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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
THE HOUSING OF LAYING HENS.

Many systems for keeping poultry
have been introduced within recent
years. Those who are familiar with
poultry publications must have seen
that the open shed" has been
adopted almost exclusively in tropi-
cal or semi-tropical countries. These
houses are really little more than
open sheds. The only protection or
covering for the front OF the house
is close wire cloth; the rear and both
sides colse built with a roof on top.
These houses provide shelter from
the weather and are usually cool
during the night and when Kept per-
fectly clean are very comfortable
resting places in which the poultry
may roost happily over night.
Such houses answer very well in
any locality where the thermometer
does not get below freezing point.
But in latitudes where there is snow,
cold rains and occasionally zero
sides close built with a roof on top.
openings in front, which are closed
at night and during bad weather
with muslin curtains are most favor
ably considered. To have these
houses best suited for all conditions
there should be at least one glass
in front. This to admit light and
sunshine during winter days. The
muslin curtain over the open glass
window provides air circulation and
ventilation affording a most healthy
condition within.
Farther north as in Canada, glass
windows are used in all houses with
less open front as it is called, and
with perhaps two windows in place
of one. the open front to be closed
with a tight muslin curtain. All
poultry houses should face the
south, so as to, have the advantage
Of sunlight for the greatest number
of hours during the winter months.
In addition to fresh air and sun
shine there must be dry floors and a
dry interior. Nothing is so destruc-
tive to poultry as dampness. Fowls
cannot live in damp houses and do
well. They can neither keep their
| health nor lay many eggs. Damp
ness creates colds and Group condi-
| tions, which when present in flock,
stops egg production Immediately.
1t matters very little how plain
| the construction of these houses, so
| long as side and rear walls, the roof
and the glass portions of the front
are air tight or so closely built that
! draughts cannot pass through any
part of the room. The front should
! be enclosed as stated, with glass
window and muslin curtain. While
such construction admits sun and
daylight with plenty of air it pre-
vents dampness and cold from COM
| ing directly in contact with the fowl
as would be the case if their open
! ings were without the protection af-
forded by the muslin curtained win
dows.
All of these problems have been
worked out by the poultry fancierS
of the country. In almost every To-
cality there are men willingly engag'
ed in doing all they can to promote
poultry culture. All the poultry
fanciers and poultry growers of this
locality should send their fowls tc
| be exhibited at the Town Hall il
Scranton, during the week of Jan
IA. Mr.. A. w. Close, the secretary
has been distributing premium lists
from his office in Scranton for the
past ten days.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
'HY WILSON DROPPED ct"

hde President Elects Name Two
spondees, Which Brought Success.
The mystery Of the disappearance of
L word Thomas" from the name
|omas Woodrow Wilson has at last
|en explained. The president elect
is in 1890 a professor at Wesleyan
diversity. He was in the course Of
evenings call upon a fellow pro
Esor discussing the interesting sub
1t Of names and their value.
| For those who wish to achieve any
ecess in public nfe,' said Professor
(lson. "the best kind of a name Is one
bit consists of a dactyl and spondee.
|r instance, Daniel Webster The
|xt best kind of name is one CON
Ting of two spondees-Woodrow VIII
b. for instance"
Which proves two things-first in
bO Woodrow Wilson was ambitious
a public career; second, Woodrow
| Flson was perfectly willing that ev-
i one should know it.
The spOndaical and dactylic anecdote
the president elect has only now
Iiched the light Of day. If Wilson
ID failed Of election the story would
We died natural death. But now
Ierything that tastes of the memory
Wilson's days as professor of history
Ia political economy at Wesleyan is
|Dught into the limelight.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
HAMLIN.
Hamlin, Dec.

Hamlln, Dec. ~.
George Policy, a former resident
of Lake township, who has been in
the west for some years, died quite
suddenly at st. Louis, Mo. The body
was brought here for burial. A
funeral service was held at the home
of Flora Policy, Ariel, after which
interment was made in the Hamlin
cemetery, on Wednesday, Dec. IL.
On the same date, Della, the four
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. n. Patterson was buried here
also. The child was quite severely
burned about the body some three
weeks earlier but was thought to be
well on the way to recovery, so that
her death came as a considerable
shock to family and friends. The
funeral services were held at the
| house, Rev. Russell officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Gillett spent
a part of last week in Carbondale
where they were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Tucker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Fields have
been visiting their daughter, Mrs
J Isaac Williams, in Scranton during
| the past week.
F. A. Peet, Elma Peet and Mrs
| Marion Franc visited Scranton and
Moosic recently.
The NJ. E. Sunday school will hold
| its Christmas exercises on the even
ing of Christmas Day.
Miss Mabel Hensel, of Moosic, Il
caring for her grandmother, Mrs
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
BULGARIAN WAR SONG.

