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The Brandon news., 1911-02-23
A point to Remember.

Il see where 100000 copies Of
the Bible were sold last year"
Remarkable!
YES, indeed. And they were not
illustrated BY Harrison Fisher, si
ther."
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Constipation causes many serious dis
eases. 1t is thoroughly cured by DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One laxative,
three for cathartic.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Happiness grows at our own fire.
side and is not to be picked in stran-
gers gardens.-Douglas Jerrold.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23
In Boston.

Mrs. Beans-How rapidly Emerson
grows!
Mrs. Cod-Yes; he will be In short
specs very soon.-Harper's Bazar.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That ia LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for
the signature of b. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure Cold in One Day. 26c.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23
Great Home Eve Remedy,

for all diseases Of the eye, quick relief
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. 7.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Take Garfield Tea! Made of Herbs, It is
pure, pleasant and health-giving.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Reforms come slowly because we all
would rather WELD the ak than bear
the knife.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Duty makes us do things well, but
love makes us do them beautifully
Phillips Brooks.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Garfield Tea has brought good health to
thousands! Unequaled for constipation.
The Brandon news., 1911-02-23

Ever hear of a pearl being found In
church fair oyster?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
IN The Realm
or FASHION
Fall Millinery.

Two of the smartest fall models
have been sketched here. The one is
a round hat in pansy purple fur felt
Set Off by flaring bow Of striped rib
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
A HARD KNOCK
FOR UNDERWOOD,
Congressman Hears From a
Farmer Constituent.

Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee in congress. represents what is
known as manufacturing district"
because 1t contains all the factories
and smelters in and about Birming-
ham, Ala. But he also has among his
constituents lot OF farmers, of which
fact be is now painfully aware.
He drove out to a settlement in Bibb
county one afternoon to persuade the
farmers they ought to vote for him.
AS he stepped up to the porch of a
little store an old man rushed up to
him with the request:
please sign this paper. It's petit
ton to Congressman Underwood to
have young lady postmistress here"
I'D be glad to sign it." said Under
wood politely. but as I'm not resi-
dent Of this community my name
wouldn't help you"
"Oh, yes. it would" the old farmer
assured him. Were getting every
body to sign it, strangers and all. Go
ahead and put your name down. That
fool congressman will never know the
differencew-New York Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

When Count Tolstoy was a young
man he took part in bear hunt that
nearly ended fatally. When the beast
charged him Tolstoy fred and missed.
He fired a second shot. which hit the
bears jaw and lodged between his
teeth. Tolstoy was knocked down, fall
ing with his face in the snow. There"
he thought; 'all is over with me-" He
drew his head as far as possible be-
tween his shoulders, exposing chiefly
his thick fur cap to the beasts mouth
till she was able to tear with her upper
teeth only the cheek under the left eye
and with the lower teeth the skin Of
the left part of the forehead. At this
moment the famous bear hunt leader.
Ostashkof, ran up with small switch
in his hands and cried out his usual
Where are you getting to? Where are
you getting to?" This, says Tolstoy,
sent the bear scuttling off at her ut
most speed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
.HANDKERCH|EFS
OF LAWN AND LACE
Designs With Hand Worked Mon
Ogrdm Are Preferred.

Occasionally round handkerchiefs are
to be met with, but these are apt to
have the appearance of doilies, and
the old fashioned square shape will be
found the best. The scrap Of muslin
or lawn trimmed with lace or embroid.
cry today finds a place in the ward
robe Of every we'll dressed woman. To
make a handkerchief very fine linen
may be used, and lawn and even
muslin are pressed into the service.
The size will naturally depend upon
the owners individual taste, but q
square measuring from six to ten
inches across will usually be found
quite sufficient.
For a small handkerchief 1t will be
found best to make the hem quite mar
row. half a dozen threads drawn an
inch and quarter from the edge,
which is then turned in and hem
stitched. being about the most suitable
The hem being thus disposed of, the
question which next arises is that of
ornamentation.
Drawn thread work is always pretty
and appropriate and may take the form
of a narrow insertion running all
round, half or a quarter of an inch
inside the hem, or. better still, square
or more or less triangular piece of
work in one or each corner. The
threads for this should be drawn in
squares. and there are innumerable
charming and quite simple patterns
which may be found In any book on
drawn thread work and which are sin
gularly adaptable to this purpose.
For those who do not care about
drawn thread work there is embroid.
cry, which may take many forms-a
design more or less elaborate, accord
ing to the capabilities Of the worker.
running all round the edge, a design,
conventional or otherwise. in each cor
ner or a name. monogram or initial
worked in one corner. either plain or
surrounded by spray OF flowers or
some other incasement. The embroid-
cry must, of course, be exceedingly fine,
having consideration for the thinness
Of the material.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Points
for
Mothers
The Onion Cure.

