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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

WITS NeW Tears heSoIupon'
Pm going to be glad. Who knows
what nice things may be Just around
the corner?
I'm going to be all dressed before
leave my own room and then forget II.
won't sit bias In street car.
won't gossip so it hurts any one,
just nice interesting. harmless little
talks.
won't always tell all know.
won't tell my friends Of holes In
sheir clothes when they are far from
home.
won't fuss over things | canno,
help.
won't hurry more than half of the
time.
I'll try to be pleasant and not lie. bui
! won't lie to be pleasant. A good ma
tured liar makes every one mad In thu
long run.
won't lend money. I'll just give il
and get the credit.
When "in company" I'll talk. wheth
er have anything to say or not
I'll try to keep all my old friends and
make as many new ones as possible
for some of the old will surely drop
cut It is better to be on with the new
before you are off with the old.
Last, I'll try to keep some of these
resolutions, all the easy ones anyway
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
Portuguese Burial Custom.

They have an unusual mode of
burial in Portugal. Instead of the
headstones and monuments of the
graveyards of other countries the
cemetery of Lisbon shows rows and
rows Of tiny chapels ranged in long
avenues bordered by cypress trees.
The Portuguese are reluctant to bury
their dead out of sight and these
chapels serve as mortuaries for the
coffins, which are placed on shelves
within. Through the iron grilles the
eye discerns small altars and flowers
cleaning through the subdued light
Of the ors.-Manchester Courier.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

The origin OF the red shirt
worn as a blouse by English women
in the SOS, when Garibaldi was a
popular idol throughout Great Britain
is sufficiently curious. When the
celebrated filibuster was warning in
the South American republics, he was
anxious to obtain a distinctive, and
above all economical, uniform for his
followers. He learned that a local dry
goods store had an immense LOB lot"
of these garme ments, worn by the ''sala-
deros" or cattle slaughterers, of the
great South American cities. The
bargain sale" appealed eloquently to
the leaders purse, and he led his men
to victory in the butchers shirts,
which are now the accepted emblem
of the "risorgomiento' of United
Italy.-London Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
MAT CAME NOT
KILLED BY FAKERS
WrestIing'S Lack Of Popularity
Due to Several Other Causes.
Is AS CLEAN AS PUGILISM.
Fighters Engage In More Crooked
Bouts Than Do Grapplers-TeehnicaI
knowledge Necessary to Its Enjoy
ment--Great Sport For Competitors.

Placing the blame for the lack of
popularity of wrestling to the prone
ness of the grapplers to fake is but
half the truth. The other half is that
the game gives very little considera-
ton to the spectator without technical
knowledge of the game, and some
times not even to the latter. In other
words. the wrestling game is made for
those who compete rather than those
who are spectators, and as the latter
have the privilege Of staying away
from anything that does not appeal
to them the wrestling game is not in
it with boxing as drawing card.
Argument that taking has killed
wrestling is not borne out when con-
sidered along with boxing. If taking
killed wrestling it should also have
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
READY FOR THE BALL.

In the charmingly girlish dance frock
illustrated are blended the modern and
old fashions that are prominent In the
seasons modes. The rather scant
straight skirt is trimmed with three
rUtiies of graduated widths. 1t is at
tached to a bodice yelled with gold net
and white chiffon and trimmed elabo
yately with bullion fringe. A moire gir
die defines the waist at the front and
sides, while the chiffon tablier at the
back is draped in manner to lend an
empire effect to the costume. Hand
embroidered silk gloves match the
shade of the girdle and the silk foun
dation of the gown. which Is Ameri
can Beauty color. The little carriage
card is of lace and liberty satin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

Mr.. r. Lydekker, the English nat
uralist. calls attention to the obser-
vations of Mr.. r. l. Pocock on the
significance of the spots on lion cubs
as indicating the close Relationship
OF lions, tigers and leopards. GA
lion cubs the pattern Of the MARKINGS
is intermediate in character betweeO
the stripes Of the tiger and the
rosettes of the leopard, but int lines
more toward the former. East Airi-
can lions retain more or less d'sti"ct
traces of these early markings even
when they reach maturity. A dis
tinct tiger-like feature of the lion
cub is a white patch over the eve.
which disappears in the adult. Puma
cubs show a pattern quite unlike
that of the lion, tiger. leopard and
iaguaf Youths Comranion
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
HYnnotic Triumnh.

