition
during the horse and cattle show,
which is an annual affair in Fort
Worth. The nonstop run was Civ
en- as a proof that the air cooling
system of the Franklin would not
fail when subjected to a hard test.
When the motor had been run
ming for forty-six hours the hood was
raised, and it was found that the air
Jackets, which surround the cylin-
ders, to form a chamber through
which the cooling air is drawn by a
suction fly wheel were so cool that
the bare hand could be held upon
them without discomfort, This was
accepted as full evidence that the
Franklin would not overhead on a
run of long duration.
With the mayor in attendance the
run was officially brought to a close
at II o'clock Sunday morning. AL
though the motor car had then been
running siXty-siX hours standing
still, it was decided to ascertain what
the effect of a fast trip over the
roads would be at the conclusion Of
such a run.
The car was Immediately taken
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
The Absinth TippIer,

The symptoms Of the absinth tip
pier are muscular tremblings and a
marked decline of strength, the hair
begins to drop out, the face takes on
a despairing look, and he soon be-
comes wrinkled and sallow. Lesion of
the brain follows, horrible dreams
come thick and fast, and gradually a
paralysis takes him to the grave.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Chinesa Politenass-

A Chinaman who wears his specta-
cles in the presence of guest or so
cial superior is held to be as rude as
in this country we consider man who
fails TO remove his hat when meeting
women Of his acquaintance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
historv on a Tomhstone.

At Riverhead, N. Y, the stone mark
ing the resting place of Captain James
Tanning is noted for the length Of it's
inscription, which contains 1,S00
words. 1t recites the history Of the
Tanning family back to 1649.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
The Greenroom.

The original "greenroom" seems to
have been painted green in order to
relieve the eyes OF actors dazzled by
the glare OF the footllghts.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Aptly Termed.

A farmer in a food district, watch
ing his mortgaged house and barn fall
over and float down the river, remark
ed, THAT represents my floating in
debtedness."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

Red hair is, says a scientific authori-
ty, Of that color because 1t has in its
composition a larger proportion of sui
phur than black hair.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15
Old Turnip Seeds,

Turnip seeds have been known to be
dormant for seven years through be-
ing planted too deep and after that
time to sprout.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

The trees and shrubs which produce
rubber grow in a narrow belt of the
world, within degrees north and
south of the equator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

When a gasoline economy contest
for automobiles is held, it commonly
becomes the opposite of a speed COM
petition. At low rate of speed the
contestants are able to cover a much
greater distance with their allotted
amount of fuel than they can if they
drive rapidly. A gasoline economy
performance at high speed, however,
has now been executed by a Texas
man, DR.. w. ]. Langley, of Dallas,
driving an eighteen-horse-po
four-passenger runabout of the 1910
double-rumble type.
SO little consideration did he give
to the accepted speed theories of
drivers seeking economy records, that
over rough roads, in the face of a
stiff wind and with an equipment
of top and wind shield he raced for
part of the way with a big inter-
urban trolley car, winning without
difficulty.
Dr. Langley set out from Dallas
with three companions, he taking
the steering wheel and making the
sixty-eight-mile trip to Fort Worth
and back in two hours and forty min
utes. Measurements were then
made and were compared with
measurements taken before the run /;
these showed that an average of
seventeen miles per gallon of gaso-
! line had been made; less than one
pint of oil was used.
The motor car with it's equip
ment weighed over 1900 pounds and
its four occupants about 700 pounds,
making a total of $500 pounds.
DIR. Langley has driven his car
200 miles, and neither on this run
nor on any previous trip has he had
puncture. He made the run solely
! to determine for himself the de-
pendability of the motor car The
time on the outward trip was one
hour and twenty-five minutes and
on the return trip one hour and if
teen minutes. The motor was kept
running throughout stop of a few
minutes at Fort Worth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

A white motor car trimmed with
gold will soon be seen dashing to
fires through the streets of Oklahoma
City, carrying the chief of the fire
department at speed which will en-
able him to distance the horsedrawn
fire apparatus. The fire chiefs car
has been ordered at the factory of
the II. II. Franklin Manufacturing
Company of Syracuse; it will rep
resent the latest in construction and
equipment for such service.
The car will seat four people, there
being a seat for the chief beside the
driver and double-rumble seat for
two of his aides. The seats, special
in construction, will have red up
holstery without padding and low cut
backs, the latter being surmounted
by brass rails. The power plant will
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

Wild Ostrich Feathers.
The feathers Of the wild ostrich are
superior TO those from farm birds.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-15

The spring gloves in large va
riety can be found at Menner & Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13

