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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
HOUSE PASSES IT.
Reciprocity Bill Now Goes
TO the Senate.
TAFT HAPPY OVER BIG VOTE.
Democrats Favorable to Measure 40
sept Gag Rule Plan With Joy While
DalzelI Protests-UItmat ate Pas
sage Is Expected.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The Mccall
bill, embodyins the administration reci.
procity agreement with Canada, was
passed by the house of representatives
-221 to 90. Five Democrats and eighty.
seven Republicans voted against the
bill. 1t now goes to the senate, where
chances for its passage are becoming
brighter.
President Taft received the news of
the big vote in the louse with great
satisfaction. If 1t had not been for a
gag rule hurriedly reported by Repre-,
sentative Boutelle of illinois from the
committee on rules after that body had
held hasty meeting there would have
been little prospect of a vote before
Thursday. But the gag did the trick.
The Democrats who in the past have
awakened the echoes Of the chamber
with their denunciations of similar
propositions designed to make them
swallow obnoxious doses in a single
gulp, received this one with joy. They
were undaunted by criticisms and un-
disturbed by sneers.
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania protested: "Why, Mr.. Boutelle.
does not this rule provide for the pas
sage, without chance of amendment.
Of a bill which has not even been
read?"
at does" replied Mr.. 5outelle, who
did not give the impression of a man
having a good time.
Mr.. Dalzell said nothing, but shook
his head sadly and sat down. The rule
to which Mr.. Dalzell registered such
decided exception was framed as a re-
suit of the inability of the house to
agree upon time for closing general
debate. Representative Mccall of
Massachusetts, in charge of the reci-
procity measure, had declared that he
ha been trying to get resolution out
Of the rules committee for two days,
but without success. The committee
evidently took this to heart. for 1t
wasn't long before the members favor
able to the Mccall measure got to.
gether and framed the rule with a
striking resemblance to the kind that
Representative Dalzell used to report
r. the days of the old rules committee.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17


II. Good surrounding for Schiller. 2. Poor
ly placed bust of Moore. g. Ideal statue
of Franz Sigel. 4. Badly located figure
of Alexander Hamilton. 6. Crouching
animal finely situated on stone pedestal.[ [
considering carefully the location as
well as the design Of monument Of
any kind which is to be erected in
public place, in connection herewith
calling attention to several in New
York which by their inappropriate loca-
ton either have failed greatly in their
possible effectiveness or have even de-
tracted from the landscape.
Discussing the subject Of location.
the commission says in its report:
These difficulties (the location of
monumentsl are due chiefly to the fact
that in most cases the monument Is not
designed for a specific site. When
completed it is submitted for definite
spot, which. in most instances, is Sc
lected not because it suits the charac-
ter of the monument, but because it is
conspicuous. as, for instance, at the
junction of two or more important
streets or in a prominent place in one
of the chief squares or parks.
1t is self evident that the character
of the monument should determine the
nature of its setting. The all impor
tant question in selecting site is that
it should be of a character suited to
the monument. but usually, in order to
satisfy the desire for a conspicuous
place, other considerations are ignored,
and as a consequence many monu-
ments stand in unsuitable locations
That so many monuments stand In
unfortunate places is due not to care
lessness or lack of deliberation, but to
the failure to recognize the fact that
a well placed monument forms an in
tegral part of its surroundings. Be
cause of this failure to appreciate that
there should be a distinct relationship
between a monument and its neigh
borhood many monuments have no
relation to the shape or size OF the
place they stand nor to their surround
ings. Some are in the midst of great
whirlpools of traffic with skyscrapers
towering above them and huge sign
boards for background.
Many monuments consist of massive
granite pedestals surmounted by huge
bronze busts. In general these have
been erected In parks. Many Of them
stand on beautiful green lawns, con-
spicuous objects. but without logical
relation to their surroundings. Surely
it cannot be claimed that they are or
naments to the parks or that the green
lawns would not be more beautiful
without them.
While definite rules cannot be laid
down for the location of monuments
any more than rules can with 6nality
be given for the composition of a pic
ture or a group of sculpture. yet GER
tain fundamental principles are evi-
dent. A monument should be so placed
that It stands in proper relation both
INTELLECTUALLY and sculpturally to the
ypot in which 1t is located. be 1t street.
park or square; that it's commemora-
tive or particular character is in har-
mony with in surroundings and that
1t shall remat1 a distinct ornament to
the location "a which it stands The
probable permanence OF appropriate
surroundings should also be consid-
cred, for changes In the character and
occupancy OF adjacent buildings have
turned harmony into discord.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
OXEN BUILD THE RAILROADS
As Wei as DO Most Of the teamwork
in Eastern Canada.

