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Some Real Facts


n' much advertised boiler inspec-
,u' l'". 1t is now learned. has been
o" 'H" hands of the railroad
'''r''"ns for enforcement. 1t
"> 'A'' the Taft administration
H. 'dIIr"ad attorney prepare the
.1. requirements for inspectors as
VEL from employment any man
mo- at present an underStrap-
-. %. ia" railroads.
:; VII" ~ the Qualifications is that
'''''ant must have been in the
-p-n "''nt Of railroad within
T.. ''~ next preceding the date
''li'Allon.' Another is that he
'' OF good speech and man.
,-.t |'aIIhed to address and confer
,n. .." railroad officials as occasion
may r"qGiro.''
;, ,''" restrictions have been nut
+rrIication papers for the
rrr.., purpose of Keeping out of
r.5 ''ht men who are on the
''''''- blacklist but who would
'-uF"" 'he law.
i '''I"r inspection law in itself
a,r,,. Door. 1t provides for the
e.,' VIII mont Of only nifty inspectors
thu requires at least 800 to do
properly. But what will
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He told of the wrongs inflicted on
Champion Postal Clerks Unions.
order. He told of their efforts to
this law amount to when the rail-
bound and gagged by an Executive
the postal clerks and how they are
road companies practically choose
the inspectors? And yet this law,
if properly wOrded and enforced.
would prevent hundreds of deaths
organize and produced evidence
showing that the department has
been Diminishing and demotinS men
for joining the new union.
Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Stewart admitted before the
committee that the department is
guilty of the charges made by Nor
rison. He claimed that union in
the postal service is ''intolerable-
Other friends of the postal clerks
are expected to testify before the
committee. Among them are Rep
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of West Virginia. S.,
County of Kanawha.

AT rules held at the clerks Off
ce of the Circuit Court of Kanawha
County. on the first Monday in the
month of May 1911.
Brent Bogel, Plaintiff.
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UNION ROSTER

STATE FEDERATION OFFICERS.
! President, w. F. WEIGH, 24O7 EoH
street. Wheeling. w. Va
| Secretary Treasurer. Frank w, Sny-
der. p. o. Box 956, Charleston, w. Va,
DISTRICT NO. IT, U. NJ w. of A.
| President, Ben Davis, Smith Builu-
ing, Charleston, w. Va. rs
| Secretary-Treasurer, Benz. F. Nor
ris, Smith Building Charleston, w. Va
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
| President. w. P. Campbell
ecretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Frank
Snyder. 1877 Washington street
Meets last Saturday in each month
at l. O. o. F. Hall.
PREssMEN's UNION.
| President, Harry l.. High Mail
office, kanawha street.
Secretary-Treasure Miss Ola Fish
er, Mcclure & Fishers.
Meets last Monday night in each
month in the |. o. O. F. Hall.
MUSICIANS UNION.
| President, Omar Morgan.
Secretary Treasurer, Rube Blumen-,
berg rs
| the l. o. o. F. Hall.
CARPENTERS.
President. J. H. Cain.
Secretary. n. S. Starks. 1850 Wash
| ingtcn street.
Meets every Friday night at /. G. O.
Il. Hall.
DECORATOR AND PAPER HANG
Pres dcnt, Chas. Eagler.
Secretary Treasurer, w. F. L1oomis.
Meets every Friday night in the l
o. o. F. Hall.
PLASTERS UNION.
President, J. d. Donnally.
Secretary-Treasu j. A. Barley,
No. 3 Cottage Place.
! Meets every Wtdncs day night at the
Plasterer's Hall, 20s \. Capitol street.
BAR TENDERS UNION.
| President Dan Montague.
Secretary, J. l.. Paulcy.
Meets every second aud fourth Sun
day in the month. -sPlasterer's Hall.
EOS " Capitol street.
BR1CKLAYERS UNION.
President, Sam Boyd.
Secretary, Billy Martin.
Meets every Tuesday night at EOS Il
| Capitol street.
| JOURNEY MEN TAlLORS UNION
President. L. Fl. Thomas, Schwabe &
| Mays.
Secretary, II. Hiebe!, Schwabe 6
Mays.
Meets first Monday each month Mac
cabee Hall.
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tiff and you are Defendant