spring March the Work of kyrill
Christoph.
The hardly anticipated eagerness and
,klessness which have characterized
e fighting OF the Bulgarians through
t the campaign are largely due to the
spring war song Of a national poet.
le Bulgar march of victory is the
ork of the Bulgarian poet, Kyrill
lristoph, and the following transla-
pn of it appears in the Sofa news
per, the Mir:
N!
Ie longed for day has come. The battle
RACES.
u
Ir hour is here!
it and forward!
We hundred years Of bitter misery.
people can suffer it.
ink OF II and kill!
III without compassion and plant the
flag OF liberty.
great enemy stands before our mother,
II she bore mighty avengers.
|ab, throttle, slay!
link Of the walls Of our mother! Think
of them.
~! Give no mercy! Die or conquer.
|day it is honor today 1t is justice, TO
be uncOmpassionate.
IN!
pr hour Is here!
'lt and forward!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
MINUTE IN OWES"
OF THE NEWS
RIGHT OFF THE REEL.

F"F-F-s-st-s-F-F-F-F ''f
Reno has a new divorce law, but of
|urse you aren't interested.
Everybody talked at a recent dinner
the Sphinx club, New York.
Six Los Angeles clergymen have
Ined the police force to save souls
fth club.
|'D. H." is new Berlin title. 1t
es not mean "deadhead," but doc
d of hotel keeping.
ff q man earns only S12 week his
lie Is entitled to all of 1t, rules Vice
hancellor Stevenson of New Jersey.
Special nursery cars for babies are
3hnned for through trains west Of
Iicago. Bachelor passengers are en-
susiastic.
lThieves robbed a Danbury delicates-
d store Of limburger cheese. Detec-
res followed the trail without break
d caught the man.
[Dhio's short rabbit hunting season
bsed with nine hunters killed and
irty three wounded. There are no
tai statistics or the rabbits.
Bishop Henry d. Robinson of Ne
da Is adding to the distinction of
Fno by making it harder to get mar
I'D there. He requires health certitl-
tes before he will perform cere-
bny.
whats the use? Mrs. O. II. 7. Bel
knt OF New York advises girls not to
rry before they are twenty-five and
to give up their Careers Mrs.
|hick of Brookline, Mass, says the
ly real happiness comes to the wo'
an who washes and irons her chill
EMS clothes and does her own work
ID in Chicago girls form a $4,000 a
lar club" vowing not to wed until
eir prospective husbands earn that
n.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
$4,000 Farm for $4,000
II sold within a week

One of the best farms in Wayne
county, assessed at $4,000, will be
sold for $4,000. Farm contains 11S
acres of land, so of which are cleared
and balance in pasture land, except
ing 20 acres of good young growth
of hickory. Ideal place for dairy
farm. Milk station two miles from
place. Good farm mouse, two barns.
On r. d. Route. Telephone con-
nections. Located III Berlin town
ship on main road 31a miles from
Honesdale.
Remember this farm is assessed at
$4,000. If sold Immediately we will
close the deal at $4,000.
Buy-U-A-Home Realty Co.
Box 81
Jadwin Building Honesdale, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
SWIFT SKY SHIP
TO CROSS OCEAN
viii Garry 300 Persons at 81
Miles an Hour.
TWO AND A HkLF DAY JOURNEY

German Inventor Has Drawn Specifica-
tions For a Thousand Foot Craft on
New Lines, and Prominent Engineers
Praise the Design-Hundred Men In
Crew and S415,ooo the Cost.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25

The Wilkes-Barre Advocate, a
weekly paper devoted to the interest
of the colored people in Northeast
ern Pennsylvania, has suspended
publication after an existence of
twelve years. John S. Williams, the
publisher, states in his farewell edi-
torial that it was impossible to make
the journal a success because many
of his subscribers did not pay for
their paper.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph G. Gibson,
who was in charge of the troops that
hanged John Brown at Harpers Ferry,
died recently on his plantation at Yer
bena, Ala. lie was seventy-nine years
old and had been an invalid for several
wears
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
School For Walters In England.

special school for training boys as
alters has recently been established
England in connection with the
'okery school for boys at Westmin-
er. Foreigners trained as walters on
G continent have been finding ready
hployment in England through lack
native applicants, and 1t is hoped
lat the new school will attract Eng
Ih hova intn this ocrnnatinn
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
TAKES HIS FIFTH BRIDE.
inois Man Demands Free License
but Doesn't Get II.
r hour Is here!
I and forward!

