THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1000.
Adult Education.
Did you over think of tho possibi
lities of tho everyday education, the
education which we can all pick up
in all sorts of places and from all
sorts of people?
Some men and women seem to
drink in knowledge through their
very pores. They absorb it every
where. They are always studying
people, reading human nature, im
bibing knowledge from every sourco.
Everybody they meet must contrib
ute something to their store.
Wo often seo these people who
have never been to college, and have
had very little regular schooling,
and yet are wonderfully well posted.
They are able to converse well upon
all sorts of subjects because they
go through the world with their eyes
open, their ears open, their minds
open, their perceptions alert. Their
lives are enriched by this constant
alertness and the absorptive power
of all the mental faculties.
How few people appreciate the
wonderful opportunities of every-day
life for storing up wisdom that is
plrceless!
Among tho greatest needs of this
country to-day are writers and speak
ers who can show tho possibilities of
adult education. There is a very
general conviction that if one docs
not get his education during the few
Impressionable years of his youth,
the opportunity is gono forever.
Nothing is more false.
This impression is duo in large
measure to over-emphasla o the Im
portance of mere ability to commit
to memory. But this Is not so essen
tial in acquiring nn education ns the
nblllty to observe, to think, to gen
eralize; tho power to grasp ideas
with vigor; to analyze them.
While it is of tho utmost import
ance to get tho grounding of one's
education early In "life, und before
ono settles down to his life-work, yet
thero nro some ml vantages, if ono
only has grit, determination, and ap
plication, in getting an education
when the mind is more mature.
Every Sale an Advertisement.
Many a business man docs not
realize that In some way every sale
he makes is an advertisement that
is going to help or hinder his busi
ness. It is an advertisement of the
policy of his Arm. It advertises the
attitude of his employees, whether
accommodating or Indifferent, polite
or boorish. It advertises the hones
ty or dishonesty of the whole con
cern. I have heard men boast of a good
sale when they have taken advant
age of a customer. They congratu
lated themselves on having obtain
ed more than the regular price for
an article sold to a customer whom
they had found to be an "easy
mark." He did not try to beat them
down, but simply paid the price ask
ed, and said nothing.
Business chickens come home to
roost, and, a dishonest policy of .this
kind will ultimately ruin a firm.
It is only a question of time; for
every dishonest trick, every misrep
resentation, every mean transaction
is a boomerang which comes back
to wound the thrower.
Quality is the best salesman in tho
world. The article that is a little
setter than others of the same kind,
that is the best, even if the price is
higher, "carries in its first sale the
possibility of many sales, because it
makes a satisfied customer, and only
a satisfied customer will come
again."
Like good things to eat, a superb
quality always leaves a good taste In
the mouth, and we go again to the
Arm that gives us the best thing of
its kind that can bo obtained.
The house which has built up its
business on quality does not need
to do so much advertising as inferior
concerns, for every sale it makes is
an advertisement, and every pleased
customer becomes an unpaid drum
mer for the house. After we have
once worn or used or enjoyed the
best, we do not like the second best.
We may be forced by circumstances
to get it, but we do not like it.
Knockout Blow For Foolish Custom.
Hazing will receive a severe check
in tho dismissal of the cadets con
victed of hazing Cadet Sutton, The
punishment of ruined careers is a
hard blow for the folly in which the
young men indulged, but they had
the choice, with open eyes, between
folly and a career, and if they chose
the former they must, if the service
is to be maintained at a high stand
ard of discipline, take the conse
quences. A young man thinks it of
importance that "cocky" newcomers
should have "the nonsense taken out
of them." Public opinion and all
experience show that It is far more
important that tho first lesson a
soldier must learn Is tho great ono
of obedience, says tho Baltimore
American. If the two standards con
flict, not even the most ardent ex
cusers of youthful folly will con
tend that that of military obedience
must go. If it is understood that
punishment In this case is Irrevoca
ble, the persistence of hazing is apt
to glvo way to determined authority.
Ho Conquered His Unfortunate
Heredity.
How many people aro kept back
because of an unfortunate family
history! The son of tho notorious
bandit, Jesse James, some time ago
carried off the highest honor, summa
cum laude, In the Kansas City Law
School. Judge Silas Porter, of the
Supremo Court of Kansas, delivered
the address on the occasion.
