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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
The Value of Location.

A striking instance of business valu-
alton is shown in the assessment of
the property in New York city on
which stands the skyscraper successor
to the old Fifth Avenue hotel. 1t is
at the intersection of Fifth avenue,
Broadway and Twentythird street, ex-
tending to Twenty-fourth street. Its
frontage on Fifth avenue and Broad
way, the two thorougbfares forming
an obtuse angle, is $4,000 per front
foot. Step over the line on the north
into what then becomes Twenty-fourth
street-a dead street for business-and
the assessment becomes $1,000, one
seventh of the valuation of the land
just across the crack in the cement
walk.
There are parcels of land in Wall
street, the most valuable in the world
which are taxed on a valuation of S2S,.
600 front foot.
New York city imposes a tax on 9t
per cent of full valuation. This high
percentage has been brought about by
an active campaign extending over &
period of many years. The ideal II
the minds of its supporters is to tax
eventually at full valuation. - Book
keeper.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Rapid Motion of the Comet.

The comets whose periods are less
than hundred years are called peri
odic comets, and nearly half of them
have been observed more than once.
At present they number forty-tlve, but
only three of them are retrograde-
that is, revolve in their orbits in the
opposite direction to the planets. Hal
ley's comet is one of these three, and
as a result it will pass us with very
rapid motion. At that time the earth
will be moving in its orbit at a speed
eighteen miles second and the comet
in nearly the opposite direction at q
speed of twenty-five miles. The rela'
tive motion is therefore about eighty
times that of a cannon ball.-Willian
II. Pickering in Century.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
- The -
Scrap Book
A Mill Worth Seeinq.

Joe Grim, the Italian pugilist OF Al
toona, was known as the human
punching bag on account of the awful
amount of punishment he would take.
Fitzsimmons in one bout knocked Joe
down fifteen times In six rounds, yet
couldn't put him out. While Grim
never won a fight, he was always will
ing to meet almost anybody who came
along and was absolutely fearless. He
paid no attention to class and regard
ed It as a sort of duty TO meet every
new fighter whose name showed on
the pugilistic horizon. Some time ago
his friends were arranging a fight for
Joe in Altoona, and there was some
pickering over the percentages. Joe
wanted the fight held in Philadelphia
or Pittsburg, as he thought 1t would
draw bigger crowd in either city.
To this his friends objected, insisting
that Altoona was a good show town.
"why. Maxine Elliott played to a
S4OO house here the other night" said
one of the fight promoters.
Quick as flash Joe snapped back:
"Ill fight that Max Elliott tool
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Well Supplied With Doctors.

In all there are twenty-five physi-
clans and surgeons attached TO the
royal household. OF these, however,
four are appointed in Ireland and an
equal number in Scotland and would
in the event of their services being re-
quired only be called upon to attend
the king when the court happened to
be in Ireland or Scotland. There are
five physicians altogether specially ap-
pointed to attend King Edward, but
Sir Francis Laking, one of the physi-
clans in ordinary, is his majesty's most
frequent medical adviser. The king
sees one of the household physicians
every day, but the interview is mere
matter of form and lasts but a few
minutes. The fact, however, that the
interview has taken place is noted in
the medical diary in charge of the ply
sicians in ordinary. in which is kept a
daily record of his majesty's health
London NJ. A. Z.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Change Doesn't Alter.

Senator Benn Conger," said an AL
bany lawyer, was praising the other
day the change for the better that had
come over politics.
"Changes," he said, smiling, always
occurred with the passage of time, but
too often they were changes for the
worse. He instanced the case of a
Groton lad.
''This lad, from New York, where he
was working, sent word to his father
that he wanted to get married. But
his father sent word back that he was
too young to marry. He must wait a
year. If, however, he was still of the
same mind at the years end he might
then marry and welcome and the old
man would furnish the house.
"At the years end the son came back
home to Groton.
81 guess I'll get married now, IA
ther,' he said.
"'You don't really, after a whole
year, want to marryp the old man
shouted.
"'Yes, l do. l certainly do was the
obstinate reply
"'Well, marry you shall, then, and
I'll furnish the house, said the old
man. Son, I'm proud of you. l didn't
believe such constancy existed
Thanks, father said the youth
But ! forgot to tell you that it isn't
the same girl '"-Rochester Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
CHOICE MISCELLANY
A ProdiuaI Princess.

