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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Great excitement has been caused
in London because the king and queen
went to a vaudeville show. What
they want now is to get up a con-
vention on the American plan II they
wish to be up to date in their amuse-
ments and want some excitement
which is really worth while.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
PRINCE KATSURA OF JAPAN VISITS CAR

The present visit to Russia of the
Japanese statesman, Prince Katsura,
is momentous development toward
completing the final details OF the
defensive alliance pact between Rus.
STA and Japan.
The actual agreement between the
former enemies was concluded same
time ago and probably will be signed
soon.
The agreement consists of two
parts, one dealing with the delimita-
ton of the spheres Of influence of
Russia and Japan in Mongolia and
Manchuria, which is similar in scope
and character to the Anglo-Russian
accord of August 81, 1907, regarding
Persia. The second part deals with
the duty of the two nations for a
Joint defense in case either power is
attacked.
The Russo-Japanese agreement Of
July 1, 1910, providing for the main.
tenance Jointly of the status quo in
Manchuria, was direct result of tho
il!-fated naturalization scheme for the
Manchurian railroads, and the pres
ent one was the outcome of a long
ENHANCEMENT which taught both ma
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Not having a sufficiently vivid I'm,
ANIMATION to discover one himself, the
state geologist Of Pennsylvania offers
$50 a specimen of the hoop snake. The
trouble is that he will not pay the
money on hearaay evidence. s:s1 .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

1t is interesting to read that
Housatonic woman dug twenty good"
sized potatoes and three small ones
from one hill a few days ago, but
what was her husband doing mean
while?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Shoemakers are proverbially i'll shod.
but it would seem as If the men In the
Pittsburg factory who struck because
while they turned out 600 bathtubs q
day they had none to use themselves
had something to complain Of.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Over fur thousand killed them.
selves in the United States last year.
But, still, that left fairly reassur-
ing proportion of the population that
yet believed life is worth living.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Our army has adopted new form
OF sword which is said to be highly
effective. We can picture gallant
officer, sword in hand, battling with
gatling gun at q distance of a mile
and half.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Every time we hear that pleasure
boat has knocked hole in a battle
ship we are led to wonder why the
government doesn't build fleet OF
pleasure boats.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
Novel aoudoir Clock.

Among curious clock novelties is
the shadow boudoir clock. With 1t
there is no need Of getting up to
strike a light or turn on the bulb. All
that is necessary is to touch a button
and the time is flashed on the wall,
after the same fashion that signs are
flashed on the sidewalk. When the
owner of the clock retires he turns q
night dial to the ceiling and when he
presses a bulb the electric light re-
fleets nom the dial through the lens
and appears, giving the correct time
s. shadow ii the ceiling. s=9s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Since correspondent has retal1ated
with some heat, saying that mans
garb is idiotic, we shall have to con-
cede that at least it is slightly mar
tistic.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

A young woman in New York wa
terside resort came near being
drowned by her hobble skirt. Still,
style is not worth being a cause II
it is not to have its martyrs. as we'll
as its vOtaries.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

One thing which Berlin is certain
to do in 1916 is to dwarf Stockholm In
Olympic crowds. The ten-to-one adj
vantage in population settles that
point far Ia advance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

A statistician tells US that the wo-
men of Paris outnumber the men by
zoo, 900. Now we know why rich
Americans like Paris.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

What brings the blush Of shame to
the Chicagoan's cheeks is the taunt
that the largest fish In Lake Michigan
can be caught on a pinhook!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Since a telephone girl is said to have
won a prince, lots Of girls will prac-
tice saying Number. plee-us? In
dulcet tones.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

According to reports the ballot this
fall in Oregon will be nine feet long,
and yet women insist that they want
It.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Some men are born enemies Of man.
kind, and some develop the habit OF
getting their hair cut on Saturday aft
ernOon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Observing the oddly unbecominy
costumes affected by aviatrices, oDo
marvels that any girl ever cherishes
aspirations to fly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

