THE CITIZEN', "WEDNESDAY, MAIICII 22, 1011.
MJSSOURI HELPS CLOTHE
PEERS FOR CORONATION.
Furnishes Weasel Skins to Deck Eng
lish Aristocracy.
Mnlcs are not the only useful article
Hint trie state of Missouri furnishes to
tho British empire. Weasel skins also
B from "show me" land to London.
In a big St. Louis fur houso n score
tf men have been busy sixteen hours
a. day at sorting thousands of weasel
pelts, which arrive iti an endless suc
cession of mall and express packages.
Jt Is a long way from this scene to
do gorgeous historical pageant of the
coronation of King George V. Yet the
xveasol skins which tho St. Louis work
men stack In neat piles are destined,
wider tho aristocratic name of ermine,
o ornament the robes of peers and
peeresses and perhaps tho state gar
ments of the king and queen them
boItcs. For St. Louis, "the fur cnpltal of the
world," Is supplying most of the er
mine which the lords and ladies of the
English realm will wear at the crown
ing of their sovereign. One St. Louis
rm sent 43,000 ermine pelts to Lon
don last month and has 15,000 more
vfhich are being held for an expect
ed rise in price. .Tan. 25 an auction
tlouso in London sold 70,000 ermine
akiiLS, most of which were collected
hj St. Louis dealers.
The little animals from which tho
ermine skins were stripped are tho
name in species as the marauding
thrown weasels which farmers' boys In
Missouri and Arkansas catch In traps
in their henhouses. But in Canada and
such northern states as Minnesota and
Termont, nature, to protect the weasel,
tarns its coat white in winter to mntch
the snow.
Four months ago, when the northern
mows fell, they turned pure white, ex
cept that the tip of the tall became a
fflossy black. The change in color
wrought a miracle. When brown the
pelts are worth about 2 cents'each
send are considered fit only to cover
toy animals for children. But on be
coming white the fur Is metamorphos
ed into ermine, to which for centuries
the adjectives "royal" and "precious"
have been applied and which in Aus
tria all nre forbidden by law to wear
save those of the emperor's blood.
One ermine skin before being manufac
tared may be worth from $1 to
For eacli robe from 500 to 1,000 pelts
will be needed. What the king's coro
aatlon robe will require may be judged
from that of Czar Nicholas of llussia,
which was made of 250,000 skins.
LAWS FOR BELGIAN PAINTERS
Restrictions Regarding Intoxicants and
Employers' "iesponsibilities.
Belgium has just drawn up a special
de of laws governing painters and
the exercise of their craft which are
singularly strict and exhaustive.
From the fashion in which the new
laws bodge them in with enforced pre
cautions one would think painting the
Most dangerous trade in the whole
catalogue. In tho first place no em
ployer of painters may employ a man
who drinks alcoholic beverages to the
temporary extinction of his logical
jBOwer, and no intoxicating liquors nre
to be brought into the vicinity of the
porkers. Employers are responsible
for the care which their men take of
their persons.
They must see that every painter
washes his hands before eating, sus
pend the men whose health is not sat
isfactory and discharge any one suf
fering from lead poisoning. A painter
may not wear the same clothes on the
treet or in his home which he uses In
his trade. lie Is Imperatively required
to arm himself with a special suit of
f4otlics and a screened hat.
Contractors and master painters are
restricted in the use of white lead to
the ground lead mixed with oil, and It
is stipulated that this mixture must be
o handled that it does not splash or
some in contact with the painter's
kands.
Tho law strictly forbids scraping of
dry painted surfaces In which white
lead has been used. This will doubt
Jess prevent much carelessness and pro
tect tho careless painter from his own
indiscretion, but It is terribly restric
tive and smacks of ovcrlcglslatlon.
SONGS BY WIRELESS.
Experiment In Telephoning Made by
Harvard Students.
Members of tho Harvard Wireless
oiub are winning success in their ex
periments with wireless telephoning.
Conversation, songs and instrumental
music on the graphophono have been
flashed from the Ilarvard college sta
tion in Jefferson hall to the stations of
flio members, whero it was said to be
reproduced with absolute clearness.
By using electric current of high fre
quency alternation in connection with
wireless telephony dlstnnces up to for
ty miles have been negotiated success
fully. As for long distance telegraph rec
ords, the members of the society feel
that they have no reason to complain,
tt. B. Wolverton, the manager of tho
club, has picked up messages from Mil
waukee, Chicago and Tampa, Fla. Oc
casionally he is nble to hear messages
from Key West.