For years young James has been
the only support of his widowed
mother. Ho has worked In a pack
ing house, attended a cigar stand,
and has done all sorts of things to
secure an education and make his
way In the world; and at last he has
succeeded In overcoming tho handi
cap of his fearful Inheritance.
His success ought to be a great
encouragement to tho unfortunate
boys and girls whose fathers or
mothers have disgraced them and
placed them at cruel odds with the
world.
Men Who Balk Under Heavy Loads.
This morning I saw a pair of
horses which had evidently become
discouraged by being hitched to
loads that were too heavy for them.
At the start they did their best to go
forward; when the driver struck
them with his whip they made an
effort to pull; but one could see that
their spirit had been broken; the
long strugglo with unequal burdens
had caused them to lose their confi
dence and their grip, and after
awhile they ceased to make any ef
fort ,to move.
I have often seen other horses
loaded beyond their strength; but
no matter how heavy their load, they
would pull again and again with all
their might, stretching to tho utmost
every muscle, nerve, and fiber In
them; and, although they could not
start tho load, they would never give
up trying.
Everywhere in life wo find people
llko those horses. Some have be
come discouraged by trying to carry
too heavy a load, and finally give up
tho struggle. They spurt a little
now and again, but thoro Is no
heart, no spirit in their effort. Tho
buoyancy" and cheer and enthusiasm
have gono out of their lives. They
have been tugging nwny over heavy
loads so long that they have become
disheartened. There is no more
fight In them.
Thoro nro others who, no mntter
how heavy their load, will never
ccaso In their efforts to go forward.
They will try a thousand times with
nil their might and main; they will
tug nwny until completely exhaust
ed; they will gather their strength
and try again nnd again without los
ing heart or courage. Nothing will
daunt them, or Induce them to give
up the struggle. When everybody
else lets go, they stick because they
are made of winning material, tho
mottle which never gives up.
A New Scramble Game.
This Jolly scramblo gamo was the
result of an Inspiration to entertain
a company of young boys and girls
who arrived unexpectedly nnd for
an occasion for which nothing else
seemed to offer.
An equal quantity of pins In
black and white a couple of hun
dred In each color were stuck
around tho living room, wherever
they could be inserted. They were
placed in the couch and chairs, cur
tains, sofa pillows, carpets, always
head side up, of course, to avoid
pricking of lingers.
One-half the company was detail
ed to collect the black pins, one-half
the white and two "timekeepers"
were appointed. Each of tho time
keepers held a large pincushion and
both stood together.
The timekeepers were older per
sons, members of the family who did
not enter into competition for the
prize.
At a given signal the players broke
ranks and darted away in all direc
tions In search of pins. Each play
er, of course, confined him or her
self to the color appointed and one
of the timekeepers received only
white pins, the other black.
It added to the hilarity of the oc
casion that each pin when found had
to be brought to the tlemkeeper and
inserted in the cusion ere another
one could be searched for. Players
were not allowed to collect a num
ber before depositing. This kept
the company scampering to and fro
and the room In a gale of fun.
When by common consent it was
agreed that no more pins remained
to be searched for and no one wish
ed to hunt further, the pins In each
cushion were counted. Members of
the side which proved to have col
lected most drew for the prizes,
which took tho form of pretty pin
cushions for tho pocket or bureau.
Tho boobies were papers of pins.
If tho entertainer wishes to limit
the time which the search is to oc
cupy, she can discontinue it by a
signal in the same way that It be
gan. 2,000,000 WITH HOOK-WORM.
Government to Try to Get Rid of
This Disease.
Government health experts are
unanimous in expressions of gratifi
cation because of John D. Rocke
feller's magnificent gift of a million
dollars to fight the "hook-worm"
disease.
Surgeon-General Wyman, of the
Public Health and Marino Hospital
Service, said:
"I am very glad to learn that an
effort is now to be made to eradicate
this disease, which, It Is conserva
tively estimated, infects at least 2,
000,000 of our people, principally
In the south. It is evident from tho
correspondence which passed between
Mr. Rockefeller and tho Commission
to which he has entrusted tho fund
that they contemplate a campaign
of education. I think this will be
of great valuo if they work in har
mony with the State and local au
thorities, which I have no doubt they
will.