"Do my kiddies smell like little onion
patches?" asked one young matron Of
another, and on being told in very
positive manner she said, "Well. then.
I'll shoe them away, but I'll tell you
why they are thus perfumed and you
can profit by the knowledge If you are
so minded.
Three years ago my youngsters
were the average town bred children,
nervous wakeful at night and on the
go the livelong day The country didn't
help them, and when we went back to
town they grew so much worse that
finally called in child specialist. who
asked all sorts of profound questions.
arranged all their lessons and play
with view TO their improvement and
prescribed various tonics. Next spring
he said, Go to the mountains. and we
did, but it didn't agree with the chill!
dren. and they longed for the sea. so
after little we changed to a quaint
little seaside village. There they
were happy. but were sad contrast
to the native children. who had the
most wonderful health and vitality
and seemed not to have a nerve in
their bodies. But here one day we
found remedy for all our ills quito
by accident. We went for a picnic in
the motor. which promptly BROKE
down and forced us to find shelter
from the sun in the nearest farmhouse.
Nine children came and gazed at lis
and then fed, but not before l noticed
how well and sturdy they looked
asked who their doctor was. Doctor
nothing, was the mothers answer
One Of my young ones was puny H.;
yours, and l just gave him all tho
onions he wanted with dry crusts of
bread between meals
From that day started an onion
diet in my family, not quite as it was
prescribed. but the children have
onions once day anyway, and / give
them lots Of buttermilk besides. | eat
them myself. too, but not when com
pany is coming, although l do not see
why natural odor like that should be
so cried down and out of society when
the stale, unhealthy one of cocktails is
considered permissible. When | am
apprehensive Of restless night take
a glass of very hot milk just before
l go to bed and an hour before that
n little salad of onions grated on crisp
lettuce, with French dressing in which
is chopped hard boiled egg. You have
no idea how delicious this tastes with
very thin bread and butter. l do not
care who is here when l feel l must
order this repast. and l have made
many converts and cures by telling
both these tales of onion power that
l am telling you
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
New. Powder Puff,

Novelty counters have lately exhibit
ed one charming bit of silverware that.
while it fascinates the beholder, in
spires at the same time the question.
"What can 1t be good for?" This ex-
quisite frivolity is termed "a body
puff" In large silver bowl for pow
der is an equally large pun, to which
is attached long silver handle. rather
Ike the handle Of a carriage parasol
Its length is its strong point, or. one
might say, its long suit, since it en-
ables the user to reach shoulder and
heel with equal ease, but the appear,
ance of this useful handle as 1t pro
jects from the side of the silver bowl
is somewhat surprising. This novelty
Is found in the empire pattern, a fine
tracery Of lines forming a background
that suggests brocade, with square
decorations superimposed on the lines.
At present the prices run up to $50
but there is little doubt that long han
died powder pufrs win prove so con-
venient that they will soon be repro.
duced In less costly style.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Children's Parties.

young mother who always makes
it her business to arrange delightful
parties for her girls and boys includes
in her plans many schemes that other
mothers may like to copy.
Now that we are settled in home
for the autumn" says this hostess of
juvenility, II mean to give children's
open air party. Last year 1 asked the
little ones to come each as a flower,
and we had a flower parade. To a
second party l told them to bring
their dolls, and we had doll parade.
This year l am going to change all
that and shall invite the children to
come in their ordinary clothes i'll or
der that they may have good romp.
After tea shall start the new
game Of maze, which is played in the
following manner:
Number some strong cards from
one to twelve and tack them about
FIVE feet high on to trees rather far
apart and trees so placed, too, that
the runner must go back and forth
and roundabout in order to find the
cards consecutively according to num-
ber.
Now, supposing the runner finds
No. 1. Then If while seeking out for
No. he finds or 6, well, that NUN.
Der won't count. He must find No.
2, then No. 3 until he completes the
circuit to obtain the prize. 1t adds to
the fun If besides the real prize you
have a BOBBY prize. Anyhow the
game creates any amount of laughter
You see the players running MP
against one another, all eager to find
q consecutive number. The one who
completes the circuit first is the prize
winner"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
The Real Old Article,