George Overbauer, fifty-eight years
/, of Mascoutah, ILL.,, entered the
trriage license bureau and asked the
srk for a free license, stating that
it was his fifth visit he thought he
as entitled to it. The clerk declined,
weyer, TO issue permit without a
e.
Mrs. Mary Miller, sixty-four years
4, was the fifth bride, and the elder
bridegroom declares that her pies,
gether with her advice-and without
advice mans life is futile,
says-made a combination beyond
$ powers Of resistance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-25
Piece Of Bone In His Heart.

A particle of bone from kneecap
fractured while playing baseball work
ed its way through his system to the
heart Of ffteen-year-old George Hayes
~ philadalnhia and cansad his death
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
DEMOCRATS SURE OF 4s.
Result In oregon Gives Them Control
Of Upper Branch; First Time
In Eighteen Years.

Washington.-Thea announcement OF
the success of Harry Lane. the Dem
ocratic candidate for the Senate In Or.
egon, assures Democratic control of
the upper House of Congress and
places both branches of the national
Legislature and the presidency in their
hands for the first time in eighteen
years.
The addition of Oregon to the DEM
ocratio list gives that party forty-nine
senators. or a majority OF two.
In addition to the election OF sue.
cessors to Democratic senators now
sitting, Democrats will displace Re
publicans from Oregon. New Jersey,
Kansas. Colorado. Montana, Delaware
and Nevada, and will fill the vacancy
In Colorado with man OF their choos-
ing. The contests In Illinois, where
two senators are to be chosen, and in
Tennessee and Michigan, remain to be
decided.
Tho Democrats make positive
claims concerning some Of these states
but whatever the result In any or all
Of them, Democratic control OF the
Senate is assured.
With twenty-five districts yet to hear
from. the Democrats will have 296
members OF the House, the Repub-
licans ia and the Progressives 13
members.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
NO SLEEPING-BAG FOR THEM
lapIanders Preferred the Snow and
the Open Air, and So Had a
Comfortable Night.

Sir Henry Lucy tells in the Corn
hill Magazine a good story that he
had from Nansen, the explorer. 1t
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
OF the Laplanders.
Part Of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted OF two
sleeping-bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night OF the Jour-
ney Nansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one Of the bags.
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and SO slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest, Nansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-bag. When he
awoke In the morning. almost numb
with cold, he observed that the bag
in which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty. and that they were no.
where in sight. He was afraid they
had deserted him. and scrambline
out of the bag he went in search OF
them. He found the three men fast
asleep behind hillock OF snow that
they had scraped together as a pro
lection against the wind
"Ah, master" they said. when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con
duct. I'VE couldn't sleep in that thing
II was too hot, SO we got out and
have had comfortable night here"
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Newspapers and Literature.

All this over emphasis of the un-
meaning surface is due to a confusion
of newspaper and literary standards.
ends, aims. The word literary has come
to suggest an absence of red-blood;
spinners and knitters in the sun; the
35 cent magazine crowd; this is nom
sensical of course. In it's elemental
meaning literature is at least as stern
a jab as journalism, albeit the inten-
ton and function of the latter is mere
ly to present things that happen. Of
the former to volatilize such material
into lowering and potent meanings. to
strike the rock and raise a spirit that
Is life.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Related to Wilson; Ask, Job.

Ell Paso. Tex.-Captain R. E. Harris
is the husband of the daughter of a
daughter Of the brother Of Woodrow
Wilson's father. which makes him a
second cousin by marriage to the pres.
ident-elect. In view of this and his
former service as postmaster Of q
small Texas town, Harris has an,
nounced himself in line for an appoint.
ment under the new administration,
and will forward his application to the
State Central committee. He says he
VIII accept either the office Of post.
master. customs collector Of United
States marshal at Ell Paso.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Truth About Old Ace.

George F. Baer. the famous Phila-
delphia railroad man, said on his
seventieth birthday:
II agree with Professor Metchnikoff
about the wisdom of the old. Profes-
sor Osler made 1t fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs. but my experience has
been that the old not only possess
wisdom. but they seek 1t also"
With a smile Mr.. Baer added:
THE only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young"
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
ProhabIY Prlze Crouch.