"This service has devoted a great
deal of study and attention to the
prevalence of the disease In the
South, and It was through one of
our officers, Dr. Charles Wardell
Stiles, that attention was first di
rected to It. He made a very full
report upon It which was published
as one of the bulletins of the sor-
vice."
Surgeon-General Hivey, of tho
Navy, and Brigadier-General Stern
burg, formerly Surgeon-General of
the Army, both expressed themselves
as being much pleased that there
was now a chance of eradicating the
disease.
"It is an excellent use of money,"
said the former, "and scientists and
medical men generally welcome the
generous contribution which will go
far towards enabling them success
fully to combat the disease."
The hook-worm Is a parasite which
Is supposed to enter the human
system through the bare feet. It
feeds on the red corpuscles of the
blood and thus produces enervation,
or so-called "shlftlessness ' so com
mon In some sections of tho south.
YESTERDAY.
I want to go back to yesterday
To skies of tender blue,
Back to the fields of happiness
I used to wander through;
O, for a fling at the sweet, sweet
hours
Whose memory still Is true
I want to go back to yesterday,
1 want to go back to you.
n
Mayhap to come these hours are fair,
But my fair hours are few,
And clouds o'ercast the olden fields,
My tears fall as their dew;
O, why are joys that cannot last,
Why turns tho rose to rue?
I want to go back to you.
But youth goes swift adown tho
track,
And I have ago to view
I've passed beyond the sunny stretch
Whore tho green hedges grew;
So have I lost tho bird or llower,
Or aught you were, In lieu
Lost ns a part of yesterday,
Yesterday, youth, and you.
WATER PLANT FOR FARMS.
One Built on Levol with Ground, Con
nected with Pipe to Well.
I have read with a good deal of In
terest of tho different systems for
supplying country houses with water,
says a writer In Farm Magazine. I
tried the elevated tank, but did not
llko It and took it down. Then I built
one from the ground. I first dug a
trench from the well nnd laid In it a
one-inch pipe. From that pipe I ex
tended a pipe, up through the bottom
of the tank with a burr on each side
of the bottom.
I then dug a circular trench six
inches larger than the tank and laid
a rock foundation high enough so that
the bottom of the tank will be higher
than the lowest outlet, so the tank can
be drained. Then I erected a tank
A Water Plant.
16 feet high, of Oregon fir, the bot
tom being three inches thick and the
sides of inch plank. I put on 14 hoops
with one above and one below the
bottom.
Only one pipe Is necessary to go
into the tank, and that should be in
the center of the bottom. You want
two shut-offs, one on each side of the
tank, or ono in tho well and the other
on the further side of the tank. This
is required In case the pump needs
to be mended, or If you wish to shut
the water out of the house.
I have had this In constant use for
three years and havo always had
plenty of water for stock, house and
bathroom. The tank Is roofed over
to shut out tho dust, etc.
In the fall I put a circle of chicken
wire around the bottom of the tank
and All In tho space with straw about
threo feet high, in case of extremely
cold weather, and have never had
any trouble with freezing.
There is nothing to break or watch.
When tho windmill has pumped the
tank full and It is running over, it
makes noise enough to attract atten
tion.
My tank is seven feet, three inches
In diameter, and Is 1Q feet high. The
pressure in the bathroom Is as strong
as any one could desire.
Remedy for Squash Bugs.
Hero Is a remedy for squash bugs
and striped beetles that get after the
cucumber and squash vines which In
my 15 years' experience has never
failed. Every time you hoo your
plants take a handful of tho strong'
est phosphate you can get, and scat
ter it round the vines or hill, but not
on the leaves, nor too near tho plant
Tho smell will cause tho bugs to
leave, and when the smell of the fer
tilizer is gone, apply more, after the
old has been worked Into the soli
around the plant. By following this
method you not only keep away the
bugs, but greatly aid in tho growth
of your plants. If your phosphate Is
strong and applied around and not on
the plants, you can rest assured the
method will bring satisfactory re
sults.
T."-'riy Sag gal.
