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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
This Ever Happen to Your

Here, girl" called out the man in
the restaurant, sharply. glaring at the
little waitress from over the top Of
his menu, aren't you going to take
my order to-day? I've been waiting
here for about ten minutes to give my
orders to somebody"
The girl hustled over to his ia bile
What will you have?" she inquired
The man continued to look at the
sheet Of food quotations.
Hum" he grunted, apologetically.
Il have not decided what | want yet"
"I'll be back in just a minute" said
the girl. You can be pickin' out
what you want" And away she went.
The man scowled after her and then
went at the job of picking out emo gh
things for a meal. 1t was some no.
ments before the girl got back. but
the man didn't say anything. It's en-
barrassing sometimes not to have your
order ready.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
CALLING the Deaf.
the boy.

ITO walSen a deaf person who
wishes to be called at a certain time
in the morning is about the hardest
proposition a hotel clerk runs up
against" raid a member Of that fra.
ter1ity. ITO ring the telephone is use
less because the man can't hear
Knocking for the same reason, is
futile. Now and then a guest who
has lost his hearing suggests that he
leave his door open so we can walk
right in and shake him, but even IL
he does appear to be dead game there
are so many chances of somebody less
guileless than ourselves walking in
ah cad Of us that we can't consent to
that simple expedient.
ut seems to me the man who can
patent device for waking the deaf is
sure of fame and fortune, not to men
ton the gratitude of the brotherhood
Of hotel clerks"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Life in An Oasis.

The opening of a railroad from a
oint near Luxor into the Libyan de.
ert has rendered easy the approach
the oasis of Khargeh, which is re-
;arded as a typical example OF these
olated centers Of life. For three
cars just past Mr.. Fl. J. l.. Beadneli
- resided in this oasis, studying the
henomena of springs, moving sands,
se!ls, and so forth. The Libyan oases
re deep depressions in a lofty pla-
eau, which has a maximum elevation
= nearly 1000 feet, but the bottoms Of
ne GASES are only from 100 to 300 feet
buye sea-level. They are underlain
~ beds OF sandstone which are the
5ources Of the water-supply. Artesian
wells 400 feet deep form practically
ineXhaustible means of irrigation, and
such deep wells of sandstone probably
has it's sources in the Abyssinian high.
lands.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Natural Monuments.

Although the objects are often only
,uch as would be called Sentimental. -
here are no stronger supporters OF
novcments for the protection of re-
rfrkable natural phenomena than sci.
'~'ic societies and individuals de-
20 cd to scientific work. Prof. John
: Clarke calls attention to the lead
hat Germany has taken in this mat.
80. There hundred motives induce
rrference for the protection of
~atural monuments" In the forcs, 5
" Luneburg an old gnarled fir-tree IA
rsrded "for its very age and fas.i.
ting ugliness." Near Hamburg a
,'ch Of dwarf birch is protected as a
re survivor OF the postglacia fora.
'aleswig has set aside a low knob
owned with a huge glacial boulder.
randerburg cherishes swamp
ho-eln rare botany specimens are
ound. and Marienwerder a little lake
he woods where rare water-birds
est. Professor Clarke remarks upon
"a richness OF our country in such
ronuments, and the constant danger
L a. cir extinction.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Original New England.

Tde original New England was on
the Pacific, and not on the Atlantic
coast. When Sir Francis Drake land
ed on American shores in 1873, he
took possession of the country for
Queen Elizabeth, calling it Nova Al
bion," meaning New England. The
States of New Hampshire Massachu-
sets, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode ISL
and Vermont have, therefore, appro-
priated the name which should De-
long to California.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
What He Needed.

Supt McLareA of San Franciscos
system of public parks, was inspect
ing the work of restoring Union
Square to it's former beauty, now
th..t the little ST. Francis has been
removed.
Pm for heaviu this un out; ITS a
bum little bush,' remarked garden
er with a brogue,
Which one?" inquired McLaren.
You don't mean this beautiful little
Scotch heather? All it needs is more
wa ter. and it will grow as tall as you
are"
You're not very tall yourself, Mr..
McLaren."
Not extraordinarily So"
/ say, Mr.. McLaren," reflected the
gardener, thoughtfully, did you ever
try water yourself?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Fishing BY Telephone.

