THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1011. A Modern Ghipv.-i. ;!-c. In nn nccount of tin' r.r.'tk of tlio nailing ship Cnniiirron V,;,' on 1I:r Island, Australia, It Is feinted that when tlio vessol 'struck the captain calmly tool: n clgnr from lib pocket, bit tlio end off nnd lit It before order ing the boats to bo launched. Even this display of lack of fear did not en tirely provent some degree of panic among the men, however, and seven men pushed off In tho port lifeboat, leaving twenty-two to scramble Into tho starboard boat. In splto of tho captain's orders tho men In tho port boat refused to come nlongsldc, and those in tho starboard boat shouted that if thoy did not put off tho masts would fall on them. Instead of hurry ing to tho boat the captain strolled to his cabin nnd collected his paper3. After ho had entered tlio boat ho transferred live men to thu port boat and. made for Tasmania, 100 miles away. Ho and tho mates steered In turn, while tho men balled with empty biscuit tins, and forty-eight hours later both boats reached land. Chicago Kws. Oddities of Cecil Rhodes, no possessed few intimate friends, and not even to all of them did he dis close his hand. Merc acquaintances disliked his moody silences, varied with fits of rather boisterous fun. Thoy considered him exclusive, mo rose, rough nnd overbearing. And It must bo admitted that ho wa3 a good hater, violent when thwarted and at times blunt to tho point of rudeness. It is difficult to bo sufficiently uncon ventional to shock a mining camp, but he shocked it. In dress he was almost disreputable. He seldom took pains to ingratiate himself with any one, and a man who too openly scorns his fol lows must expect to suffer social os tracism nnd to havo his character tra duced. It would bo Idle to deny that for a time there were unfavorable ru mors in circulation regarding htm or that he was in many circles unpop ular. But, like Galllo, he "cared for none of those things." Sir Levis Mtcli ell. An Eccentric Bishop. ' Bishop Wilson of Calcutta had as housekeeper a venerable lady who re membered tho duel between Sir Philip Francis and Wnrren Hastings on Aug. 17, 1780. On entering tho cathedral on a Sunday morning, fully robed, lawn sleeves and nil, and passing tho pew where the old lady sat he would pause and give her the "kiss of peace" before all the congregation, nnd this although ho had met her at breakfast His sermons, too, were racy. Preach ing against dishonesty, especially In horseflesh, as one of the great English failings in India, he went on, "Nor are we, servants of the altar, free from yielding to this temptation." Pointing to the occupant of tho reading desk be low him: "There is my dear and ven erable brother, tho archdeacon, down there. He is an Instance of it. ne once sold mo a horse. It was uusouud. 'I was a stranger, nnd he took mo in.' " Scientist Who Couldn't Light a Fire. Lord Kelvin, like Lord Morley, once amused n Scottish audience with a dis play of Ignorance. At a lecture In Ed inburgh, with Lord Kelvin In the chair, tho Duko of Argyll wns taken sudden ly ill. "When tho aged peer was car ried down to one of the anterooms," said n local paper, "one of tho first things to be thought of was the light ing of n- lire, and this task was tackled by tho duke's host, Lord Kelvin. But instead of placing some paper in tho grato nnd some wood on that In the orthodox manner ho amazed tho on lookers by desperate efforts to kindle a handful of sticks at a gas burner. Ordinary mortals may bo pardoned for taking some satisfaction In the fact that even so great a philosopher as Lord Kelvin did not know how to light a lire." The Thimble; About 200 years ago a London gold smith called Trotting made nnd pre sented to tho lrndy of his heart on her birthday anniversary a thimble of gold, beautifully ornamented and chased, accompanied by a ugte which introduced the llttlo contraption as u "token of my humble esteem which shall protect thoso delicate, fair and Industrious fingers from prick and scar of needle head." That was tho origin of tho thimble. Fate of a Duchess. Wo havo had excellent morals drawn from tho substantial waist of tho Ve nus of JIllo for tho admonition of the fnshlonablo woman. But what can we say about tho Duchcsse do Maza rin, who (G. Duval tells us in "Shad ows of Old Paris") "died In 1775 from tight lacing, although sho had posed for a