THE OITIZEX, WKDVESDAV, VEUItUAItY 15, 1011
TIMELY BREVITIES I
Oats uiv little used In Russia for liu
man fooil.
Okies of tlio futtiru will ho built of
glass, a New York iirchltcot says.
In ono yi'iir l,r(51 Improvement In
tho operation of cash resistors were
made.
The United States and Russia togeth
er own about half the horse the
world.
Tho Williamsburg bridge at Now York
Is equipped with an electrically operat
ed gate to stop runaway horses.
Deep breathing, which draws the
blood from tho brain to tho lungs, Is
one of tho most effective euros for In
somnia. A commission appointed by five of
tho larger German states has ndopted
a standard system of shorthand for
use in those states.
The amount of carbon exhaled from
a man's lungs each day, if it could bo
solidified, would equal that in a lump
of coal weighing half a ton.
An enormous pearl, of perfect shape
and valued at ?30,00O, was recently
found in the Western Australia pearl
fisheries and shipped to England.
The last time India took a census
300,000,000 persons were enumerated,
and tho result was made known In fif
teen days, which is claimed to be a
world's record.
Halifax Is the winter port of entry
for passenger ships of four large
steamship companies namely, the Ca
nadian Pacific, White Star, Royal and
tho Allan lines.
One part of powdered shellac to ten
parts of strong ammonia, the mixture
being allowed to stand for several
days before it is used, makes a ce
ment that will bind rubber to iron.
Girl messengers in the London post
ollico arc now on tho job. They wear
their ordinary dresses, but later may
have uniforms. Their work is about
the same as that of an indoor errand
boy.
Germany will establish a record this
year by launching six new Dread
noughts. Up to now no more than
live of these monster ships have been
launched by any one country in one
year.
Letter boxes for business buildings
or apartments have been invented
which will deliver mall dropped Into
them on the ground tloor to their own
ers' rooms, even tho weight of a visit
ing card setting the automatic elevat
ing machinery in motion.
Tho Loudon county council is en
deavoring to reduce tho number of
Charles streets in London. It has al
ready brought about a considerable
decrease in tho number of .lolui streets.
There are eighteen Charles streets in
the county of London, live of which
arc In Westminster.
Havre is tho most important fishing
port in France, yet fish costs consum
ers more tiioro than in the capital,
because every catch that conies in is
sent to Paris at once, leaving a scarci
ty of supply in the fishing port itself.
In five years tho price of fish in Havre
has increased fiO per cent.
A plague of snails on the coast of
Ceylon is assuming serious propor
tions. .Millions of snails are to be
found, and some of them weigh as
much as a pound. The snails have
begun feeding on the young cocoauut
trees, and it Is feared that they may
attack the young rubber trees.
During tho recent visit of the Amer
ican sailors in London the diagonal
breast pockets in their jackets, in
which they warmed their hands as in
a muff, attracted the attention of the
British fashion experts, with the re
sult that such pockets arc now popu
lar in the women's winter coats'.
The number of employees at the
great Krupp plant has increased by
6,000 men in tho last few years, bring
ing tho present total up to 08,500 men.
Tho total steam power in tho plant
amounts to 89,430 horsepower, and
L',i!)0 electric motors have an aggre
gate output of 50,491 horsepower.
British bull exhibitors have caught
on to the old American trick of mas
saging and brushing and rubbing show
cattle several times a day so as to
bring them to the pink of perfection
sought by buyers of beef. Grooms
spend as much time on steers as they
used to on show horses, and It pays.
Princess August Wllhelm, wife of
the kaiser's fourth sou, lias set her
self tho task of reviving one of Ger
many's oldest customs, that according
to which newly wedded couples im
mediately after tho marriage ceremony
plant a couple of oak saplings side by
side iu a park or by a roadside of their
native town.
A new seventy-five mile public auto
mobile line, the longest in Italy, has
just been inaugurated between Bolo
gna and Samplero a Sieve. With this
line and others projected Italy will
shortly have a public automobile serv
ice covering fully 3,500 miles, which
will place her at tho head of all Euro
pean nations in this respect.