Consul Louis Goldschmidt, of Nan
tes, France, makes the report that a
use for the telephone in fishing has
just been invented in Norway. A
microphone, the role of which consists
in amplifying submarine sounds, is
shut up in a thin. water-tight steel
box and kept in constant communica-
ton by metallic wires with a tele
phonic receiver installed on the fsh-
ing boat. 1t is stated that with this
apparatus the fisherman is Away ~
formed of the approach of fish. More
over, it is said that each kind of ish
gives in the instrument a particular
sound. Thus the arrival of herring is
signalized by a sort of whistling; the
Goldfish announces its arrival in the
neighDorhood by sort OF grunting.-
Consular Report.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
ACH NOW COPY
AER|CAN STYLES
Ies for Comfort Driving Out
the Pointed Toes and the
Spindle Heels Of Old
lUR INVASION MAKES WOE
Roller Skating Kinks Do Rushing
Business--list Of Popular Yankee
Adoptions Starts Alarm for the Safe
ty of Native Crafts.

Paris.-France is again plunged
into woe because of the American in
vasion," and the newspapers are join
ing in cry of Wolf" lest French
commerce be seriously hit because of
the growing favor of American goods
for common use among the people to
the neglect of native manufactures.
Figaro started the cry. possibly
with sensational intent. Statistics
came to its support in such volume
that other newspapers were forced to
take 1t up, and now it is sounding
from one end of the country to the
other.
The first count in the indictment is
that the people are taking to Ameri-
can shoes. In the beginning the
broad toe and common sense heel
were ridiculed, and native shoemakers
felt not the slightest fear that their
narrow-toed. spindle-heeled creations
could be supplanted.
Fancy these ugly creations in our
museums beside the dainty shapes
that have come down to us from Marie
Antoinette," they said.
lHdl was lllt liOuDlts olNltS III
shoes had not changed since the sup
posed perfection of model was found
a century and quarter ago. All the
same the ugly" footwear has become
so much the vogue that all must wear
it who wish to be considered we'll
dressed. Almost weekly new shops
appear to handle only the American
article, and even the shoemakers who
turned their original scorn into argu-
ment to prove that the American shoe
was not suited to the French foot, are
now hurrying to get into line with
advertisements that they are making
American shapes.
The fact is that conversion to the
new style has come because no French
wearer having once enjoyed the COM
fort of an American shoe could be in
duced to go back to the old footgear,
and when the movement got fairly 60
ing there was no stopping it. Ger
tainly it has ceased TO be true that
an American is to be spotted in Paris
by his feet.
Roller skating is another American
invasion. II was not so difficult to in
troduce as shoes, being diversion
that suited the French love of easy
and stimulating sport. American com
panies have opened four big rinks
this season and all are literally and
figuratively doing rushing business.
1t is reported that Frank Bostock.
who owned the Hippodrome, has TAX
en- the Paris Zoo in order to remodel
it on American lines
American hotels are coming into
view apart from the hostelries that
have always looked out for tourists,
and American patent medicines are
sold everywhere
The newspapers print a long list Of
other forms of invasion-all true
enough, but adding to the sum of
comfort and pleasure of the public at
large.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
BOTH WIRE SOLD.
An Instance Showing That Hospital.
Nv is ,ot Alvavs Apnreniated


ny is 1ot Always Appreciated.
Southern hospitality is proverbially
generous. In The Old Dominion"
Nj Thomas Nelson Page recounts
an instance showing that this hospi.
tality was not always appreciated A
guest asked the loan OF horse to
carry him to his next stopping.place,
town which lay at a considerable
distance. The host accordingly lent
him his nJrse, and sent along a negro
boy-it was before the war-to bring
the horse back.
After several days the boy was still
missing, and some one was sent to
hunt him up. The messenger found
him at last, ant demanded why he
had not returned with the horse.
Cause dat gent'man done sell de
horse" was the reply.
We'll, why didn't you come back
and say so?"
Hi! He done sell me, too" said
the boy.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
A Substitute.

Irish wi, is as excellent as it is pro-
verbal. A writer in the Mariners
Advocate tells the story Of a ship doc
tor on an English liner VINO notified
the death-watch steward, Hibernian,
that man had died in stateroom for.
ty-five. The usual instructions to
bury the body were given. Some
hours later the doctor peeped into
the room and found that the body
was still there.
He called the matter to the atten.
ton of the Irishman, who replied;
81 thought you said room forty-six.
| wint in there and sen wan of thin
in bunk. Are ye dead?' says |.
No says he, but I'm pretty near
dead So | was getting ready to
bury him"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
EATS 40 EGGS IN SIX MINUTES.
Auctioneer in Missouri Follows Feat
with a Hearty Meal.