A doctor related the following
story 81 had patient who was very
i'll and who ought to have gone to
a warmer climate, but whose means
were insufficient, SO l resolved to try
what hypnotism would do for him.
had large sun painted on the cell
ing of his room, and by suggestion in
duced him to think 1t was the sun
which would cure him. The ruse sue
ceeded, and he was getting better
rapidly, when one day on my arrival
/ found he was dead"
Did it fail, after all, them" asked
the doctors hearers.
NO" replied the doctor; "he died
of sunstroke. The Circle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
Ed GEERS HAS system
TO TRAIN TROTTERS.
Veteran Driver Requires Two Months
to Assert Green Campaieners.

Year after year the veteran trainer
Ed Pop) Geers is seen on the grand
circuit, and year after year his name
is found either at the top or close to
the top of the leading money winners.
The reputation of a trainer when
once established means as much to
him in making the going easier there
after as in any line of business, and as
result for years Mr.. Geers has had
the pick of a large field of horses from
which to select his stable
Mr.. Geers has a system of training
of his own, and that it is a good one a
glance at the records will show. At
the close of each racing season Mr..
Geers returns to Memphis. There he
gives the horses he expects to race the
following season two months stiff
work.
1t is then that the grand old man of
trotting begins searching the green
campaigners in his stable to find out
which of them are worth stalking and
which are counterfeits. He generally
reaches Memphis about the middle OF
October, and the middle of December
the young stake candidates are put
through a thorough test.
During this time it is always inter
esting to horsemen throughout the
country to know what the develop
nlents at Memphis are. History shows
what good judge of a horse Geers
Is. Seldom does he make a mistake
sizng up horses ability, and as soor
as he puts his stamp of approval Oh
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
A Lightning Change Artist.

The rapidity with which chameleons
change their color is marvellous. You
gather one from an outdoor shrub and
it Immediately becomes dark, almost
black. Kissing and with its mouth wide
open, threatening to bite. Meanwhile
it is never still, but continues to crawl
upward whenever possible-up you, up
your sleeve, always upward BY de-
grees the angry black changes into
whatever color is nearest. If ones
dress is of a brownish color so is the
chameleonS.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
Menaces Avoided,

With the hope of materially de-
creasing the number of street car ac-
cidents occurring to children playing
in the streets, a textbook pointing
out the dangers resulting from traffic
and electric wires, has been prepared
and will be introduced into public
schools of Detroit. The booklet has
been especially prepared with the
view of impressing upon the youth,
full mind the various menaces which
are likely to be encountered and to
teach them the ways of avoiding
them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

I'D GEERS, GRAND OLD MAN OF HAhNESb
TURF.
II trotter the horse fraternity knows
that horse has a fair chance of win
ming in every race he is entered.
Last year about this time the tip
was sent out from Memphis that Du
die Archdale and The Able were stake
candidates that would be mighty dan
gerOus in 1910 That no mistake was
made by the veteran trainer in his
estimation of both equines is proved
by the fact that Dude Archdale was
the largest money winning trotter of
the past season, while The Able gath.
cred in the bulk of the money the
PAGERS raced for.
Since the past racing season closed
Geers has worked five green trotters
in 2:10, and he has two mere at Mem
phis that could have trotted that fast,
so it looks as if the Geer string In
1911 would be a hummer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

A poisonous spider. four inches
wide, of the variety which feeds on
humming roads, has been presented to
the Guildford Museum by local
groeer's assistant. who found it on
his apron. 1t is believed to have been
imported in crate of bananas
London Standard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
unlucky Coronation Color.

The Rev. Jocelyn Perkins of West
minister Abbey, lecturing at the Royal
Photographic Society's exhibition in
Pail Mall East, said that for a long
time back in English history white
had been considered the unlucky col
or for coronations. Charles l., he point
he was crowned.-London Evening
Standard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
4*es%@*p@ /. -af@ ~ f.s4s4 ,@aAas.,
ONE SECRET OF LAJOlE'S
BATTING.