Musicians are often singularly su
perstitious. Paderewski once ordered
an expensive apartment in London
and paid for it, too, but refused to en
ter when he found it was No. 13 of a
certain street. Massenet has written
twenty-one operas and many other
compositions, but on all of bis manu
scripts page 12 is written in place
of 13.
Because sheep need such extensive
ranges In order to get enough to eat
sheep flocks are uniformly diminishing
in all countries, even in Argentina,
where sheep farming was believed to
be one of the best sources of wealth
for an indefinite time. Only in districts
where the Immense area of pasture
land la out of proportion to the number
of hands available for tilling It can
sheep be kept at a profit.
WIRELESS PAPER
IN JUNGLE LAND
Porfo Vsiiio Journai Polished
2,000 Miles Up Amazon,
CANNIBALS SURROUND TOWN.
Paper That Circulates Among Six
Thousand Employees of Company
That Is Building Brazilian Railway
Around Madeira Falls Contains All
the News That Is Cabled to Para.
Newcomers to tho astonishing Ama
zon country are constantly amazed by
the manlier iu which the white man,
who has set himself to tamo this wil
derness and wring fortunes' out of it,
has applied the very latest devices of
civilization to uses which in an older
country are still served by machinery
not quite so up to dnte.
The modern developer of raw geo
graphical material arrives in Brazil
with all his work to do and, finding
a virgin soil, promptly applies to the
task the very latest labor saving con
trivances u thing ho could not do at
home, where vast sums are tied up in
earlier types of machinery. j
It Is, for Instance, perfectly reason
able that what is perhaps the only J
newspaper with nu exclusively wireless
telegraph service published elsewhere
than on an ocean liner should flourish
iu the midst of a patch of civilization
hedged In by hundreds of miles of the
Amazonas jungle through which tho
expense of running and maintaining a
line of poles and wire would be quite
prohibitive, the patch of civilization
being accessible otherwise only by a
long voyage by river.
Journalism In the Jungle.
A traveler is nevertheless hardly
prepared for the shock of seeing a j
casual copy of the Porto Velho Mar
conlgram, actually published in a coun
try infested by cannibal head hunters,
in such a hole in the jungle, as it were,
and relying on wireless entirely for tho
part of its news which deals with the
outside world.
The Porto Velho Marconigram is a
four page weekly, neatly printed on
a single twice folded sheet. It is the
one newspaper of Porto Velho. a Bra-j
zllian town some 2.000 miles from the
mouth of the Amazon, on the Madeira
river, which enters the main stem of
the greatest of rivers below this port
and is reached by not too frequent
steamers from Manaos.
It is from Munuos that the news
which conies thus far by cable Is sent
by wireless to the Porto Velho news
paper, the readers of which are found
among the 2,000 inhabitants of that
place. All of these inhabitants are in
the employ of tho Madeira-Mamorc
Hallway company, a concern actively
managed by Americans which is en
gaged in building for the Brazilian
government a line around the falls ol
the Madeira river. This line, 300
miles long, Brazil has undertaken tc
construct in order to fulfill a treats
obligation to Bolivia to give that re
public an outlet to the ocean by way
of the Amazon.
The Madeira above the falls is navi
gable for 1,000 miles. The railway
when completed will link this uppei
stretch with the great channel of tht
Amazon which makes Manaos, though
It Is 1,000 miles from tho river's mouth
to all intents an ocean port, since it Is
the landing place of steamships from
New York and European ports.
Circulation of Six Thousand.
The railway around the falls has
been under construction some foul
years and is now about half comoleted
The town of Porto Velho was found
ed by the railway company, which
employs some 0,000 men and which in
this country has to import not only all
of its engineers and other responslblt
employees, but also all of its manual
labor, the Indians who inhabit tht
Amazonas jungle through which the
work is now pushing its slow and pain
ful way being as unwilling as unfit tc
perform tho tasks required of a rail
way builder.
Before Porto Velho reached its pres
ent size and Importance as a centei
of European population the newspapei
was merely typewritten and mimeo
graphed, Then, too, it was morely a
local organ, no wireless having then
been installed. Now, with four pages
printed on a modern press, the papei
prides itself on its telegraph news
from all tho world cabled to Para
thence by cable, again up tho Amazon
to Manaos and finally by -.vlreless
across tho Jungle to the office of the
Porto Velho Marconigrnm.