So much has been said and written
about the debts of Princess Louise,
eldest daughter of the late king of the
Belgians. that any story illustrating
her carelessness in money matters Is
of interest. Princess Louise literally
does not know what money means.
Some time ago during stay she
made in Paris "a dress which she had
ordered was brought to her hotel, says
a Brussels paper. The girl who brought
it was pretty and charmingly dressed,
with that simplicity and grace pecul-
lar to the little work girl of the Rue
de Ia Paix. Princess Louise admired
the child and told her so and admired,
too little silver medal which the girl
wore round her neck.
perhaps your highness will accept
it," said the work girl. at is medal
Of the Virgin of Prague"
"That is too sweet of you,' said Prin-
cess Louise, "and you must let me give
you something in exchange to put
round your neck"
She gave her a necklace of pearls
with which the girl went off in high
glee. she thought they were imitation
and, even so, they were fine ones. But
one day, being short of money, she
took the necklace to a jewelers. to be
valued. 1t is worth Eli ,O00.-Londor
| ElOhp
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
HANGING OF HAMMOCKS.
How to Accomplish This and Make
Them Comfortable.

A seasoned camper who has learned
many things to make outdoor living
comfortable has given this rule for
hanging a hammock:
The head should be two feet higher
than the foot. This gives comfort
able curve. The proper distance is
about six feet from the ground for the
head end and four feet for the foot.
Another important point is to have
the head rope shorter than that at the
foot of the hammock. If the head one
is about foot long and the other four
and "A half feet, the head of the per
son will feel little movement while the
body swings. This overcomes that
feeling of nausea which keeps many
persons out of a hammock.
There are many improved hammocks
these days. Those with stiffening for
both ends give almost the effect Of an
open air bed. Some of them have
slightly raised sides TO prevent falling
out.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
A Pious Wish.

The parish church in a well known
Scotch village being in sad need of re-
pair and the money required for such
not being in hand, a meeting of the
parishioners was held to see If the
necessary funds could be raised by
subscription.
The local laird, noted for his wealth
and also for his meanness, was asked
to officiate as chairman. Addressing
the villagers, he reminded them of the
object Of their gathering together and
by way of example subscribed guinea
toward the cost OF repair. When
on the point Of sitting down a lump
of plaster falling from the ceiling
struck him a clout on the head. Look
ing upward. he exclaimed:
"Yes, friends, / see the church does
need repairing badly. I'll raise my
subscription to guineas."
Upon hearing this an old lady in the
audience exclaimed:
20 Lord, give him anither clout"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Paris Warrina on Rats.

The rats of the Paris sewers, driven
from their homes by the great floods.
have invaded some quarters of the city
in such numbers that special means
for their destruction have had to be
taken. The regular band of municipal
rat catchers was overwhelmed by the
magnitude OF the task, and the force
has been doubled. The occupation of
rat catching in Paris pays well Those
animals which are caught alive are
sent to London and Brussels, whence
numerous orders arrive from breeders
of rat catching dogs. The Figaro says
that the expectation Of Partisan rats
at present amounts to between 1,5OO
and 1000 a day. They are sold for
about dollar a dozen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
His Point of Order.

A prominent clergyman was asked
by a colored minister to preach in the
colored peoples church, and he gladly
consented Reaching the church, where
he was the only paleface present, the
preacher delivered a sermon full Of
helping advice, made an eloquent
prayer and then announced that the
service would be closed by singing the
hymn Wash Me and l Will Be
Whittier Than Snow" At this point
one Of the darksome congregation rose
to his feet
Look heah. pahson," said he i'm
pressively, "yo' will hab TO scuse me,
but l rise to point of ordah."
what is it?'' asked the preacher,
with large symptoms of surprise float
ing over his features.
1T am dis way" replied the parish
ioner "Yo' hab evidently made a
mistake IN de crowd. Dis am a cull'ed
congregashun, an, sence all de pump
watah an sof' soap in de county can't
make de words oh dat hymn come
true, jes' wish dat yo' would change
her to some udder tune"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

reading your books and sometimes he
doesn't get more than two hours sleep
You ought to let up on him"
A smile of delight overspread the
features of the Massachusetts states
man.
"Good!" he exclaimed. 1.-The country
will be better off. Tillman will make
his mark in the senate yet"
A hot debate was going on in the
senate one day, and Hoar and Tillman
got into colloquy. They started firing
quotations at each other, and Tillman
more than held his own-so well, in
fact, that a third senator was moved
to arise in his place and remark:
at seems to me that the senator
from South Carolina is getting the bet
ter of the senator from Massachusetts
in quotations"
81 can't help it," shouted Tillman.
"I got them out of his books, and he
told me to read them"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

CHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
- REAL ESTATE BY virtue of process
issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Wayne county, and State Of
Pennsylvania, and to me directed
and delivered, | have levied on and
will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdale, on
THURSDAY, MAY >, 1910, = L. Nj.
All of defendants right, title and
interest in the following described
property, viz:
All that certain piece or parcel of
land situate in the township of Pal
myra, county of Wayne, and State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at
post on the side of the public road
leading from Hawley to Honesdale;
thence along said road south
seventy-two and one-half degrees
east twelve and one-half rods
to pine tree; thence south twenty
six degrees east four and three
tenths rods to post; thence by lands
of George Atkinson north siXty-seven
and one-half degrees east thirty-six
nut tree; thence north twenty-five
and one-half degrees east one
hundred and thirty-three and one
half rods to a stones corner in line
of lands late of Russell Daniels;
thence along said line of land south
sixty-seven and one-half degrees west
seventy-seven and one-fourth rods
to a post on the berme bank of the
Delaware & Hudson canal; thence
along said berme bank of the canal
it's several courses and distances to a
stake near and below lock numbered
32 on said canal, and thence along
the lands of the Del. & Hudson
Canal north 16 and one-half degrees
east and eight-tenths rods to post
corner; north So degrees east 2 rods
to post corner and north SO degrees
west IA rods to place of beginning.
| Containing 5 acres and 76 perches.
See Deed Book No. SO, page 257.
About acres of above lands are
improved. Upon same is two-story
frame house and two small frame
| barns.
Seized and taken in execution as
the property of Marie E. O'DonneH
at the suit of F. L. Tuttle. No. 27S
June Term 1909. Judgment, $172.60.
| Mumford, Attorney.
TAKE NOTICE-All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will not be acknowledged.
NJ. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honesdale, Pa, Apr. 8, 1910.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
psvslonsd Since Then.

Augustus st. Gaudens," said a Cor
nish novelist, FUSED TO illustrate the
development OF art in America by a
story Of the past.
"He said that in the forties a rich
Bostonian built a fine house In the
Back Bay. He decided to adorn the
lawn with statuary, and. having heard
OF the Venus de Milo, he wrote TO
Rome for a replica.
"The copy duly arrived. 1t was In
marble. But the Boston man no soon
er got it than he sued the railroad
for $500 for mutilaion. He won
the suit too"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Poor Mule.


This is the story Of a Kansas mule.
The corn was about ready to lay by,
and his master was in the midst Of
the final piowlng when the mule de-
cided that he was through with work.
No amount or form of moral or other
suasiOn could induce him to pull the
hat off your head" EXasperated be-
yond endurance, the master at last
succeeded in leading him to nearby
corncrib, where he fastened him with
a log chain with the expressed intent
of leaving him there until he came to
his senses.
The day was as hot as-Kansas. The
flies were Kansas flies and thick as
they grow In Kansas. The crib was
full Of popcorn. BY and by the mule
began to register his protest against
the outrage, for such he conceived il
10 be, by lively tattoo against the
side OF the crib. AN he kicked an
he kicked an he kicked until his
shoes became red hot and set fire to the
corncrib. The fire popped the corn
which fell about in such profusion that
the mule, believing it was showing
lay down and froze TO death.-Louis
vile Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
NEW SHORT STORIES
When Hoar and TiIIman CIashed

Senator Hoar. one of the greatest
students in congress, had not known
Tillman long before he began to insist
that his new friend from South Caro-
lima should take up a systematic course
Of reading. He suggested half dozen
books. Tillman devoured them and
called for more. AS the senator's list
was inexhaustible Tillman was kept
busy. One day fellow senator got at
Hoar on the subject.
Look here, senator; you're killing
Tillman, If you only knew it," he said.
"He tells me he sits up half the night
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Stranger Still.