II from any cause the taking of
said dispositions shall not be COM
rlenced or completed on the day
aforesaid, the same shall be contin-
ued from day to day. or from time
to time, at the same place, and be
tween the same hours, until the
same shall be completed.
ELIZABETH F. HAM,
BY Counsel
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and thousands of injuries annually.
This is the way the capitalist Con-
gress protects labor.
Secretary Morrison of the Ameri-
can Federation of La COR has appear
ed before the House Committee on
Reform in the Civil Service in adj
vocacy of the Lloyd bill giving the
Government clerks the right to or
ganize.
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month of March 1911.
Elizabeth F. Ham, Plaintiff,

Elizabeth F. Ham, Plaintiff,
VS. In Chancery No. 1853.
James l.. Ham, Defendant.
(The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain divorce from the bonds of
matrimony.)
This day came the Plaintiff by her
Attorney. and on his motion. and it
appearing by affidavit filed. that the
Defendant. James L. Ham. is a nom
resident of this State, it is ordered
thar he do app. ar within one month
after the date of the first publication
hereof. and do what is necessary to
protect his interest in this suit.
Teste: IRA H. MOTTSHEARD.
Clerk
S. L. Webb. Sol.
NOTICE TO TAKE DEPOSITION.
10 James L. Ham,
Take Notice: That on the Z, day
of April. A. D. 1911, between the
hours of 10 o'clock A. M and
O'Clock P. M. at the law office of S.
L. Webb, St. Adams Bank Building,
IN the town of st. Atlantis. Kanawha
County. West Virginia. 1 will take
the deposition of myself and others
to be read in evidence in nv behalf
OF a certain suit in chancery now
pending in the Circuit Court for the
County of kanawha and State of
west Virginia, in which l am Plain
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resentatives Berger, of Wisconsin
and Wilson of Pennsylvania and
Buchanan of Illinois. President Mel
son of the Postal Clerks union will
also address the committee
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
State of Wtst Virginia.

State of Wtst Virginia.
kanawha County. IS:
At Rules held in the Clerks Office
OF the Circuit Court of kanawha
County. on the first Monday in the
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Teste:
Ira H. Mottesheard, Clerk of the
Circuit Court
w. w. Wertz, Solicitor for plaintiff.
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To Charles l.. Nesbit,

NOIICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
To Charles l.. Nesbit,
Take notice:
That on the LIST day of April 1911.
between the hours or , o'clock a. NJ.
and O'Clock P. NJ. of that day, at the
law Offices of w. w wertz, suite 25
Bradford Building, in the City of
Charleston, kanawha County, West
Virginia. I will take the dispositions of
myself and others. to be read il evil
dence in my behalf, in certain suit
IN ChancerH COW pending III the Cir
cult Court for the County of I<a-1awha
and State of West Virginia, in which
suit l. Marion G.. Nesbit am plaintiff
and you Charles L. Nesbit are de-
PENDANT.
Ii from any cause the taking of said
dispositions shall not be commenced or
completed on the day aforesaid. then
the same shall be continued from tiav
to day. or from time to time at the
same place and between the same
hours until the same shall be COM
plete1.
MARION G. NESB1T.
Ey Counsel
w. ". Wertz, Solicitor for Plaintiff,
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Mary l.. BoEel. Defendant
tThe object of this suit is to OBJ
tain a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony.l
This day came the plaintiff by his
attorney. and on his notion and it
appearing by affidavit filed. that the
defendant is a nonresident of this
State it is ordered that she DO appear
within one month after the first pub
LEGATION hereof and do what is nee
essary to protect her interest in this
said suit.
TeSte:
IRA MOTTESHEARD.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
W. w. WRIT. Solicitor
for Plaintiff.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
She Was Persistent.

A huge package once reached Sir
Walter Scott from young lady in
America for which he had to pay $2J
eXpressage. 1t contained a manuscript
play and a letter from the fair author
requesting Scott to read and correct
her work, write a prologue and an
epilogue, arrange for it's production at
Drury Lane and negotiate with pub.
Usher for the copyright. That was bad
enough, but worse was to follow. About
a fortnight later arrived another mighty
packet, charged with a similar postage,
Scott, who had not grown wiser by
experience, paid the charges and
opened the parcel. Out came a dupli-
cate copy of the play and a second
letter from the authoress, stating that
as the weather had been stormy and
she feared something might have hap.
pened to her former manuscript she
had thought it prudent to send him a
duplicate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
The Stake IN the Game,