The gondoliers Of Venice have gone
out on a strike, leaving the public to
paddle it's own canoe, so to speak.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

No matter what may be said about
the weather man, it can not be denied
that he is hot stuff.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

A man never enjoys his summer
vacation so much as when he returns
home to get a square meal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Golf a rich mans game? Non
sense! Just look at the number OF
poor players!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

Speaking of refreshing subjects, a
motoring party in the Alps was lost
the other day In a snow drift.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

It's a heap easier to denounce the
bad habits of the other fellow than
It is to renounce our own!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30
Girls in tight skirts-well. ths les'
1atd about them the better.

Dealers in evaporated eggs do not
always succeed in evaporating the
smell.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-30

vacationers have no ambition to
"come back"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08

Very significant, as an indication
of the increasing friendliness with
which the ancient East now views
Christianity, was the recent confer
ence of religions held in Toxic, ia
pan, says the Christian Herald. 1t
was the first occasion on which
Christianity was formally and Off
Cially recognized in that country as
entitled to equal rights and privi-
leges with Buddhism and Shintoism.
At the conference were fifty-siX
Buddhists, thirteen Shintoists and
seven Christians (the latter repre-
senting Methodist, Presbyterian,
Baptist, Congregational, Episcopal,
Catholic and Greek churches), and
the imperial government was repre-
sented by four members of the cabi-
net and several chiefs of bureaus.
It was a very dignified and exclusive
assemblage and no outsiders were
admitted. All the delegates united
in a joint resolution favoring cooper
alton in politics, education and re-
ligion for the improvement of social
and moral conditions and the de-
velopment of civilization, each re-
ligion, however, strictly observing
its own province of operations" ."
Harmonious relations were declared
to be the nations prosperity" 1t
would be difficult to over-estimate
the Importance of this recognition of
the Christian faith in country
where it has been under a ban. 1t
will greatly assist in removing the
prejudice which has existed even
among the more intelligent Japanese
for government approval goes a long
way in Japan. What the emperor
and his ministers sanction or permit
no loyal son Of Nippon will call in
question. Hence great results may
flow from the conference, which
should mark the beginning of a
new forward movement in Christian
work in that country.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
THE WEATHER FOR APRIL.
Interesting Report Furnished by
Theodore Day,

Weather record for April, 1912,
compared with other Aprils for near
fifty years. Highest temperature
ranged from 2S degrees third, to II
degrees sixth and 10th; average
53.7 degrees; last year 2S degrees
second to 80 degrees 29th; an aver
age 53.4 degrees. Highest on my
April records for 40 years, varied
from 61 degrees in 1874, to SO de-
grees April IS, 1896. Lowest tenn
perature ranged from So degrees
27, down to 19 degrees fourth; aver
age 1873 degrees; and lowest last
year was IA degrees second and
third. My lowest record in April is
seven degrees, 18th, 1874. Greatest
daily range was A degrees fifth;
at least two degrees 10th, 18th and
l9thj average range 1919 degrees; !;
last year it was 17.3 degrees.
Mean for the month, 43.7 degrees,
which is s. of a degree above April
average of 42.9 degrees for AZ
years; from 35 degrees in 1874, to
sos degrees in 1878. Last year il
was Ali degrees.
There was rain to measure on IA
days, with traces seven other days,
and traces of snow and hail six
days, twenty days more or less
stormy, 80 inches of snow for the
whole winter to 81 inches year
ago. Total precipitation for April
AIS inches is 2.02 inches more than
April average of 2.7S inches for 43
years; from 81 inch in 1S9, to 5.O7
inches in 1874, and five inches in
1903. Four days were clear, ten fair
and sixteen cloudy; average 29 pei
cent. OF sunshine, to 55 last year
Prevailing winds northwest.
Morning May first, 27 degrees and
very white frost; parts of fields
green, with fruit and forest buds
swelling, and nearly all brown on
high lands and north slopes; season
nearly a month late.
THEODORE DAY.
Dyberry, Pa, May /, 1912.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
IL PHILADELPHIA,
WHY NOT HONESDALE?