statuo of Venus?" Giving Him Carte Blanche. A few years ago John Kendrlck Bangs, tho humorist, told a number of his Broadwoy literary confreres that ho felt particularly elated over an or der ho had Just received from Henry W. Savage, tho theatrical producer, for tho libretto of n musical comedy. Tho play was produced a few months later. During the long period of re hearsals so much of Bangs' material was eliminated and so much other ma terial Inserted In Its stead that when tho curtain went up on tho first night not moro than half n dozen of I ho original lines remained. About n week later n friend, meet ing Bangs, asked him If ho was writ ing any more plays for Savage. "Yes," replied Bangs, "Only an hour ago I sent him 500 blank sheets of paper and told him to go ns far us ho liked." Irvln Cobb in New York Tribune. TAX ON WHISKERS. When Englishmen Paid for Their Dcards and Their Babies. Now that we aro all crying out about our heavy taxation I found It in teresting lately to come across some old documents relating to taxe3 of former times and reigns. Allowing for the difference In tho valuo of money from ono period to another, those ancients levies seem to havo been pretty heavy and extremely varied. Our men folk may bo thankful that they havo not now, as In tho days of tho eighth Henry, to pay a tax for tho privilege of wearing a beard, a tax that was moreover a graduated ono, the sliding Bcale being regulated ac cording to tho status of the wearer. A certain Sheriff at Canterbury, for example, had to pay three shillings and fourpence for his whiskers. Ho would not have won much sympathy from Mr. Prank Itlckardson. Queen Elizabeth, with oven more stringent notions on this subject, ilxed a simi lar tax on every beard of over two weoks growth. At a later period it was decided to place a tax on the birth of overy child in England, and a sliding scale was also employed here. The baby of a Duko born In tho year 1095 cost Its proud father 30, while on the In fant of a commoner the tax was but two shillings. Widowers and bachelors who had decided to retain the joy3 of single blessedness were compelled to con tribute to the State, and long before the Harcourt death duties wero dreamed of It was also quite a costly matter to dlo. Nearer our own day the window tax was Invented by William Pitt, and In tho reign of George I. it was neces sary to havo a license to Bell hats, and there was also a tax on hair pow der, watches and clocks. English Lady's Pictorial. How Danish Farmers Prosper. The Daulsh farmers, living as they do on or near the seacoast, aro great exporters of dairy stuff. England Is so big a customer that tho Danes in fun reproach their neighbors with eating up their butter, and leaving them only oleomargarln. "Yet," says Mr. F. M. Butlln in "Among the Danes," "they are not all of that way of thinking, for ono old farmer asked us if we could not persuade our fel low countrymen to eat butter with their cake. "If you ask how the Danlsn farm ers manage to keep pace with our (the British) Increasing appetite for Danish eggs, butter and bacon, the answer is, they co-operate. The but ter which is exported is made in their co-operative dairies. The pigs aro slain in their co-operative slaughter-houses, and tho Danes are not a llttlo proud of tho process. Ono dis tinguished traveler complains that during his stay in Denmark ho was always being asked to como and seo a pig killed. "The eggs are exported by co operative societies. If a Dane has oniy one egg he can export It al ways provided it be a good egg. No mistake must be made about that. Beforo tho eggs are packed for ex port, down in the co-operative fac tory on tho shore, they aro held over a basin filled with electric light, when all defects can be detected with the naked eye. It Is no use for an old egg to pose as a young one then. Each egg Is marked with the owner's num ber and tho number of his district; tho owners of bad eggs are fined. No less than eighteen thousand Danes belong to this one society. Here, too, butter is packed for the English mar' lcet" One Cauce of Forest Fires. Cattle ticks aro declared to bo In directly responsible for. the numerous forest fires in the West, which have cost scores of lives and property loss amounting into millions of dollars. Tho bite of this particular species of pest Is believed to produce a malig nant fever and In an effort to rid the fo