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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Granite of the South.

When one speaks of granite the
mind naturally reverts to Vermont. 1t
is difficult to associate granite with
any section of North America outside
New England, yet it must now be ac-
knowledged to the credit of the South
that Georgia, North Carolina, Mary
land and Virginia are producing large
quantities Of stone Of good quality
which insures the South place in
the market at any rate. The annual
output is now worth about $780, 900
and the industry is growing. 1t may
be of comparative interest to know
that New England's output is about
$9,O00,O0O worth of stone annually
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Historic Enqine Saved.

When fire destroyed a passenger
train and the train shed at the Chat
tanooga-Nashville station it threaten
ed the old engine, General, of civil
war fame, which has stood in the sta
ton shed for number of years. Fire.
men directed their principal efforts
to it and succeeded in saving the
relic. The story of the race through
Dixie between the General, manned
by Andrews's raiders, trying to get
out of the Confederate lines, and the
Texas, and the capture of the General
is one of the most stirring incidents
Of the war. For many years the Gen
Cral has been kept in good repair in
The Chattanooga station.-Chattanoo
ga correspondence Cincinnati Enquir-
er
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Manhattan Scallon.

A delicious breakfast or luncheon
dish is Manhattan scallop. Shred suf-
fcient cold cooked fish to measure a
good half pint. 1t must be free from
skin and bone. Add to it one cupful
of fine stale breadcrumbs, a good sea-
soning of salt and pepper, two well
beaten eggs mixed with half cupful
of stewed tomatoes. Turn all into a
buttered dish, sprinkle the top with
buttered breadcrumbs, dot with bits of
butter and brown in a hot oveIi-Sub-
urbanite.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
CRAWLING STONE LAKE.
its Floating Rock Once the Throne OF
the Great Spirit.

ts TIoatIng Hock Once tne inTone OF
the Great Spirit.
In the northern part of Wisconsin
is large lake whose waters abound
In fish. In this lake there is also a
great rock which floats about in its
waters. This rock, says a writer in
The Red Man is held by the Chip
pewa Indians as a sacred monument
to the great Manito
Stories are told generation after
generation that this great rock
was at one time the throne OF the
Great Spirit Here he sat and ruled
the people. the animals OF the forest
around and the fishes OF the waters Of
this lake
Every summer the Indians hold
dances near the place where the rock
stands. They brig food and tobacco
and place them on the rock so if the
Great Spirit does not get enough to
eat in the other world he comes down
and gets the food that is placed by his
former subjects.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Maine Clam Diquers,

Clam diggers in the vicinity of
Portland are now receiving more for
their clans than they ever have be-
fore. The dealers themselves are not
getting any more for the shocked
varieties, but the diggers are making
a good thing out of the bivalves. The
price paid ranges from $1.75 to 50 a
barrel, an average of 25 cents better
than they have received before. The
diggers have declared that owing to
the scarcity of shell fish and the
smallness of them they must receive
greater price.-Kennebec Journal
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Round Backs.

A child compelled to sit still for a
long time In one position-during les.
son hours, for instance-is very apt to
comfort its body into injurious pos
lures, and If this goes on unheeded,
especially If the child is at all weakly,
some kind of permanent and mischiev.
ous result is almost sure to follow.
1t is in this way that round backs,
which contract the lungs and often
lead to consumption, curvature Of the
spine, pigeon chests and such very
common deformities, frequently arise
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Sunshine For Childhood.

Every mother should give due
thought to the situation of the rooms
she is Z, use for the children. The day
nursery should always be on the south
side Of the house, where part of the
day II is flooded in sunshine, and
where the north winds do not reach it.
The night nursery should always be
the quietest room in the house, and
should face north, for babies should
have absolute quiet to sleep in and
plenty of cold fresh air.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
HOP PILLOWS.
Their Efficacy as a Sleep Inducer as
Shown on An Elevated Train.