Irrigation Opening India.
Tho canal system of tho Punjab, In
dia, Is not only opening up that prov
ince to profitable cultivation and there
by making houics for millions of peo
ple, but it is a sourco of revenue to
tho government to tho extent of 12
per cent on tho capital 'invested. The
mileage Is 4,405, Irrigating an area of
L74n.fi07 acres.
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Milady's
True Beauty.
Beauty rides on a lion. Beauty rests
on necessities. The line of beauty Is
the result of perfect economy. The cell
of the bee Is built at that angle which
gives the most strength with the least
wax. The bone or quill of the bird
gives the most alar strength with the
least weight i
"It Is the purgation of superfluities."
said Michelangelo. There is not a
particle to spare In natural structures
There is a compelling renson In the
uses of the plant for every novelty of
color or form, and our art saves ma
terial by more skillful arrangement
and reaches beauty by taking every
superfluous ounce that can bo spared
from a wall and keeping nil Its
strength In the poetry of columns. In
rhetoric this art of omission Is a chief
secret of power, and In general it Is
proof of high culture to say the great
est matters In the simplest way. Em
ersoti
Recipe F:or Beauty.
If you have a hurry call to be beau
tlful without the time to work up to
the permanent affair here's your
chance: First wasb your face with
warm water and almond meal. Make
a sort of paste of those things and
wash off with warm water and dry
lightly. Then apply your skin food
lest there be any reaction from the
drastic treatment to follow Now
take a piece ot lemon and roh It over
the face till the skin smarts. Itinse
again, this time with water that Is
gradually brought down from cool to
cold.
You are then ready for the final cer
emouy. Ilold a good sized piece of
ice In a towel and Iron your face with
It. Then look in the glass. This has
been found an absolutely reliable rec
ipe before asking for the coveted new
bonnet.
Viscountess Wears Huge Earrings.
Viscountess d'Azy. wife of a distin
guished French naval officer, who re
cently was In Annapolis, wears rings
In her ears which are round and large
as a silver half dollar. She lias a
seemingly endless variety of these
huge ornaments, certain ones Tuscan
gold set in rubles, others diamonds
and aluminium, others pearls and em
eralds in tillgree old gold. One of the
most bizarre combinations Is worn
with a costume of cerise satin and
meclilln lace and shows three plgeoti
Uliinil rubies depending one over the
other in a hoop of thin Tuscan gold
There nre similar ornaments on tiei
bodice and a big belt buckle in the
hai l; made in the same way. Six bat
pins ot exact design ns the earrings
adorn the big black beaver trimmed
with cerise plumes and u bird of par
ndlse.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
The egg shampoo la one of the best
to be obtained. It is cleansing and uj
the same time provides food for the
scalp and hair, making It fine uud
glossy
Ose may be made of the almond
meal jars and cream jars of good size
by filling these with medicated cotton,
which Is employed for applying pow
der and liquids for the toilet use. ,
Excellent for sprains is the starch
poultice. Pour bulling hot water on
starch, spread on linen and apply hot
Poultices may nlso be made of hops
hemlock or charcoal. Medicated poll I
tlces may contain any drug ordered
If instead of drinking a strung cup
of tea or coffee when suffering from
a had headache a woman would drink
a cup of hot milk she would be more
apt to cure the pain, not because hot
milk has medicinal properties, but be
cause it Is more easily digested than
tea or coffee and soothes instead of
stimulates the nerves
A clear, healthy complexion Is an I in
possibility for a woman who stays
much indoors In winter. Women
should understand that the pores as
much as the lungs need fresh air. and
failure to give It will simply make
lliem larger In their effort to breathe.
The fact of living in badly ventilated
rooms Is frequently ttie cnuse of large
pores in the face.
In bathing the bands tepid water
and a bland soap should be used, and
always dry them thoroughly. If they
arc- inclined to chnp it Is a good plan
to use a lotion composed of glycerin,
one ounce; rosewater, one ounce, and
tincture of benzoin, five drops. Hub
a few drops Into the hands whenever
they are bathed. Use nlso before re
tiring and draw on a pair of large,
soft gloves.
People who are told to use smoked
or colored glasses in the bouse some
times find this Impracticable because
they interfere so greatly with vision.
