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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
PownI nf Nature,s Beauty.

Have you never felt the marvellous
power OF beauty in nature? If not you
have missed one of the most exquisite
joys in life, says OrisOn SWEET Marden
in Success Magazine. | was once 60
ing through the Yosemite valley, and
after riding 100 miles in stagecoach
over rough mountain roads l was so
completely exhausted that it did not
seem as though l could keep my seat
while we Travelled over the ten more
miles which would bring us to our des-
tination. But on looking down from
the top of the mountain ] caught a
glimpse of the celebrated Yosemite
falls and the surrounding scenery just
as the sun broke through the clouds,
and there was revealed a picture of
such rare beauty and marvellous pic
turesqueness that every particle of IA
tigue, brain fag and muscle WEAKNESS
departed in an instant. My whole soul
thrilled with a winged sense of sub
Unity, grandeur and beauty which I
had never experienced before and
which l can never forget. felt
spiritual uplift which brought tears
Of joy to my eyes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Euyptian Notes,

The Alexandria station of the Egyp-
tian State Railways is about to be
torn down and modern depot erect
ed.
During the first nine months Of
1910 the imports into Egypt amount
ed to $S3,022,000, and the exports to
$71,04S,17O, as against $7S,764,655 and
$73,017,135. respectively, for the cor
responding period of 1909.
According to the report Of the pub
lie health department, in 1909 there
were 319 pharmacies in Egypt, Of
which 159 were managed by chemists
with diplomas; against 300 in 1908,
264 in 1907 and 1876 in 1906. Out of
307 medical preparations examined,
rs were impure.-Consul D. R. Birch,
Alexandria. in the Daily Consular Re-
ports.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
lIniteJ States Mail.

An enjoyable game Is United States
tances and in each a player. These
players choose the names of cities Of
the United States, and the leader. who
must have a good memory. will begin
the game by calling out, for instance.
Buffalo and San Francisco" These
two cities will now change places. and
If the leader can possess himself of
either vacant seat in the course of the
exchange the person thus ousted must
be leader in his turn. When the leader
calls General delivery" every one
must move to some new seat, and the
person that is left without seat is the
new leader.
The old game of stagecoach is played
in much the same way except that diff
ferent parts of the stagecoach and its
various passengers, the horses and so
on are selected by the players, and the
leader must improvise a story introduce
ing as many of these names as possi-
BILE. AS the name of each player is in
troduced he must rise and whirl
around, resuming his seat. When the
leader says "Stagecoach" the whole
company must go through this per-
formance, and when the climax of a
breakdown is reached all change
places, and in the melee the story teller
finds a chair, thus forcing a new story
teller to the front.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Hints For Good Housekeeping.

Apply a drop of oil to the door hinges
to keep them from creaking.
A cork soaked in oil makes a good
substitute for a glass stopper.
Try little baking soda and hot wa
ter when cleaning kitchen utensils.
Flowerpot stains may be removed
from window sills with fine wood
ashes
Rub ivory knife handles that have
become yellow with age or use with
No 90 sandpaper or fine emery.
Green blinds that have become fad
ed may be renewed by rubbing then
with a rag saturated with linseed oil
The most effectual remedy for Shiny
and greasy drainpipes is copperas dis.
solved and left 70 work gradually
through the pipes.
Kitchen tables may be made white
as snow" if washed with soap and
wood ashes. Floors look best scrub.
bed with coA water, soap and wood
ashes.
The mica windows of coal stoves
can easily be cleaned with a soft cloth
dipped in vinegar and water This
should be done when putting TIE
stove up.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
FORTUNE IN A STAMP.
A Windfali That Came to Poor
Black Forest Family.