ests as well as their stock of these insects the settlors havo been.settlng fire to woodlands, according to H. H, Chapman, assistant professor of for estry In tho Yale forest school. Washington Post Arrival of Twins. Every employee of tho Bank of Eng land Is required to sign Ills name In a book on his arrival in the morning, and, If late, must give tho reauon therefor. The chief cause of tardi ness is usually fog, and tho first nan to arrive writes detained by "fog" op posite his name, and those who fol low write "ditto." Tho other day, however, the first late man gave as the reason; "arrival of twins," and twenty other late men mechanically signed "ditto" underneath. IJnnlc of England Notes When the Bank of Englrn i n returns to the bank It is never r su'd. It Is cancel'od by bavin signature of tho chief cashier '- off After tho signatures aro in i off tho notes are pricked off In ' rcg star and sorted' Into tlio data -Issue. They are then placer boxes In the vaults whore thy .n- kept for five years, after wh ch h v are burned In a furnace In th co i- yard. Coral Galore, fronting the coast of North A I us- traiia is the Great Barrier reef, largest coral reef In tho world. the It 1, over 1.000 miles long and 30 mllei wide. A duck of a girl can make a gooa out of anj man. Atlas and His Load. Strictly speaking, "atlas" Is n vaW nomcr for a map book, since 11 wns not the world, but the heave na. that tho "atlas" of mythology uphold. Mer cator, tho famous Dutch geographer, who made globes for Emperor Charlc) V. of Germany, was tho lirst to una tho name in this connection, choosing It as a convenient and In some sort tin npproprlnte title, because Atlas, tho demigod, figures with n world upon his shoulders as n frontispiece of soun early works on geography. Atlas, it was said, made war with other Titans upon Zeus and, being conquered, was condemned to bear heaven upon his head and hands. Lat er tradition represented hlin as a man changed by means of Medusa's head into a mountain, upon which rested heaven and all Its stars. In any case, Atlas was always asso ciated with n heavy burden strongly borne. Thus Shakespeare makes War wick say to Gloucester: Thou art no Atlai for so great a weight. It is not difficult to seo how by an association of ideas this camo to bo chosen as tho name for a book of maps which upholds and exhibits to us the whole world. Marshal Tureen and His Soup. There is a quaint old shop in Loudon which still bears the name of Samuel Birch, the Drat purveyor of turtle soup in the English capital. Amid all tho changes of the city Birch's shop In Cornhlll survives In the guise it woro when its owner was lord mayor of London In the memorable year of Wa terloo. Samuel Birch achieved dlstlnc Hon in many Holds. He was nn orator and a patriot; he was colonel of tho city militia and accepted with great good nature his nickname of Marshal Tureen; he was a man of letters, pro duced plays that held the stage and books that wero readable, though now seldom read. Ono of his plays, "Tho Adopted Child," was popular long aft er its author had killed his last turtle. His daughter married Lamartlne, and ono of his sons, a flue classical scholar, begat a family of scholars. Yet Birch's claim to fame rests most upon tho fact that ho was the man who made turtle soup popular. City merchants, templars from the inns and dandles from the west end all flocked to Corn- hill, the turtle house of all London. rgonaut. Reign of the Dandies. In tho matter of dress wo have fallen upon a decline since the days when the Duke of Wellington was refused ad mission to Almack's because ho was wearing trousers instead of breeches and silk stockings. Even Almack's, however, had to admit trousers within its closely guarded portals the following year. When Gladstone was "up" at Oxford the reign of the dandles was In full swing. When Into in Ufo ho ro visited tho university to lecture to the undergraduates on Homer he was asked by G. W. E. Russell whether he noticed any difference between his au dleuce and the men of his own time. 'Yes," ho replied, "in their dress an enormous change. I am told that I had among my audience some of tho most highly connected and richest men In the university, aud there wasn't ono whom I couldn't have dressed from top to too for 5." St. James Gazette, A "Fast" Train. 