A Buffalo man took a relative re-
Gently arrived from Scotland to see
Niagara falls. The two gazed at the
falls in silence long time. Then the
Buffalo man heaved a sigh and said:
"Ah, Cousin Donald, did you ever see
anything so beautiful and stranger"
The ScOtchman after a moments
thought answered calmly:
"Weel, for bonnie yon's a RIGHT. but
for strange, no, fur / once saw in the
town O. PEBBLES a peacock wi a wood
en- leg"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
How to Make Coffee Ice Cream

Scald lightly pint Of thin cream or
half milk and half cream. While hot
put in one cup of sugar, boiled five
minutes, with one cup Of very strong,
clear coffee. Cool and put in the
freezer and turn till nearly stiff. Then
fold in pint of whipped cream and
freeze solid. Pack in a mold and put
in ice and salt till needed. Arrange on
top a number Of candied mint leaves
standing them up in a circle toward
the center. Serve plain or with whip
ped cream and give leaf or two OF
the mint to each person served with
the frozen coffee.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
STYLE IN A CAVE.
Novel Home Of Rich Arkansas Farm
mer at Mountains Top.


II. s. Mobley, one of the most prom
inent and successful farmers near
Prairie Grove, Ark, an active mem
Der of the National Farmers Union,
has lived for years in cave at the
top of a mountain 100 feet high. The
Milwaukee Wisconsin says IL is prob
ably the most palatial cave in the
world, with all modern convenlences,
including hot and cold water, electric
fans, electric lights and steam heat.
The cave is seventy-eight feet long by
twenty-five feet wide and thirty-two
feet high. The walls are of beauti-
full granite, which has been handsome
ly polished. The ceiling is forty feet
thick. The front of the cave is Of
glass and the doors are of hardwood
The fiues Of the cooking range pass
out through the mouth of the cave
and extend outward a distance of
nearly forty feet. Movable screens
permit the increase and reduc-
tions of rooms at the pleasure of
the occupants. A fine spring at the
top of the mountain furnishes water
through a private system of water
works. This novel dwelling is reach
ed by a beautiful road ascending the
crest of the mountain by easy stages
and the grounds about the cave are
kept in perfect condition. The occu-
pants declare that it is the coolest
dwelling in summer and the most COM
Portable in winter, and they have no
fear of cyclones, which are frequent
in that region Neither heat nor cold
penctrates the solid granite.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

We are born; we laugh: We weep;
We love; we droop: we die.
All. wherefore do we laugh or weep?
Why do we live or die?
Who knows that secret deep?
Alas, not l!
Why doth the violet spring
Unseen by human eye?
Why do the radiant seasons bring
Sweet thoughts that quickly fly?
Why do our fond hearts cling
To things that die?
We toll through pain and wrong;
We fight and fly;
We love; we lose, and then ere long
Stone dead we lie.
o life, is all thy song
Endure and die?"
Bryan Waller Proctor.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Most Appropriats.

"John d. Rockefeller, Jr.," said a
New York banker, "asked me one Sat
urday after a good Biblical text to
base an address on.
"T'm thinking he said, about that
beautiful verse from the Twenty-third
Psalm, "The Lord is my shepherd; /
shall not want."'
Beautiful and appropriate
agreed. But, Rockefeller, there is even
a better verse in the same psalm,
'"Thou anointest my head with oil; my
cup runneth over.""
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Uncle Sam with the Rest,

Uncle Sam is deeply interested in
ascertaining the size of the earth over
which he has stretched out his mighty
hand, so he pays annually, through
the American embassy at Berlin, his
quota as an adhering member of the
International Geodetic association ST.
500 for the measurement of the earth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
MALE HELP WANTED.

Cut Glass Smoothers. Twen-
ty-Five Men Wanted. Steady
Work. GOOD PAY. PLEAS
ANT SURROUNDINGS.
THE STERLING GLASS CO.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
i OF WAYNE COUNTY.