Mrs. d. b. S. Ramsdell has been for
six years the able and successful bust
ness manager of the California Del Sur
branch of the Viavi movement. This
movement today is world wide and
thousands of men, women and chill
dren are livingtestimonials of what
Viavi is and does. Mrs. Ramsdell has
the rare tact of winning and holding
not only the respect but love of
large corps of women in her employ.
Mrs Ramsdell has devoted years,
heart and soul, as well as time to the
advancement of the Viavi movement
in Southern California, and hundreds
of women have been sent on their way
rejoicing, cheered, encouraged, and
cured through this well-known remedy
Every Thursday afternoon In the Of
fees i'm the Bryson building, Mrs
Ramsdell gives health talk to many
appreciative women. and as the Viavi
movement is two fold in its purpose
educational as well as curative-an
women are invited and welcomed to
these lectures.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
VOICE PRODUCTION
20

The true basic principle of all art is
simple. But, because of its very sim
plicity, is passed unnoticed, and, in
fact, we are often unaware of its exis-
tence.
America is rich in beautiful voices,
yet has few really artistic singers we
heart There is no doubt that much
harm is done by persons with more
desire for dollars than artistic results,
but the chief cause of inartistic sing
ing does not begin with the vocal
teacher.
If we seriously investigate, we will
find the real difficulty in producing
beautiful singing voices lies in the
wrongly produced speaking voice of the
majority of would-be singers.
Our language has been termed a most
unmusical one to speak or sing, but
the fault is not in the language, but
in its manner of production.
Students are amazed upon being told
that before they can acquire legitimate
tone-production, they must first learn
to speak correctly, and only by dem
onstration in their own work do they
become convinced of the truth and its
logic.
There is a plea constantly for Eng
lish in song and opera, yet there are
only too few capable of the accomplish
ment
Mentioning his superb diction to one
of our great American singers, he re-
piled, "Ah, but / had sorry time
with voice and dction until 1 trained
my speaking voice."
When children are taught in our
schools to speak with rightly taken and
controlled breath. with relaxed mus
Giles of tongue and throat, honoring the
consonants, and giving the vowels their
proper length and resonance, then will
the way of the vocal teacher be made
smooth, and artistic singing will be the
rule and not the exception. We must
first learn to speak with culture, to
be able to express the thoughts of our
Tnglsh-speaking writers in song.
Thus simplicity and truth walk hand
In hand, and that which was uncon-
scious truth" becomes when interpret
ed and defined in an object, part of
the domain of knowledge. a new wea-
pom in the magazine of power.
GERTRUDE BESWICK.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
WISE AND OTHERWISE

INSTEAD of boycotting beef, why
don't you aceustom yourself to eating
the cheaper cuts?" "There are no
cheaper cuts. There are only the ex-
pensive and the unattainable." -Chica-
go Tribune.
If opportunity never returned we
would all be losers.-Florida Times
Union.
Science says that men are gradual
ly getting shorter and women taller"
I'm that case the next generation of
women will have to forego hooked
gowns. louisville CourierJournal.
A short cut is a losing cut-Latin.
Look at that old man with the egg
stain on his shirt front" ut is only
the vulgar rich that are fond of such
display. Houston Post.
Expert knowledge is not so very
much worse than popular ignorance
New York Press
Miss Print want a husband who
will be easily pleased.
Miss Grouch-That's the kind you'll
get.-Life.
Who hath a good trade through all
waters may wade.-German.
Miss Elder-The idea of his pretend
ing that my hair was gray
Miss Peppery-Ridiculous
Miss Elder-Wasn't 1t, though?
Miss Peppery-Yes; just as If you'd
buy gray hair,-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Modern steamships have a very brief
life as compared with the old sailing
vessels.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE

seeking an electro chemical effect for
the oxy-chlorides of zinc and copper
This method | believed would do Won
derful electrolitic work, and it did;
two young medical men from Phila-
delphia persuaded me to patent my
discovery, which was the subdivision
of an electrical current for therapeu-
teal purposes. and by this means we
get a pleasing spray instead of a
shocking stream of electricity.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
MRS. GERTRUDE BEsWIcK

Mrs. Beswick was born in Lawrence,
Mass, in 1875 of musical parents,
both possessing fine voices, and began
the study of piano at 6, displaying
an unusual amount of talent in that
line. At the age of Is she began the
study of harmony, piano and pipe-or-
gan with Benjamin Allen, now vet
eran teacher of Boston; at 16 began
the study of voice with May Sleeper
Ruggles of Boston, and up to the time
of her marriage at 10, was preparing
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13