Their Efficacy as Sleep lnducer as
Shown on An Elevated Train.
A man who suffered from sleepless-
ness picked up in Austria recently
what seemed to him to be the best
remedy he had ever found. II was
eCthing more or less than a pillow
stuffed with hops. An Austrian peas
nj woman recommended it not alone
Us a sleep producer but as beauti-
Ger as well.
Hoturning to this country the man
h0"ght some New York State hops,
ron ous for their beer making quail
ai, but to his surprise they did not
vol: as well as the hops he had tried
broad. He found out by experiment
that hops that made good beer didn't
necessarily produce good sleep.
After he had sampled lot of diff
,erent kinds of hops he found that by
mixing hops grown in Bohemia with
hops grown in California and Oregon
he got a combination which seemed
to answer all purposes in the sleep
producing line.
He decided that he had hit 1t right
when he took couple of pillows he
had stuffed with this combination in
his Office downtown home With him
on the elevated. He got in at Rector
street carrying the pillow and sat in
one of the double seats. TWO men
and messenger boy sat with him.
At Fifty-ninth street all three were
in profound slumber. Several other
persons who had been reading news
papers near him were in evident dis
tress in their efforts to keep awake.
Inquiry at different drug stores
seemed to indicate that the hop pill
low idea was a new one, though hops
have long been known to have sleep
inducing qualities, as shown particu-
larly in the case of beer According
20 those who have tried hop pillows,
you get all the soporific qualities Of
he hops in this way without break
Tg any temperance pledges or suffer
any harmful effects.-New York
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21

Many an infant cherub has been
known to set up a loud wall when put
in it's tub for a bath, and it's people
have grown to dread the hour of the
daily bath.
A writer declares that many babies
are frightened at the tub because they
feel insecure and slip around in il
and that this fright does not wear of
until the little one is well grown.
She suggests that thick towel be
placed in the bottom of the tub. Baby
will be delighted, she says, and even
the most timid will lose all fear wher
he finds he does not slip about.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
eAHs.
a5So
Points
For
Mothers

Little by little children must be ed.
ucated in the matter Of truthfulness,
and in no way can they be taught
more convincingly than through the
lives of their parents. If the mother is
herself truthful, if she never promises
her children anything that she cannot
or does not fulfill, if she is accurate in
every detail of speech and they learn
to see through her what truth is and
the vileness and sin of lie, they will
come into a very clear and permanent
understanding of the truth.
They must understand truth if they
are to reap any spiritual benefit from
speaking it. To avoid falsehood
through fear of detection and subse.
quent punishment is far more credit,
able.
If a child is to understand the truth
he must be taught it, and who is thera
better fitted to teach him than hi,
mother?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
PULLING the First Teeth.

A child's first tooth should not be
pulled until it fairly drops at the
touch. If it is pulled from the jaw be
fore the permanent tooth is well
formed the jaw shrinks. When the
permanent tooth appears, being larger
than its predecessor, it does not find
the proper room which growth of the
jaw would otherwise give, and the re
suit is ugly, overlapping teeth, so dis
figuring, so painful and so costly tC
remedy.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
All About a Cruiser.

"What sort of a boat is this?" in
quired the inquisitive man at the
docks.
"a cruiser" replied a smart lad
"And where is she going?"
"a cruise. sir"
"What makes it goP'
'Tts screw. sir"
"Who are on board?'
"It's crew. sir"
''It looks pretty smart"
1--WE have to keep it clean, or rub
bish and dust would accrue, SIR"
"Oh, you're too smart! Where do
you come from?'
Prom Crewe. SIR" - London Tit
Bits
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Sir Revnard,s MisAdventure.

C. E. Shields at Roxbury, Franklin
County just one year ago caught a
gray fox in a trap, keeping the animal
until the early summer Of 1910, when
he let his foxship run at large. A
few days ago when looking over his
traps he was surprised to have the
same fox in his possession, caught at
the very same spot as the former
time. Philadelphia Record.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
New Use for a Crypt.

The Rev. C. H. Chard, rector of
Spitalfields, has converted the crypt
OF his church into store where poor
people whose homes are broken up
may deposit their furniture free Of
charge until they are in a position to
set up house again. At present the
crypt is full of furniture.-London
Evening Standard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Emernsnox Niaht Lioht.