Mrs. Owen Wister, chairman of
the state ciyics committee, urges all
the clubs to have their annual muni-
cipal cleaning-up during the first
week in May.
Mrs. Blankenburg, wife OF the
Mayor OF Philadelphia, is one of the
foremost advocates of the Municipal
House-Cleaning plan. 1t is expected
that Philadelphia will receive such
a cleaning as it has not had in years.
In pamphlet on this subject, pub
lished by Mrs. Blankenburg, for dis
tribution to club workers, it is sug-
gested that public interest be aroused
by educational methods through the
press and pulpit, and that the women
devote some time to the study OF
municipal expenses so that they may
know whether the appropriations for
cleanliness and sanitation are ade-
quate, and what rights they have
under the local laws TO call upon the
authorities to assist in the work
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
THE HORO=WHY2

Every country newspaper publish
er has more or less experience with
the tramp printer who comes from
no one knows where and leaves just
as suddenly when the rowing spirit
again seiZes him.
Marguerite Miller, associate editor
of the Rochester GndD Daily Re
publican, philosophers on this mys-
teriOus class of wandering mortals
in a recent issue as follows:
There is no greater mystery than
that of life, and none more incOm-
prehensible than man. Why one is
born to wealth, another to poverty
and another to mental greatness, no
system of theology has yet explain
ed or philosophy disclosed to the
satisfaction of the devotees thereof.
Why do some rise TO great heights
of mental, financial and perhaps
spiritual progress without apparent
effort, another go down in defeat
fighting their destiny every inch of
the way, while another drifts up and
down as circumstances force or fancy
dictates Can all men be good men
in spite of birth or environment?
Are men bad because they must, or
drift because it is their lot to drift?
class visits this print shop, asking
for job, and they of all men make
one ponder on the mystery of life
Usually the hobo printer arrives
dirty, unkempt, ragged and pale but
never discouraged or sullen. He
works quietly and every move counts
He can explain any part of the work
if asked; he is a living dictionary
and encyclopedia combined, and af
ter working hours, IL he can be in
duced TO talk, you find he Is yerset
not only in the events of the day
but is also a student OF history anG
in close touch with the worlds great
poets, great authors and talks with
equal grace of the drama, music OF
art And there he sits in his filthy
rags, a genius in mind, a master II
intellect, a purveyor of knowledge
far superior to those who emplo!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
TO HIM THAT HATH.

Locomotive engineers evidently
believe that to him that hath the
highest wages should be given the
greatest increase. But few people
realize how we'll these men are paid
in comparison with other workers
possessing similar skill and training,
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion reports show that in 1910 the
average daily pay of the enginemen
was 4.55, as compared with $3.50 in
1902; and the Bureau of Railway
Economics shows that their compen-
sation made a further advance of
.2%o in 1911. thus raising it to
$4.7S. Just how many days per
year the men work it is impossible
to say, but we have here shown
their yearly compensation figured at
800 days in comparison with the av-
erage annual pay of other male
laborers in the United States.
This average of other laboreTs is
based upon the wage payments of
the Steel Corporation, together with
statistics published by the Labor
Department and the Census Bureau:
Enginemen Other Engine
800 Days Laborers mems
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
BOY SCOUTS
EDITED BY
ONE OF THEM

Vincent Carroll, although not a
Scout, assisted the members of the
local troup at the Ref fire last jan
uary. A report of the fire was sent
to Scout headquarters and 1t was
published in the weekly bulletin, is
sued by Boy Scouts of America, New
York. In the write-up, among the
names of other boys, appeared Vim
cent Carroll's. These bulletins are
sent out all over the country to
Scout Masters to be used by editors
of different papers for publication.
The account, Boy Scouts as Fire
Fighters" appeared in an Oklahoma
paper and reached the eye of Vincent
II. Carroll, of Hunter, Okla. He
wrote to Vincent Carroll here. Re
ferring to the clipping in his home
paper, the western Mr.. Carroll said
that Vincent's name attracted his at
tention, as it happened to be his
name also. He wanted to know who
Vincent's parents are and where they
came from. He stated that his faith
er, J. H. Carroll, formerly lived on
Long Island, New York, and he had
brother, whose name was ]. Vim.
cent Carroll.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
PLANTING FOR BIRDS.

