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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

he added one or two others as posi-
bilities. They include the gray gelding
Locust Jack (2:0612), reported as
switched to the pace, at which gait he
is to be raced in the future, but whose
reappearance at the trot will be not
unlikely. Early Alice C2O6&4) is also
named.
Uhlan is the property of Mr.. Billings,
who never races his horses in regular
professional races for money prizes, so
that the champion gelding may be de-
scribed as hors concours except in
some special event in which he may be
allowed to race. 1t Is also unlikely
that General Watts may be seen In
any races, as 1t has been reported that
the plan is to prepare him solely for
an attempt to lower the worlds stall
lion record. the 2:O2A of Cresceus.
But in any event there are a sutti-
cient number of eligibles to insure a
series of races which should be in the
highest degree notable and in which
more than one record will be in dan
ger of being broken.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
FOR The CHILDREN
A Gucssin~ Game.


Take n sentence-in your mind. of
course-for instance. You are good
girl"-and put It down on paper as
follows: 80 80! ., "~ss, ~~s"M
The dots represent the letters, the sin
gle lines the ends of words and the dou
bic lines the end of sentence. Next
draw n rude picture of gallows, like
the letter +. with the crosspiece hang
ing from the top instead Of connected
with the upright line. This piece H.
supposed to be the rope. II the guess
er fails to guess correctly he is to be
hanged on this gallows.
Now put down the letters of the al.
phabet, A Il c ID EFF G II X L NJ
MOP Q r S TUv w y Y q, on a
sheet of paper.
From this the guesser chooses a let
ter. and If 1t belongs TO the sentence 1t
Is written in place Of the dots as many
times as it occurs. If he chooses a
letter not I'm the sentence the head Of
the man goes on the rope. Each time
he fails another part of the man Is
added-his body, arms and legs-and
should the man be completed before
the sentence is guessed the guesser
loses his chance and has to be told "if
he is quick he may easily guess the
sentence by a few guiding vowels."-
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Trappipo Lions and Tiaers.

LII trapping these large animals steel
traps are now used. They are Buried
in pits, and bait is scattered over the
top The keen scent of the beasts
brings them to pick up the meat. and
in nine cases out of ten the trap is
sprung. The trap is not rigidly fas-
tened, but has a three pronged anchor
attached to 1t by a chain. The animal
will run away and drag this through
the brush until 1t is caught. Most of
those caught are beasts on which a
bounty Is offered by the government
because they are 50 destructive and
dangerous. On one plantation in Ger
man East Africa 404 beasts Of prey
were trapped last year
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Tho Charm of Enthusiasm.

Have you ever realized what a
charm there is in enthusiasm? Life
is so often monotonous that we like
occasionally to be wakened up with In
terest, and the person who is radiant
over small things is always delight.
The girl who carries enthusiasm into
her work as well as into her play will
find that she holds winning card.
Work that is done for the 10y Of
working" is likely to be well done.
Lack Of interest makes for dull rou-
tine, remarks a writer 1t brings dis
content and often failure. The men
who succeed are the ones who can in
spire both themselves and others by
their magnetic personality, and there
is nothing so magnetic as enthusiasm.
People Will follow us. like us and ad-
mire us II we have it. 1t Is worth cul-
tivating If it is not natural endow-
ment
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
A Much Discussed Question.

Why are the trousers that sailors
wear so wide at the bottom? That
question has been asked over and over
again, and. strange as it may seem. no
one not a sailor knows exactly how to
answer II. A seafaring man who is
pretty well Informed in questions of
that kind says it grew out of the old
time custom of cutting out sailors
trousers on shipboard. when the cut
ter would simply run the shears
straight down the cloth without maxi
ing any attempt to give the leg shape.
This was due partly to haste and part
ly to indifference to style. Another
plausible explanation is the follow
ing: Sailors frequently have to row
ashore and barefooted step into the
water and pull their boat up on the
beach. The width of their trousers at
the bottom allows them to roll their
trousers high TO keep them dry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Shook Pictures.

