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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

When Princess Victoria of England,
daughter Of Queen Alexandra, was a
girl of fourteen It became her duty
one day to act as hostess at a Juvenile
entertainment at Marlborough House.
In the middle of ii she suddenly dis
appeared. A messenger was dispatch
ed to Buckingham Palace to see II the
truant had run away to grandma"
but she wasn't there. At last a letter
from her to the Princess Of Wales was
discovered in the schoolroom, begging
mother" not to be angry; she did
hate parties" so. and she had gone
to stay with the Duchess of Teck till
this one was over.
Not liking parties has been a char.
acteristic of this princess ever since.
though, having a strong sense of duty,
which developed as she grew older,
she doesn't run away from them any
more. But those who know her know
that IL she could choose her life It
would be on far from court, life free
from demands of etiquette, and spent
among the friends she loves. When.
ever she can escape from the formali.
ties that surround her she does So
Stories are told of her planning visits
incognito with her sisters or other
members of the court to some tea
room or shop, where for little while
she can do Just as other women do
She likes to drop anonymous sur
prises on the children she encounters,
as once when she was shopping in
Penrith, and saw three small boys
looking longingly at the toys in a win.
dow. The princess Immediately took
the part of Santa Claus, and for once
in their lives those small and ragged
boys had all the toys they wanted.
Princess Victoria has a good deal of
tact, says THE Gentlewoman," and
while she cares little about court life
her influence has brought about sev.
eral needed changes there. The
Queens ladies-in-waiting have special
reason to be grateful to her. Up to
the time Of King Edwards accession
the breakfast hour for the ladies-in-
waiting was Z o'clock in the summer
and 7.30 in the winter. They didn't
like it, of course, but in so great a
household changes are not easily
made. Princess Victoria, however, got
the hour changed to o'clock for al!
the year round. 1t was she, too, who
secured a much more comfortable
breakfast room for them than the one
at their disposal during Queen Vic
toria's reign.
The princess's own boudoir at Buck
ingham Palace was arranged entirely
by herself, and is said to be a delight
full room. The walls are lined with
rare pictures, most Of them gifts to
her, and there are hosts of photo
graphs which she has taken in ram
bles around Balmoral, Winsor and
Sandringham. In this boudoir she
likes to spend much time. reading and
writing. She knows several languages
and is a very good musician.
True to her nature, she has alway
refused to have a lady-in-waiting
When she goes to any public function
she is accompanied by one of tn
Queens, as etiquette forbids her ap.
pearing alone. She has, by the way,
several faithful attendants, who al
ways like going about with her when
they can. These are her nephews
and nieces, with whom she has been a
great favorite ever since they were
little things.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
THE CRAZE FOR
LUXURY.

LUXURY.
The ruthless extravaganza of the
rich would be bad enough II its infiu-
ence stopped with the cities, but 1t
does not The desire for luxury
which it fosters puts its stamp in
more or less pronounced fashion on
the lift Of the whole country. The
cities becomes disease centers from
which the germs Of riotous living are
scattered throughout the land. The
smaller community naturally patterns
after the latter; the country mer-
chant, after viewing life as 1t is lived
in New York returns often dissatis.
fed with the simple manners of his
own town and endeavors to introduce
in their stead the customs Of his city
friends. The habit Of living beyond
ones income thus becomes more
or less national vice. One need not
be pessimistic about 1t, or conclude
that the country is going to the dogs.
But there surely is an epidemic Of ex-
travagance which seems to grow
more, rather than less, serious. The
blame for 1t traces back to the cities,
and back Of them to the worthless
rich who faunt their wicked waste
before the eyes of the world.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
THE MULES
WAIST.

1t is a rather extraordinary thing
that the exact height and chest meas
urement of a mule can be a matter of
any particular importance to any one.
Yet a British officer is now busy in
America buying mules of fifteen
hands high, with so-called empire
waist" OF sixty-three inches. The
point is that it is very important for
harness to fit exactly, and the har-
ness for the battery mules that are
used in India has been ordered for
these precise dimensions. Women
will most certainly be interested to
learn that the empire waist is fash
ionable In mule society as we'll as in
the beau monde.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
No Assistance Needed.

