PAGE G TILE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DEO. 13, 1011. SAFE HUNTING ItUI.ES. Ever since tlio bunting season has opened tho nowspapers havo contain ed many accounts of serious gunning accidents, which for the most part could havo Been avoided by observ- lng well known precautionary meas ures Jn the use of firearms. Prof. H A. ourfaco, State Economic Zoolo gist, offers certain "Safe Rules" to bo followed while hunting. It will be observed that almost every re- corded accident is duo to Ignoring ono or moro of these rules: 1. Always keep the gun pointed from yourself and other persons. 2. Carry a gun with the end pointed either upward, toward the sky, or downward, toward the ground. Never sweep the horizon with It. If accidentally discharged while In the former position no harm is likely to Tesult. "but if discharged while 'held horizontally It may re sult .seriously. 3. In getting over logs or fences always see the gun is first put over and in a solid position where it will not jfall. Then go to another place to climb over, and pick up the weap on with the end pointing where it should be. 4. Never pull or draw a gun 'to ward yourself by the muzzle, espec ially In wagons, boats, over fences, logs, etc. 5. Do not load the gun until after leaving the house, and draw the loads (or remove the caps, if a muz zle loader, and watch that no per cussion is 'left on the tube) as soon as leaving the hunting grounds. G. Never keep a loaded gun around the bouse or tent, and do not leave a loaded weapon where it may bo knocked down by dogs or chil dren. 7. Do not carry the gun cocked excepting when alert for the game to rise. 8. Do not shoot Into moving bushes or in the direction of a noise without being sure the desired game is there and seeing it for certainty. The movement or noise may be caus ed by some person or by domesticat ed stock. 9. Watch the muzzle of the gun that no mud, snow, or other material fills it; and do not load as heavily with white or nitro powder as with black powder. This may prevent ac cidents from bursting. 10. Do not start a fire in the woods without first providing against Its spreading, and do not leave it burning under any circumstances. 11. Do not wound game and leave it to suffer and die of its injuries. Better to spend an hour searching for a wounded bird tban to let it re main and suffer for a day or two before relieved by a merciful death. 12. Do not 'hunt for "anything." This generally results in nothing. Different kinds of game are to be found In different places and at vary ing times of day, according to the species sought. Decide before start ing out as to the kind of game to be hunted and the region to be visited. 13. If fences are knocked down in climbing over them take time to fix them up properly. Leave gates and bars Just as they were found. If open, leave them so, as that Is evi dently what the owner wants, but If closed be sure to close and fasten them as before. WON'T STAND FOIt DICTATION. The Harrisburg Telegraph com ments on the late election results in this district and calls It the worst blow that the reorganization Demo crats have had. It says: The overwhelming victory of W. D. 13. Ainey of Susquehanna, a friend of State Treasurer C. F. Wright for Congress, has simply demonstrated the fact that the peo plo of Susquehanna, Bradford. Wyo mlng and 'Wayne are Republicans when it comes down to a fight. Con gressman Palmer made every effort to elect O. H. Rockwell, a Demo- cratlc-Keystoner, In order to show the trend of affairs In Pennsylvania, and both he and Blakslee visited the county and forced their Ideas on the Democrats. They Imported Wood row Wilson, Congressman Palmer and others ,and the result was' that Ainey carried every county and had a taajorlty of 2798. This Is the worst blow that the re organization end of the Democrats have had and shows plainly that the claims of strength, based on last fall's upheaval, were vain indeed. Furthermore, the Democrats of the Fourteenth district will not stand for dictation. THE COUNTRY WEEKLY. Oh, the little country paper, so mod est, thin and small; 'Along all the great big dallies I love It best of all, And cheerfully unfold it, and read each Item through; 'How they fill my heart with gladness though they simple seem to you. Bill Hogan's got the measles and 'Aunt 'Liza's got the grip, And 'Ben Davis and his daughter 's on an automobile trip. How many great "big 'taters -was rais- on Hogan's farm, And how little Mandy Starblrd is singing like a charm. How Bill Barker 's awful busy a-flx- lng up his shed, And Dan Duffy's old horse Nero is numbered with the dead, How Jake Horn and his son Willie 'a yarding in the logs And Ned Hudson 's still a-drlnklng and going to the dogs. And I see the Chester homestead has passed to other hands And the children, all that's left of them, now live in other lands. There was one among their number that was once quite dear to me, And I used to think Well, never mind, I found 'twas not to be. Oh, the coming from the old home of that little weekly prize, Though sometimes it brings a sadness and a teardrop to our eyes, How lovingly wo read along each Item to the end, An echo from the old home, so like an oldtimo friend. How useless seems the struggle for stocks and bonds and cash, Oft times they lose their luring and all the lot seems trash, How freely we would give them all to be a boy once more And come in again to mother, In through the open door. A. M. T. Hampden, Me., November 14. MEDICAL SOCIETY , GIVES FREE ADVICE. Prcvontntlvo Mensures For Dread Diseases Outlined by Stnto De partiiient. Cancer of the Breast