The OK as a beast OF burden has
about had his day with the American
farmer. He is raised by Wholesale.
killed by wholesale and distributed
through the world as beef, but he
doesn't have to work.
Up in eastern Canada, however.
he does big stunt Of work before
he Is eaten. In Nova Scotia, espeo-
tally. oxen are still used for all sorts
of farm work.
They plough the fields, haul tho
hay and apples and potatoes and cart
In the firewood from the forests. They
are slow, it is true, but there s time
and to spare in those parts.
or late the OK has been helping to
build the railroads in Nova Scotia.
He is found to be very useful in grad
ing the roadbed, which calls for
lot OF short haul work The oxen
are yoked in pairs and as many pairs
can be used tandem as are neces-
sary to any given job. They are
patient and untiring.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Shoddy.

Shoddy! The word stands for ev-
erything that is mea, and contempt
ible, false. and make-believe. Yet the
product known in the world Of busi-
ness as shoddy is one of the most USE
ful inventions of the ninteenth CEN
tury, and deserves to rank with
steam and electr' city, anesthetcs,
the bicycle and other discoveries that
have made life worth living. i'm
proved our health and heightened
our ,.ays.-World's Work.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
QUEER ANCIENT CUSTOMS.
Touching a Suicides Hand Was
Though. a Cure for Sickness.


In former times 1t was common
notion that, If sick person. could
only touch the hand of suicide, he
or she would be cured.
This superstition was especially
common in the west of England; in
Cornwall touching a suicides hand
was said to have once cured young
man who had been afflicted with
many tumors from hiG birth. A
similar superstition regarding the
touch OF executed criminals has been
,idely prevalent and has often been
recorded.
Robert Hunt, in his "Romances Of
the West England" says that he
once saw a young woman led to the
scaffold at Newgate to have a wen
touched by the hand of man who
had just been executed.
At NORTHAMPTON of old the hang
man said to have had a regula.
fee for according a similar "privi-
ltge" to the sufferers from like dis
orders. Even the coffin OF a suicide
may have curative value.
There is a Devonshire belief to
the effect that, If any one suffering
from disease can manage to throw a
white handkerchief on such coffin
at the time OF its interment, the
disease will vanish az the handker-
chief decays.
Much superstitious value has been
attached to the knots Of the ropes
used either by a suicide or in the
execution of criminal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Reads Like It's True.

A Stroud farmer on route one has
taken out a patent on an electris
motor fastened on q cows back, the
electricity being generated by a dy-
namo attached to the cows tail, says
the Stroud inventor. 1t strains the
milk and hangs up the pail and
strainer; small phonograph accom-
panies the outfit which yells "So%
when the COW moves: If she kicks a
hinged arm catches the milk can
and slams her over the head with it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Right Handed Men.