Do you know how to make a spook
picture of yourself? 1t is very easy
and most interesting. All you have to
do is to write your name in ink length
wise on piece Of paper and before it
has time to dry fold over the paper
close to the place where you have
written the name, thus blotting it and
smudging it in all directions. When
you unfold the paper you will find a
nice picture of your spook. which will
be entirely different from anybody
else's spook. 1t is fun to keep book
let OF your friends spook pictures,
which should be signed by their real
autograph and the date.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
DIAMOND CHIPS

Oscar Stanage of the Detroit Tigers
is much improved catcher over what
he was last year.
"My payroll is now $S5,OO0," says
Frank Farrell, owner Of the New York
Americans. MY total expenses for
operating the team are $135, 900"
It is soft to be an umpire today com
pared with FIVE years ago. Then the
players fought the umpires. Today
the players cannot talk or they get put
on the ield.
Cy Young is about done for as a
pitcher But he has fortune, so what
does he carer He is the grand old
man of baseball When Young quits
Deacon Phillippi of the Pirates will be
about the oldest of the old guard left
in the majors, II Deacon lasts until Cy
drops out OF the game.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
THE TRoTTlNG OUTLOOK.
Fast Work Pronaised py Countryo
Leading Ttaek herses.

Fast Work Pror,ssd ny country'o
Leading Traek tioroes.
The season of lylU pru.liSrS to be
graced by some of the most Nirring
free -for-all trOts and others tn the eX.
treme fast classes that amy enthusiast
could desire. At least that Is what u
survey of the material for SERIES ~
such races would appear to give fuG
warrant for. The following is uSi
Of trotters eligible to such events thai
are now In active training or soJE
will be:
Uhlan, 2:O2H, bl g., by Bingcn. 2:OGA
Jack Leyburn. 2:04A, ch. 6. bv Alto
Leyburn, 2:2lls.
| Penisa Maid, 2:OiH. b. m. by Pennant.
2:15.
Paderewski. 2;O5A. ch. g.. by Conste-
naro. 2:16.
Sonoma Girl. 2:05h, br m, by Lynwood
| w. 2:20h.
Margin. 2:O5M. 70. m. by Time Onward
| Bob Douglass. 2:O6h, gr h. by Todd
214aa.
Sterling Mckinney. 2:O6A, br. h.. by Nc
Kinney, 2:l1h.
| Heart. 2:l2lR, pacing.
Alien Winter 2:O6h, br. h.. by ed Win
/ ter, 2:l294.
| Inner Guard. 2:06h. b. g.. by Guards
| man, 2:231A.
Ruth Dillon. 2:O61A. b. m. by Sidney Dit
| lon.
General Watts. 2:O6A. b. h.. by AK
worthy, 2;15h.
The Harvester 2:O6}t. br. h.. by Walnut
| Hail. posi-.
Spanish Queen. 2:07. b. m. by Onward
Silver, 2:05A.
Here are fifteen trotters with rec.
ords from 2:02A to 2:O7. to which may
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
He Found Out.

A boy named Charles Hillyear, living
in Medina county, o., had desire to
know how 1t would feel to roll down
hill in a barrel. He therefore spent a
couple of hours getting an old cider
barrel to the top of a long hill and
then crawied into it and started Off.
Charles knows all about it now. He
was whirled around about ten thou
sand times, received about ten thou
sand bumps and Jars, and the barrel
fetched up in creek, and he was al
most drowned before they could haul
him out. 1t was two weeks before his
head stopped swimming and a month
before he could walk without limping.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

Although the little girls in Holland
are not pretty, they are usually strong
and healthy. They dress in a very
peculiar fashion. All the girls wear
earrings and bracelets Of coral. If
you see girl In Holland with bright
scarlet skirt and a tight black jacket
with a number on the shoulder you
will at once know that she belongs to
one OF the numerous charity schools
In most of the public gardens there
are Fairgrounds covered with thick
sand. so that the babies will not be
hurt when they fall. In these play
grounds are hobbyhorses. seesaws,
swinging ladders, vaulting horses. and
on parallel bars are slung deep. strong
baskets in which to swing tiny chill
dren without fear of accidents.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Conundrums.

What is that of which the common
sort is the best? Sense.
What animal would you like to be
on Il cold day? A little otter.
How can you divide fourteen apples
between nine boys if four of the APP
pies are very small? By making them
into sauce.
What is that word of three syllables
which contains the whole twenty six
letters? Alphabet.
What is that which comes with a
coach. goes with a coach and is ot
no use whatever to the coach, and yet
the coach cannot go without 1t? Noise
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Do You Suffer from
Pilesor HemOrrhOidS?