A grouchy butcher, who had watch
ed the price of porterhouse steak
climb the ladder of fame, was deep
in the throes of an unusually bad
crouch when would-be customer,
years old, approached him and handed
him a penny.
please, mister. want a cents
worth of sausage"
Turning on the youngster with a
growl, he let forth this burst of good
craftsmanship:
go smell O. the hook."-New Or.
leans Daily States.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
q. o. p. Win. kanaka Isle.

Honolulu.-Prince Kuhio was elect.
cd delegate to Congress over L. L. Nc.
Candless, Democrat. by a majority of
l,263. McCandless is now reported to
be candidate for appointment as gov.
ernor of the territory when Governor
Fear will resign. The territorial Leg
islature will be made up of nine Re
publicans and six Democratic sena-
tors, and eighteen Republican and
twelve Democratic representatives.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small happenings Occurring Over tho
State Worth While.

Miss Elizabeth Cover, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. John Cover, died at her
home in Denver, after an illness of but
week.
Elections have cost the city of Dem
yer approximately 100000 within the
last thirty months, according to the
figures of Auditor Markey.
In attempting to pass street car,
four occupants OF an automobile were
seriously injured at Colorado Springs
when their car crashed into another
machine.
Hon. Henry Bond of Brattleboro. VT.
president Of the Northern Baptist
convention, was the guest of the Bap-
lists of Denver at banquet in the
First Baptist church.
C. L. Fiscus, a clerk in the county
court house at Pueblo, shot and killed
an unknown man whom he saw
ranch near Baxter.
John NJ. Wilson, Civil War veter-
an, died at Sugar Loaf of heart fail
ure. He was captain in the Forty
eighth and Eighty-third Ohio regi-
ments during the war.
Mrs. Minerva H. Saunders. mother
Of DR.. Walter A. Saunders and DR..
Esther S. Cherry. died at the home of
her daughter, in Denver. Mrs. Saun-
ders was eighty-two years old and had
lived In Denver many years.
Members of gang of postoffice rob-
bers. who are working the offices in
small towns throughout the West, are
believed to be responsible for the rob-
berry OF the Plainview postoffice. twen-
| ty-four miles from Denver on the Moi
fat road.
Goadcd by his affliction, and haunt
ed by fears of his transfer to whole
colony of creatures diseased like him.
self, C. w. Bronson. the Denver leper.
fled from his lonely asylum on the
peared.
The directors of tho Continental Oil
Company, which Is the Denver branch
Of the Standard Oil Company. have de-
clared a dividend Of $50 share on its
stock. A dividend of $50 share was
paid in February, giving the sharehold-
ers seven per cent. in disbursements
in nine months. The stock is selling
around $3.50 a share. and has been as
high as $3.50 share since the dissolu-
tion of the Standard was ordered.
Two Colorado auto parties were
hurled from their machines, all escap-
ing death. but suffering severe inju-
ries. At Salida one man and two
women, one from Denver, were
plunged into the Arkansas river when
their car struck the side of bridge.
Near La Junta four men were thrown
over barbed wire fence when their
car overturned. going at fifty miles an
hour. and one was badly torn by the
barbs.
Twenty-scven Greeks are racing
from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mar
BILE, Colo, to their native land to en-
list In the war against the Turk. The
Greeks passed through Denver.
The unusual instance Of fathers
conviction in q lower court Of kidnap,
ping his own child. whose custody had
been awarded the mother In divorce
proceedings, was upheld In the Su-
preme Court In Denver, whom the two
year sentence imposed on James w.
Lee, . wealthy Greeley resident. in the
Weld county District Court was af-
firmed.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
suffrasette Asks portfolio for Women

Los Angeles.-"To Woodrow VIII.
son, President-elect. Princeton. N. j.:
Accept my congratulations. In
making up your cabinet, please con.
sider the women Of the ten suffrage
states. AS a member of your cabinet,
wise. scholarly woman would bring
to your council great assistance for
the universal good Of the people,"
CLARA SHORTRIDGE FOLTz."
The above telegram was sent "a
Woodrow Wilson by Mrs. Foltz,s attor
rey. and one Of the, foremost suffra
gettes of the state.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Returns from the state on tHe
amendments show that the following
have undoubtedly carried in order OF
popularity. The womens eight-hour
law, the mothers compensation law,
House bill 46, eight-hour law for min
ers, the recall of officers. the civil
service bill, the recall of decisions. the
headless ballot. home rule for cities
and towns. the procedure bill and
pamphlet law to simplify the initiative.
the contempt of court amendment and
the amendment concerning mills and
smelters.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Some folks calculate to get on In
the world upon the shoulders Of other
people.-Christian Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Ambasssdor BRYCE ResIons.