Of Interest
to Women
Changing of the Coraet "Grace"
Corset for Three Different Typo
Royalties of Europe Form Move
ment With Eminent Artists at Head
Bones Pat In by a Physiologist.
In Paris the otherwise powerful
League of Mothers of Families got It
self laughed at for taking up corset
reform six months ago. Its fifty-two
page brochure, Illustrated by photo
graphs of paintings and statues, ana
tomical cuts and portraits of floating
kidneys, was reviewed Ironically by
tho Boulevard press. Its letters of
encouragement from 100 Paris physi
cians, 100 poets, painters and sculp
tors and 100 actrosses and profession
al beauties fell flat.
When asked about the 100 actresses
the great Paris dressmakers laughed.
Imp trrrr rtr FkDt
Actresses and M-ThE SUSttNDCRS'
mssau
Then suddenly they began hedging.
Concessions might be made to the de
mands of suppleness and grace, and
tho tendency townrd more classical
garments might suggest a kind of cor
set reform.
What had scared the great dress
makers? Paris business was at last
being threatened by fashionable peo
ple! Queen Alexandra of England,
Influenced by the movement In Scan
dinavian countries, has joined hands
with the London Times in favor of
tho creation of a corsetless "nation
al English style" for women. In Italy
Queen Helene and Dowager Queen
Marguerite have formed a committee
of eminent Italian artists with tho
fashionable Boldlni at its head. It is
to these fashionable movements solely
that the new Parisian "grace corsets"
owe their origin.
Outline drawings of "grace corsets"
are given herewith, In three types.
That for stout heavily developed wom
en (No. 1) Is a mere compromise.
Nevertheless, It Is cut bo low in tho
mist aa to seem reckless but for the
tightly adjusted corset cover of strong
BUk, which is really a "corset for a
KOS'wrni ONLY THO DONE?
AND ATOZXIBII SKZLTmt
BOX IS.NEARTOUMlOfMfiir
corset." It is said that the bones of
this cprset have been put in their
places by an eminent physiologist,
and as they carry no patent they
doubtless will be generally tried; but,
in Paris, even stout women are recom
mended to risk the second model, also
designed "for very plump ladles with
heavy hips."
This true grace corset (No. 2) Is
low In the bust and so high in the
hips behind, as to be scarcely moro
than a corset belt. A "flgaro" sus
tains the bust. This corset has very
few bones, placed far apart. It ex
tends rather low over the abdomen,
but Is cut away from tho hips so high
as to afford any undulating grace you
may ask for.
The most remarkable model (No. 3)
is that adopted by the earnest girls
of our French garden. Made of very
stout jersey tissue, with a single bone
on each side and n flexible steel
"busc" in front, It pormitB movements
that aro grace's own Ideal. ThiB Is
the all-but-boneless corset that has
caught on in Paris.
Knitting Cures Nervousness.
Nothing soothes the nerves and em
ploys the mind pleasantly, yet not
fatigulngly, llko needlework. It takes
people from tho restless habit of In
trospection and worry and acts as an
anodyne on tired nerves. Our mothers
appreciated this occupation rightly
when they made their daughters do
dainty needlework eraty day, prefer
ably for others.
T?il TlTTw)
8HORT EGG 8UPPLY.
Not Sufficient Care Taken In Weed
ing Out Hens.
If tho subject were Investigated I
believe it would bo found that tho
chief reason why on so many farms so
few eggs are now produced is that not
sufficient care has been taken In
weeding out tho old hens. These,
though they may look well, will not
lay In winter, and aro unprofitable
stock. There should on tho farm be
nothing but pullets and birds of last
year; and these should not, if thoy
exceed 50, bo all kept together, but
split up into different lots on different
parts of the farm. Also give them
their liberty; thoy aro then moro
healthy, pick up a portion of their
keep and save their owner's pocket.
A sleeping-house, whore they breathe
pure air at night and are not over
crowded, Is necessary for them; also
somo kind of shed or shelter where
they can shelter on wet days. Fowls
hato wet and wind and should always
be provided with protection from
them; but they do not always get it.