This objection does uot npply to or
dinary white glass set In cuplike
frames bo shaped that they cut off all
light save that which comes from the
front The protecting part may be of
wire gauze, vulcanite or such Ilka
Glasses to suit the vision may be set
In such frames, and the latter, even
without the glasses, are of use when
one reads by a light placed at the
right or left of the head. Another
good protection for the side of tho eye
is a pair of lensless spectacles with
hinged side pieces of black glass.
FOR THE mWB
The Eskimo Coy's Sling.
In the far north hi .May anil .It.ne l:n
mense numbers of elder ducks lly won.
the coast bound for their breeding
grounds far to the east of Point Bar
row, Alaska. At this season every per
son, male and female, is supplied with
the Eskimo implement called by them
ke-lov-i-tow-tln. which Is made as fol
lows:
Eight balls three-fourths of an inch
In diameter are cut from ivory or bone
with a tip or ear through which a hole
Is drilled. Eight strands of finely
braided sinew nre tied to these balls.
At tho opposite ends the strands nre
brought together, each of exactly tho
same length, and tied to ten or twelve
quills of some sea fowl, when the Im
plement Is ready for use. Tho bunch
of quills is grasped with the right
hand, while the fingers of the left
comb out the strand, and when nil
clear tho balls are bold between the !
forefinger and tho thumb.
This is done in n few minutes when
a flock of ducks are seen approaching
When the game is near enough, with li
quick, circular motion, Just the same i
as throwing a stone with a sling, the !
missile Is launched among the Hying j
birds, when, if one of these strands
crosses tho neck or wing of n duck. It j
brings it to the ground, where it Is
thou captured. j
The notion of the air ou the strings
tends to separate tho balls In their :
flight, so that they cover quite a space,
and if the birds are bunched they I
often bring one down, and the boy or
girl who can do tills is proud and J
happy. !
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A Noble Youth. I
In the Bodleian library at Oxford is '
a most touching record of heroism and .
self sacrifice on the part of n child.
The lower door of St Leonard's
church, Bridgoworth. was left open,
and two young bojs, wandering in.
were tempted to mount to the upper
part and scramble from beam to beam
All at once a joist gave way. The j
beam on which they were standing j
became displaced. The elder bad just I
time to grasp it when falling, while
the younger, slipping over his body, j
caught hold of his comrade's legs. In I
this fearful position the poor lads j
hung, crying vainly for help, for mi ,
one was near.
At length the boy clinging to the
beam became exhausted. lie could
no longer support tho double weight
He called out to the lad below that
they were both done for.
"Could j-ou save yourself If I weiv
to loose you?" asked the younger lad
"I think I could," returned tho elder
"Then goodby, and God bless you!"'
said tho little fellow, loosing his hold
Another second and he was dashc'
to pieces on the stone floor below
Trained Horses.
It would be quite natural to th'nl;
when we see the wonderful thlni's
that trained horses nre made to do in
tho circus of today that all this be
longs to modern times and that such
things were never done or even
thought of nmong the ancients. But
tho truth is that all the wonderful
feats performed by trained horses now
are merely repetitions of what wns
done several hundred years ngo.
Horses were then trained to dance
on their hind legs and to fight mock
battles, striking at their enemies with
their fore feet, and to perform many
other so called "tricks." One of the
most wonderful feats ever learned by
a horse was In the olden time. A large
three sided braided rope was stretch
ed several feet from the ground, nud
on this the horse walked, preserving
its balance perfectly.
Catching the Snake's Tail.
This Is a Japanese game and Is play
ed as follows: The players form a
line, each resting his hands on tin
shoulders of the player in front. The
one who is tho catcher is out. The
first player on the lino is called tho
head and the last the tail. When the
game begius tho catcher stands about
fifteen or twenty feet away from the
head and at a given signal tries to
catcli the tail or end player without
pusldng any one else. The others de
fend the tall by moving about In any
way they choose, except that the line
must. not be broken, for should It break
the tall Is considered caught and con
sequently must become the catcher,
while the catcher goes to the head of
the line.
Zuni Toys.
ZunI Indians make their toys out of
clay and bake them bard so that they
will not crumble. They know how to
model dolls and goats and frogs and
cows and birds that warble when one
fills the hollow body with water and
blows through a tube inserted in the
back. And they make all kinds of curl
ous clay rattles.
A Forgotten Land.
There used to be a country whero all
tho children were polite, but tho geog
raphers have forgotten Its name.
At Dinner.
