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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
NO DANGER FROM TELEPHONES.

Nearly two years ago the Post
master General at London became in
terested in the reports that tuber-
cuolsis could be communicated by
the use of the telephones, particu-
larly those for public use. In order
to confirm or refute such state
ment he arranged that a number of
them be selected from various places
and that they be delivered to a we'll
known bacteriologist for examina-
ton. Special care was taken to OBJ
tain instruments that were without
the possibility OF having been disin-
fected or even cleansed, and the same
care was taken to see that they
reached the testing laboratory in the
exact condition in which they were
removed from public use. They were
taken from postofIices, railway de-
pots. meat markets and other places
frequented by the public.
The laboratory used is that OF st.
Georges Hospital Medical School,
Hyde Park Corner, S. w, and the
work was done in the Clinical Inves-
tigation Department under the super
vision of DR.. II. X. d. Spitta, Super
intendent.
Washings were made of the
mOutnpleceS ana the WlOle contents
were then injected in guinea pigs.
The animals were kept in separate
cages under supervision and killed a
few weeks later. Exhaustive exami-
nations proved that they were abso-
lutely healthy. From the twenty
one telephones used in the test no
tubercle bacilli were found.
From a subsequent series of tests
ending February 6 of the present
year, and made with instruments
used wholly by consumptive patients,
the same results were obtained. The
tests were made at the Frimley SAM
tarium with instruments installed at
the bedside of phthisical patients un-
dergoing treatment. They were in
use by the patients at regular periods
for a number of days just prior to
the test.
Tests were also made by the
American Government, and like
proofs resulted.
From all of these impartial and
exhaustive experiments it has been
proved beyond question that not the
slightest danger of communication
of the disease is possible through the
medium of the telephone.-The Tele-
phone News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
NEW YORK STATE FAIR.

The new cattle building at the
New York State fair, located at SYRIA
cuse, has just been completed. 1t is
a palatial structure and costs $780,
600. There are 92S steel stalls,
thereby insuring adequate accommo-
dations for this years exhibition.
An innovation is planned in the
way of providing in the cattle build
ing sleeping rooms for the herdsmen,
so in number, in the gallery space,
so that each owner may have a herds
man looking at all times, day and
night, after his stock, thus giving
the utmost care against personal in
jury.
The premiums in the cattle classes
this year aggregate more than So
600, and in addition to this amount
certain cash prizes are offered by
the commission and cups and special
prizes are offered by a number of cat
tie associations. The special prizes
will be given in the classes of Short
horns, Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and
Guernsey cattle.
A number of Wayne county farm
ers anticipate attending this great
exhibition this fall.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
VACATION ALL YEAR ROUND.

Half the benefit of vacation Is
its effect upon your mind. Very Of
ten your body seems run down sim
ply because your mind has not had a
rest.
Unfortunately people have an idea
that they can overwork for eleven
and one half months and then, in a
week or a two weeks vacation, make
up what health they have lost. This
is not enough. You must have va
cation all year round.
This is not as difficult as It
sounds. A vacation is nothing more
than a change of occupation. You
have a splendid opportunity for va
cation every Saturday and Sunday.
Don't sit in the house during your
week ends and talk shop. If you do,
sooner or later you will go stale
like an overtrained athlete. If you
are near the country get out into it.
If you are in the city, use the parks.
Make 1t a point to cultivate as a
hobby some game or sport that will
give you exercise-if it is only
pitching quoits.
If you are in the habit of riding
to work on the trolley car, walk in
stead occasionally. If you are work
ing in the country go to town every
now and then during the year. A
good book now and then is the best
kind of mental exercise for the city
or the country man. You rest your
mind by giving it something to do.
Remember this and take a vacation
all year round Karl de Schwein-
itz, Executive Secretary, Pennsylva-
mia Society for the Prevention of
tuberculosis.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Sealed Proposals will be received
by the trustees of the State Hospi-
tai for the Criminal Insane at Far
view, Pa, for the following items:
One team of horses, one two-ton
wagon, one set of harness combs,
brushes, netting, rs bushels OF oats,
2 tons of hay, one plow, one harrow,
and other farm implements, one
stone crusher, engine, screens, bins
and roller. Detailed information
may be received on application to
the superintendent, DR.. Fitzsim-
mons. All proposals must be in the
hands of the Trustees not later than
August 81, 1912, the Trustees re-
serving the right to reject any or all
bids.
WALTER McNICHOLS,
Chairman.
Buildings and Grounds Committee.
Cliff.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
WILL SOON START PAYING
FUNDS
State Treasurer Wright Plans Early
Distribution of School Money.