One of the secrets Of Larry
Lajoie's consistently good bat
ting is said to be the fact that
the Clevelander seldom reads aft
er dark. When he is on the
road or at home the big French.
man goes through the papers
closely enough to keep in touch
with baseball news and current
events, but so much does he
fear artificial light that he al
ways finds some other form of
amusement or pastime after
sundown.
AS a pool player Lajoie is also
an expert, but most of his WELD
Ing of the cut is done before the
shades of night fall.
This close training has I'M
questionably had much to do
with the fact that Lajoie is al
ways in perfect condition, and
even when in the midst Of q
batting slump he seldom fails
to hit the ball, but is unfortu
nate in driving it right at the
fielders.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
ERIE TRAINS.

Trains Ieave Union depot at 8.26
a. no and 2.4S p. IN, week days.
Trains arrive Union depot at 1.t0
and SOS p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
arrives at 3.45 p. m. and leaves at
$50 p. IN.
Sunday trains leave 2.48 and ar
rive at 702.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

When you have read about the won
ders of the ironing board seen in the
cut you will think it is the most prac
deal. economical and handiest conven
ience you have seen in long time
When not in use as an ironing board
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
PALM BEACH MOTOR RACES.
Seventh Annual Regatta to Be Held
March IA to IL.

warren ~ TO ".
The Palm Beach Power Boat asso-
citation has decided upon March IA, 10,
16 and II as the days for holding their
seventh annual regatta for high speed
motorboats and offers for each race of
the regatta a suitable prize, in addi-
ton to the special prizes for the en-
iurance race, the speed record race
and the contest for Florida designed
and constructed boats. The endurance
race, which has become classic, will
be held on Friday, March II, and there
will be many starters for the coveted
Palm Beach grand prize of $2,500.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08

killed boxing. Not only have ring
fakes been as numerous as those on
the mat, but the top notchers have
been mixed up in them as we'll Some
of those who have gained notoriety
in the ring through their disregard of
the honest way to get money are Jack
johnson, Jack O'Brien, Tommy Ryan,
Joe Cans, Bob Fitzsimmons, Abe At
tell and Sam Langford, and these in
clude champions past and present;
hence if taking would kill wrestling
1t certainly would also deliver knock
out blow TO boxing. There is no ques-
ton but that taking has injured the
sport in popularity, because there is
enough of IL to make the wrestling fan
doubt whether he is going to get what
is coming to him when he pays to see
match, but this is not the only draw
back to the game by any means.
Americans Want Snap.
Americans must have something
with snap and action to it, and base.
ball is the national sport because It
supplies this better than any other.
Wrestling is almost the opposite of
this. Strength, endurance and ability
to stand punishment are what decide
championship matches in this country,
| and science, speed and skill are at a
minimum. Most Of the skill shown is
not along the line of obtaining a fall.
but of Furnishing an opponent until he
is so badly used up that he can Offer
but feeble resistance.
Frank Gotch is one of the most pun
| ishing wrestlers in the world, and that
| is the main reason why he holds the
championship. One proof of this is fur
nished by the fact that his most ia.
nous hold is one which forces an op
ponent to give up because of pain and
not because he is put ON his back
| This is the toe hold. In addition
Gotch has other holds that in any
other game except wrestling would b6
considered so brutal as to be barred
What is true of Gotch is true of otheI
champions, and the result is that meI
are on the mat for hours with each
trying to disable the other rather thar
throw him. In most of the bis
| lllulCHeS Ollt lllSul as WGll Sllohe 1
cigar and read a paper for the frs
hour, because it is devoted to tugginG
around, trying to punish each other,
Should Decide Match on Points.
Some day the wrestling fraternity
will wake up and begin to decide
matches on skill and points, and theI
the game will boom. Europeans ar,
rather sneered at in this country be
cause they wrestle short bouts ant
know but little about furnishing anC
disabling Gl opponent. But there 4
much to be commended in this styl
as compared with the one we have II
this country. The only trouble is tha
they do not render decisions quicl
enough and allow the wrestlers to loa
too much If wrestling in this countr
! were conducted in ten or fifteen mir
ute bouts and provision made for rer
dering a decision at the end of Gel
tain number of bouts, provided no fal
was gained, with the further prOvis
that only holds would be allowe
which were designed to aid directly 1
getting fall, the game would becom
I
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-08
LaIels,s Great Batting Record.