The question is often asked as
TO why our native birds are becom-
ing rare, and it is often answered
by the absurd statement that ii is
because women are using them for
millinery purposes" said Prof. II.
A. Surface, state zoologist, in an
interview in his Office at Harrisburg
recently. He continued:
The chief reasons why birds are
becoming rare are that their native
haunts and places of concealment
are gradually being destroyed, and
their natural food Is disappearing.
This is particularly true of many
species of birds that feed upon wild
fruits of various kinds 1t is really
unbelievable by many persons as to
what large number of wild seeds
and fruits are taken as food by
birds. For example, the seeds of
the poison ivy would never be
thought edible by mankind, yet sew
eral species of birds are known to
eat them.
In the efforts to clean up thick
cts and fence rows the various kinds
OF shrubs, bushes, vines and trees
that furnish food for birds at differ
ent times of the year have been de-
| stroyed, and ii is but natural that
these feathered creatures will not
continue to live in abundance in re-
gions where their food is scarce.
About all that is necessary to re-
store the birds. especially of many
interesting kinds, is to be sure that
they are provided with natural food
and adequate protection.
" To provide the birds with food
1t Is best to arrange that this be
done by natural means, and we In
turn must plant for them those
plants which will furnish them theiI
most desired fruits. Among these
are such as the following: June
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08

The manner in which boys of the
United States are taking up scouting
is shown by the fact that in the last
nine weeks, $500 boys have re-
Ceived badges from the headquarters
of the Boy Scouts of America. Jas.
r. West, Chief Scout Executive of
the Boy Scouts of America, who
made this announcement points out
that in other words the average has
been about $500 badges a week. OF
the total number 1900 boys won
TenderfoOt badges, 4,500 won Sec
ond Glass Scout badges and 1000,
First Glass badges.
The number of Tenderfoot badges
awarded to the boys shows that in
the last nine weeks the boys through
out the country have been qualifying
as Tenderfeet, which is the first
state of scouting, at the rate of about
1000 a week. OF course, the boys
who got Second Glass and First
Glass scout badges have been engag-
ing in scouting activities for several
months, and already have obtained
their TenderfoOt badges. In the last
nine weeks sCoutmasters or the men
who have charge of the troops OF
boy scouts have been joining the
scout movement at the rate of about
80 a week. There are about "a boys
in a patrol so that it is clear that the
applications for commissions as
scoutmasters and the orders of the
boys for badges are in about the
same ratio.
Reports coming into Nationa,
Headquarters confirm in other ways
the continued growth of the scout
movement. In Philadelphia, Leo T
Tierney, Executive Secretary, and ]
w. Patton, Field Secretary, are
working on a basis of organizing one
| troop of boy scouts every day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08