The stranger in Boston was inter-
ested in the old family names of that
city. He bore a strong letter Of in
PRODUCTION to a prominent townsman.
Il can give you from memory the
names Of all the old families of our
city, the prominent townsman said,
and he ratified off two or three dozens
at an amazing rate.
The stranger looked up from his
copy pad expectantly.
"ls that all?'' he asked
II have given you a complete list of
Boston's leading families" the promi-
nent townsman replied. mot one of
them dates bach .less than six genera
tions.''
The stranger stared.
But surely you have other old fam
lilies of note in Boston,"
Merely transients," icily replied the
Boston man.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Pics and Art.

which would you rather have"
asked Rose Stahl, "a pig or a pictureT p
AS every one was too much surprised
to answer. she went on: "An artist
friend whose pictures are worth
many thousands per was out on a
sketching trip, and he stopped to make
a study Of barn. The farmer hap
pened to appear and said he'd like to
have the sketch.
"'Ef 'tain't too DEAR he added eau
tiously.
"'Ohr said the artist, who makes
$4,000 year, I won't charge you
anything for the sketch, but His
eyes lighted on the pigpen. But I'll
tell you what he said jestingiy. You
can give me one Of those nice, little,
pink, sucking pigs there
"Why. man. said the farmer, with
a frown, do you know what them pigs
is worth? They're worth 81 apiece"
-Youngs MaGazine
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
The Airy Cap.

Plenty of picturesque louis XVI. or
mob caps Of silk or velvet with ruch-
ings, or, rather, plaitings Of tulle, lace
or point d'esprit around the face are
TO be seen in Paris, some with quaint
garlands of tiny silken roses forming
chaplet between crown and brim-if
the plaitings forming fiounces may be
so called. Others have a soft satin
ribbon twisted round the lower por-
ton of the mob and big windmill
bow upon the side, while others, again,
show a simple full blown rose nesting
amid the soft ruchings of tulle-le bon
net de Mimi Pinson-immortalized by
Alfred de Musset.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Hints For Insomnia.

First of all it is necessary to lie cor
rectly in bed. Do not curl up. but
place the limbs straight, so as to in
duce the best circulation. Lie on the
right side. If you are on your back
you invite dreams, if on the stomach
you press the lungs and if on the left
side you cramp the heart and digestive
organs. Insomnia often comes from
hunger. If you have been long with
out eating take glass Of milk and a
biscuit or many times glass of wa
ter will be sufficient. A hot drink be
fore retiring is conducive to sleep, and
the greatest necessity Of all is to have
warm feet. AS for the mental part of
it, the idea is to make the brain run in
as monotonous a strain as possible,
and that is why the old plan Of count
ing imaginary sheep jumping over n
stile Is usually successful. As the
brain becomes tagged the sheep go
more and more languidly. and sleep
soon follows. One of the best plans
for going to sleep is to make up one;
mind to be reconciled to stayins
awake. If you lie quietly and think
out some plan for the next day or say
to yourself you will just lie quietly till
sleep overtakes you you will find your
self dropping off" almost before you
know it. 1t is all nonsense to say
"Oh, should go mad if l were to lie
awake for long time" 1t is merely
that we have grown into the habit of
thinking that when we go to bed we
must sleep, but most Of us sleep as
we'll as eat more than we need, and If
we regard the fact of being snugly
tucked in bed as sufficiently restful
the horror of lying awake will pass. If
too much notice of insomnia Is not
taken it will usually cure itself
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13

secured letters written by Sparkman
and Adamson in their own penman-
ship. Those letters were something
horrible to see, and the judges de-
cided that the writing of both was so
bad that the writers, not the men who
had made the bet, must pay for the
dinner.
While the banquet was in progress
Adamson told this story:
Last winter a constituent of mine
wrote to me and asked for a specimen
Of my handwriting. explaining that he
had heard it was the worst in the world
and that he was making a study of
bad penmanship. l complied with the
request In a few days he returned
my letter to me, with this note:
"'Fine! Am enthusiastic Don't
know such handwriting was possible.
Please send me typewriter copy of
the inclosed. | need key to it,"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
A Stretching Exercise