Lucinda stood in the presence of
two famous surgeons who had just as
sured her that her present condition
demanded an operation and that un-
less it was performed within a short
time she would in all probability die
Lucinda listened respectfully.
I'm jes as much obliged to you
gen'mans as l can be-" she assured
them, but eff de deah Lord has done
made up his min to call me home,
thinks he kin translate me widout no
assistance"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
FRHNcH
ThRIET.

THRIFT.
A recent article from q careful
French writer estimates the wealth
of the people Of France at b,o00,.
o00, 900, or more than 81 100 for each
man. woman and child. In the last
flfteen years the French have loaned
about sba1. 900. and yet the gold
imports Of the country have amounted
TO s7s6,s0o. 900. In the year Just
closed the gold held by the Bank Of
France increased s200. 700 900, max
ing the total 500, 900 900, the largest
in the banks history. The other
banks OF France hold ss3s, $500. 900.
Each year the French receive about
$3.50, 900 900 from their foreign hold.
inRs, which are chiefly Government
bonds. This form Of wealth has dou.
bled since 1894 The population Of
France is about half that of the Unit.
square miles less than Texas. These
figures of French wealth rest on the
universal French habit OF saving
money. AS soon as a French child be-
gins to have an income OF its own It
lays aside something for the future.
The French have firmly reached the
sound proposition that II nothing is
saved In productive years the indivi-
dual is running behind and is certain
to be overtaken at last by want Yet
the French get as much enjoyment
out Of life as any people, both in ordi-
nary material affairs and in those Of
an artistic nature.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
A Work Of Supererouatlon.

Henry dislikes being bathed and ar
gues with his mother over every
square inch of his four-year-old ana
tony.
One night, when his patience was
especially tried oy what he considered
wholly unnecessary work, he exclaim-
ed:
"Oh, mamma, couldn't you skip my
stomach? Nobody ever sees my stom-
ach!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Justice and Lucre.

Judge Giles Baker, Of a Pennsyl-
vania county, was likewise cashier OF
his home bank. A man presented a
check one day for payment He was
stranger. His evidence OF identif1-
cation was not satisfactory to the
cashier.
why, Judge" said the man, i've
known you to sentence men to be
hanged on no better evidence than
this!"
Very likely" replied the Judge.
But when it comes to letting go OF
cold cash we have to be mighty care
full.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

the resolutions committee. The six
general officers were reelected as fol.
lows:
Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens, nt
Maine, president.
Miss Anna A. Gordon, OF nlino.y,
vice-president-atlarge
Mrs. Francis e, Parkes. Of Illinois
corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Sara II. Hoge. OF Virginia. as
sistant recording secretary.
Mrs. Elizabeth p. Hutchinson. OF
Illinois, treasurer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson, OF
North Dakota, recording secretary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Output OF Tokay Wine.

This years output OF the famous
Tokay wine has been entirely lost
In consequence OF an unexpected out
break Of phylloxera. Tokay is made
from grapes grown in the vineyards
belonging to the Emperor Francis
Joseph at Hegyalja, Hungary, and II
is now used chiefly for presents to
other heads.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Some Thoughts on Sheep and Goats

Sheep live higher, but more is ex.
pected of them. Goats have to do
without some things, but they've less
on their minds.
It's great distinction to be
sheep, but 1t wouldn't be, only for
the goats.
None except sheep get into society.
None except goats know what a parcel
of foollshness society Is.
There are sheep who wonder IL it's
worth all it costs. Goats would be
fairly contented If it wasn't for their
wives all the time dying to be sheep.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Padsrewski works He d

Paderewski frequently sits at his
instruments until we'll into the small
hours of the morning, says Tit-Bits.
Hence he seldom rises until 8 or 10
q. m, and Immediately he is dressed
he gets TO work, generally practicing
on the piano, but often composing.
He keeps to his task until / O'CLOCK,
and not minute earlier does he
break his fast.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
His Standard.