Generation after generation the
family OF Hofrau fought for a meagre
living in the Black Forest of Ger.
many.
One day-it was only a few years
ago-relates the Detroit Journal -
Frau Hofrau took down the small
box that contained the few poor re-
lies OF a long line of struggling an.
cestors. There was an envelope con.
tanning lock of her dead mothers
hair, and on the envelope, although
she paid no attention to it, was a
stamp.
A knock on the door interrupted
her reverie over the relics. and she
laid the letter on the table and went
to the door A stranger, well dressed,
stood at the threshold He pleaded
fatigue and the privilege of resting
for few minutes. The good dame
willingly assented, and the man came
in and sat down. The conversation
drifted to the poverty OF the Hofraus.
a subject that was always before Mrs.
Hofrau
Why" said the stranger. sudden
ly picking up the envelope containing
the lock OF hair, you have fortune
right here"
Frau Hofrau was startled. fearing
her caller had gone insane. But he
explained The stamp on the envelope
was an old one and there were only
five like it in the world. On the spot
he offered her 1000 for it and wrote
out a check and gave 1t to her. With
this windfall the fortunes of the
Hofrau family took brace and now
the Hofraus no longer fear the VOLTS
bowling.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24

Martin ]. Sheridan announces that
he will be a candidate for the all
around championship next summer. He
says he will train as never before, as
he believes it will be the last time he
will enter the contest, and he wants
to establish a record that will stand
for some time.
With enough good men competing
Sheridan believes that he will be able
to score 5000 points. With only one
man against him in 1909 and having
practically no competition from this
one man in many of the events, he
scored the record total, 1886 points.
He figures that man must be able to
score 5000 or more points to beat him.
Sheridan is already shaping himself
for the event. He has outlined q sys-
TEN of training and will continue at it
throughout the winter and in the early
spring will take part in many compe-
titions outdoors.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
SMALL COLLEGES THAT COUNT
Age and Number of Students They
Serve Make Them lmnortant.

Age and Number of Students They
Serve Make Them important.
OF the eight institutions to which
the general education board granted
appropriations amounting in the agt
gregate to $53S,000 not one takes rank
among the leading colleges OF
the country. Yet by their age and in
the number of students all Of them
prove their Importance to the sections
they serve.
The youngest Of the eight, CorneM
college, at Mt. Vernon, Ia, was or
ganized in 1853 and has 69S studenta
more students than Amherst. De-
Pauw university at Greencastle, Ind
dates from 1887 and has over one
thousand students. Marietta college.
at Marietta, Ohio. was founded in
1885 and has 422 students. Central
university, at Danville, KY, was Or
ganized in 1919, and Allegheny cob
lege, at Meadville, Pa. in 1915. The
former has 400 students, the latter
$50.
When it comes to Middlebury col
lege, in Vermont, with 252 studentA
the smallest of the eight endowed bE
the general education board, it can
lay claim to ITO years of continuous
usefulness as a seat of learning. But
in point of age the honors belong to
Pennsylvania university, at Lexington,
KY, which has $50 students. 1t was
founded in 1898, six years after the
first Legislature Of Kentucky met at
Lexington and only four years after
the organization of Bowdoin college
in Maine, and nine years after that
OF Georgetown university, at Washing
tan
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
New British Coins,

The British mint continued to issue
the coins OF King Edward VII. until
the new issue. A die will have to be
prepared and submitted to George v.
for approval. If precedence should be
followed the face of the new king will
be on the left-hand side in the profile,
as the custom hitherto has been to
alter the position of the head in each
succeeding reign. Thus Queen Vic.
tori was looking toward the left rim
of the coins; King Edward toward
the right
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Demand Pure Milk,

Dairymen doing business in Chica-
go, after vigorous prodding by DR..
Evans, the health commissioner, have
voted to submit to the city's require
ments, tuberculin test and all. DR..
Evans simply said to the dairymen
Chicago intends to have pure milk
and milk free from disease if it is pos
sible to have it." And Chicago is go
ing to get it. according to the Tri-
bune. which says, confidently, Hence
forth there will be no tuberculosis
germs in the milk consumed in Chi
cago."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
lnferlority of Reason.

While a teacher is supposed to in.
struct others, he not infrequently
picks up some curious information
himself.
A New Jersey teacher asked a boy
to explain, if he could, the difference
between animal instinct and human
intelligence. 1t was a pretty hard
question, but the lad was equal to it
IF we had instinct" said he, I'VE
should know everything we needed to
without learning it; but as we've only
got reason. We have to work like the
deuce to learn anything.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
For the eChildren
Dorothy Schwartz at the
Wheel of tler Runabout.