A party of apaches entered Paris
cafe to have game of billiards. The
game was carried on in great mystery
and absorbed all the interest and at.
tention of the players. They had an
enemy who was to be "done for" ami
whoever lost the game was to do
him. When the game was over the
loser accepted the result without dis
gussion. Not long afterward ii work
man was stabbed fatally as he was
coming out of dance hall. The man
who had stabbed him quickly disap-
peared, and the workman was placed
in cab and driven to an address
which he had given. This was in a
certain street where a sister of his
was living. The man was barely able
to get out of the cab and to explain
tnat he had been stabbed. His case
was so serious that he was conveyed
to hospital and died few hours
later. The police then made an inquiry
and learned how the murder was delib-
erately decided upon and savagely
executed. The workman himself did
not know that his life was staked on
a game of bilfiards.-Paris Cor. Lon
don Telegraph.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY
She Got the Soul.

There was Il bashful young man who
was invited to dinner party and was
paired with the prettiest woman in the
room. His seat at the table was in
front of the roast fowl, which he was
to carve. And there was also a fried
sole in front of him. And he had never
done lick of carving in his life, for
he was a bachelor.
But he made the best of the situa-
ton by asking the lady at his side
what she would have.
"a little of the sole," she replied.
He began to cut off q slice Of the
chickens breast.
mo, no-the SOLE" she whispered.
Now, where was the soul of hen7
He thought for a minute and then at
tackled the wing. -
'The sole, the sole" cried tia lady.
He looked for the feet, but no soles
were left, so he tried drumstick. But
she still shook her head and said, "No;
1 only want piece of the SOLE"
Then did this young man arise in his
wrath, stick fork through the fowl
and put it all on the woman's plate.
"Take it," he shouted. "Take it, body,
soul and ALL"
Then he helped himself to the fish,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
How Centipedes Walk.

An eminent authority has investigat-
ed the peculiar wavy motion of cent?
pedes and millepedes to determine the
manner in which these animals man
age to use their superabundant pedal
eXtremities so gracefully and harmo-
niously. 1t has been found that the
legs move in groups or waves. each
wave including a definite number of
legs. The number of waves included
in the length of the body is constant
for each species. In millepedes the
waves of each side are synchronous.
In centipedes they are symmetically
alternate, giving rise to beautifully ac-
cordant movements. The difference
may be explained by suggesting that
the millepede moves like a pacing
horse, the centipede like a trotter-
Chicago Record Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
A Fine Toy Ship.

Did you ever know boy who wasn't
proud to own toy boat? The en-
peror of Germany owns a miniature
boat that would delight the heart of
every boy. 1t is an heirloom in the
imperial German family, having been
given by William ~. of England to
Frederick William I'LL, great-grand
father of the present emperor. The
boat is a full rugged, three masted
warship, fifty-ive feet in length,
drawing but four feet of water and
having a capacity Of thirty tons. En-
peror Williams favorite amusement
when a boy was to sail in this boat
His brother, Prince Henry, always
went with him. This man-of-war can
sail the water the same as the largest
ship, but the crew must of necessity
be limited in number. The name Of
this great toy Is the Royal Louise,
after the Prussian Queen Louise.
1t was built on the Thames in 1892
and was towed down the river and
across the North sea by a steamer to
Hamburg. From this place it was
doated by a fiat barge up the EIhe
into the havel at Potsdam, where 1t
still remains.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
A Greenland Duel.

1t - rather pity for the gayety Of
Hations that French men of letters
cannot fight their dues as duels are
fought in Greenland. In Greenland
when one man has been insulted by
another the adversaries each compose
a satire in verse. This each man re-
cites to his household until the serv-
ants and the women know it by
heart. Then place of meeting is ap-
pointed. The two men, the insulter
and insulted, the offender and offended,
stand face TO face. and each recites his
poem. His friends and servants form
a chorus. Each man tries hard to
raise the laugh against his adversary
Each man speaks in turn, whipping
the enemy with epigram and quip,
and after two hours Of this wordy
battle the meeting gives the victory
to him of the two adversaries who
has amused the hole assembly most
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
A Pleasant Surprise.