'Speaking of railroads," said the truthful man, "the ultimate word, in my experience, was a certain 'limited on which I traveled last summer. At a point where wo wero making our greatest speed a man stood at the side of tho track with a moving picture machine. I leaned out of the wludow and called to him, 'How are you get ting on?' "lie stopped turning tho crank nnd spoke with an expression of deep dis gust. " 'It don't seem to be no use,' he said, 'nold your head still, please. want to get a time exposure.' "Ev erybody's. The Burglar's Prayer. Sir ncrbert Hisloy, speaking of the castes of eastern Bengal at a moetlii; of tho Itoyal Anthropological institute, said a curious system of religious wor ship prevailed amoug a caste who were professional burglars. Thoy mndo n space In tho ground, and a man then cut his arm and prayed to one of the earth gods that there might be a dart night nnd that ho might succeed In oh tabling great booty and escape cap hire. London Standard. No Whisker3 on His Sea Food. Two colored porters paused to rest a moment on their mops in a down town office bulldlug recently. "Boy," said one, smacking his Hps, "did you ever eat mushrnt?" "Mushrat?" re turned tho other. "No; 1 never eat any mushrat. Tho only fancy sea food I ever fussed with was lobster." New York World. The First Automobilist, Nicholas Joseph Cugnot, was tho first automoumst. Many years ueroro Ste phenson had introduced his railway locomotive Cnguot, who was a mill tary engineer, had made a locomotlv for roads. His locomotive has been piously preserved at tho Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. . Cugnot died in ISO I. Ills lot was not that of many geniuses, ne did not die In want. Na poleou had secured him a pension of 1,000 francs passing rich on $200 year. In this respect tho premier con- buI showed moro enlightenment than he did In regard to, Fulton of steamboat fame, whom he considered it Is dls iresslng to write nn adventurer. Cug- not's carriage was built to transport arms nnd ho bad designed a service gun. These achievements alone would be a passport to Napoleon's favor, London Globe. Woman's Wo:L Mllllnary Profossor Says "Ma'.. Vour Haa nnd Let Ballot Ca" Photo by American Press Association. MRS. EVELYN TODEr. "I would advise women to make their own hats and let the ballot go." This was the pertinent answer given recently by the professor of millinery at the Teachers' college, New York city, when asked for her views on the 'votes for women" question. A professor of tho art of bonnet making is n comparatively new chali In tho college world, but that It Is a lopul.ir course nnd a profitable one from the pupils' standpoint one has only to drop into the pleasant room where the students work from 0 to V2 three mornings In a week to be con vlnced of the fact that tho hlghbrowr. iro looking to tbclr millinery laurelf. as well as to purely mental achieve mcnts. The millinery course at this institu tion Is immensely popular for two roa-' sons first, because It Is practical ami meets everyday requirements and, so ond, on account of tho charming per louallty of the instructor, Mrs. Evelyn Tobey, who is a Barnard graduate. The course, by tho way, counts for in much as any of tho elective studies In the college curriculum. In the workroom there Is an nlr oi' suppressed enthusiasm, an atmospher ic fooling of everybody trying to do her best, and the Ideal held up by Mrs Tobey is a high ono. "Wo never," she said, "let go our ef forts on oven tho most hopeless look ing hat. Wo alter tho shapo and rear range thu trimming until the mo't critical member of the class pro nounces a satisfactory verdict on the creation." And tlio weekly class crit iclsms are dreaded by the pupil whose handiwork Is tho target for tho aim's of her sister workers. Taking a special course under the espert guidance of Mrs. Tobey ar - college girls, society matrons, staid housewives nnd pupils from fashion able finishing schools. Tho work starN In with the making of a real hat; do signs aro first made In pnpor nnd then carried out in fabrics. The first hat made Is tho simple street model, nnd next comes the dressy confection. "Bather a good looking hat. Is It not?" said tho professor with pardon able pride, holding up for inspection a stunning picture hat, the recent work of an ndvnncod pupil. It wns a study in Gainsborough linr- constructed from royal bluo' satin cov ercd with black mallnes and trlmmc l simply with plaited ruffles of cream