PRIZES CHINESE DENTISTRY.
American Army Officer Has Wondrous
Example In Gold.
There Is now on the active list of
tho United States army an accom
plished olllcer who during an exten
sive sojourn in China had some work
done on his teeth by a native dentist
which is wonderful to behold. In the
place oi three or four missing teeth
tho Chinese operative appears to have
inchored n single Btrlp of gold, which
seems to serve the intended purpose
all right, but without a line or curve
to show the contour of individual
teeth. The officer who possesses this
remarkable example of oriental den
tistry prizes it as a Chinese enrio.
New Yorkers Like Coffee.
Father Knickerbocker is the largest
coffee consumer in the world. It re
quires 35.000,000 pounds to last him
one year.
JEWELED DOG COLLARS.
Worn by Pampered
Pets of Society Folk.
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DOGGIES' EXPENSIVE COLLARS.
The fashion chnnges In dog collars
not quite as often perhaps as in the
clothes of tho mistresses, but there
are sharply defined rules concerning
what Is correct In canlno collar adorn
ment. The latest mode for these col
lars next spring is n bright green leath
er, and on the right shade of dog the
effect is remarkably striking. Bed col
lars are again in vogue for black
coated doggies, and there is a model in
silver beads that is much approved. A
favorite collar of a dog In tho toy class
owned by a belle living at tho national
capital is of brown leather headed
with sliver nails. On the bangle which
dangles from tho collar are described
the canine's name and address.
But tho most curious dog collar on
record was ordered by a Baltimore
man to celebrate the eleventh birth
day of his favorite black and tan ter
rier Dixie. Tho collar Is of dia
monds, of which no fewer thnn 700
were used. According to the illustra
tion given of this collar, it was fash
ioned somewhat in tho form of a tiara,
with a pendant consisting of two
graduated pieces higher in the center
and narrowing at the back.
Wouldn't You Like This Costume?
Burton Holmes, the popular lecturer, )
seems to bo quite as appreciative of ;
the picturesque in costumes as in seen- 1
cry. Behold him in the illustration ar-
rayed in his latest sartorial find n
Moravian costume which In Moravia
is worn by the men of this Austro-1
Hungary province.
What woman, seeing the modlstic
possibilities of this native dress, would
DUIITON HOLMIM IN MORAVIAN COSTUME.
not have purchased it, ns did Mr,
Holmes, for $0.48 of our money? This
same woman would not allow her hus
band or brother to nppcar in it at a
fancy dress party. Oh, no! Her motives
would bo less altruistic, much more
selfish. This Is what would happen:
She would pick off, as it were, tho
leading motifs of this costume for in
stance, the fascinating embroidered
glrdlo with Its long fringed ends. This
Yot sho would wear about the waist
of her new spring house frock of pale
gray chiffon cloth. And the bolero, If
this smart adornment answers to such
a name In the Moravian tongue, she
would Incorporate Into her smartest
lingerie blouse of sheer marquisette.
And tht accordion plaited sleeves,
each plait of which Is said to be thre-e
Inches deep well, thess manches would
make sever! summer gowns.
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Jefferson Davlj and His Nerves.
Jet'ier.-fun Iav..t si r. .ik from the
sight of uvery form oi Hiitfcrlng, even
In 'ma; Inatl in. V." ie:i tlio "Babes in
the n'oiAl" was llr.it re..J to him, a
gri)'u man, ' ill time of illness, hu
would not endure the horror of It.
His sympathy witli llie oppressed was
almost abnormal, "so that," says Mrs.
Davis, "It was a difficult mutter to
keep order with children and serv
ants." All this shows that ho was
nervous, sensitive, which Is a terrible
handicap to a leader of men. He suf
fered always from nervous dyspepsia
and neuralgia and "camo home from
his office fasting, a mere mass of
throbbing nerves and perfectly ex
hausted." lie was keenly susceptible
to the atmosphere about him, especial
ly to the moods of people, "abnormal
ly sensitive to disapproval. Even n
child's disapproval discomposed him."