No matter where we children are
We run In answer to the bell,
And dinner comes in piping hot.
It makes us hungry Just to smell.
Poor father sharpens up his knife
And carvts with all his might and main,
But lone before he's had a bite
Our Willie's plate comes back again.
We eat our vegetables and meat,
For mother, who Is always right,
Bays those who wish to liave dessert
Must show they have an appetite.
And when a Sunday comes around
Bo very, very good we seem
you'd think moat any one could tell
That for dessert we'd have Ice cream.
-St. Nicholas.
Historlo Boautles.
The famous beauties of tho world are
wise when they leave no portraits ot
themselves. Take Marguerite of Va
lols. She was an Immoral, dishonor
able, criminal, scheming, unscrupulous
villalncss. but she was dowered with
euch charm that there was not a Jailer
or an chemy she could not charm when
she tried. No, nor a woman not even
the wives of her lovers. Men camo
from every country, taking year long
Journeys, only to see her and went
away, after a little glimpse, saying
they bad "seen loveliness itself." Then
one sees her portraits. Too much fore
head, not enough eyebrow, a straight
nose and expressive mouth (In one pic
ture n lovely mouth) and that is all.
Mary, queen of Scots, was very lovely
three kingdoms battled because of
her beauty and yet her pictures leave
one cold. Fouche said her portrait
showed every trait of the lowest crim
inal type. That was before he knew
whose picture he criticised. London
Truth.
Lost Meanings.
"Those who care for the beginnings
of things may be glad that the quill
pen survives to remind us that the
original pen was plucked from n bird,"
observes a writer. "Germans and
Frenchmen nre in no danger of for
getting that thanks to their respec
tive words 'feder' and 'plume,' but tho
English 'pen' suggests a feather only
when one chooses to think about It
and recall tho Latin 'pentia.' Almost
all our writing materials are no longer
what etymologically they profess to
bo. Paper is no longer made of pa
pyrus; a pencil Is not a little tall
'penlcillus,' like a camel's hair brush:
the 'lead' of a lead pencil Is not lead,
and the 'India rubber' with which we
erase Its marks docs not and never
did come from India. Even of parch
ment there is probably not a fragment
In the country, except perhaps. In a
museum and coming from Pergamum.
in Asia." Chicago News.
Tho Man's Mistake.
Out of loyalty to bi3 own sex the
manager of the woman's suit depart
ment discharged his young woman
stenographer and hired a man. The
first batch of lette.rs dictated to the
man were written to about a hundred
old customers, whom he Invited to ex
amine privately a lot of exclusive gar
ments before they were placed on sale.
The day after the letters were mailed
the women Docked Into the store, but
the fire that burned In their eyes was
the fire of the avenger rather than of
the bargain hunter. One word which
each woman had underlined in her
letter explained their wrath. The gar
monts, so the manager had meant to
say, had been designed for women of
stock figure, such as they possessed,
but the male stenographer had drawn
on the alphabet and had written it
"stocky."
"No woman on earth would have
been guilty of such a mistake."
growled the manager.
The next week the girl stenographer
had her Job back. Philadelphia Led
ger. Possibly.
Mr. Briggs Here's an article, my
dear, a very Interesting article. In
which a prominent doctor say that a
certain cure for nervousness In women
is silence coiuplete silence. Mrs.
Briggs (promptly) I'll bet nnythlng
some fool of a man doctor wrote thntl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HKPOItT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK
HONICSDALK. WAYNK COUNTY, PA
At the close of business, March 7, 1911.
resources.
Loans and Discounts $ 220.200 3'
Ovcrdrafts.securcd and unsecured 10 M
U. S. Ilomls to secure circulation. 55,000 00
Premiums on U. S.lionds 2.800 00
Hoods, securities, etc 1,352,491 67
Hnnktner-hniisp. furniture nnrt fix
tures 40,000 00
Due from National Banks (uot
Heservo Agents) 3,031 13
uue irom ciaieanurrivaie lianics
and Hankers. Trust Commmies.
and Havings Hanks 306 97
uue irom armroveu reserve
agents 112.G88 25
Checksand othercash Items.... 2.2J4 82
Notes of other National Hanks.. b55 00
i' ractionai paper currency, nlcK
cls and cents 250
Lawful Money lteserve in Bunk,
viz : Specie $81,243 60
Legal tender notes 0,825 00- 91.0G8 50
iieueniption mna witn u. h.