If you run short of night lights try
this: Take wax candle, cover tho
top, which has been burnt level, with
a thin layer Of salt, leaving only the
blackened end Of the wick exposed
Light the candle, and it will give 9
faint but steady light all night.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
A Time For Blindness,

There is sometimes a greater charity
in seeming not to see our neighbor's
trouble than in trying to relieve it.
Let me alone"' is the prayer of many
a tortured heart when the curious, the
ofticious and the tactless force the door
Of its place of desolation, albeit they
bring wine and OIL
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Sizes of the Planets

An ingenious way of comparing the
sizes of planets with the sun is sug-
gested by French scientific writer.
Let the earth, he says, be represented
by twenty franc piece; then Venus is
Is francs; Mars, 2; Mercury Z; Uranus,
$50; Neptune, 800; Saturn. 1,S40; Ju-
piter, $780, and the sun 6,7SO,OOO.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21
Looked Like a Bio Dose.

The man in bed had never been sick
before. The doctor, wishing to ascer-
tain his temperature. pointed the ther-
mometer at him and commanded
"Open your mouth, jim"
"Wait a minute, doc" objected tire
patient. II don't b'lieve | can swaller
that."-Iudge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21

Only one person was killed in Eng,
land last year in every 70.000,000
railway journeys, and one injured in
every 100000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-21

Liquor selling was prohibited Ia
England as early as the reign OF tha
Saxon King Edgar, who closed hun
dreds of ale-houses.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
TAFT WILL SELECT SUPREME JUSTICE
INTEREST cENTEHs iN COMING APPOINTMENT ON UNITED
 STATES SUPREME BENCH.
President Will Probably Name Sue cessor to Justice Harlan on
 Next Tuesday.

Washington, Dec 2S -President Taft probably will decide next Tues- day upc.a the man to succeed the late Justice Harlan on the supreme court bench. The field of possible appoint ments has been narrowed to four mca man tonight 1t was said that a selec- tica may be looked for at the nsxt meeting of the cabinet Jan 2 The nomination probably will be sent to the senate next week. The four from whom the president will make his SC lection were said to be tonight Judge Cook; Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel; Senator Sutherland oi Utah. and Frank B. Kellogg, of Min nesota. trust buster for the govern ment and its prosecutor in the Stano ard Oil suit.
 Senator Borah of Idaho. it was said has not been entirely eliminated from consideration, but the choice rests apparently between the hers. Ol these men Judge Hook and Senator Sutherland stand foremost atsoush both Secretary Nagel and Mir Kc,. logg are still "in the rurnng.
 Judge Hook was under considera- ton by the president last year. when he made lhis supreme court appoint ments and his packers have been ac- tive this winter. Senator Sutherland is warmly admired by the presiden and has been summoned to the White House frequently of late.
 Cne fact said to initiate against Secretary Nagel Is that he is s years old. MT. kellogg's candidacy has been vigorously pushed by his friends and his work in the Standard Oil and other cases has attracted favorable attention at the White House.
 As at present ccnstituted the third fourth and seventh circuits are unrep- resented on the supreme court and the fifth and sixth circuits each have two. chief Justise White and Justice Lamar and Justices Day snd Lurton respectively.
 All four of the leading candidates come from the eight circuit. already represented by Justice Van Deyenter appointed by the president last year but candidates suggested from the va cant circuits, while considered by the president have been eliminated one ! by one.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
PEACE SCRAP
 STILL RAGES
SMALL SIZED VERBAL WAR IS PROMISED AT COMING PEACE
 DINNER IN GOTHAM.
Committee Repudiates Secretary's Ac- ton and He Says He Will Make Them Sit Up and Take
 Notice