According to authorities from IS
to 95 per cent of the men in civilized
lands are right-handed and have de-
veloped the low right shoulder This,
however, is no new phenomenon. for
even the ancient Greek sculptors
had noticed it and posed their sub
jects so as to make them appear
more symmetrical
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17

In 1910, nearly a century ago.
there were 35s newspaper in the
United States. In 1905 there were
26,422 printing and publishing
houses in the country. These repre-
sented 1885. 5.0OS,604 of invested cap
ital and turned out products valued
at $496,061, ,137. The growth for
the five years since 1900 doubled
the growth OF the ten years previous.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
DIR. HARVEY W. WILEY.

warmth is long or short, 1t is certain
that the hours Of 1t are numbered. VI.
timately the equator will be frozen.
81 believe that If windmills with dy-
namos and storage batteries were put
up all over this country there would
never come a time when the supply of
electricity thus made would be un-
equal to the ordinary tasks of the
farmer or would fail to keep him
abundantly warmed.
"Coal and wood will disappear from
the earth. Coal already is dwindling
alarmingly, and the most ambitious eff
forts Of the foresters will not forestall
the final obliteratlon Of the forests
Electricity is manifestly the sole de-
2endence Of the future"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
A Good Shot.

A sportsman of great imaginativ
gifts and fond Of telling his exploits
related that at one shot he hat
brought down two partridges and a
hare. His explanation was that, al
though he had only hit one partridge
the bird in falling had clutched at
another partridge and brought that tC
earth entangled in its claws.
'But how about the hareT he was
asked.
"Oh," was the calm reply, my guT
kicked and knocked me backward
and fell on the hare as it ran past"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
A Prosperous Town.

Waycross. Ca, with a population
CT 5000, has no poorhouse, nine out
of ten of the white population own
their homes and SO pei cent OF the
chiluren attend school. The saloon
license has annually for the last 16
years been fixed at $4,000
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
PeAt as Fuel.

There is a strong organization at
work in this country developing the
izing many acres of swamp lands
which are being reclaimed for agri-
cultural purposes. The bi-products
of the industry are very promising.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Ambiguous.

"Why did you spend so much money
on your wife's funeral?" asked a man
of a neighbor.
"Ah, sir was the reply, "she would
have done as much for me and more,
too. with pleasure"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
New York City's Banks.

Twenty years ago the fact was
made much of that York City
boasted one hundred Ks and trust
companies. Today. however, the
greater city has no fewer than 212
institutions of this character.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
She Was Wise.

81 asked Miss Jimps to sing some-
thing, and she refused point blank. Is
she grouchy?"
"No. She's trying to make a hit
with you. Cheer up."-Toledo Blade.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Greatest Heat and Cold.

The greatest heat is never found
on the equator, bu. some 10 degrees
to the north, while more severe cold
has been registered in Northern ST.
beria than has been found near the
Pole,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17

~Pa, what is a futile remarkT"
"The one a man makes for the pur-
pose of changing the subject when his
wife complains because he has for
gotten their wedding anniversary
Chicago Record Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Taken In Marriage.

Men of talent generally NJ upon
ignorant and stupidish women for
their wives; while stupid men almost
invariably alight upon clever women.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17

Taking into consideration the pro-
portionate weight. the wing OF a
bird is twenty times stronger than
the arm of a man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
Rolling Stones.

The Rolling Stones" of Australia
placed on a fairly smooth surface,
will soon roll together in a group.
They contain a magnetic ore.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
English Predominates.

Two-thirds of all the letters which
pass through the postoffices of the
world are written by and sent to peo-
pie who speak English.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17
SUITABLE PLACE
FOR MONUMENT
Statues Should Have Logical
Relation to Surroundings.
BEAUTY IGNORED FOR SHOW.
While Definite Rules Cannot Be Laid
Down For the Location of Monu-
ments, Yet Certain Fundamental
Rules Are Evident.

ments, Yet Certain Fundamental
Rules Are Evident.
If your town contemplates building a
monument or erecting a statue to a ce
lebrity see that its location has some
logical relation to the subject. If 1t be
a poet put it in place surrounded by
the things the poet loves-the running
brook, the lofty elm or the shady nook.
II 1t be soldier. man famed for his
deeds of daring. his statue should be
given a site which will display with
vividness his bold attitude and brave
poise.
The latest report of the art commits
sion of the city Of New York devotes
considerable space to expressing its
ideas concerning the desirability of
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12
Eggs Too High forRed Buck.