And Mrs. Davis admits that this sen
sitiveness and acute fooling of being
misjudged made him reserved and un
approachable. It made him touchy as
to his dignity also, and there are sto
ries of Ills cherishing a grudge for
some insignificant or imagined slight
and punishing the author of it. Gama
liel Bradford, Jr., in Atlantic.
Irving and His Money.
John Hare, tho English actor, said
that one of the fallings charged to
Irving's account was that of extrava
gance that he did not know tho value
of money. It Is quite true ho did not
know the value of money for himself,
but ho knew its value to others, no
know its value to tho poor and help
less, nml to these he gave with a
lavish hand.
Once, not long before his death,
playing a three nights' engagement in
an unpretentious midland town, his
habit was to drive nightly to tho thea
tor (a very short distance from his
hotel) In the same dilapidated fly. The
fare was a shilling. The conveyance
was shabby, the driver old, poor and
worn out. At the conclusion of the
engagement, on entering his hotel, Irv
ing said to the landlord, "Ilnve you
paid tlio cabman?" "Yes, Sir nenry."
"What did you give him for himself?"
"I gave him half a crown, Sir Henry."
"Give him a sovereign," was the re
joinder; "he drives very well, and he
doesn't drive often."
The Myth of the Doones.
How largely Mr. Blackmore drew
upon his imagination for the story of
"Lorua Doono" is made clear by F.
W. Hackwood In his book, "The Good
Old Times." There wore. In fnet, no
Doones. The word was simply a local
bogy, a modified form of "Dane," a
memory of the faroff times when the
viking invaders harried the land. "The
only vestige of actuality discoverable
is a faint tradition that a fugitive from
the battle of Sedgmoor, to escape the
hangings of Judge Jeffreys, appropriat
ed tho ruins of some wretched huts iu
recesses of the Badgworthy glen, now
"the Doon valley,' finding there a safe
retreat in which he reared a consider
able family, which managed to eke out
a living by committing petty depreda
tions in the district. The 'last of the
Doones,' an old man and his grand
daughter, are said to have perished in
the snow during tlio winter of 1800."
Joy In Store For Some One.
Among the advertisements in a
monthly magazine we find this:
For Sale or Exchange. A line young
male bobcat and a females coyote; also n
mandolin and pair of fieldglasscs.
Such opportunities as this are not
often offered. Tho fieldglasscs most
of us could manage to do without, but
the male bobcat, the female coyote
and the mandolin would go far to
make life happy for any reasonable in
dividual. AH these are productive of
music, and music gives joy to all right
ly constituted persons. There are, of
course, some people who cannot play
upon a mandolin, but anybody can
play upon a bobcat or a coyote. This
flue chance to get n varied and inter
esting collection of musical Instru
ments will undoubtedly bring mviy
replies. Rochester Union and Adver
tiser. A Sound Keason.
Mistress Didn't you hear me calling,
Jane? Jane Yes'ra, but you told me
tho other day never to answer you
back. Throne and Country,
Whatever enlarges hope will exalt
courage. Johnson.
A SHOT ACROSS THE BOWS.
The Change That Was Wrought.
The little man was explaining to liln
audience the benefits of pliyslcal cul
ture. "Three years ago." he said, "I
was a miserable wiecl:. Now, what do
you suppose brought about tills great
change In me?" "What change?" said
a voice from tlio aitdlem e. There was
a succession of loud smiles, and Korne
persons thought to see hlui collapse.
But the little 'man was not to be put
out. "Will the gcntlemnn who asked
'What change?' kindly stop up here?"
he asked suavely. "I shall then In
better able to explain. "That's right I"
.Then, grabbing the witty gentleman
by the nock: "When I first took up
physical culture I could not even lift a
little man. Now (suiting action to
word) I can throw one about like a
bundle of rngs." And finally ho flung
the interrupter half a dozen yards
nlopg the tloor. "I trust, gentlemen,
that you will see the force of my argu
ment and that I have not hurt thr
gentleman's feelings by my explana
tion." There were no more interruptions.