Moberly, Mo.-Judge Wooden, an
auctioneer of Moberly, went to Cen
tralia, Mo-, in response to a call from
a friend, who had made a wager of
800 that Mr.. Wooden could eat forty
eggs in ten minutes. The feat was ac-
complished at noon in a Centralia ho-
tel, Wooden eating the forty eggs in
Just exactly six minutes. Wooden or
dered his eggs scrambled, and just to
demonstrate he could do it, he crum-
bled crackers in the last dozen he
ate.
Wooden doesn't approve of betting
in any form, and his friend had diff
cult task getting him to smash the
egg-eating record. After eating the
forty eggs Wooden went out to a
friends for supper and ate as much as
two average men could eat.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
TEXAS AN ORANGE STATE.
Claimed That califo o-nia Has Three
Freezes to One on the Gulf. 4

Claimed That calfo mia Has Three
Freezes to One on the Gulf.
Texas is a mighty big state, and her
people are doine all they can to per.
suade Northerners to settle where
there is room and to spare. Recent
Texas newspapers report the arrival
at Houston and Galveston CT thou.
sands of home-seekers. In Houston
such visitors are greeted with roses,
each home seeker receiving one. the
product of the home gardens in mid.
winter. II is claimed that hundreds
of these prospet .ive settlers had sold
their farms in the North and stood
ready to buy in the Lone Star State.
They prefer working ten-acre
tract that will produce as much as
twice that acreage in the North, and
putting the rest in their pockets"
Meanwhile attention is called to the
growth OF the orange industry In the
Texas coast country from the Sabine
to the Rio G-ande. 1t is claimed that
the California orange district has
three frosts and freezes to one in the
Texas coast country, and that the
quality Of the Texas yield is the best.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07

Frank l. Cobb, the chief editorial
writer of the New York World, was
on a vacation in the Names woods
once when Joseph Pulitzer sent Cobb
a cipher message.
Presently a country operator drove
in to the Cobb camp and handed Cobt
the message, which read something
Ike this:
simplicity aggrandizement -
grifton gerald - roderick - hop
scotch - hamfat - publicity"
There's a dollar to collect for de
'yering that message" said the opera
O.. but I hate to take it. Somebojy
~rg the line got it all balled up, and
amt no sense to it,"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Italian Villa Habit.

1t is impossible for the Italians to
get away from their villa habit. In
Italy every little shanty you meet on
the roadside is villa something or
other. the smaller the shanty the long
er the name. Down in Grand street
you come across the grandiose names
of Villa Penza, Villa Gordiolo, Villa
Marcaroni above the measliest of
small places, where they dish you up
spaghetti for the sum of ten cents
with a small glass of wine for five.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
A Few Thinos Worth knowino

Cork will not rise if sunk twenty
feet below water.
The negro republic of Liberia has
twenty-five species of rubber trees.
Korea, with population of 2O,OOO,.
900, consumes S4O,OOO0O0 cigarettes
yearly.
Sixty years ago the use of flint and
steel to produce a fire was not wholly
unknown.
Vegetarian experts assert that one
acre of land will comfortably support
four persons on vegetable diet.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
25.ooo SUPPORT HUSBANDS.

Carrie Chapman Gait Says Women
In New York Are Wage Farmers.
New York, N. Y.-"There are 25,.
900 women in New York city who sup
port their husbands. and then the
question is, Shall the women voter "
said Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, be-
fore the Acorn Social Club.
The cry is often raised that the
woman should stay at home and look
after her children and darn socks.
This 70 30 fooAAsA. what has q won.
sa's vo<ins got to do with darniag
esckst"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
The Ideal Listener.

An attentive listener is a joy, but
an inattentive one is a trial to the
soul. Listen with your eyes, your
whole face. your heart and your mind
and you will achieve a triumph. Look
directly at the person talking to you
and never allow your gaze TO be de-
fiected to other things which may be
happening about you, for this at once
shows lack of genuine interest in
what is being said to you. and natural
ly gives offense.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
IananesA sleeuA Don.