Harrisburg, Aug. State Treas
urer Wright will begin the general
payment of school funds for the year
beginning July /, some time during
the next two weeks. The work of
handing out the funds TO the school
districts has been held back for a
short time owing to slow collections,
due to delay in tax settlements, but
these have now been settled by
Auditor General Sisson, and it is
expected that the big corporations,
such as the railroad and trolley COM
panies, and a few of the large in
dustrial companies, will soon be
called upon to send in their checks,
when the work Of paying the school
districts will go on uninterrupted,
and as fast as reports are received
from districts they will get their
money. This was the last day for
the return of tax on personal proper
ty from the counties, and but few
remain unreturned.
The balance in the general fund
of the state treasury at the close of
same as at the close of the June
business, SS,S16,00O. The collec-
9S3,OOO, and the payments were
about the same. There is S7S5,163
in the sinking fund, but there will
not be any material increase in that
fund as 1t Is only added TO from
fines imposed for violations of the
old blue laws and interest on sink
ing fund balances. The outstanding
state debt is 100000, but it could
all be paid on demand and leave a
balance in the sinking fund of $780,
600. At present there are but $751;
$50 of state four per cent. bonds of
1912 outstanding, the others having
been redeemed, and that represents
the state debt so far as 1912 bonds
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
BACK YARD FLOCK PROFITABLE
Dozen or More Hens VIII Live
Largely on Table Refuse.

Any time within the next two
months will be a good time to
launch a back yard poultry enter
prise. There is no question about
the wisdom of such a step. The
back yard flock of ten or a dozen
hens pays better per hen than any
flock of larger size. The waste from
the table of the average household
will go far in maintaining a dozen
hens, which makes it possible in
such cases to produce eggs at sur
prisingly low cost. 1t is note
worthy fact that where these small
flocks are given even the most ordi-
nary attention egg production is
rarely suspended entirely for a doz-
en- days in the year. On the other
hand, there are many instances of
large fiocks kept on a small area
that will yield no product for three
months in the molting season.
There are a good many persons
who think the limitations of their
back yard preclude the possibility
of keeping a few hens. A Steelton
man has a poultry house and yard, a
picture of which was shown in re-
cent issue of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph, that takes up a space in the
back yard only 8 " by S15 feet. He
keeps eight hens that never step
outside this area of less than forty
seven square feet. There is seldom
demand for a fresh egg at this
home that is not met by this small,
closely yarded flock.
There is no need for any extrava-
gance in the matter of house. Many
piano boxes are made to serve for
poultry houses and by altering a
trifle they make a very comfortably
home for a few hens. Fifty cents
buys a store box, and two such boxes
make snug little poultry house.
The best time to make a start is
in the fall. Build the house and buy
some pullets from a breeder of pure
bred stock. Fowls need some little
time to become accustomed to new
quarters, and the start should not be
delayed until pullets come into lay
ing, for a change of quarters will
then interrupt egg production.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
STALKER AND BRAMAN.
Especial to The Citizen)
Stalker and Braman, Aug. l