Mr.. Purist-I tell you our modern
literature is deteriorating very rapid
ly.
Uncle Hlram-Well, / guess. You
can't read the patent-medicine adver-
tisements nowadays without having
them all broken up by these blamed
continued stories In between.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
The Thief Of Time

Teacher-Johnny what is the
meaning CT the word "procrastinate? ?"
Pupil-To put of.
Teacher-Right. Use 1t in an origi-
nal sentence.
Pupil-"The brakeman procrastiAat-
ed the tramp from the tramp"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
No Idolater.

Miss Simper-Do you know, l sim
ply worship D'Auber's landscapes!
Mr. Crimper-Well, there's no COM
mandment against it, They certainly
bear no likeness to anything in the
heaven above. or the earth beneath, or
the water under the earth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Worse Than Noah,

Mamma Ito Willie, who has been
playing with Noah's Ark Don't be
rude, Willie. I'm sure that Noah
wasn't whining and complaining when
he put the animals into his ark.
Willie-No; but I'll bet Noah didn't
have any baby brother to lick the
paint often his animals.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
One Theory.

why was Sisyphus," asked the pro-
fessor in mythology, Compelled to
roll stone up a hill?"
Il s'pose he had made a freak cleo
ton bet" answered the student with
the bulging brow.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
TIT FOR TAT.

celloquy In Railway station Ending
In q Draw.
An Irishman was sitting In a depot
smoking when a woman came, and,
sitting down beside him, remarked:
sir, II you we're a gentleman you
would not smoke here"
Num-" he said, III ye wuz a lady
ye'd sit farther away"
Pretty soon the woman burst out
again:
"If you were my husband I'd give
you poison"
well, num-" returned the Irish
man, as he puifed away at his pipe,
III you wuz me wife I'd take It."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

A German scientist has discovered
a means OF making men tall by manip-
ulating the legs and ankles. II there's
anything to that, we may expect to
see pretty tall statesmen in a decade
or two.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

They construct dwellings out Of
blocks OF building glass in silesia,
but they seem solid enough so peo-
pie who live in them can throw all
the stones they wish.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Head of w, c. r, u,

The most important event on the
programme of the seth annual con
yention of the National Women's
Christian Temperance Union was the
election of officers and the report OF
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Gettinn Evan

Miss Passay- What a lovely gown
you have on! But haven't seen It be-
fore?
Miss Tartleigh-No, think not.
You see I've only worn it at a few
very smart affairs this season.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
Plant White Glover.

l would add two or three pounds
of white clover seed per acre for
permanent rlowings, as 1t makes
thick. rich bottom. writes w. A. Ford
Of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
collapslbIe Tub.

The thing most desired by young
mothers these days is a bathtub for
the baby made of sheet rubber that
is attached to a campstool foundation.
II can be folded up and put out OF tae
way when not in use. and 1t telescopes
into a small bundle when one wants
20 travel
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

Judson-BaXter's wife looks like n
very determined kind OF woman.
Madison-She Is determined; Bax-
ter is the fifth man she has led to the
altar.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19

Lumber is becoming so high priced
that the man who discusses politics In
the corner grocery store cannot az
ford to whittle while be talkR
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-19
OF Interest
TO Women

Simple Tastes Of Prineess vietoris
Of Eneland-Shrinks frem Pomp
and Display and Prefers the Simple
Lie Of an Ordinary woman-Prin-
ccss h an Accomplished Musician.
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Driscoll proposes to put these
out of business.