In the fourteen years Larry Lajoie
has played in the big show he has
batted under 800 only twice.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15
DUST EXPLODES
IN MINE SHAFT
Men Were working Two Miles Back
I'm Coal Mine.-More Than One
Hundred Entombed.

Brlcevilee. Tenn. Dec. 10.-That
the men among the number who
walked into the Cross Mountain mine
al Briceyille Saturday morning met
death in the dust explosion which oc-
Cured within one hour after they
had started to work, Is a foregone
conclusion at this hour.
Rescuers have been at work since
early In the day and every known
piece Of apparatus in the mine rescue
service has been used In efforts to
reach the imprisoned men.
II any OF the men are alive they
must be in the few remaining cross
entries, because at midnight twenty
of the twenty seven cross entries
OF the mine had been bretticed. SO
far only four bodies have been re-
covered
Between one hundred and TWEEN
~ six and one hundred and fifty six
miners checked In this morning
Books Of the Knoxville Iron Com
pany are not available and the ex-
act number is not known.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15
IS KILLED BY
HIS RIVAL
Threatened Life OF Husband Unless
His Wife Deserted Him for
Slayer.

Milwaukee, December 10.-Steph-
en- Berker, a merchant Of this city
was shot and instantly killed as he
stood at his bed room window early
today. The police arrested John Ma
gel, said TO be a lover OF the woman.
The police believe that the murder
was the elimination OF a strange love
feud which began in Hungary.
Nagel was arrested after Mrs.
Berker had given the police bunch
OF letters recently sent to her by Ma
gel. In which he threatened to take
the life OF Berker unless she deserted
him and eloped with Nagel.
Berker and his wife we're aroused
from their sleep by a knocking on
their window. AS Berked threw up
the shade, a man standing in the
yard fired twice at him One OF the
bullets pierced Berker's heart. He
dropped dead at the feet of his
wife.
According to Mrs Berler eight
years ago she deserted Berker in a
little town in Hungary and fled with
Nagel, the other sutton to this coun-
try. They came to Milwaukee to live.
Three years ago the deserted hus-
band learned OF his wife's presence in
the city and appeared on the scene.
Mrs. Berker relented she said, and
went back TO her husband, since
which time they have both lived in
terror of Nagel who Swallowed them
everywhere they went.
Mrs. Berker declared that a year
ago. Nagel began writing her and
pleading with her to desert her hus-
band
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15


Quite a crowd left for Haskell yes
terday TO be in attendance at thu
Charlie Jones trial which comes al
there today.
The following we're among thos
who went over:
Herbert Bedwell,
Bin Brackeen
VIII Merritt,
John Wilson, ~
G. c. Pruitt,
J. s. Hart, T- r.
w T. Black, o..
Willie Hart,
A. n. Woodland,
Margle Woodard
Jessie Teeter,
Jack Teeter,
r c. Davis.
Clarence Thrash.
Edgar Wilson,
Frank Wilson.
John Parson,
A. s. Lowe,
Bob Johnson.
Roy Spices.
o. L. Jones.
Mrs. a. l.. Jones.
Alne Jones,
. Gay McGlaun,
Gus Eubank, Il
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

an enthrsiastio citizen stopped a
Signal man on the street today 20
tell him about discovering the fact
that the city water Is considerably
charged with gas. In drawing water
from a hydrant So is noticed 20 bub-
bic and sparkle and the giobules
burst and then the milky tint dis APP
pears and the water is clear This
is believed 10 be due 10 the presence
OF natural gas and is taken as an ir-
dication that there are great a.
ties OF gas underlying Snyder and
Inspires a fresh hops that a strone
strike Of oil and gas viii soon be
found b. our oil ficiG.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

r W Ramage is here today from
friends with an account Of a wolf
chase he pulled on in the canyon
up there last Thursday The weather
was foggy and damp and just right
for trailing He had O good pack
of hounds They got the trail just
warm enough 20 be easily followed
and 60 was like the music Of a fox
chase back in the old states.
They ran the wolf for about two
hours and and in a circuit where
they were in hearing an the time.
They finally chased the victime 10
a hiding place under a rocky ledge
where ne was punched out and dis
patched.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15
A Fine Rnin