New York. Dec 2S. To what sx- tent, if any, the change in the original purpose of the Citizens Peace Ban quet to be held Saturday night with President Taft as guest of hcnor was influenced by the refusal of Colonel Roosevelt to accept an invitation, may b. cleared up on the day of the din- Ter, it was animated today Dy Mil lard Bloomer. the executive com- mittee's secretary, when he an- nounced chat the corresdondence be- tween himself and Col. Roosevelt would be made public on that day.
 After meeting of uhe executive committee tonight an official state- ment was given out in which 1t was said President Taft had been made the guest of honor because the com mittee "heartily approves his attitude on the proposition of universal peace including all the steps he has so far taken.
 Whether the last phrase of this sen tence indicated that the committee thereby specifically voiced it's support on the pendng arbitration treaties between Great Britain and France as originally proposed. which Col. Roose- welt has objected to, was not disclos- ed
 in regard to extending the invita- tion to Col Roosevelt, the statemsnts nay:
 sThe committee at that time fully appreciated the attitude which Mir. Roosevelt has taken on the pending peace treaties. Nevertheless 1t felt pleased to extend the courtesy of the committee. feeling that he at least was Ln accord with the general sen timent which will prevail on that oc- casion.
 1t only needs to be stated that q gentleman at work in the rooms Of the committee, had, without authority, previously written to MT. Roosevelt on the subject and that the same member failed to transmit the official invitation, which was later ordered" |"
 It was also said there was not the slightest friction among the members Of the committee, but as the statement was being given out to newspaper reporters, MT. Boomer appeared and almost shouted.
 'If that statement winch was pass. ed when 1 was not present comes out I will strongly deny it. l don't Fnow what 1t will say as was not given the right to vote.
 Boomer was then shown the state ment and after reading if said:
 "ln answer to this resolution will make public Saturday the day oe the dinner the letters between my sci. and MT. Roosevelt and they wilt mske somebody sit up and take mo- l.ce.''
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
INVESTIGATION
 OF EXPLOSIONS
TWENTY-sIx STICKS OF DINA MITE FOUND UNDER RAILWAY
 BRIDGE AT THE8Es, ILL.
Detectives Investigate Supposed Plot Burns Working Case at New
 Orleans.

Thebes. Ill.. Dec. 29. Three rail- road detectives who have been con dueting investigations here since the dynamite was found beneath the approach of the Thebes railroad bridge across the Mississippi refused tonight to discuss the case but il was stated auth0ritatiyely that eyeral clues have been run down and that arrests probably will be made soon.
 c w. Mogg, station agent for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad here said that children playag be- meath the bridge Christmas day had found 26 sticks of dynamite with cap an dfuse attached and had reported their find to older persons who called the attention of the railroad men to 1t.
 The Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Illinois Central. <. Louis, Iron Noun tain and Southern and St. Louis Southwestern Railroads use the bridge.
 The presence of the railroad de taetlves here caused 1t to become known today that 100 freight cals have been robbed here recently.
 Many tramps who have been lott ering n the yards are blamed for the robberies.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
PEACE NOT LIKELY.
Rome Denies That itsiy tiss Made
 Peace overtures.

London, Dec. 2S.--A semi-officlal denial was issued at Rome tonight of rumors that Italy was considering overtures on peace.
 County von Aerhenthal, the Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, addressing a Hungarian delegation to- day on foreirn affairs. made re- mark which is interpreted as hint to Italy. He said he hoped that when peace was concluded the force aad authority of Turkey should re- moin intact, thus constituting fresh guarsoree of peace in the Balkans.
 Na military news of any import aEce was received today from the sceEe of operations il Tripoh.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
REVISE SCHEDULES.
Iron and Steel Win Be First in the
 Tariff LeeisIation.

Washington, Dec. 2S. Revision Of the iron and steel schedule will be the first thing on the tariff legls atioi. program Of the house after congress convenes next week
 Representative Underwood, chair msn of the ways and means committee made it known today after his re- turn from holiday trip, that tne committee would postpone considerh tion of the wool schedule until every feature of the tariff boards reporl on the subject had been thoroughly studied.
 In the meantime 1t will press 1t, work on the other tariff matters with a view to adjournment in time foi the nominating conventions.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
VETERAN SURGEON DEAD.

Baltimore. Md, Dec. 2S pr. T.. Colman Pugh. for four years surgeca in the Confederate Army under Gen eral Longstreet, died at his home here today of Bright's disease He was born at Williston, N. C., "A years ago. He enlisted as assistant surgec1 and was promoted to full surgeon for her oic conduct on the battlefield He was taken prisoner at the battle of Gettys- burg and sent to Fort McHenry from where he escaped.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
NEW FOOTBALL RuLEs.
Freer Use of the Forward Pass Is
 Predicted Next Year.