Washington.-James Bryce. the Brit
ish ambassador to the United States,
has rendered his resignation and will
return to England.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

- Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
.h;s w[Gss baS Blue; Makes beautiful. clear
wnite clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
So Many Like TribbIe.

30 mdhy Like IrIppIe.
''Tribbles is discontented fellow.
don't believe he ever knows what he
wants"
''Oh, yes. He knows what he wants.
What makes him discontented is the
fact that he also knows he can't get
It."
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
DoIno His Part,

What part are you taking in the
war on flies?"
Il do sentry duty at the breakfast
table over the milk pitcher every
morning."
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Nebraska-
J.. H. Morehead, Dem. ........ $4,000
New Hampshire
Franklin Worcester. Rep. Leg
fslature elects ............. ......
New York
William Sulzer. Dem. ........15o.ooo
North Carolina
Locke Craig, Dem. ........... $4,000
North Dakota
l. B. Hanna. Rep. ........... 1000
Ohio
James NJ. Cox. Dem. .......... 10000
Rhode Island
Theodore F. Greene. Dem. -. 1000
South Carolina
Cole L. Blease. Dem. ......... 10000
South Dakota
Frank NJ Byrns. Rep. ....... 1000
Tennessee
Ben w. Hooper. Rep. ........ 5000
Texas
Oscar C. colquitt. Dem. ..... .1ss,05o
Washington
Ernest Lister. Dem. ......... 1000
West Virginia
II. d. Hatfield. Rep. ......... 5000
Wisconsin,
Francis E. McGovern. Rep. ... 5000
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
House Plans Important.

The care in the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential. not only for comfort
and for saving labor. but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
Does a woman feel glad or sorry
when she cries at q Wedding?
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Governors Elected, Their Affiliations and PIuraties


Colorado Plurality
E. NJ Ammons. Dem. ......... 10000
Connecticut
Simeon E. Baldwin. Dem. -. 1000
Delaware
Charles r. Miller. Rep. 49,. l.so5
Florida
Park Trammell. Dem. ........ 10000
Idaho
John NJ Haines. Rep. ........ 1876
Edward F. Dunno. Dem. .....11o.s54
Indiana
Samuel H. Ralston. Dem. 80. $1,000
Iowa
George J. Clarke. Rep. ....... 4s
Kansas
George ]. Hodges. Dem. ...... 500
Massachusetts-
Eugene N. Foss. Dem. ....... 1850
woodbridge N. Ferris. Dem.. 1o.435
Minnesota
A. o. Eberhart. Rep. ......... 10000
Missouri
Eliot w. Major. Dem. ........115.oOO
Montana
Sam v. Stewart. Dem. ........ 10000
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Success cannot turn mans head II
he has a stiff neck.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Perhaps man can't be married
against his will. but many poor man
discovers later that he was married
against his better judgment.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14

Paradoxical Promise.
Il want you to pay down."
"All right. I'll settle up"
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
ORADO NEWS
GATHERED FROM
All Parts of the State
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
January 20-26-Eighth Annual West.
ern Stock Show-Denver.
WILSON GERS Big PLURALITY.
and Ammons Carry
state BY 10000 and Entire
Democratic Ticket Wins.

Denver.-Returns from fifty-one of
the sixty-two counties Of the state. IN
many cases incomplete, show steadily
increasing pluralities for the entire
Democratic state ticket. Indications
are that Wilson and Ammons will
each have pluralities Of about 10000.
and that the entire Democratic State
and Congressional tickets are elected.
The result of the votes on Presi-
dent, governor. justice of the Supreme
Court, secretary of state and attorney
general follows:
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
FosTRR-MnBURN CO., Buffalo, N

sAsKATCHEWAN, CANADA-Good Farms
11b to SIS per aero. On easy crop payments
II desired b. NEDAM. Pipestone. Minn.
HOMESEEKER-Chea eapest farms In United
etateS today are In Ozarks of Missouri; hne
climate. mild win., cheap fuel. farms for exc
Write for lists. Al Roberts. Richland. Mo.
Gilpin observer., 1912-11-14
Its Kind.

What is voice from the tombs
like?"
1T must be a skeletons articula-
tion."