The Japanese spaniel or sleeve
dog OF Japan, is one or the long-coated
varieties which is much admired
They have been hard to acclimatize
AMI many discouragements have been
met with in their introduction. They
have large heads, with big dark eyes
set wide apart and very full. Their
little tails curl up over their backs
like feather busters. One pound is
the true sleeve-dog weight.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
A Queer Fish.

The mud-skipper is one of the queer
est fishes alive 1t really is fish and
lives in the water, but it can climb
out on to the shore and crawl 1t likes
to Chamber up on to roots of trees and
perch there. Another funny thing
about it is that it breathes with it's
tail! The skin there is very thin, and
the fish breathes Il rough It quite
ga silV
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Smokers Restricted.

There was a time not so long ago
when even men only smoked on suffer
ance and in banishment. In country
houses the smoking-room was too
often a small dark hole on the sun
less side of the house, to which the
yotary OF the weed betook himself as
to some dreary retreat. divided be-
tw en- his cravings for a pipe and his
desire to get into more cheerful sur
roundings. To-day indiscriminate
smoking prevails.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Third Class Express.

One of the most popular trains in
India is a third-class express on the
East Indian line. First and secord-
class passengers are not admitted to
it. It's success lies in the fact that it
is strictly a third-class express. The
train is the pride of the general man.
ager. and pays we'll. 1t is always
crammed full. though no passenger
has a ticket for a Journey shorter than
200 miles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
BY REV. F. Z. DAWSON
Rutland. VT
KING INAUGURATED
international Bible Lesson for Jan. 9,
1efo-(Matt. 3:t3-t7; Matt. 4:1-tD.

The gospel Of
Matthew W a 8
written by a Jew,
I o converted
Jews to prove
that Jesus Christ
was the Jewish
Messiah. The au.
thor, Matthew,
was a converted
custom house Of
hcer, or tax gath
erer, who had
given up his bus
mess at the per
sonal invitation
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
Names Of Provinces.

Names OF Chinese provinces have
a personal Interpretation. the same as
Indian names. For example, the Kan
SUI province signifies Sweet-Sedate,
while Chih Ii translated, reads Direct
Rule. and An.Hwei means Peace
Glory.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
The Park.

Two small girls from the slums,
each with tiny baby brother in her
arms, stood peering through the iron
ratings OF a city park. Said one:
Gould we go in the park, tinE7"
"Tain't no park" replied the other,
eontemptuously. "dat's grass"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07

New York City pays large funeral
bill. 1t costs the city tS7.bo TO bury
each Of the unclaimed bodies that
pass through the morsus. and there
are about s.4os OF them In the course
Of q year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
MOTHERS SACRIFICE.
Gives 2sa Square Inches Of Cuticle to
Save Her Child.

Save Her Child.
Baltimore, Md.-Sacrifcing herself
for her child, Mrs. Clarence Boyd this
afternoon submitted at the Franklin
Square Hospital to the removal of 28S
square inches OF skin from her limbs
to be grated upon her fourteen.year-
old daughter Helen. The cuticle was
attached to SCARED places on the
child's body, caused by a fire two
months ago, in which the girl was
nearly burned to death
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07

Then you don't have any deg.
watch on this syattI" inquired the
anxious passsnssy. according 10 q
writer in Afs. I've. Ths ID q eat
boat"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
AUTHORIZED OIlIL IUN WIAEU HtN j.
Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY.

for the preemnence Chiffon PAINTS
1st-No mix better mixed paint
2dThe painters declare that works easily and has
derfu covering qualities.
9dChton stands back of it, and will agree epant at his
expense every surface painted with Chiffon Paint that
proves defective.
4hThose who have used perfectly satisfied with it.
and recommend its TO others .......
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
The Era Of New Mixed Paints

This year with deuge of new mixed paints
don brought about by eneprng dealers to some kind
of a mixed paint that would suppant CHILTONS MIXED
PAINTS Their compounds being and heavily advertised
may find sale with the unwarY.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07

package OF Boards
ley Shredded Goldfish.
table than it takes
o coffee
will only 10
family had placed before them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-19