Stalker ana Braman, aug. 10.
The largest Ladies' Aid meeting
of the season was with Mrs. George
Lott and was held in the grove. All
the members were present and visi-
tors were there from Hankins, Mid
dletown, Braman, Lookout, Galilee
and Basket, forty-three in all, and
the proceeds about seven dollars.
The Ladies' Aid society will hold
their church fair at Stalker August
29 in the grove, all day and evening.
They will serve dinner and supper
and there will be music and other
entertainment through the day. All
are cordially invited.
Mrs. McKechine and daughter,
Dorothy, are on the sick list.
Miss Maggie Maher is gaining
slowly.
Miss Lodusky Barnes and Mrs.
John Ryan attended the funeral OF
Lena Nanny at Binghamton last Sat
urday.
Thomas Caffery is very seriously
ILL., DR.. Achison of Hancock, was
called last Thursday for consulta-
tion.
Fred Caffery, of Carthage, N. Y,
was called home by the serious i'll
ness of his father.
Frank Tyler, of New York City,
is spending his vacation with his
mother, Mrs. Frank Cole.
Emma and Joseph Kelly were
called to Binghamton last Thursday
by the death of their niece, Lena
Nanny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tyler and
son spent Sunday at Frank Coles.
The Sunday school picnic at Bra
man will be held August 15.
Mrs. Louis Rauner has not been
we'll for several days.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
STOCKHOLDERS, NOTICE.

At a meeting of the directors OF
the Honesdale Dime Bank, held on
July %, 1912, the following resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we recommend
the stockholders of the Honesdale
Dime Bank to increase the capital
stock of the said bank from $4,000
to 100000"
In accordance with the above res
olution a meeting of the stockholders
is called to convene at the bank on
Thursday, the 10th day of October
1912, between the hours of 3 and
4 o'clock in the afternoon OF the
said day, to take action on the ap-
proval or disapproval of the propos-
ed increase.
Note In the event of the stock
holders approving the increase as
recommended, the Board of Direc-
tors will fix the price for which the
said stock shall be sold at 5000 pei
share.
BENZ. F. HAINES,
Secretary.
Honesdale, Pa, Aug. 5, 1912.
63w9
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
SWALLOWS FOUR 500 BILLS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Arney, a
member of the United States Marine
Corps, stationed at Fort Mifflin, has
four $40 bills some place in his sys-
TEN, but he is unable to get them.
Arney saved the $50 from a holdup
man by swallowing the bills.
The footpad was captured later
and held in bail for court. The po-
lice declare they want the four $40
bills swallowed by Arney as evil
dence,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATION,

Scranton.-A Scranton man was
arrested last week for running his
auto on the wrong side of the street.
He proved an alibi, and did not
know who was running his machine.
If the mysterious driver is not locat-
ed within week the owner pays a
$50 fine
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
Remembered the Lesson.

My little girl, who was about three
years old, had always had it Impress
ed upon her that after she was once
dressed she should not get dirty
again. One afternoon after being
dressed she went out to play and fell
down in the dirt. She then came
running to me and cried, 20, man.
ma now I'm all undressed. ."-Ex-
change.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14

are concerned. The 8 1-2 per cents
have all been redeemed. OF the re-
mainder of the state debt S517, 1000
is due to loans for the benefit of
State College and overdue loans on
which interest ceased long ago. 1t
is expected that the greater part of
the school appropriations will be
paid before the close of September.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
N. WEIGH
Fire
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.

Office: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over G. c. Jadwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14

This is good weather for flies.
They are around waiting to give your
little one typhoid fever. Kill him
and don't delay. Buy a swatter at
the hardware store and get busy at
once.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14
Nature.

Nature never did betray the heart
to lead from Joy to joy.-Wordss
worth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Splnt Cannot Be Analyzed.