1t imparts elasticity.
And it is good for one
1t will lift the vital organs.
1t gives strength and poise to the
body.
The clothing must be loose and COM
Portable.
To begin any exercise one must
stand erect.
The chest should be high. the head
up and the chin In.
The body should rest on the balls of
the feet, not on the heels.
At first 1t may be enough to breathe
deeply and slowly (mouth closed,
standing thus.
This alone is a fine thing If prac-
ticed In the open air or before win
dow open top and bottom for FIVE or
ten minutes twice day.
Now for the stretching. Sweep the
arms slowly outward and upward un-
til they touch above the head, lifting
the chest walls and stretching the
arms.
Lower the arms with the same
sweep, stretching them all the time.
Five times win be enough at first,
breathing deeply and slowly all the
time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
1alkinn Il Over With the Bow.


Experiences of others in bringing up
their boys have so greatly aided me
in bringing up my own that perhaps
a way which helped me through try
ing period with one of my sons may,
in its turn, be of use, said a mother
recently.
Although for years had tried to
instill good manners as well as morals.
there came a time when one of the
boys seemed to forget everything | had
been at such pains to teach. He posi-
lively ignored rights to others and
developed little tricks of manner
which, while not serious, were exceed
ingly annoying.
1t is a delicate matter to keep call
ing attention to failings in a big boy
Of sixteen, and 1 found our good fel-
lowship was becoming seriously strain
ed
A simple plan suggested itself.
gave up all fault1nding except on one
day of the month. On that day we
had a good talk and got over It,
This cleared the atmosphere. sullen-
ness disappearing. did not feel duty
neglected, yet could stop what had be-
come nagging, and the one serious talk
proved far more effectual than con-
stant protests.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Wtlady's
Mirror
To Keep straiaht Hair In Curl.

To Keep Straight Hair In Curl.
On damp days the girl whose hair is
curly by reason Of the hot iron rather
than the permanent hand OF obliging
nature is In grave danger of losing all
friends, accustomed as they are to see
ing her face framed in waves, are al
a loss to explain the straggly appear.
ance Of her crowning glory
Hot irons sooner or later are fatal
to the hair. No matter how careful
one may be in applying them, the day
will come when the temperature will
be forgotten because Of haste or for
getfulness, and a dead, lusterless
strand of hair will mar the beauty
of the entire mass. In the days of
cumbersome curl papers there was
some excuse for the use of hot irons,
but in these time of up to date and
convenient devices for curling the hair
curling irons should have no place on
the dressing table, being left entirely
to the professional hairdressers.
A few harmless preparations for
keeping the hair in curl are given:
For dark hair dissolve twelve grains
of carbonate of potash in half pint
of rather strong black tea. Moisten
the hair with this mixture before put
ting it up in curriers'.
For blond hair a mixture of one
ounce Of borax, one dram Of gum
arabic and eight ounces Of hot water
is best. Dissolve the borax and gum
arabic in the hot water and bottle for
use. Use the same as the preparation
for dark hair.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
Its Kind.

Willie dreamed he did fishing go,
But sorrow did he sip,
For his fathers shape before did loom
In boat that had big spanker boom
And was bound on a whaling trip.
Baltimore American.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
N. WELCt
Fire
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.

Office: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over Q. G. Jadwin's drug store
Honsdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-13
NEW TALES
THAT ARE TOLD
Penmanship In CONGRESS.

'T'll bet you dinner for ten people"
said Representative Frank Clark OF
y7orida one day last spring. according
to the Popular Magazine, that the
worst penman in congress is SparkmaD
OF my state"
'T'll take that bet" replied Hard
wick Of Georgia. THE man who writes
the worst haud in the world is Adam
son Of my delegation"
Sparkman is chairman Of the COM
mittee on rivers and harbor. and Adam.
son Is the head of the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. The
two congressman who had made the
bet selected a committee to pass on
the handwriting in question and then
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-10-19
BASIS OF CHINA REPUBLIC
Now Asserted That Inception Of the
Revolt Emsnated From Chi
nese In America.