A young man in Indianapolis felt
his heart sink as he pulled from his
mail box a letter of the wedding in
vitation type. That was the fifth he
had received this season, and he had
begun to wonder whether he had any
friends left in the single state.
Another five dollar bill busted to
smash" he mourned.
Then he opened the envelope. But it
was only the announcement of wed
ding that had taken place the week
before. And he found in the same
cover a check for So.
1t was then that he recalled a bet
made with a friend years before. The
conditions were that the one first mar
ried should pay the other $5.-Indian-
apolis News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10

The hero of this sad tale is or was
Jim Crow. He was captured in the
woods from the nest in which he was
born. At first he would not eat, but
when bread soaked in water was
forced into his mouth he got a fine
appetite. In a short time he became
very tame and kept his master busy
digging worms in the garden to satisfy
his hunger. If his wants were not
Immediately attended to he would
scream loudly. Then as he grew
strong he began to annoy the hens in
the yard, stealing their food and some
times pecking the chickens. One day
he made grievous mistake, however.
He attacked a gamecock which was
strutting about the yard, and the fun
began. Poor Jim was no match for
the gamecock, and when he was final
ly secured he was sorry sight. That
was enough for Jim. and thereafter
he steered clear of the poultry yard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
A Woman's Way.

A man awoke one night with a tooth
ache.
He groaned; he turned and twisted;
he howled; he sat up and lay down
again; he arranged his pillow and
pressed it against his face with anoth-
er groan.
His wife slept on and never moved.
He wanted attention, he wanted
sympathy, and he groaned again.
Still she slept.
Injury added to the pain. 1t wasn't
treating a fellow right to sleep like
that when he was suffering with a
painful tooth, and he called her name.
Still she slept.
He had groaned three times as loud
as he could, and she didn't awake.
Then the baby, in its crib in another
room, sighed softly in its sleep.
The woman was on her feet and,
standing beside its crib, anxious eyed,
in an instant
"And l actually thought" said the
man. that she loved me most"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Table Manners.

Don't
Put your elbows on the table.
Tritle with your knife and fork.
Clink the glasses together.
Tuck the napkin in your collar.
Fold the napkin when dining our.
Convey food to your mouth wi:''
your knife.
Mash food with fork
Hold knife and fork in the air while
plate is being replenished.
Place soiled knife or fork on the to-
BILE linen.
Allow spoon to stand in cup while
drinking from it.
Blow on soup to reduce its tempera-
ture.
Drink from the end of a spoon.
Masticate the food noisily.
Converse with your mouth full.
Hold food in the air while convers-
ing
Bite mouthfuls of bread from a slice.
Precede older members to the table.
Use toothpick at the table.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
WOMEN EXCEL
AS SWIMMERS
Wonderful Access of Interest In
Water Sport During Recent
Years - Feminine Champions
Who Have Made Records.

~ WINNING as an exercise for
~ women has become generally
~ popular only within the last
few years. Ten years ago
there were few expert women swim
mers. Today there are hundreds of
them, and a grave scientist has taken
1t upon himself to announce that wo-
men make the best swimmers of all
He says they have more endurance
than men because they do not feel
the shock of the cold water so intense
ly, their bodies having more fat than
mems do to protect them from cold
This does. not mean that women as
class are fatter than men. Far from
1t. The learned scientist means only
to say that the proportion of protec-
tive fat layers in a woman's body are
more numerous than in a mans.
The popularity of swimming is
proved by the fact that q swimming
pool is part of the equipment Of most
fashionable country places. One often
finds a swimming pool annexed to
some smart town houses.
One of the finest swimming pools in
the country is maintained by the fash
ionable Colony club, whose members
are New York society women. Wo-
mems clubs in other parts Of the coun-
try have added the swimming bath to
their equipment.
Free swimming baths for the peo-
pie are to be found in every large city.
Some private schools are provided
with them, and a course in swimming
is part of the curriculum.
1t is therefore no wonder that every
now and then one hears Of an intrepid
young woman saving some frail or un-
fortunate male being from a watery
grave.
Miss Adeline Trap, pretty young
Brooklyn schoolteacher recently amaz-
ed the public by two remarkable long
distance swims. One was made from
Yonkers down the Hudson river to the
foot of Forty-second street, a distance
of about seventeen miles.
The other swim was from North
beach to Robbins reef. near Livingston,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
PAINTINGS TO BE IN PLACE IN A
WEEK