berry, shad berry or service berry,
scientifically known as amalanchier,
the mulberries (both English and
Russian), early sweet varieties of
strawberries. sweet early cherries
(like the Governor wood), haw-
thorne, vihurnum, first grape, fox
grape, greenbrier, juniper or cedar
apple, holly, barberry, mountain
ash, English ivy, Virginia creeper or
five-leafed ivy and blackberry.
These are among the plants that
furnish natural food for the birds
during the entire year, even while
the SHOWS lay deep on the ground
birds of several kinds will feast up
on the grapes which they seek on the
wild grape vines, and in the spring
time as the robins and other birds
end their wearying fight from the
South, they will quickly be able 20
find the berries OF the ivy on some
old wall, or the hardened berries of
the blackberry tree still clinging to
the trees where they grew and ripen-
ed last summer.
Such a list OF food plants as Civ
en- above is Natures menu served in
courses, giving food that will be
taken by the birds of various Kinds
during the entire year. Among the
birds that have been known to feed
upon the fruits of the plants men,
toned are such as the follwing:
Cuckoos, bluebirds, flycatchers, blue
jays, bobolink, brown thrasher, cat
bird, cedarbird, grackle or black
bird, kingbird, downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker, and wood thrush" "
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
How to Destroy Mosquitoes and
Flies.

Prevent the mosquito and the NY
from breeding and you will put an
end to both. Flies breed principally
in decayed flesh and manure. They
like the dirty alleys where garbage
and refuse are scattered about.
Keep your streets and your back
yards clean and you will deprive the
fly of its breeding places and it
will cease to multiply.
The mosquito breeds in stagnant
water. The rusty old cans that, half
filled with water, lie on dump heaps
and in back alleys are what the mos
quito likes. The barrels of rain wa
ter that stand under the caves of
some houses, the stagnant pools in
meadows, swamps-all of these are
excellent breeding places for the
mosquito.
The varieties of this insect that
infest this part of the country will
not. as a rule, breed in running wa
ter. Therefore drain your swamps
and stagnant pools. If you can't
drain them pour crude oil over them.
This will kill the young of the mos
quito. Clean up your towns. Don't
allow cans and barrels to lie about
where they can collect rain water
A clean town will be fyless and
mosquitoless. Don't give either OF
these pests a chance to breed and
you will not be troubled by them
Karl de SchweinitZ, Executive Sec
retary, Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention of tuberculosis.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08
THIS AND THAT.

Love may drive a man crazy, but
It seldom drives him to work.
How to cure a cold Is n piece of
fiction that rivals any of the six best
sellers.
The man who gets in with the
automobile crowd frequently gets
out with his landlord.
Graft frequently leads to bank
account and thence to the room of
the investigating committee.
Many people who are able to work
aren't willing, and those who are
willing often turn out to be unable.
Men may pass a law permitting
women to vote. but just let the ego
tistical creatures try compelling wo-
men to vote!
There are people who pay taxes
cheerfully and others who think they
would be willing to do so If they had
any property to be taxed.
Spring marriage ties dissolve cas-
lily and noiselessly, while others ex-
plode and re-echo from one end of
the country to the other.
One who tries to make you dis
contented is not your friend.
Envy makes it easy to believe
that wealth must be acquired dis
honestly.
After looking the men over care
fully, the surprising thing to us is
that women are ever jealous.
Is there a man with nose so red
who has never to himself said, guess
| I'll cut it out?"
Abe Martin truthfully remarks
that "the more a man loves his wife
the more it costs him."
In r;vI
to look cross, and then she does not
want to work at it steadily.
When a fellow gets so he can eat
with a fork he thinks he ought to
have orchestra music at feeding
| time
This old world will begin to get
better about the time the reformers
| begin work on themselves.
Every girl thinks that she is bet
ter to look upon than her photo, not.
| withstanding the fact that every
! photo is supposed to fiatter
Along the narrow way, like around
the baseball diamond, you must
touch all the bases.
The hardest thing for a girl to dc
is to fall in love with a fellow who
no other girl wants.
Taking into consideration the fact
| that most women are greatly humor.
! ed, it stands to reason that they
! should all have sense of humor.
Time waits for no man, although
! 1t has been known to loaf around
a year or two for a woman.
Even a man with a wart on his
! cheek can be tickled to death with
| it for not being on his nose.
Always believe in your friends. L
will help them to help themselves
to your possessions more easily.
Remember that, though each /!
the architect of his own life, yet hi
has not the ordering of the mater
| ial