San Francisco. Oct. 17-With $1,000
900 In its treasury and an equal
amount subject to call. $4,000 troops
In the field and 10000 reserves in
the United States and Canada. and
with a constitution adopted and ad-
minigtr; tive ofic. r, chosen, the pro
posed Chung h. ,epubhc is de-
clared 10 b. man az a determined
effort to overthrow the Manchu dy-
nasty and establish itself supreme in
China.
Details Of the formation OF the ten
tative republic were revealed here by
Sun 70. son OF DR. sun Vat Sen. The
latter Is to be president OF the new
government II the revolution is sue
cessful.
Years have been consumed in work
ing out the problems that have pre-
scented themselves to the revolution
lists. and haste was guarded against
lost there be some fatal slip. Today
the 1905 and more revolutionary
Chinese In the United States and Can.
ada feel that II Is only a matter Of
days until tbs Manchu dynasty will
succumb.
Cable advices received by the revo-
lutionists indicate the provinces OF
Human, HOnan. Hu Peh. Kiang Su, Az
An Viii and SEE Chuen have fallen
and ttat Quong Tong. the province
I'm which Canton is situated, is about
to be captured by the rebels. With
the fall of Canton. II Was predicted
by Sun 70. 1000 Chinese will imme-
diately leave here for China.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-10-19

A new issue of postage stamps
has been authorized by the post mas
ter general. The head of Washing
on will appear upon the first six of
the series and the bust of Franklin,
will appear, with a different border
design, upon the last five. This new
issue of stamps is intended to do a
way with the confusion that has ex-
listed for some time owing to the
similarity of several OF the present
issue All the stamps at the present
time are nearly indentical, except the
one cent stamps, which bears the
head of Franklin, while all the others
bear the likeness of Washington. Be
sides. the stamps do not show their
value in Arabic numerals, plan
which has been adopted for the new
issue.
Boys suits s1.75 to $3.50 at sulli-
van Bros.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-10-19
UNDER 5000 BOND.
Nose Bsrkett Bound
Over to Grand Jury.

Judge MAYORS court was called In.
to action Tuesday morning to decide
the ownership of certain mare
which was claimed by saad salamy
and his uncle. Nose Barkett. The
action was brought by saad. who
claimed that Nose willmlly and mali
oiously took from him said mare and
sold IL. thereby greatly damaging
plaintiff by reason of being unable TO
continue his sprinkllng and oil bust.
ness
The trial Justly ranked IN the yau.
deville class. Such condemnation
OF facts and near-facts were given In
evidence that Il would require the ser.
vices Of the proyerbial philadelphia
lawyer" to unriddle the matter. From
what Courier reporter was able 10
CLEAN from the process. Nose bar.
gained and conveyed to his nephew
one team. one sprinkling wagon and
one road wagon saad claims that
be- has paid for the outfit: Nose
says he hasn't In settling that
point the litigants brought into trial
baled hay. oil barrels both full and
empty. family relations n Syria.
watches newspaper agencies. mort
cages, fights bananas. cuss words IN
both Syrian and English and mum.
erous other items that lack Of space
forbids mention.
The court had strenuous two
hours. and was 80 provoked that he
settled the matter for the time being
by putting Nose under a 5000 bond
TO await the action Of the grand ju-
~. The bond vas signed by Alex
Nalfch.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-10-19
HICKMAN LODGE NO. 7e1.

II is not generally known that Ken
lucky has two lodges with the same
name. Hickman No. 131 at Clinton,
Ky, and Hickman No. 76l at Hick-
man, Ky.
When the lodges were furnishing
rooms in the new building of the old
Old Masons' Home at Shelbyville,
Ky, Hickman Lodge No. 761 at Hick-
man, Ky. very generously fitted up
one of the rooms for the old breth-
rem. but through error the other Hick
man Lodge got credit for it and ii so
appeared in the Home Journal, which
the Journal now corrects. The name
plate on the door will be corrected
also. Masonic Home Journal.