has donned a baseball uniform in the
history Of the sport than Charley Hick-
man, the powerful slugger, for years
in the major leagues and later in the
American Association The only human
being for whom Hickman was known
to have any antipathy was Bill Ar
rnour. manager of the Toledo club.
When Hickman's major league days
wree over, largely because of a spik-
ing received while trytHS to win an
exhibition game in Tszas, he was
signed by Armour with perfect conf
dence that Hickman would not let his
luminosity for the manager interfere
with his work Armour was right
Hickman was a big factor in Toledo
and his great hitting was the talk OF
the circuit.
Kid EIberfeId.
Kid (Norman) Elberfeld, the snappy
infielder with the New York Ameri-
cans for several years, and now with
Washington, has the reputation of be-
ing almost a fanatic on the subject or
winning. He is said by his fellows to
be the only man in the game who Will
Intentionally allow himself to be hit IN
the head with the ball in order to get
TO first base In Washington late this
summer he was spiked and so badly
Jared by a collision with a runner
that he was scarcely able to walk, but
carefully concealed the fact in his
anxiety to remain in the game. Cap
tain Mcbride discovered the condition
Continued on Next Page.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-19
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF dow
R This Date 1898

w. A. Hawkins is down from Silver
City.
fair.
Houston trip.
Judge A. NJ. Walthall same down
from Pecos, accompanied by Dr. BUSH.
Col. Engledue and DR.. Yaire of the
English dam company, have returned
from the north, where operations WIN
reference to the Selden dam have al
ready begun.
b F. Darbyshire has returned from
the Mexican capital
b w. Grover and wife returned to-
dav over the Santa Fe from st. Louis,
after an absence since February.
Robt. Silberberg and bride have re-
turned from their extended Mexican
trim in excellent health and spirits.
The U. & l. club will give dance
at the court house on Friday night
next.
The river is on a tear today and
overflowed its banks, reaching clear TO
the levee 1t went down later
At tonight's musical entertainment
the Y. NJ. c. A, the following will
take part: Misses Nettie Small, Hat
tie Robinson. Alice Marvin, Gertrude
Windsor Spencer. Mrs Devoe. Mrs.
Newell and Messrs. Clutter and Brown.
Colonel Ritter is now in charge of
an electric battery with which to ex-
plode the dynamite charges at the
bottom of the well, and so disintegrate
the country down there.
A. ]. stevens has sold to Milt Wheel
for $500, lots II and is, block 6, More
heads addition
Yardmaster Palmer of the Santa Fe
had his hand nipped while coupling.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-19
Some Chances Taken To Win
Professional Baseball Games
IS BASEBALL HONEST?

half a game one day this year with
the big toe on his right foot knocked
out of place and badly twisted to one
side.
The BarbarCus Spike.
Nothing shows the desire to win
more clearly than the retention of the
really barbarous spikes used by all
hall PLAYERS These are not spikes at
all. but three blades about an inch
wide arranged in triangular form on
the heel and the toe Of the shoe. For
years Efforts have been made to re-
place these vicious, cutting machines
bv something less harmful, but the
players have opposed the changes be-
cause all substitutes hitherto invented
were supposed to detract from the
speed. This season a number of ex-
periments with spikes. consisting or
three dull pointed brass cones, have
been tried and have proved fairly sue
cessful. but the old timers and the
ones who have been injured the worst
by the present style are the strong
est opponents of the innovation.
One of the worst spiking cases on
record was that by which the career
on the playing field of John J. Nc
Graw. manager of the New York ma
tionaI league team, was ended. Nc
Graw is a small man but was famous
for the reckless manner in which he
slid into bases feet first, threatening
serious injury to anyone blocking nln-
Numerous threats were made against
him. but he was undeterred. Finally,
one day in Baltimore when .McGraw
was playing third for the Baltimore
team, Dick Harley, of St Louis
Jumped straight at McGraw as he came
into that base and caught him below
the knee with his spikes. The flesh
and tendons were laid wide open and
McGraw was in bed for weeks
Veteran Cy Young
About the most highly respected man
in baseball is Cyrus Denton Young,
now with Cleveland and formerly with
Boston. He won his 500th victory this
year. He has almost perfect control
and when he finds a batter stepping
upon his shoots, he warns him to be
careful. If the batter disobeys, he Is
almost sure to stop a shoot with his
head and go to hospital. Davy AZ
tizer. with Minneapolis this year anc
drafted by Cincinnati ignored Young
warning in desperate attempt to WIZ
an American league game one day
He stepped up on Young's curves, al
though he knew the danger, was
knocked out and, it is believed, has
never entirely recovered from the e1-
fects of the blow. He is one OF a haIl
dozen others who have incurred the
same risk for the same purpose ano
have paid the same penalty
No more genial and lkeable mar