Mr.. Fl. E. c. Bryant, for many
years connected with the Char
lotte Observer, is now editor of a
daily paper at Missoula. Montana.
He writes about eggs to the Obser-
vers
IF ever ] get back to North
Carolina, and the Lord willing !
will, / shall lift my hat to the Tar
Heel ben and say what / think OF
her. Eggs are IS cents a dozen
here and the hens go on strike II
you cast slurs on the kind you get.
The Montana hen is very partieu-
lar about what she lays An egg,
to her, is one of the gifts of God
/ have observed the old bird and
admire her very much. Yet. the
hens of Providence, those blessed
creatures that cackled for me when
] was boy, lay eggs that are
Just as good, just as pretty and
just as satisfying. Back home
down on the Bryant farm-the
boys used to think more of vel
low egg than they did any other
kind, but very little differences
was made. Sometimes they found
one with double yolk and the
hen that laid it was put under a
ban by the women folks. Out here,
however, where superstition is al
most unknown, hen that lays a
double-barreled egg would be con-
sidered gold mine. wish | had
an old speckle hen that Badger
and / used to rock because she
persisted In laying too much egg.
IF a man had ten such he would
soon get rich.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

casioned to a county when for
any reason the judge is unable to
hold court. With two such dis
tricts, centrally located, the emer-
gency will be met, provision made
to clear all congested dockets a ad
the present too great strain on q
Judge and expense on a county
when court is not held will be re-
heved. 1t is better than to increase
districts in the present way and
will meet the need.
/ The number of hours child
should work in factory should
be reduced to go in week says
the Governor and there should be
factory inspection; the Corpora
ton Commission should be au-
thorized to employ railroad ex-
perts to inspect railroads; that
the legislative investigating com
mittee be authorized to employ
an expert accountant to aid them
in the performance oftheir duties;
the number of peremptory chal-
lenges allowed the prisoner In
.apital eases should be reduced;
Farm Life Schools are recommend
ed; and there are a few other re-
Escommendtions, such as giving the
appointment of directors of GER
| ton institutions to the GOVERNOR
an. eminently proper suggestion
THE directors Of boards should be
nominated by the Governor and,
confirmed by the Senate News
and Observer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

Al1those holding a claim against
Cynthia B. Alle-' deceased. are
hereby notified TO send in thsi-
sworn claim to Silas Case, Horse
Shoe, N. c.. executor, OH or before
Nov. 3, 1911, or such claim viii
not be allowed.
SIBAS CASE,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

shall be permitted to charge not
exceeding the present rates or
fares for, tickets sold for cash at
the ticket Offices. Such a plan
would bring the railroads to terms
promptly and effectively.
The Governor is wise In prop
osing for North Carolina a lega-
LIED primary law for both par
ties to be held on the same day
by the same officers at State ex-
pense. Almost every State in the
West has such law, and most
of the Southern States have long
had such a law for the dominant
party This Legislature should
enact a law of this character for
North Carolina.
The need of legislative reform
by which the General Assembly
will be relieved of so much local
legislation is strongly urged The
Governor sends his recommends
ton for giving the Governor the
veto power. He recommends the
ratification of the income tax a.
nendment, favors an appropria-
ion to pay the expenses of the
| Governor conference, urges an
increase III the Governors salary,
and a contingent fund to employ
detectives and agents when neces-
sary.
The Governor recommends an
increase in the Superior Court
judges and that they rotate intWo
circuits instead of all over the
State as now, favors an increase
in the number of Supreme Court
justices and a division of the
court into two divisions. The mat
ter of dividing the Superior Court
districts into two circuits has been
! debated before, and every time
has been defeated. The same fate
should again. await the PROPOSE
/ ton. 1t will help the State and the
Judges to have the Elizabeth City
Judge ride the Asheville circuit,
and help both for the Asheville
4 Judge to hold court in the East.
The old Statewide rotating is as
easy now with railroads as the
double circuit would have been
ten years ago. The change would
be agreeable to the Superior
i Court judges, but they would
1 lose almost as much in valuable
experience and knowledge of yari-
ed conditions In the State as they
would gain by the change. As to
having two divisions of the Sup.
rene Court, that is not needed
and ought not to be done. One OF
these days the number of justices
lof that court will be increased
:, but that can wait until more i'm
Iportant things are done Instead
of two circuits for Superior Court
districts, the best service to save
money to the counties and to re
lieve the judges will be to equal
lie the present districts and tt
make two new districts of one
county each ike, say, DAVE
or Cabarrus In the West or Chat
ham, or Orange or Vance in tn
East. La each of these districts tn
superior court judge viii have s.
] little home business that he vii
J be available to meet all emergen
] cies, hold all necessary specia
i terms, relieve any judge In tn
| larger district If he is sick or b
: has serious sickness In his family
! and save all the loss that IS oe
.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