A groat many are out in wlro runs In
exposed fields at tho winter with no
shelter but an Inadequate sleeping
house. Such birds catch colds, which
often turn to roup, and very few win
ter eggs are produced by them. It Is
all very well to havo a high standard
of egg laying to nlm at, but to say
that fowls ought to produce 180 eggs
each In a year is nonsonso; when kept
In lots of 40 or so tho owner will bo
very lucky If he gets 140; and this Is
reckoning on a number of them lay
ing from October and through tho
winter. Between what they ought to
do, according to somo writers, and
what they really do thero Is a wide
gulf, but it might bo lessened If more
care In selecting tho birds and hous
ing them were practiced.
Good to Know.
That hens will not lay If compelled
to roost outdoors or, worse still, In
damp and filthy houses, and that they
must have good, wholesome food at
regular hours, with fresh water and
grit at all times.
That some kind of animal food Is
necessary for laying hens. If you can
not havo ground green bone give bone
meal or the refuse of slaughter
houses, such as the livers, kidneys,
blood, etc.
That roosting on high perches will
cause the fowls to have bumble foot
and that they are often permanently
Injured while being thus disabled.
That all good hens have already be
gun to lay, and that those which show
no disposition to begin should be sent
to the market at once.
A Popular Breed.
Farmous Barred Rock Winner.
Burn Sulphur.
Thoro Is no better way to purify
the air of tho poultry-house during
hot weather than by burning sulphur.
It is usually better done during the
afternoon, when the hens are no
longer using the nests, and there is
no danger of suffocating any of them,
Place a few tablespoonfuls of sul
phur In nn old pot or pan on the
ground and set It on fire; close all the
doors and windows, and let the fumes
penetrate every crack and crevice.
Sulphur, keroseno and lime are the
threo most essential things to consld
er In keeping the surroundings in a
healthy condition, and If they nro
persistently applied there will bo but
little chance for disease to get a
start
Handling Geese.
In handling geese they should al
ways bo taken by the neck, nnd
when lifted from the ground tho body
should bo turned with tho back to
ward the person handling It In that
position it cannot strike, and will re
main quiet nnd docile. The body can
be partly supported by seizing the
first Joint of the wing with one hand
If the goose is held facing one, it will
strike hard blows with its wings or
scratch with Its feet
Don't let the drinking vessels In
the poultry yard become foul. Clean
every day.
Qeeso need pasture. Give them the
run of a green field and they will
thrive and make money for you.
PROFESSIONAL GAUDS.
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. ATTORNEY. 4 COUNSELOU-AT-LAW.
Office. Mnsnnln huilrllnir.i trrnntl floor
Ilonesdnic, l'a.
WM. II. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAW.
Office over Dost office. All 1 peril Inislnemi
promptly attended to. Iloncsdale, Va.
I7 C. MUMFOHD,
U. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office Liberty Hall bulldlne. ontinsltn thn
Post Office, llonesdnle. Pa.
HOMER GREENE.
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AT. 8EARLE.
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Sncclnl nnd nroniDt attention clvcn to the
collection of claims. Office over lteif'n nnw
store, llonesdnle, Pa.
FP. KIMBLE,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAWj
Office over the post office llonesdalo. Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
OHiceJn tho Court House, llonesdalo,
Pa.
HERMAN IIARMES,
ATTORNEY A COUNHELOR-AT-LAW ,
Patents nnd pensions secured. Office In the
Scliuerholz bulldlnc llonesdnle. l'u.
PETER II. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office-Second floor old .Savings Urik
buildiiiL'. llonesdulc. l'a.
Ril. SALMON,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office Next door to pott oflUe. I'ornierl
occupied bvW.11. Dliniulck. llonctdale. l'a
Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWNJ
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Savlnes Bank build
in t;. llonesdnle. l'a.I
Dr. C. It. 11HADY. DKNTibT. HonesdnleJPa.
Office Houhb-B a. m. to o p. m
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone. 33 Residence. No. 86-X'
Phvslclans.
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HONESDALE, PA.
Office nnd residence 1019 Court 'street
telephones. Office Hours 2:00 to; 4:00 nnd
fi (10 to 8:00. D. in
Livery.
L1VEKY. Fred. G. Rickard has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Church street to Whitney's Stone
Barn.
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