Hemorrhoids, commonly called Piles,
cause untold agony to the victim. II ne
elected, the condition always grows worse
with every attack, until the only recourse
is an operation. You may think that yoa
are predisposed to piles, and that nothing
You can do will prevent them, but this is
not true. The one certain cause of Piles
is constipation, and if you will keep your
bowels open and regular by taking Smiths
Pineapple and Butternut Pills you will not
only avoid this painful and dangerous
disease, but your whole general health viii
greatly improve.
A torpid, inactive liver goes hand in
hand with constipation. Smiths Pine
apple and Butternut Pills are composed of
the two great vegetable agents, pineapple
for the stomach, liver and gastric secre-
tions, and butternut for the mucous MEM
brane, circulation and bowels, and always
give best results they are Natures own
laxative. Physicians use and recommend
They form no habit. You should always
keep them on hand. These little Vegeta-
BILE Pills will ward off many ills.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
TAKES BRAINS TO RUN.
Sheppard Says Fellow Can't Break
Record With Feet and Legs.


When a fellow learns how to run
when he breaks records-you can be
sure that he does not do all with his
feet and legs" remarked Melvin Shep-
pard recently.
There Is only one way to run in
record time, and that is for the fellow
who is attempting the feat to use his
BRAIN" continued peerless Mel. Some
acquire the necessary trait, but | have
always found that calculating out just
how and when to run came natural TO
me; that's the reason why | lowered
Lon Meyers figures for the 660 yard
run and beat the worlds mark estab-
lished by Lunghi for the 700 yard run
There's nothing to it! I've trained
more faithfully within the past few
weeks than ever before, but | could
never run as well as | did the other
day Just on the strength I have gath
cred since starting conscientious work.
1t was Just that have the natural gift
of knowing when to do the running
that counts In race that gave me the
two new records" said Sheppard.
Sheppard, running against a cold.
damp, penetrating wind, created two
new worlds records recently that will
probably stand for years TO come. At
the 66O yard mark he broke the tape
In / minute 81 2-5 seconds, just three
ffths of second faster than Meyers
Travelled the distance twenty-eight
years ago. At 700 yards Sheppard
crossed the line ! minute 90 As sec
onds. which was exactly three-fifths of
a second better than Lunghrs record.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

If any girl can go through the sum-
mer without a sweater she is a rare
specimen of femininity. Its uses are
infinite and too many to enumer-
ate. Each year the type Of sweater
varies. Last season we had the long
style. and this summer the longer
lengths are still modish. but the differ
ence in this years sweater is in the
weave The illustration shows one of
the newest and smartest Of the sea-
sons weaves. broad fancy stripe,
which is very becoming to the figure.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Tom Tiddler,s Ground.

This is an old English outdoor game,
which American children have altered
to "Dixie's land" 1t is played in the
same way. One player personates
Tom fiddler. who is supposed to be
the owner of vast stores OF treasure
buried on his ground, a tract set apart
and allotted to him. The other play
ers invade his territory, and, as tres
passers. he tries to catch them. They
shout in tones meant to be tantalizing:
Here l stand on Tom Tiddler's land
Picking up gold and silver.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

Don't be afraid of being pleasant. 1t
cannot hurt you and will be as good as
a tonic for all you meet.
What though you do think yourself
superior TO most Of your acquaint-
ances, is 1t good taste TO placard your
belief by freezing countenanceT
There Is nothing like affabillty to
conceal ones family skeletons. A
naughty manner is a direct bid for the
rest OF the world to rake up ancestral
secrets that you thought buried.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Cricket's Soma.

What's the song the crickets sing.
Summer. autumn. winter. spring7
When take my little broom
And go busting through the room.
Sweep, sweep. sweep. sweep''
When / go to bed at night
Then hear them out OF sight.
"Sleep. sleep, sleep. sleep!"
When / waken every day
II it's sunny then they say.
"Peep, peep, peep. peepl"
But they feel as bad as
when II rains. for then they cry.
Weep. weep, weep, weepr'
Chicago Tribune
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
A Trick Exclaimed.

A person may. without stirring from
the room, seat himself In a place
where it will be impossible for an
other person to do so. Explain this.
Answer-The first person seats him
self in the others lap.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Orinir Of an Old SAVING.