Two Collars on a Dog.
Having bought a dog that he admir
ed, a man undertook to buy n dog col
lar. The dog had a neck nearly as big
as his head, and the dealer advised Hit
man to buy two collars.
."What for?" said tho man. "He's
only got one neck, so I guess ho can
get along with only -ono collar, can't
ho?"
"Maybe so," said the mail, so the
man went away leading tho dog by his
new collar and chain. In less than a
week he brought the dog back.
"I'm afraid I can't keep him," he
said. "He is too obstreperous. I can't
keep him tied up. His necc is the big
gest part of him, and ho is ns strong
ns an ox, therefore it is a cinch for
him to slip his collar off."
"That was why I wanted you to take
two collars," said tho dealer. "Put
both on and fasten the chain to the
back collar, and he can tug away all
night without getting loose. He may
commit suicide, but he won't get
loose." Now York Sun.
Disappointed In Her.
"And so your father refuses to con
sent to our union."
"Ho does, Itodolphus."
The sad youth swallowed a sob.
"Is there nothing left for us, then,
but an elopement?" said he.
"Nothing."
The girl was fond, but firm.
"Do you think, Clementine, that you
could abandon this luxurious home,
forget all tho enjoyments of great
wealth, banish yourself forever from
your devoted parents' hearts and go
west with a poor 5'oung man to enter
a home of lifelong poverty and self
denial?"
"I could, Itodolphus."
Tlie sad youth rose wearily and
readied for his hat.
"Then," snid lie, "you are far from
being tiie practical girl I have all
along taken you to be."
And with one last look around on
the sumptuousness that some day he
lind hoped to share he sobbed and said
farewell.- Browning's Magazine.
Had to Take His Own Medicine.
George Barr McCutcheon was wait
ing for a train in Chicago, and ns ho
passed through the station he saw one
of his latest best sellers displayed on
tlio newsstand counter. He picked it
up, wrote his name on the fly leaf
and handed it to tlio boy behind the
counter. He was moving away when
the boy called excitedly:
"Iley, mister, come back here. You've
got to buy this book 'cause you've
spoiled it by writing your name in it."
"Yes but did you see tho name?" the
author asked.
"That don't make no difference," tbo
lad insisted: "nobody'll want to buy
It now."
And, hearing his train called, Mr.
McCutcheon was forced to pay real
money for one of his own books, Suc
cess Magazine.
A Marke'd Judge.
Tho descriptive reporter of a certain
daily paper In describing the turning
of u dog out of court by order of the
bench recently detailed the occurrence
as follows: "Tho ejected canine as ho
wns ignominlously dragged from the
room cast a glance at tlio judge for
tho purpose of being able to identify
him at some future time."
D Mar In Philadelphia Rofd.
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E WILSON,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOU-AT-LAW .
Olllce adjacent to Post Office In Dimmit
ofllcc, Honesilnle, Pa.
WM. II. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COUNBELOK-AT-LAW.
Office over post office. All leual business
promptly attended to. Honesdale, Pa.
T7 C. MUMFORD,
JJJ. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAVT
Office Liberty Hall building, opposite the
ost Office. Honesdale. l'a.
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HOMER GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office over Kelt's store. Honesdale Pa.
rtflARLES A. McCARTY,
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- IT-LAW.
Special and prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. Office over Itch's new
store. Honesdale, Pa.
FP. KIMBLE,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office over the cost office Honesdale. Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Office in the Court House, Honesdale
Pa.
PETER H. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office Second floor old Siivlnca Rmfc
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ATTORNEYS A COUNSELOR8-AT-LAW,
Offices latelv occupied by Judge Hearle
CHESTER A. GARRATT,:
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW..
Office adjacent to Post Office, Honesdale, Pa
Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWN ,
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Savlnes Bank build
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Dr. C. K. BRADY. Dentist. Honesdale,.Pa.
Office Hooks 8 m to p. m
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone. 33. Residence. No. 8G-X'
Physicians.
PB. PETERSON, M. D.
. 1120 MAIN STREET, HONESDALE, PA.
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LIVERY. 1 red. G. Rickard haB re
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