There is commentator of the
fine business during the year in
the management of the State s
Prison, the net earnings being
much larger than in any previous
year. Conyicts are working on
building railroads authorized by
the Legislature. Shall that policy
be continued9 This is one of the
most important questions before
the Legislature.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

The necessity of large approp-
ration for public health is enforc-
ed with sound reasoning, as is also
the important matter of drainage
and making good roads, together
with recommendations for ap-
preparation for engineering ser
vice.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

The Governor recommends sui=
table new buildings for preserv-
ing the valuable documents in the
keeping Of the State and argues
the wisdom Of issuing bonds for
such permanent improvements,
saying: eff there is certainty of
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

The necessity of reducing ap-
preparations or providing more
revenue is pointed out, as is also
the necessity of deyising ways to
secure the proper assessment of
all property and a consequent lar
ger revenue to the State. There is
a discussion also OF bank taxa
ton and the taxation of corpora
tons.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

shall be permitted to charge not
exceeding the present rates or
fares for, tickets sold for cash at
the ticket Offices" Such a plan
would bring the railroads to terms
promptly and effectively.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

Larger appropriations for the
Soldiers Home and liberal pen
Sions for the Confederate soldiers
are recommended, Everybody will
say, Amen"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

The Governor deals with the mil
cage book nuisance in a way that
will speedily compel the railroads
to return to the old plan that pre-
vailed before the railroad litiga-
ton, by recommending that the
passenger fares on all roads now
under the 2 II cent per mile basis
be reduced to two cents with pro-
per provision that all railroad
companies whose mileage books
with interchangeable privileges
are sold at the present mileage
book rate and pulled on the train
as they were four years ago and
for whose coupons no tickets are
REQUIRED prior to taking the train
=
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

Results fully justify its adop-
tion,'' says the Governor, with re
ference to State Prohibition.
There has been as appears from
the Attorney Generals report, "a
marked diminution of crime, even
in the crime of violating the pro-
hibition law" The near bee"
business should be abolished, wise
~ says the Governor.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-12

The efficiency of the North Caro-
lima National Guard is emphasiz-
ed and the warm commendation
of steady Improvement win be ap-
plauded.
Tombstone epitaph., 1911-06-25
Hydro Electric Mining
 Company in Arizona

The Hydro Electric Mining com. rsry q C.l:.o:n;. cad cnc :hs ,aTg5 operators in the French Hills mining district has invaded Arizona. having acquired considerable mining prop erty in both the Tombstone and DTsgoon Mining districts.
 In addition to developing its re- cently acquired property in the Drs- goon district, the company will alec engage in irrigation projects in the Sulphur Springs valley, where it has taken up considerable land under the desert act.'
 4 force of men was recently put to work on the Drsgoon properties known as the Barrett Camp. and develop ment work will be extensively rros- ecuted, and much is expected within a short time in the uncovering oi large copper deposits. which are believed to exis: on the property.
 On it's prope rty in the Tombstone district prospecting is now being car ried on and development work will te shortly commenced. The con- psny has acquired several valuable groups in this section.