A gentle rain fell here pretty well
all last night and TIL noon today. The
roads and streets are muddy and the
spirits OF the people are muchly re-
yived.
The rains Of this week seem TO
be general over the country.
This moisture comes in good time
TOR wheat and TO enable the farmers
to begin plougliug their land for an
other crop.
II we can have a general precipita-
ton this winter we viii go into next
Springs full OF hope. From our
standpoint OF reasoning, it is time
now for US 10 have good crop
year aud we want TO do our part In
a way to be ready for the rains when
they come.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

These shoes represent the best
efforts Of the shoe-maker's art
There IS nothing better on the
any price for quality,
.yIe and comfort.
For service they lead an others
Tnsteod Of selling for $500 and
$500 like other fine shoes, Calen-
dar Shoes sell or 500.
Every pair o these shoes has
calendar attached so you can
mark the date Of purchase and
see for yourself how much bet-.s
and longer they wear than any
shoe you ever had on your feet.
DAVIS q NATION
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15
Declares that Colquitt Has Misrepre-
scented Him In Letter 90 Hop
kins Recently.


Austin. Texas, December 1O-Lane
in replying TO Gov. Colqultt's Hop
klns letter declares the governor
tyranical, and autocratic and that he
is forced TO apply Colquitt like a
cringing supplicant for necessities
Of the department which is operated
cheaper than II was twenty years ago
Lane IN his reply says There has
been no administration in the history
Of Texas since the carpet reign
Of p. J. Davis 10 compare with the
present and even Governor Davis In
his palmiest days could not have ex-
celled o. 3 Colquitt in tyranical dis
position and autocratic efforts"
Lane says that he issues this state
ment 20 counteract a letter recently
written BY Governor Colquitt charg-
ing the comptroller. attorney general
and Judge Ramsey with conspiracy 70
harness the Colquitt administration
lie says that the Hopkins letter is
D misrepresentation. either showing
lack OF Information or maliclousness.
And in either case. such misrepresen-
.ation IS unworthy Of any man oc-
'upying the great seat which Col
Iuitt now holds
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

There Is an evident uneasiness a.
mong sc=e OF the labor leaders that
Detective Burns may find out that
large sums OF money were appropria-
ted By some Of the crafts to supply
dynamite and travelling expenses to
destroy property that had offended
union labor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

Rev. A. B. c. Dinwiddie. Of ban
who is travelling the boundaries o.
the Abilene Presbytery In the Interest
Of Trinity University spent last nisl'
In Snyder and went 70 Fluvanna ~
day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

hyou have young children you have per.
haps noticed hat disorders Of the stomach
are tneis most common ailmenL To corr.rt
TN. you vi and Chamberlaiu's Stomach
an Liver Tablets exceilenL They are cav
and pie..ani % take. and mild and rsntIs Ia
enecl for sale by an dealers
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

The organization OF the Woodman
Circle was completed on Thursday
night with Sovereign Harris as the
organizer in attendance.
This circle viii fill long felt want
In our town especially among the
Woodmen
The following officers were in
stalled
Miss Grace Moore, Guardian.
Mrs. Marvin Wood, Advisor.
Mrs Miller, Banker,
Mrs. l.. sturdiyant. Clerk,
Mrs. 7. p. Wright. Chaplain,
Mrs. Griffin attendant,
Or. r. l.. Howell, Grove Physician
Mr.. T. p. Wright, /. Sentinel.
Mr.. Frank Moore, o. Sentinel.
Mrs. shular, Messrs Marvin Wood
and f. A. McMath. Managers
The Circle will meet on the first
and third Tuesdays az 1880 p. IN.
r,.. Reporter.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

There is quite a good crowd in
town today and a great many bales
OF cotton on the square. That makes
things look quite business like and
n the farmers could only get a good
price for their staple It would be
mighty good.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

Pete scogglns left yesterday for
his ranch I'm Kent county.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-12-15

Quite a heavy frost covered ey-
erythng ting mornin.