1t is the artists province to develop
or suppress these traits i'm her picture,
and the one who sees and known how
to emphasize the best characteristics
of his subject produces the most pleas
ing picture. Mr. and Mrs. Hemenway
have won wide recognition during the
past year.
With the intuition of genius, they
post their subjects in just the right
way to bring out the good points. This,
together with exquisite perfection of
finish, results in masterpieces of pho
tographic art.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
THE WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER

Everyone can be Photographed so as
to present pleasing picture. one may
learn this during visit at the Hem
enway studio. 351 South Broadway.
The philosophy underlying this fact Is
sound, for we know that everyone has
good and bad traits. which are eX-
pressed in the countenance and form.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13

difficult thing she has had to contend
with is To overcome sex prejudice, the
idea prevailing that women are not
strong enough to practice dentistry.
But that prejudice is growing less. she
says, as people are beginning to learn
that it is not a question of strength or
sex, but a question of ability and of
the individual. She also adds:
Dentistry is not trade, requiring
only mechanical skill, but it is a sci
epce and an art as well, bringing into
action the esthetic aud finer faculties
along with the mechanical, which gives
it its rank as a profession instead of
a trade, and in which knowledge and
ability count more than main strength
and awkwardness.'
DR. Sands has a most charming per-
sonality and has won the confidence
of hundreds of Los Angeles patrons.
who realize that a woman's gentle
touch is one of the great blessings of
the dental chair.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13

for the operate stage. After marriage
Mrs. Beswick continued her studies
with Madame Eta Edwards. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Denis Mehan. William
Shakespeare, and by the advanced
ideas held upon her subject attracted
the attention of David Bispham whose
pupil she was for a season in New
York. Mrs. Beswick received much
encouragement from many prominent
artists to devote her time to public
work, but her love for home life,
and being of naturally retiring dis
position, precluded the possibility. Her
wonderful gift for imparting her
knowledge has made her teaching a
joy an especial feature heing her
lecture lessons to her entire class
semi-monthly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
MARCH 10, 1910.
WOMEN IN DENTAL PROFESSION

WOM6N in DEN Al FHOT GSoiO'N
Among our women in the dental pro
fesson DR. Dot S. Sands ranks as one
of the most prominent. She has offices
in the Mason building. corner of Fourth
and Broadway. She is a graduate of
the Western Dental college of Kansas
City, Mo, class of 1897.
Before DR. Sands began her dental
career she praeticed medicine two
years in the state of Kansas giving her
advantages over the ordinary dental
student and practitioner. She prac-
ticed dentistry three years in Osso-
watomie KAN before establishing her
self here in 1900. where she has been
in active practice ever since. Her bus
mess has grown with the city, maxi
ing rapid strides. until she has one of
the largest practices in the city
In giving her own personal experience
DR. Sands says the most trying and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13

Modern steamships have very brief
life as compared with the old sailing
vessels.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-07-23
AGAINST BALLINGER.

The Outlook of which Theodore Roosevelt is editor presents summery of the Banger The facts given briefly but with considerable detail and the of the article is fair and judicial throughout In far undertakes to judgment is extremely cautions not oversep the bounds of what be without any substantial doubt While therefore there absence of any harsh haracter zaon of Secretary Balngers conduct remarkable that practically all the main points the controversy the findings of the judicial writer of The Outlook article against Ballnger. And gently The Outlook article touches on the bad figure the Secretary cut the witness stand is nevertheless constrained to that he has been evasv his answers and has made statements which, they would ord nariy be understood do not accord with the facts When these things the New York Evening Post added the lndsputabe fact that he has shown in dozen his sympathy with the conservation policy which the present Administration like it's predecessor is emphatcaly pledged the question of the proprey of his remaining the Interior Department to admit of but
 the Interior Department admit of but
Imperial Valley press., 1910-07-23
SLAUGHTER OF THE LNNOCENTS.

The Snowy Heron Egret has been exerinated in the Southern Atlantic and Gulf States plume hunters whose cruel greed inspired vanity of woman Nete Blanchan, the ornthologist says:
 Only ago the Snowy Heron abundant the Southern this exquisite bird now left is the Ages that it's wedding states there is penalty attached the shooting hunters of the living
 
  - + At the mouth of the Colorado Egret still exists unmoeted but the sentence of doom by the of Mexico law authorizing the sale permits or concessions for killing the bird the nesting The law makes special privilege monopoly the brutal business for and application made by man at erdo for concession covering the territory the Colorado
 Civilized states egsatng protection of birds and animals but Mexco the egazes bufphs and fosters the cockpit takes step backward promotes the unspeakabe cruelty of sordid bird-murder