The novel advertising methods
of Chas. II. Folger, locksmith of
Yonkers, got him into trouble.
For several days complaints
had been coming in to the police
of housebreaker who never stole
anything, but scared number of
women out OF their wits. He
would come walking in upon some
astonished dame, who had thought
all her doors securely fastened,
and politely inquire If she did not
think she should have better
lock.
After presenting his card, he
would beat retreat. He got away
with it until Mrs. Jas. Lyons had
him arrested. On hearing his ex-
PLANTATION, the judge paroled him
with warning to exploit his
wares in some more conventional
manner.
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MOTHER MOURNS
MURDERED
SON

Ten days ago George Vallfer,
16, went with Hy. Goble from the
home of his widowed mother, of
whom he was the sole support, to
seek employment in California.
His dead body was brought
home in a coffin Sunday might and
today the body was buried The
unconsola BILE, whilte-haired mother
sits dazed in her home, 739 South
E street, with the picture of her
boy being beaten to death haunt
ing her.
Waller was evidently murdered
on the train near Redding, Cal.
He and Goble were both taken
from the top of car bleeding
badly and VaGlier died. Gobel is
in hospital so low he cannot tell
anything about the occurrence.
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In Little Old New York
by Norman

NEW YORK, Aug. 30-Did you
ever get weighed, at an amuse-
ment park or a street fair, on one
of those scales presided over by
"a gent" who guesses your weight,
promising not to charge you any
thing unless he comes within three
pounds of the correct figure?
Did you you ever notice how the
gent" runs his hands over your
anatomy, as though feeling
whether there are any deadly
weapons concealed about you?
And do you know what Glen
Driscoll, New York's ever-busy
OF weights anu
measures, says of those scales,
chaps and their performance
He says they feel you for your
roll, and if they don't get it be-
fore they turn you loose, some
confederate does, before long.
Furthermore, says DriscoH, the
scales these wicked persons use
are as crooked as the proprietors.
Driscoll weighs 176, but he says
the guessers guessed him all the
way from $50 to 100, and the dial
always showed them to be close
enough to get the money.
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IS
AN INSURGENT