Yes, says some one that may all be trus. put It Is a denominational or bigoted kind or spirit. visiting only tnose or orthodox Christian faith. It does not extend to all creeds. If 1t did, one might believe it uers divine.
 Does the Christmas spirit belong exclu- sively to a close religious corporation in which only those who havo seen the trus light have place? One needs but to Iive in a great city to see the refutaton of this theory acted before him hundred times during the holiday season.
 One cannot analyze the true ChrIstrnas spirit. It Is a sublimated. ecstatio soune- thing that defies the clumsy touch of man. It is as present as the air we breathe; ws see it in thousands of faces, recognize IA in numberless deeds of gentle kindness. Is cannot be described. and yet-God bless it!-it belongs to each of us. It Is the love of man for his felolws-and something mora, It Is the sweet joy of giving.-and something more. It Is God, and love. and happiness working with.2 us, and can no more be de- scribed than can they. It Is all of this and something more than any man can write.
 Perhaps it is the little child in each of our natures that makes us love the Christ mas tide; perhaps 1t is the memory of our own childhood and the present happiness of our own children. But everywhere, and above all, the spirit of Christmas Is the spirit and the love of him who was born on Christmas day.
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attractive figure. but the Cynic turned sud denly to his companion and deposited his parcels without ceremony in the surprised mans arms.
 '' Hold them please" the old man ord dered. Then he dug down deep into his pockets, drew out handful of change and dropped a half dollar into the withered crone's palm. My friend started to speak some word of jest, but he glanced at the Cynic's face and for moment held his peace. The pair had walked several blocks before the younger man quoted softly one of his companion's s choice animadversions against tho street vender and beggar.
 That was probably absolute old crea- ture,'" he reminded him, " who makes her living by imposing upon a sentimentally weak public.''
 q can't help 1t. sir!" burst forth the donor. This Is Christmas, and m give what please to any one who looks as if he needed 1t. Hang 1t all, man, haven't you any sentimentp'
 have loved the Cynic little better ever since my friend told me that story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
Is t Merely Gipe and Receipe, ,

Are we sometimes tempted to think that the Christmas spirit is. as some say, but a feeling of generosity engendered by the habit of giving, hoping to receive gifts in return?
 Let us. to answer that question, so forth a few days before Christmas along the streets Of the crowded city. Here at a corner. stands wire covered kettle, mounted on a tripod A man in red flannel coat and cowl with cotton beard little under one ear. stamps his feet in a monoto- nous sort of jig, and rings a little bell with unnecessary vigor. Above the shuttle of numberless feet, above the clang and roar of the traffic. sounds the little bell, high and clear. The shopping crowd streams past, and occasionally coin jingles into the ket- tie. little boy stops and speaks to the flannel and cotton Santa Claus, and then shakes hands with him, his face full of a happy wonder. Then woman passes. Her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

spirit Is the s. and that stands for the dollar markp'
 But is 1t true2 Do those speak honestly who sheer at the day whose spirit lies deep in the souls of us all. whose celebration is made of the best that Is in us?
 Christmas! The rich connotation of that one word The time when the bitter spots in our hearts are sweetened and softened and when memories of our sorrows and dis appointments are set aside because of our desire to shed sunshine into other lives. It is the time when the gray old world forgets its age, and. placing on its brow a wreath of evergreen, becomes for little while a child agaln. Thus 1t Is that we would think of Christmas in spite of scoffers and mock CTS.
 The spirit of Christmas is a strange, precious thing-so joyous so unselflsh and generous that God. looking upon it. must find 1t very good" We may not feel it yet this year, but it will surprise us some day by it's presence. It will come suddenly and unexpectedly. The nrst green wreath in the grocers window may awaken it. or we may go from day to Y untouched by it's magic, through the holiday preparations until the whistled bar of the carol, or the sight of mittened children pressing eager faces against frosty window full of toys will quicken it suddenly into hfe And then we will feel what the old fashioned folk used to call Christmas in our bones."
 A man touched by this Christmas spirit is possessed, as 1t were, by a gentle madness. but it is a madness wnose very irratlonaIty makes 1t purer and sweeter than any one of a thousand clearer headed impulses Scof- fer, pessimist. cynic-whatever a man may be-let him catch this Yuletide fever and he straightway becomes loving, warm heart ed human.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

in the middle before the edges lost nap and color.
 It was the old, oft-told story of Ameri- can ideas of thrift and extravaganza. The first is considered mean. The second is pardonable-and initiated.
 * s
 Recipe for Eagle Cdke.
 Will you be kind enough to tell me what eagle cake Is and whence the name? I have heard 1t spoken of frequently of late. do not recoliect ever eating 1t, or hearing it mentioned until within few weeks.
 JANE E. I am as Ignorant as yourself as to the derivation of the name. But 1t Is favor ite cake in our household. having been in troduced by cook who was born and brought up in Vermont. have asked her for an exact recipe:
 EAGLE CAKE-One cup of sugar; scant half cup of butter. one cup of sour milk or buttermilk, one cup of chopped raisins [seeded, of coursel. one egg. two cups of flour. one teaspoonful of soda dis solved in milk; half teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, a quarter teaspoonful of ground cloves, half a grated nutmeg.
 Bake slowly, covering with paper until the cake has risen to Its full height"
 The formula Is copied from" Rebecca's l" own recipe book. She is justly proud of that well worn volume, tho compilation being the result of years of observation and experience She adds to 1t whenever a dish strikes her fancy. An example our housemothers at large would do well to copy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