New York, Dec. 2S. 4 charge in lootoai rules so us tu allow fTVef use of the forward pass the promo ton of soccer football. the elimination of the professional coach in college in sports. the ding avsv s=-lth gate receipts and recognition Of summer baseball blazing as legitimate we're saRne Of the questions discussed he- fore 100 delegates to the sixth annual meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic Association here today
 Present football rules on the whole are satisfactory and ought to he dis turbed as little as possible. according to the report of the chairman of the rules committee. Dr H L Williams coach of the University of Minnesota. but were criticised by him as giving too much advantage on wet days to an inferior team which. on a muddy fisid he said, could nullity the most bril- lian. defense.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
MRS. vERMlLYA PLEADS.

Chicago. Dec. 2S.-Too feeble to lift her head, Mrs. Louise Vermilya, on her cot in the county jail hos pital today pleaded not guiNy to the indictment charging her with the mur- der of Policeman Arthur Bissonette, whom she is accused of poisoning with arsenic. Because of her condition she was not taken to the court room. Judge Kertsten conveyed court in the hospital room and the indictment with it's thirteen counts, reciting the allegations on which the state ex- poets to convict the woman Of mur- der, was banded to her.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
PALzER BEATS KAUFMAN.
Three knockdowns in the First Round
 of Encounter.

New York, Dec. 2S Al Palzer the local heavyweight knocked out Al Kaufman, of California. in the fits round of scheGmed ten round go at the National Sporting Club tonight, with right uppercut to the chin.
 The fight started in whirIwind style. Immediately after the first bell Palzer landed a terrific right to Kaufmea's stomach, knocking him down. but the Californian was up in- stantly and landed right to Palzer's jaw which sent fine latter to the floor Palzer jumped to his feet and floored Kaufman n turn with a right to the jaw
 In the second both slowed up very slightly. The third was the west erner's by slight margin
 The fourth round was all Kaufman s and at the bell Palzer was hanging ca to escape punishment.
 Palzer came up fresh for the fifth round, with Kaufman slowing up a bit The men pummelled each other about the ring with Kaufman appar- ently having the better of the ex changes until she near the end oi the round Suddenly Palzer saw an opening In Kaufmans guard and whip
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
WE ARE ovER-clRcULATEo

Ann Arbor. Mich, Dec. 2S Just what may be expected from an over- cultivated age', was the opinien ex- pressed by Frederick Stock of Chi cago regarding the opera "Salome" and aElecktra" in a paper read to day before the National Music reach CTS Association in annual convention here. MT Stock was unable to a. tand ths convention and his paper was read by the secretary of the organ ization. Mir. Stock did not defend enaras of the "salome" type, but he cIassed them as the natural outsrowth of an age which he characterized as over cultivated.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
New Orleans Explosion.

New Orleans, La, Dec. %. W J. Burns arrived here today from Chl- acog to conclude an investigation ot A dynamite explosion which wrecked building under construction here eighteen months ago, for H. T. Cot tam and Company. Non-mion men were employed in the steeA cons-ruc- ton work.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
NEW OIL DISCOVERY.

McAlester. Okla, Dec. 2s Word reached here Thursday of the dis covery of new oil and gas field at Red Oak in Latimer county It is reported well brought a flow of 500.000 feet of gas several days ago. The we'll was shot Christmas day. and today, 1t is said. flows 5000, 900. The gas will be piped to this city. A Bartlesville company has leased twenty thousand acres and four wells are being started between here and Wilburton. Many oil men are here |tonisht discussina the find.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
SMALL Pox EPIDEMIC

Fl Paso, Tex, Dec. 2S.-Advices from Vananea, Sonora say smGN pox is raging at Magdalena and that more than fifty cases are being treated with five or six new ones appearing daily. The dispatdhe adds that Jesus Buelna and his band of former Maderistas are still at large and are raiding near Magadalena. They robed the municipal treasury at Cueurpe, Sonora and footed stores.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-29
CLAIM CHAMPION SHOTS.

Springfield. Mass. Dec. 2S Spring field claims a worlds record for a fiye-man. five shot, five-target match tonight. shooting total of ll45 against the Shell Mound Club of Elm eryville. Cal, in the Indoor lcague of the United States Revolver Asso- eiation The Manhattan Club of New York held tne former record oi LAO made last year