"a feather in ones cap carries with
it a suggestion of light heartednesS
and gayety. Yet this phrase seems to
have had its origin in war and blood
shed. Ii was the custom of the Hun
garians in their wars with the Turk
to wear a feather in their caps for
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
BALANCING the Eco,

For a variation of the old trick OF
making an egg stand on its end, emp
ty the egg of its contents and then
fill 1t half full Of sand. Cover the hole
with paper. Your egg, with very lit
tie balancing. will stand readily upon
its end
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Conundrums.

Which Is the best known composer
Of modern times? Chloroform.
Which is the best musical instru-
ment to have where there are chill
dren7 An upright piano.
What is the difference between
dogs tail and a rich farmer? One
keeps a wagging and the other keeps
a wagon and carriage.
How did Henry VIII. differ from
other men? He married his wives first
and (axedl asked them afterward.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
ERIE TRAINS,

Trains leave Union depot at 7.20
a. m. and 2.4S p. m, week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.50
and 6,45 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at S.45 p. IN. and leaves at
$50 p. m.
Sunday trains leave PAS and ar
rive at 7.02.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
I'm on Dixie's land.
Dixie can't catch me.

If Tom or Dixie can touch any tres
passer while on his land that player
becomes Tom or Dixie. Some special
line should define the boundary to pre-
vent any possible dispute about the
territory.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
Daffadomndillv.

Your pretty gown OF yellow hue,
Dear little garden fairy,
I'm sure Is much too thin for you.
It's made so light and airy.
Why did you leave your winter fursf
You knew the winds were chilly.
May pussy willow lend you hers.
Dear little daffodilly?
Youths Companion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03

The custom of using convicts in
treadmills is sti practiced in
some English prisons. The speed is
about thirty steps a minute, and IL
a man misses a step a cross bar
strikes the calves of his legs
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-08-03
IhotcgrnphN nt Son.

The latest limo alton alb ard the
new North German Iii, 4 nei Nron-
princess n Cecili 1 fully equipped
photograph studi~, vhic come
popular with tray lers an a prof
itaJ,e bIsiaess
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
Concerning Corn Starch.

From its extreme delicacy 1t will
take the full flavor Of every kind OF
seasoning" says the oldest manufac.
turers of corn starch, or prepared
corn" on their package. There are
other similar facts that make this an
excellent puddin- constituent.
Our buildings must have some basis
flour, bread, corn starch. tapioca,
and so forth. Those made Of corn
starch are particularly well suited to
summer fastidiousness.
Corn starch took the place Of the
older cooking material, arrowroot,
and, like that preparation, makes,
with milk, excellent simple dishes for
child, invalid or anyone Of delicate
stomach.
The claim that 1t Is the most deli.
cious of all the preparations for pud.
dings, custards, etc.. and for every pur-
pose for which Bermuda arrowroot was
and is employed, goes undisputed in
many households.
1t is preferable because 1t Is lighter
and daintier The combination of milk
and corn starch Is one to recommend (;
both of these have the highest food
value.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
Try to Come Back.

Not long ago Lord Kinnard, who d
always actively interested in religious
work, paid a surprise visit to mis-
sion school in the east end Of London
and told class of boys the story Of
Samson. Introducing his narrative
his lordship added:
''He was strong, became weak, and
then regained his strength, enabling
him to destroy his enemies. Now,
boys, if had an enemy. what would
you advise me to do?"
A little boy, after meditating on the
secret of that great giants strength,
shot up his hand and exclaimed: Get
a bottle of hair restorer."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
White Floating SOAP.

Four quarts Of fat, any kind will
do; two ten cent cans of I've. and ten
quarts Of water. Put water In an old
boiler, next the fat. then the lye. Let
this come to a boil and boil three
hours, slowly. When the soap be-
comes flaky and the liquid looks clear
and boils over the soap. 1t is ready to
skim. Line a wooden box with a
piece of wet muslin, skim out soap
and put in the box to drain about
twelve hours, and cut in bars. This
will make twelve large bars Of hard.
white soap. 1t may be used for any
kind of washing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
FOR NURSERY TABLE
DESSERTS THAT WILL PLEASE
THE LITTLE ONES.
Peach Batter Pudding 10 One OF the
Best Blackberry and Rhubarb
DeIicacIes-Cakes Of Currants
and Blueberries.