Treasurer. (5 ner cent, of circu
lation) 2,750 00
Due from U.S. Treasurer 000 00
Total $1,881,887 St
LIAIIir.ITIES.
Capital Stock paid In $
Surplus fund...
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid
National Hank notes outstanding
Due to other National Hanks
Individual deposits subject to
check tl,lJM70 81
Demand certificates of
deposit 23,661 00
Certified checks 63 00
Cashier's checks out-
standing COS 56-$ 1
Itonds borrowed
Notes and bills redlscounted
Hills payable, including, certifi
cates o! deposit for money bor
rowed Liabilities other than those above
stated
150,000 00
150,000 00
70.850 31
61.60(1 00
Ml 51
,458,696 07
None
None
None
None
Total $1,881,887 92
Stato of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss,
I. II. Z. Russell. President of the above
named Hank, do solemnly swear that tne
above statement Is true to the best ot my
knowledge and belief.
11. Z. Kussell, President,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Uth day of March. 1311.
It. A. SMITH, N. IV
Correct-attcst:
Andrew Thompson, 1
P. it. Murray. J-DIrectors.
K, B. Habdenberoii, I 20w4
A. O. BLAKE,
AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALER
You will make money
by having me.
BBKI.L PHONE 9-U HfitliatlV. VS.
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Great Men Tail' and Short.
A recent Investigator has attempted
to show that Lombroso and, his follow
ers were wrong in asserting that men
of genius were of smnll stature. Of
230 individuals of eminence he found
that figures were obtainable for 103;
of these sixteen were of middle height.
fifty-eight above .nnd twenty-nine be
low.
Americans particularly combined
greatness with Inches. Jefferson and
Jackson were more than six feet tall
Sumner wns six. feet four Inches, nnd
Washington, Lincoln nnd Becchor wen
more than six feet Among famous
foreigners Tolstoy was a large man
and so were Thackeray, Bismarck nnd
Darwin.
On the contrary, many of the world'e
greatest geniuses were undersized nnd
even deformed. Napoleon, Poo, Pope
Alexander the Groat, Nelson. Blake
nnd Caesar were small men.
After all is said, genius Is no re
specter of rules. New York American
Cards on Sunday.
Pepys, the diarist, was greatly scan
dallzcd when he first saw cards played
on a Sunday. "I did find the queen
the Duchess of York and another at
cards, with the room full of ladles and
great men. which I was amazed to sec
on a Sunday, having not believed, but
contrnrily flatly denied the snme a lit
tle while since."
Small Thinjs.
We nre too fond of our own will.
We want to be doing what we fancy
mighty things, but the great point Is
to do small things when called to them
In n rleht snlrlt.
JOSEPH N. WELCH
ire
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Office: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over C. C. .Tadwin's drug store,
Monesdale.
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Buss for Every Train and
Town Calls.
Horses always for sale
Boarding and Accomodations)
for Farmers
Prompt and polite attention
at all times.
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WINDOW GLASS
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FREE FROM WAVES AND BUBBLES.
The largest assortment of
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JADWIN'S DRUG STORE.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
KUGENE SWINHLK,
Late of South Canaan Township Wayne, Co.
All persons indebted to said estate are noti
fied to make immediate payment to the un
dersigned ; and those having claims against
the said estate arc notified to present them
duly attested tor settlement.
JEANNETT SWINGLE,
Executrix.
South Canaan. Pa.. Feb. 27, 11)11.
NOTHJls is hereby given that an ap
plication will be made to the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania on April 18,
1911, at 11 o'clock a. m., under the
Act of Assembly, entitled an Act to
provide for tho Incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations,
approved April 29, 1874, and sup
plements thereto for the charter of
an Intended corporation to be called
the Wallen-Paupack Power Com
pany, tho character and object of
which is tho storage, transportation
and furnishing of water with the
right to take rivulets and lands anil
erect reservoirs for holding water
for manufacturing and other pur
poses, and for the creation, establish
ing, furnishing, transmission and us
ing of water power therefrom and
for these purposes to have, possess
and enjoy all the rights, benefits and
prlvleges of the said Act of Assem
bly and supplements thereto.
LAURENCE H. WATRES,
Solicitor.
Scranton, Pa. 22eolS
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Attention is called totne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City lias published a ROLL Oh
HONOR of the 11,470 State Ranks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS RANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.88
Total ASSETS, $2,951,048.26
Honesdale, Pa., December 1, 1910.