The ranks of experienced chauffeurs
have recently been increased by the adj
dition of Miss Dorothy Schwartz of
Edwardsville, ILL.,. who was presented
with twenty horsepower runabout on
her fifth birthday and is familiar
sight in the city in which she lives
driving her car. She began to learn
the automobile when but three years
old, her father allowing her to hold
the steering wheel of his machine dur
ing their trips together.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Conundrums.

When are two apples alike? When
paOred.
Why is a bedcover like a mustard
plaster? Because it is a counter-pane.
Why does tying a slow horse to a
post improve his pace? 1t makes him
fast.
Why are gloves unstable articlesi
Because they are made to be kept on
hand.
Why is life like this riddle? Because
you must give it up.
Why does a boy sneeze three times
Because he can't help it.
Why are some women like facts
Because they are stubborn things.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Missouri Schools May Limit Sports.

Missouri valley high schools and
small colleges are discussing the idea
of limiting the number of sports in
which student can take part in one
year. The argument of those who
wish for reform is that with the many
and varied college sports of the present
time the student who is given to ath-
letics gives up his whole time to them
for the honor Of his school and to the
detriment of his personal interest in
his studies
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Girl Takes Up Claim in New Mexico

Miss Ivy Losey of this city, frail
girl, % years old and weighing less
than 100 pounds, set out to win her
fortune on a lonely claim six miles
from any town in New Mexico. The
girl was formerly a nurse at the
Deaconness Hospital. She left there
to visit her sister in Knowles. N. NJ,
where the latter is married to ply
sician.
With her brother-in-law's aid the
Indianapolis girl took out claim of
100 acres six miles from Knowles,
the nearest town. She will live for
at least fourteen months in the heart
of the plains until she has a title to
the claim. After that she may still
remain in New Mexico cultivating the
land.-Indianapoli Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Minnesota Will Have Crew.

1t is expected that the University of
Minnesota will have a crew next fall
The proposed dam in the Mississippi
river at Fort Smelling has received ia
vorable congressional action, and the
best of rowing coaches are inquiring
about the chances of a position. Let
ters have been received from Ten
Eyck of Syracuse, Stevenson, an as
sistant coach at Harvard, and George
Van Vliet of New York city.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
DonaIdson's Record Breakina Stun,

Jack Donaldson, the South African
professional sprinter, in Kimberley
Cape Colony, recently ran $50 yards in
IA seconds. This is a new worlds rec
ord, bettering both the amateur and
professional records.
The amateur record for $50 yards
was made by r. e. Walker of South
Africa in April, 1909. He covered the
distance in IA 1-5 seconds. Walker
since then has turned professional.
Harry Hutchens ran $50 yards in 141a
seconds in 1897. This has stood as the
professional record since that time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Best Asleep.

II don't feel WELL" said one clerk 10
another as he took off his coat in the
office. "The trouble with me is that l
haven't slept as l ought. l don't feel
well unless I've slept" That's the
same way with me-" said his col.
league. "In fact, I think 1 feel best
of all when I'm sound nSleepw
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Canadian Lacrosse Players as Coaches

Many well known Canadian lacrosse
experts will coach eastern college
squads this year. Charles Querrie of
the Tecumseh club will instruct Co
lumbia; Lawson Whitehead will go to
Swarthmore college, near Philadel-
phia; Ernie Menary to Harvard, Jack
Grimes to Mount Washington, Md,
md James Byrne to Johns Hopkins OF
Baltimore.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
First Saeker Tom Jones a stayer,

Tom Jones, the veteran guardian of
the first sack for the Detroit Tigers,
has been relegated to the minors so
often that all records have been
broken, but he still holds down that
position at first. Every year he was
with the st. Louis Browns he was to
be succeeded by some youngster, but
the Welshman has sent twenty-five
aspirants for his place back to the
minors, and his friends say that he
will do so again this year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Dode Paskert Keepino In Trim.