Peach Batter Pudding.-Peel IL ripe
peaches. but do not stone them. Set
the fruit in a buttered pudding dish.
strew sugar plentifully over them. and
then cover with a batter made OF
these Ingredients: Five beaten eggs,
one tablespoon of melted butter. ten
tablespoons of prepared flour and
light pinch of salt. Bake nice brown
in medium hot oven
Baked Blackberry Pudding.-One
quart of blackberries. three table
spoons of melted butter, one cup OF
milk, one and a half cups Of prepared
-four sifted twice with the salt, three
eggs beaten lightly. yolks and whites
separately.
Put the milk in the beaten yolks,
then the butter and then the pre-
pared flour, alternating this with lit
tie Of the stiffened whites. Put the
batter in wide pudding dish. well
creased, and pour on the blackberries.
dredged with little -four, and as
sweet as liked with sugar. Cover the
dish and bake an hour in a hot oven.
Uncover and let 1t brown. Serve the
pudding in the dish with hard sauce.
Rhubarb Pudding.-Butter a baking
dish and cover the bottom an inch
deep with fine crumbs. Sprinkle this
with bits of butter and lay upon 1t raw
rhubarb that has been cut in thin
pieces an inch long. Scatter over this
a dozen large raisins, seeded and
halved, and two tablespoons of sugar.
Fill the dish in this way with alternate
layers of rhubarb and buttered and SUI
CARED crumbs. and have the last for
the top crust, strewn with a teaspoon
of grated orange peel Bake covered
for an hour in a moderate oven. then
uncover and brown. Serve with thin
butter and sugar sauce.
Currant Shortcake.-Make a light
biscuit dough; roll out half an inch
thick and bake in a pie plate.
While hot run knife lightly around
one side. tear It open and put be-
tween a pint of currants that have
been mashed and sweetened before
hand. Wash the top Of the shortcake
with white of egg, sift powdered sugar
over 1t and serve at once.
Burberry Tea Cake.-Three cups OF
blueberries, two tablespoons of butter,
one cup of sugar, one cup Of milk and
two cups of flour sifted twice with two
full teaspoons Of baking powder.
Cream the butter and sugar together.
add the eggs, then the milk and flour.
Dredge the berries with flour. stir in
lightly and bake in a creased biscuit
tin. Split. butter and eat while warm.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
Opportunity Of Suffragist.

Baroness Aletta Korff tells in one
of the magazines how the women Of
Finland came to vote. The fact b
that women had to show that they
could meet an emergency before the
vote came to them. They have mot
had many opportunities to take tho
initiative In the worlds history and
they have not always responded when
the opportunity came, but when .
crisis, such as that in 1904. when the
strike and the revolutionary outbreak
In Russia took place at the same time.
occurred, they proved they could
make peace by doing It Not until
England and the United States ind
the women helping them to bear some
great trouble will they give them tho
right to vote.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09
mo FRllLS"
Just Sensible Food Cured Him.

Sometimes a good, healthy CONNER
cial traveller suffers from poorly 90
lected food and Is lucky If he learns
that Grape-Nuts food will put him
right.
A Cincinnati traveller says: About
q year ago my stomach got In q bad
way. / had a headache most Of the
time and suffered misery. For several
months / ran down until I lost about
20 pounds In weight and finally had to
give up a good position and go homA
Any food that I might use seemed -
nauseate me.
my wife, hardly knowing what to
do. one day brought home a packass
Of Grape-Nuts food and coaxed me TO
try It. ] told her 1t was no use but
finally to hum0f her I tried a little.
and they Just struck my taste. II
was the first food I had eaten in near
ly a year that did not cause any suffer
ing.
well, to make a long story short, !
began to improve and stuck to Grape
Nuts. l went up from 1876 pounds q
December to 1914 pounds the followinS
October.
my brain Is clear, blood al
right and appetite too much for any
mans pocketbook. In fact, am thor
oughly made over, and owe 1t all, 70
Grape-Nuts. talk 80 much about wnas
Grape-Nuts will do that some OF tho
men on the road have nicknamed mo
'Grape-Nuts,' but I stand today =
healthy, rosy-cheeked mana pretty
good example of what the right kind
Of food will do.
"You can publish this If you want 10.
It Is true statement without any
frills."
Read the little book, "The Road 20
Wellville," in pkgs. There's Reason.
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. Tnex
are genuine true and full OF hss
interest