resembles the cancers discussed in tho earlier of these articles In being fairly super flcial and easily detected in the early stages. As is well known, cancer of the breast is frequent in women, though It does occur in rare in stances in men, Disasters duo to Ignorance of tho Importance of early warning symptoms are seen moro frequently in the case of cancer of the breast than in any other organ. In this country hundreds of cases with very advanced cancers of the breast apply to surgeons only when all hope of euro is gone. Nearly every such patient will admit that Bhe noticed the first danger signal in tho form of a small, hard lump In the breast six months, a year or even two years prevlouslyf and she will frequently admit that she 'did not apply for treatment before sim ply because sho was Ignorant of the importance of the first small lump that she noticed and thought that no harm would come of it if it was left alone. As a practical consideration every small lump in the breast of a woman over thirty-five should be considered to bo cancer from the start and should be treated as such at once. It Is true that in young women and even sometimes older women lumps that are not cancers may appear In tho breast. In such cases the practi cal need for treatment is Just the same. Such a lump is an abnormal foreign substance and even if It is not cancer It Is very liable to become one and It should be removed with out delay. The popular idea that a growth can not bo cancer because It, does not cause pain and because It does not effect the individual's general health, causes more trouble here than in any other region In the body. Many women will say for in stance, that they noticed a small growth In the breast a year or more before but they did not think it was at all serious because the lump did not pain them and they felt per fectly well. There are few more harmful fal acies in connection with cancer than this one. Pain and impairment of health never came until the more advanced stages of the disease. If a woman applies for treatmnnt when she first notices a small lump it can almost certainly be cured by a very simple operation. Each month's de lay always increases the severity of tho operation required and there may be no help whatever for the woman who is unfortunate enough, either from Ignorance or timidity, to wait until a lump In tin breast hurts her and has Impaired her health before she applies for treat ment. The high mortality from cancer in all regions and especially in the; breast, in the great majority of cases is entirely unnecessary and is not due to tho cancer itself but to the fact that people In general do not know what are tho signs and symptoms which 'indicate the presence of -a cancer in its early curable condition. The disastrous results of neglect and delay are especially unnecessary in tho case of tho breast because the small lump that 'is the beginning of cancer can easily be felt at a very early stage and in this stage it can easily bo cured. If women would hoed the slmplo warning "have any lump removed from the breast Just as soon as It Is noticed" extensive operations would rarely be necessary and the mortality from breast can cer would almost disappear. The warning signal In cancer of the breast is a new little lump. This lump will never do any harm If It is removed at once. It can cause trouble only if it is neglected and al lowed to spread. FARMER IS UNDERPAID SAYS THE FAMOUS DR. AVILEY. Chief Government Chemist Says Ag riculturist Should Havo Moro. Claiming that the farmer should get more for his products and the consumer should pay less than at present, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, Depart ment of Agriculture, urged that the State take over the distribution of food supplies while at Bloomsourg tho other day. " Wo are living in an age of tran sition," declared Dr. Wiley. "New Ideas are taking the place of old. To-day the world is facing the most important problems since tho French revolution. The social unrest which we see everywhere bodes no good, however, if it Is not well directed. There is no use trying to Ignore them. They will not die." "Tho nctual price of food on the farm is but little higher in most instances than formerly, and in many cases it Is oven, lower, i " The present farmer doesn't get enough for his products. Ho can't afford to raise wheat for 80 cents a bushel or cattle on the hoof for 5 cents a pound. Ho Is playing a los ing game. The farm must bo made more attractive and more remuner ative. What are we going to do? We can't keep things up forever." The speaker hero advocated a closer study of political economy and scientific management. "Take the system of delivering milk for instance," Tie continued. " Tho milk men distribute from house to house in all parts of the city. Their wagons cross and recross continually. This means that time Is wasted that the wagons are worn out sooner, and somebody has got to pay for this waste. I believe that the state should step in. Some say I am a socialist because I advocate this move." Dr. Wiley then took up a discus sion of the problem of the children of the nation. He declared they should be taught that manual labor Is not a disgrace. no aiso aeciareu cniidren shou rlran r llinir nrhnn n t.it.i ntirl that, ttrlll .hn.. ... 1. . 1 in n ntlil urn m nn mt 1 - . lugu uuu tvuuieu. i ue ouume or r n countrv Jn from rllcnhoillnn-o r i we una so many laworeakers, so many inievcs. . n I. 1. lT 1 . 1 . uw ui'.uuvi V.. V.. IVIU Jk LUH 11 merous deaths occurring from pr .f--.tnl.1- .11 TT- . . . 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