Dode Paskert lives in Cleveland and
has the reputation of being the long
est thrower in the National league.
His winter pastime is shoveling snow
and carrying coal for his big stove
and chopping a little wood. He In
tends TO keep his arm in trim by that
kind of work all winter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Morris, New Heavyweight, In Soft.

For new beginner Carl Morris, the
heavyweight of Oklahoma, is certainly
getting in soft. Morris was formerly
a fireman on a railroad in the west,
and after he knocked out Marvin Hart
In three rounds the citizens of Sapul-
pa, Okla, his home town, came to the
conclusion that they owed him a debt
of gratitude and have presented him a
house and lot.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
One Thing.

Visitor-What does that college
son of yours take to?
Mr.. Wayback: His bed, most Of the
time,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Doesn't Have To.

Kriss-Do you give your wife her
own?
Kross-No. she helps herself to II
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Heavy Ammunition Cost.

The ammunition the ship would use
annually, projectiles and powder,
would amount to approximately $7O,-
900. divided as follows: Projectiles. in
Guiding torpedoes. $16,500; powder
S53,5OO.
The cost of the other Dreadnoughts
constructed in the last ten years, in
cluding the Texas. is as follows:
Texas, authorized 1910; building at
Newport News, Va, cost $11.000,O00
Florida. authorized May 13, 1908;
building at New York yard; cost $1O.-
e54.231.
Arkansas, authorized March 3. 1909;
building at Camden, N. j.; cost $10-
O1O.S12.
Wyoming, authorized March 8, 1909;
building at Philadelphia; cost $9,7S5,-
BIZ.
North Dakota. authorized March 2
1907 built at Quincy, Mass; cost
1924 .445.
Delaware. authorized June 20. 1906;
built at Newport News, Va; cost
$7.S44.4 AS.
Utah. authorized May 10, 1908; being
built at Camden, N. j.; cost $8,50O. .231.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24

We little knew what we were giving,
Methinks, when we gave play for
strife
And for the land where we are living.
The country where We played at
Life
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Armor Cost is Great.

The armor around these guns con
sists of armor plate several inches in
thickness. 1t extends above, over and
below the guns; there are secondary
armors as well, all of which are
charged to the amount for armor, max
ing the total Of $5,540,9SO for armor
and armament.
Next comes the crew of officers and
men. There will be 1909 enlisted men
Of both the navy and marine corps
aboard and siXty-three officers. After
the officers and men are taken aboard
coal and ammunition ION peace basis)
are taken aboard. The amount of coal
rs tremendous. 1t is estimated that the
New York will use under ordinary con-
ditions 16.S76 tons of coal annually.
This amount of coal will cost approx
mately 44,90S, or about $266A per ton.
The pay of the officers for one year
will amount to $S4.5S9, the enlisted
men of the navy $301,433 and the en-
listed men of the marine corps $17,740
a year, making total payroll for the
personnel of the vessel of $4O3, ,762.
The maintenance of the enlisted men
Of the vessel for year amounts to
cOmmuted rations, $1,GSS, and cost OF
provisions. $9S,459, making a total of
$100,147.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
$12,033,98O IN
ONE BATTLESHIP
What Dr0adnOught New York
viii Mean In Money.
SEVEN OTHERS BUILDING.