The Abbey paintings, which arrived
ten days ago from London, will prob
ably be in place in the State Capitol
within the next week, the arrange
ments for hanging them having been
completed before the canvasses were
delivered in Harrisburg. The panel
completed for the Senate, which was
placed recently, is the only one OF
the commission for that chamber to
be finished by Mr.. Abbey. 1t has
attracted much attention.
The walls and ceiling of the hall
of the House of Representatives have
been prepared for the four large
paintings for that chamber and the
first section of the large decoration
for the space behind the Speaker
chair, which represents the Apotheo-
sis of Pennsylvania, will be in place
within few days.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Expert Testimony,

Two men who swore off New Years
day for year have not seen each 9TH
er since that time. One, tied to city
job, is under the guns because all of
his friends were posted on the resolu-
tion. The other travels, and If his foot
slips on the road nobody need be the
wiser. The stationary party to the
agreement received letter from the
travelling man and wrote in reply.
II removed the stamp from the en-
velope contairing your letter and sub
mitted 1t to a chemist, who reports
that it reeks with ."-Chicago
Evening Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Scotch Accent Too Much For Him

Scotch Accent Too Much For Him.
The only real blot on my visit to
Glasgow, says a writer in the London
Sketch, is my total inability to speak
with a Scottish accent. l rather pride
myself, as most people do, on my vocal
initiative faculties, but l confess to
all the world here and now that can
not initiate the Scottish accent. My
Irish is beautiful; it would make all
Dublin weep. My American is quite
good; could nearly always get any
thing that l wanted in the shops if
had the money. Anybody can talk
Welsh who cares to substitute "p'' for
SD" and ''f'' for "va." But the Scot
tish accent eludes me. Sometimes
speak little Scottish, tentatively, to
the policeman or the tram conductors
or the shopkeepers. The policemen
draw their slaves. the tram conductors
stop their trans, and the shopkeepers
put up their shutters. l am not quite
sure, but l rather think that / shall
abandon the unequal struggle
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
The Dandelion.

Little Dandelion
When she came to town
Seemed a bit of sunshine
In her yellow gown.
Playthings, too. she carried,
Funny little toys
For the happy schoolgirls
And the country boys.
Watch chains. oh, so splendid
Little barefoot Dan,
Wearing his in triumph,
Felt himself a man.
Curls for Prue and Polly
Tucked in bonnets small
Made them grown up ladies
Going out to call.
So she scattered treasures
Up the road and down.
Through the sunny pastures,
Through the dusty town.
When her task was ended
On a summers day
While the breeze was blowing
Up she few away.
On her soft wings riding,
Far she sailed and high,
And the children, watching.
Waved fond goodby.
Youths Companion,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Streets of New York City.

New York city streets have a mile
age of nearly 3,740, which is exactly
the distance between New York and
London. There are 1905 miles of
paved streets. which If placed in n
connected line would reach from New
York to Amarillo. Texas. The sheet
and block asphalt paved streets aggre-
gate S05 miles, equal to the distance
between New York and Detroit. There
are G43 miles of macadam streets.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10

Where does this train stop nextY'
asked the nervous traveller on an un-
certain railway.
''Well, boss" replied the porter
"dar's three washouts an some bad
track right along here, an she's liable
to stop mos any place mos any min
ute. e."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10

THAT trained nurse is quite remark
able. She made man | know cough
up brass tack at the hospital"
That's nothing to what she can do.
She made the young doctor she's en-
gagged to cough up a diamond ring
Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
MISS ADELINn TRAPP.

Staten island, the distance being TWEEN.
ty-two and a half miles. The United
States volunteer life saving corps had
four of its best swimmers to go over
this distance with Miss Trapp, and all
of them had to be taken into boats
before she had completed her swim.
Not only is Miss Trapp the best
woman swimmer in America, but few
men can successfully compete with
her. She some time ago made a dar-
ing dash through the water in the ia.
nous Hell Gate channel in Long Island
sound.
Miss Rose Pitinof of Dorchester
Mass, and Miss Elaine Golding are
also wonderful women swimmers.
BARBARA BARTLETT.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
DipIomatic.

Young Man-So Miss Ethel is your
oldest sister. Who comes after her?
Small Brother-Nobody amt come
yet, but pa says the first fellow that
comes can have her.-Exchange.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Humiliatinq.

He-Great heavens, we have run
over somebody!
She-Well, don't make such fuss.
People will think it's the first time
you have ever been in a motorcar.-
Washington Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-10
Dissolved,

One big trust
Reveled in plenty.
The government busted 1t;
Then there were twenty
One in Virginia
And one in Maine,
Two in the Carolinas
Twain,
Six out east
And six out west
And the others where
They did the best.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.