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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.
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