Figures on Cost of Constructing, Arm
ing, EquiPping and Furnishing a
Fighting Force Show Huge Sums Re-
quired to Maintain Flock of "Peace
Doves" For Uncle Sam.
What does the battleship New York
mean?
1t means $12,S33.9SO worth of steel,
iron, wood and powder, all made into
a first class or Dreadnought type of
fighting vessel and named after the
state of New York. 1t is 27.000 tons
of destruction which will be put afloat
IN approximately two years to either
maintain peace or enforce the man
dates of war.
The battleship New York means the
largest and latest fighting ship in the
world. 1t is peace dove" accord
ing to advocates of larger and great
er navy.
The department has just completed
or has under construction seven other
battleships of the Dreadnought type.
One of these, the Texas, sister ship
of the New York, will cost within
$1,50O,O0O as much as the New York,
and the six others will cost between
$7,s44,445 and $10,954, ,231 apiece.
What a BattIeship Means.
Here is what a battleship means.
hgured out by naval experts:
The battleship New York, known to
4, IN &c hoi,
constructed at the Brooklyn navy
yard. Congress appropriated $6,000,000
for the construction of the hull and
the machinery. 1t was not enough.
and work on the vessel had to be stop
ped. Secretary of the Navy Meyer is
now appearing before the naval com
mittees of the house and senate asking
for an additional $1,5oO,O0O to complete
the work.
If the battleship New York is con-
structed at the Brooklyn yard the hull
alone will cost approximately $4,600,-
900: the machinery, boilers and steam
and electrical appliances $2,693,00O.
making a total of $7,293 900.
Then come armor and armament.
The armor, which will protect the vital
parts of the ship and the guns and
magazines, will cost approximately
S3,0O0,O00. The guns and other arma-
ment will cost $2,540,9S0 This latter
sum is divided as follows:
Ten fourteen-inch guns at $74,70O
apiece. $7470O0.
Twenty-one ive-inch 81 caliber guns
at $1,000 apiece, $193,200.
For the balance of the armament
funds, $1,600,7S0, comprising four
three-pounders. two one-pounders, S.
A; two three-inch f, two 30-caliber Nj
and four twenty -one-inch submerged
torpedo tubes.
To this must be added the gun car
riages, magazine machinery and hoists
and all appliances necessary to the op-
Grafton of the big and little guns.
This makes a total of $2,540,9S0 for
armament,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25
FOOTBALL EXTRA

The State Journal will issue a
football extra early this even
ing, giving final scores and stories of
all the important games. A few of the
big games are the Kansas Missouri
contest at Columbia. Michigan-Ne-
braska, Harvard.
You should be able to secure a copy
from newsboys, or from any news
stand in Kansas.
News dealers in Topeka and over
Kansas should put in their orders at
once by mail, telephone or telegraph
for the football edition. The first page
will probably be all football and the
reports will run over on other pages.
N. B. The paper will be 20 pages;
price cents. To newsboys and news
dealers . cents; no copies returnable.
The State Journal may be had at the
following places.
Rosser Bros. Drug Store. sos Kansas
Rigby's. 6os Kansas Avenue.
Hobart's Drug Store 10th and Topeka
F. A. Snow, 1901 Topeka ave.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

goal Keys punted to the Army s.
yard line.
Here the Navy was penaIized Is yards
for holding and Dalton kicked to Army S
20-yard line and the punt was return
ed to midfield by Keys. McReavy made
yards through the Army's left tackle
and then Dalton punted on the Army S
25-yard line.
The Navy was depending entirely on
Dalton's goOd right foot, hoping to get
the slippery ball on a tumble down in
the Army territory but fortune failed
them, for on a subsequent punt Nc
Reavy fumbled and it was the Army s
ball in miGfeld. Keys made 13 yards
before he was stopped by Dalton on the
Navy's left end. Macdonald made )
yards through center and Keys dashed
through the Navy's right side to the
Navy's 25-yard line. Here Hyatt wum-
bled but recovered the ball and mo-
rnent later the Army lost Is yards for
holding. The Army punted and it was the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-25

bail curtain of 1911 for Nebraska and
Michigan in game which has brought
the climax of enthusiasm to Lincoln
Advance sale of seats practically as
sures the largest attendance of a con-
test ever witnessed in this state. Mem
bers of the alumni of both universities
are already in the city in force and
morning trains materially swelled the
crowd.
Based on present physical condittcr,
the Nebraska squad of players prob
ably has the call. Coach Yost of the
Michigans insists in all sincerity that
his men are in a crippled state, but 1t
is an ardent Nebraska partisan who
will venture to predict victory for his
favorites. The prowess of the Wolva--
ines is so we'll known and appreciated
that their supporters are giving odds
in the limited betting that has been
INDUCED in that they will be returned