IA AM glad you have written sucn tb conclusive article in favor of wear
 ing the apron
 "we were brought up by our
 mother to wear one always in the ho4,se. One of the reasons for the high cost of living is the premature wearing out of dresses by not protecting them in this way. As you say. the gown must be discarded much sooner than 1t would bs otherwise, because the front breadths get soiled before the fahsio is the worse for wear.
 You might have added ono more way in which this front breadth is soiled. Even when one sits stu with folded hands laid upon her lap the nap of the material of the dress is gradually worn shiny and thin. It has the pressure and friction of the hands all tho time in addition to tho other causes of wear-sometmes of tear which you speak of. Between them all the gown is soon passe.'
 "I, for one, cannot understand how me + CTS can lot children grow up with such expensive ideas of dressing and lack of thrift as not to wear aprons. Yet 1t Is true that mothers of these latter days are themselves deficient in knowledge of tho economy of apron wearing.
 Reverting to your talks upon borrow ing, may give an instance In my own ex- perience of something which happened in our neirhborhood some years ago7
 "A wen to do woman borrowed an egg of her opposite neighbor. who was, by the way, dependent upon charity for much of her living. While canceling the debt Tor pretending to do sol the borrower took over to tho woman from whom she had got the egg. a boiled egg. saying to her neighbor that she knew the egg would be eaten, and one ready boiled would do as well as a raw oner
 "I call this about the limit of borrow ing and returning. Don't you agree witb mel HARRIET J. K
 go further and call 1t the limit of unneighbor,y mean.cse. If the authority for the anecdote were less trustworthy' one could not credit It.
 Thank you for backing up my plea for the apron. Ii Is a far more important mat ter than 1t would appear 10 a superficial thinker and careless observer. If will ful waste (which we have the warrant of the pro- erb for asserting will bring " woe- full want"l be a sin. needless wear Is a close SC eond In the very old times. be- fore all shoes were made rights and lefts," frugal housemothers instructed children to wear their shoes upon alternate days upon different feet. Tor example. that worn upon the right foot today went upon the left tomorrow. To make sure of this the shoes were set at the foot of the bed at night in the order in which they were to be worn next day.
 I heard only last week a sneering com ment upon the habit of rich woman and her hubsand of going upstairs. keeping close to the wall. and on coming down. walking next 10 the balustrade. thus in- suring even wear to the stair carpet. When l said: Why not? It is an ingenious cevice!" the narrator retorted: But how mean! To think of people of their means resorting to such a trick"
 To my way of thinking, it would have been better for the careful couple to hold their tongues with regard to the habit. They undoubtedly had a right to see to it that their carpet did not wear threadbare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15
IMPORTANT NOTICE

DECAUSE of he enormous nunb1 of ~ lctiers sentto he department ! must ask contributors 10 limit heir communications 10 700 word,. exeept in cases of Jorn1alas or recipes whfeh require sreater space. / want eH my correspondents Co hdce shooting in he Corner. and if nry request in his respect is complied lcifh R UM De possibls to print many more letfers.
 Attention is called to he fact hat Marion Hnland cannot rseeioe money toy patterns. as she has no connection toih any department haf sells them. Marion Harlqnd.
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face Is hard and tired. and one feels that were her hair not bleached 1t would bs almost white. The voice or the little oeiI attracts her and she pauses indifferently to read the appeal of the Salvation Army to the Christmas spirit. Then the hard face softens little. and she quickly drops bill into the caldron and walks away. An, the Christmas spirit Is something far higher than the giving of presents in the hope ot receiving something in return!