Gustave Kleeman V. Claire Kleeman.
No. - October Term, 1909 Libel i'm Divorce.
by required TO appear in the said Court on
the third Monday of June next, to answer the
complaint exhibited to the Judge Of said
court by Gustave Kleeman, your husband.
In the cause above stated. OF In default there
of decree OF divorce as prayed for i'm said
complaint may be made against you in your
absence. NJ. LEE BRAMAN,
Searle & Salmon, Att'ys. Sheriff.
IOnesdale. Pa. March 25. 1910. 25eoi4
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

n Office OF UNIFORM PRIMAR-
" IES-In compliance with Sec
tion 3, of the Uniform Primary Act,
page 81, p. L., 1906, notice is here
by given to the electors of Wayne
county of the number of delegates
to the State conventions each
party is entitled to elect, names of
party offices TO be filled and for what
offices nominations are to be made
at the spring primaries to be held on
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1910.
REPUBLICAN,.
l person for Representative in
l person for Senator in General
Assembly.
l person for Representative in
General Assembly.
persons for delegates to the State
Convention.
l person to be elected Party Com
mitteeman in each election district.
DEMOCRATIC.
l person for Representative in
Congress.
l person for Senator in General
Assembly.
/ person for Representative in
| General Assembly.
l person for Delegate to the State
| Convention.
l person to be elected Party Com
mitteeman in each election district.
PROHIBITION.
l person for Representative in
! Congress.
/ person for Senator in General
| Assembly.
person for Representative in
General Assembly.
3 persons for Delegates to the state
| Convention.
persons for Alternate Delegates
/ to the State Convention.
l person for Party Chairman.
l person for Party Secretary.
l person for Party Treasurer.
Petition forms may be obtained
at the Commissioners office.
Petitions for Congress, Senator
and Representative must be filed
with the Secretary OF the Common
wealth on or before Saturday, May
1 Z, 1910. Petitions for Party Off
| GERS, committeeman and delegates TO
the state conventions must be filed
at the Commissioners Office on or
before Saturday, May IA, 1910.
j. Z. VAUDEVILLE,
j. X. HORNBECK,
T. c. MADDEN,
Commissioners.
Attest:
George p. Ross, Clerk.
Commissioners ONCE,
Honesdale. Pa. April 4, 1910.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
Would You Enjoy
Healthy Old Age ?

Advancing years bring a tendency to
coldness of the hands and feet, resulting
from sluggish circulation, torpid liver and
constipation. This is a condition, not
disease, and can best be remedied by taking
Smiths Pineapple eand Butternut Pills which
invigorate the liver, cleanse and revitalize
the blood and tone up the whole system.
They are of inestimabe value, not only in
advanced age, but also for people of all
ages. They prevent premature wrinkles,
give health glow to the skin, and under
their antiseptic and blood cleansing inhu-
ences the complexion retains its freshness
while sallowness permanently disappears.
Hundreds of grateful old ladies in their
letters write: " Your pills make me look
and feel ten years younger" Smiths Pine
apple and Butternut Pills always make old
age comfortable, and promote digestion and
nutrition by their specific action on the
stomach, liver and bowels. Physicians use
and recommend. They form no habit.
You should always keep them on hand.
These little Vegetable Pills will ward off
many ills.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20

TOW 70 IWPTOVV uHNou FVtHtvo0'
Let them stand In pan OF cold wa
Ter for about an hour. then put them
In the oven while wet This seems to
steam them and cook them much
quicker
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
How to Remove Ink Spots on a Waist

A handsome white embroidered
waist apparently ruined with ink was
given a bath of kerosene oil, rubbing
the ink spots well with common yellow
soap At the end OF half an hour 1t
was washed with soap and water, and
not a trace OF ink was to be seen.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-04-20
TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF WAYNE COUNTY.

Bessie NJ, Hector ". CIaud ]. Hector.
No. 20 October Term 1909. Libel In Divorce.
To CLAUD J. HECTOR You are hereby
required to appear in the said court on the
third Monday OF June next, to answer the
complaint exhibited to the Judge OF said court
by Bessie NJ. Hector your wife In the cause
above stated, or in default thereof decree
OF divorce as prayed for In said complaint
may be made against you in your absence.
NJ. LEE BRAMAN.
Lee, Atty. Sheriff