CONTINUED From Page One.)
the Roosevelt train and travelled
with him half day. They talked
for several h,ours and Cummins
read the preliminary of some of
the coming speeches. 81 ann more
than satisfied" he said, when ask
ed What he Thought. An insur-
gent candidate for congress, Chas
Grillk, came aboard and before he
le,1t Roosevelt had promised to
make "a speech for him.
Same Stand As Ever.
There was an agrresis.veness in
Col. Roosevelt's words and man
ner. Il stand for the elimination
of crooks from public life and no
matter to what party they be-
long" he declared at Council
Bluffs. Speaking ait antoher place
he said: 81 advocate mo new doc
Urine. / stand where l have al
ways stood If the repu blican par
ty is not a progressive party, then
1T had better cease to be a party.
l am saying now only what l said
when l was president. If there
has been a change, If the parity lis
made to seem to stand for other
things Ut is mot l who has Chang
ed"
Needless to say these sentim ents
found quick and loud response
from THE audience. 1t was the
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continued some Is or 20 minutes
which gave us an uncommon OPP
portunity to annoy them. Capt
CLINE and his men soon got out
of ammunition, and retired across
the river.
After the enemy rallied, we
kept up our fire, until, by the
leaving~'of one and another, We
had but six or seven left. We
then retired across the river. We
had one man killed-a Mr.. Pow
ers, from Capt. Cline's company
in the fight. One of my men, a
Mr.. Partridge, was shot in cross
ing the river. Two or three of the
party who took part in the fight
are yet missing, and may be lost
or taken prisoners. Two were
wounded.
The loss of the enemy, as we
learn by the different statements
of our own as well as other PEG.
pie, was some 81 or 32 killed. and
from 90 to so wounded. After
burning the town to ashes and
killing a air. Williams they had
taken, whom neither party claim
ed, they tool: hasty leave, carry
ing their dead and wounded with
them. They did not attempt to
nr0s 6 the river nor tO caarob FOR
us, and have not since returned
to look over their work.
l give this in great haste, in the
midst of constant interruptions.
My second son was With me in the
fight. and escaped unframed. This
l mention for the benefit of his
friends. Old Preacher White, I
hear, boasts Of having killed Ms
son. OF course, he is a lion.
Lawrence, Kas., Sept. 7, 1856.
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same story from a. IN. until
dark. There we're cheering crowds
gathered at the stations, bamis,
men, women and children, many
autos, and, of course the colonel
talked good citizenship, home,
ba bies and the attractions of farm
life. Most OF the car speeches
were OF this sort.
But once or twice HE dubbed
over. He was dntended in the
madn to keep his political utter
anIces for his Osawatomie and ST.
Paul speeches and these will be
the formal uHterances. 1t DIS NOT
expected THAT he will mention
Taft. 1t Is not necessary. Poll
cies and not personalities are THE
issues. lit took five special cars
TO hold the progressive entEiIus-
lasts and the friends who insisted
on accompanying Roosevelt. The
newspaper car, which started ait
Chicago, overfowed and became
two cars at Omaha. Still amoth-
er was added for railroad officials
and four left Chicago, contain
ing Geo. AIDE, John McCulachleon
MedlJll Mccormick, Norman Hap
good, Forrest Cr.ssy and Others
present in an umprofess.onal capa.
city. Jas. Garfield Joined al
Council Bluffs and Pinchot will
join later.
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COMMUNICATING George V
rules the Dominion of Canada, but
a French-Canadian subject rules
Montreal, DR.. Jos. J. Guerin. His
worship-yes, they call a mayor
"his worship" bere-is a gentle
man so polished that he could be
a president of France, and still
have the honor sit lightly upon
him. But he had an even more ex-
allied honor thrust upon him when,
as host to the American Press
Humorists at an elaborate feed,
he was decorated with a badge of
the order by Cy Warman and
given the freedom of his own city.
This badge, your worship, en-
titles you to enter any postoffice
in Montreal and ask for your own
mall" spoke Cy in a low, sweet,
gentle tone of voice. at permits
you to breathe the air; open the
door of any free art gallery to
you, and allows you to ride on
any street car in the city when
presented along with the correct
fare"
The head of this city of 100000
souls eagerly clutched the tails
man. II shall wear 1t and try
hard not to disgrace tiff such a
thing is possible" he sobbed.
All of this happened upon the
summit of Mount Royal, the 900
foot high jump of forest covered
rock that tries vainly to crowd the
I"Gateway of Canada" into the st.
Lawrence river.
From the summit you can see
all of the city, and you can see
the longest railroad bridge in the
world. From the railroad bridge
you can see the Lachine rapids.
And from the rapids or anywhere
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John Browns Own Story of Osawatomie
Battle, Where T. r. Will Speak Tomorrow

OSAWATOMIE Aug. GA low-necked hack, country
with bunting chicken
watermelon dinner from platform
overlooking PASTURE form the omorrowthe
osawatome little the Usage
battlefield
Brown abolonst
will be dedicated Theo Roosevelt
a park.
monument dedica the of John Brown
was
yourth
is story the fight a Osawatomie.
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DEMAND BABY;
THROW ACID

STAMFORD, KY, Aug. 30.-A
man and woman, strangers, drove
UP to the home of T. p. Eads, a
young farmer near here, and de-
manded THAT Mrs. Eads give them
her baby boy. Mrs. Eads refused
and then the woman in the car
threw a bottle of carbollIc acid
over the young mother. No ex-
PLANTATION for the act can be given
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else you can see Mount Royal.
Mount Royal, bridge, rapids,
Mount Royal. That's the order in
which the big attractions of Mon
|treal are listed.
Transatlantic steamers come
right up to Montreal with their
freight and passengers from the
sea, over 500 miles. They could
go all the way up to, say Toronto,
If the wanted to---and the Lachine
rapids weren't fl the way. The
river steamboats, descend the