colored laco banded with narrow linn-, of sablo fur and n pnlo pink satin rose tucked lovingly at ono sldo of the wldo brim. But Mrs. Tobey considered tho fat ing of the lint and tho nrtlstic manner of its manipulation tho master toiH of the creation. And not the least interesting of tho many wondorfn' things done in tlio school Is tho miiklnp of frames from n willow fabric that Is damped and pulled nnd clipped Into condition over tho wire foundrtlon Indeed, the material Is molded and shaped much as the sculptor models his clay. Just before tho holidays tho girls wero busily working on fabrle neck and muff sots nnd lovely party bonnets. Work of this nature fills In tho hiatus between winter nnd sprint styles. Mrs. Tobey Impresses upon lipr class that the study of millinery like most women's work is never done. Each senson brings its special needs In tho basic laws of hats that tho suc cessful artist must uccept or become that dreaded of all things a sartorial back number. Ono of tho girls pa thetlcnlly remarked that sho was sure ly becoming a ono Idea crcaturo and that her dominating thought was hats overy woman's chapcau, from a Bow ery travestry of tho modes to a Fifth avonuo masterpiece, clrilmcd her at tention. Marriage Maxims. Mnrrlago for lovo is risky, but it's right. Mnrrlago is either kill or cure. Oddest of Queer Fishes. A queer fish thnt ddes not swim is tho "sargasso fish," known to sailors as tho "frogflsh." It lives In that vast mass of floating gulfwccd called the Sargasso sea, in mid-Atlantic. Its pectoral fins nre so modified and developed as to resemble arms, and it uses them for clinging to tho weed. Very gaudily colored, it changes its hues to match tho aquatic vegetation by which it is surrounded, and when the latter decays nnd turns brown it assumes a corresponding shade. The flsh lays its eggs in a Jelly-like mass, which, absorbing a great quan ... .1 . i - iny oi waior, uecumus mruu uuiua ua big as the mother flsh herself, assum ing the form of a narrow raft three or four feet long and two to four inches wide. New York World. Parnell. , I never saw a braver man than Par nell. Tho story of his downfall is ono of tho most pathetic In history. There Is a rumor that Captain O'Shea said to Gambotta: "What are wo going to Jo with Parnell? He is getting to be a great danger to the country." And Gambotta replied, "Set a womnn on his track." And the woman, instead of betraying him, fell In lovo with this patriot, nud that was his undoing. "Hecollccticus of Mrs. T. P. O'Connor." To Discourage Him, "George." said her husband's wife, "I don't believe you have smoked ono of those cigars I gave you on your birthday." "That's right, my dear," replied his wife's husband. "I'm going to keep them until our Willie wants to learn to smoke." Chicago News. IT GROWS HAIR. Hero Aro Facts We Want You to Prove at Our Risk. Marvelous as it may seem, Bcxall "03" Hair Tonic has grown hair on heads that were once bald. Of course, in none of these cases wero the hair roots dead, uor had the scalp taken on a glazed, shiny appearance. Rexall "Oil" Hull Tonic acts scien tifically, destroying tho germs which nre usually responsible for baldness. It penetrates to the roots of the hair. stimulating and nourishing them li is a most pleasant toilet necessity. Is delicately perfumed, and will mil gum or permanently stain the hair. We want you to get a bottle of Rexall "03" Hair Tonic and use It as directed. If It does not relieve scalp irritation, remove dandruff, prevent tho hair from falling out and promote an Increased growth of half, nnd in every way give entire satisfaction, simply come back nnd tell us. and with out question or formality we will baud back to you every peuny you paid us for it. Two sizes, ."lie and $1.00 Sold only at our store The itexall Store. A. M. LEINE. mm ALCOHOL 3 PER OKKT AVegelaltePrcparalionlbrAs sirailaliiigihcFooiandRetjtila ting Uie Stomachs andliawcls cf mi EMw PromolcsDigcslionjCkerfiil ness and festContalns neither 52S. Opiuni.Morphine nor Nigral. Wtr? t i 2 11 NOT NARCOTIC. JtmptotoUDcSWJEirmXEIl flm4t.i Seed' JkcStanit WornSitd Cmled Slyer IHatuyrcai llamr. Anerfcet Remedv forConslif a- Hon , Sour Stomach.Dlarrtea . Facsimile Signature of ; NEW YORK. Exact Copy of Wrapper. D. & h. CO.TIHE TABLE A.M. SUN A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. 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