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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
PIANOS

WING PIANOS BEST TONED AND MOST SUCCESS
tu Established 30 years Recent improvements give great
Sold direct No agents Sent tria-freght
paid FIRST last and all the time BY us-to show faith
work Very easy terms. Slightly used "hgh-
grades" SIS up Taken in exchange for improved Wing
pianos-thoroughy refnshed Send for bargain list You
should have anyway" Book of Complete Information
About Pianos" 1872 pages New York World says: "a
Book of educational interest, should have"
Free for the asking from the old house Of Wing Son,
-365 West 18th Street New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10

Cause of'en when big Uncle Boo
Comes out wif' US 10 STAY
He kisses mother. en- he SAYS.
How are the kids to-day -. lids
Now. who YOU pose he means y
Why, Bruvver Ted an He! II
| wonder who on earl got SNliit3s
To make these gloves Tor me HrS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SETTLERS Texas land
cheap price only Buy and reap benefit of rapidly
Increasing values Let send you free bulletin of lands
Tor sale, Typographical map and sample copy of The
Coming Country-a magazine brimfui Of information
W 5 ST. George 6. p. A, NJ. X & T., os2 Wainwright
BLDG St. Louis, Mo.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

ing the worn springs. And in that
Erebus Of a room she slowly raised
her heavy eyelids and smiled.
For Billy Jackson was shining down
on her, calm and bright and constant,
through the skylight. There was no
world about her. She was sunk in
pit Of blackness, with but that small
square of pallid light framing the star
that she had so whimsically and, oh,
so Intellectually named. Miss Long
necker must be right-it was Gamma,
of the constellation Cassiopeia, and not
Billy Jackson. And yet she could not
let it be Gamma.
AS she lay on her back she tried
twice to raise her arm. The third
time she got two thin fingers to her
lips and blew kiss out Of the black
pit to Billy Jackson. Her arm fell
back Imply.
"Goodby, Billy" she murmured
family. You're millions Of miles
away. and you won't even twinkle
once. But you kept where 1 could see
you most of the time up there when
there wasn't anything else but dark
ness to look at, didn't you? Millions
of miles. Goodby, Billy Jackson"
Clara, the colored maid, found the
door locked at 10 the next day, and
they forced it open. Vinegar and the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30


slapping of wrists and burnt feathers
proving of no avail, some one ran to
phone for an ambulance.
In due time it backed up to the door
with much gong Changing, and the ca
pablc young medico, in his white linen
coat, ready, active, confident, with his
smooth face half debonair, half grim,
danced up the steps.
ambulance call to 49," he said
briefly. whats the trouble?"
"Oh, yes, DOCTOR" shifted Mrs. Par
ker, as though her trouble that there
should be trouble in the house was
the greater. II can't think what can
be the matter with her. Nothing we
could do would bring her to. It's
young woman, Miss Elsie-yes,
Miss Elsie Leeson. Never before in
my house,
what room?' cried the doctor in a
terrible voice, to which Mrs. Parker
was a stranger.
"The skylight room. IT,
Evidently the ambulance doctor was
familiar with the location of skylight
rooms. He was gone up the stairs,
four at a time. Mrs. Parker followed
slowly, as her dignity demanded.
On the first landing she met him
coming back, bearing the astronomer
in his arms. He stopped and let loose
the practiced scalpel Of his tongue, not
loudly. Gradually Mrs. Parker crum-
pied as a stiff garment that slips down
from a nail. Ever afterward there re-
mained crumples in her mind and
body. Sometimes her curious room
ers would ask her what the doctor
said to her.
LET that be-" she would answer
''If I can get forgiveness for having
heard it l will be satisfied"
The ambulance physician strobe
with his burden through the pack of
hounds that follow the curiosity chase,
and even they fell back along the side
walk abashed, for his face was that
of one who bears his own dead.
They noticed that he did not lay
down upon the bed prepared for it in
the ambulance the form that he car
Ned, and all that he said was "Drive
like sin, Wilson," to the driver.
That is all. Is it a story? In the
next mornings paper 1 saw a little
news item, and the last sentence of it
may help you as it helped me to weld
the incidents together
1t recounted the reception into Belle
vue hospital of young woman who
had been removed from 40 East -
street, suffering from debility induced
by starvation. 1t concluded with these
words:
"Dr. William Jackson, the ambu-
lance physician who attended the
case, says the patient will recover"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

'I'M JUST POOR LITTLE WORKING GIRL"
she kept for those who failed to quail
ify as doctors or dentists and led the
way to the second floor back.
Eight dollarsW said Miss Lesson.
Dear me! I'm not Hetty, if l do look
green. I'm just a poor little working
girl. Show me something higher and
lower"
Mr.. Skidder jumped and strewed the
aoor with cigarette stubs at the rap
On his door.
Excuse me, Mr.. Skidder," said Mrs.
Parker, with her demons smile at his
pale looks. II didn't know you were
in. l asked the lady to have a look
at your lambrequins."
They're too lovely for anything"
said Miss Leeson, smiling in exactly
the way the angels do.
After they had gone Mr.. Skidder got
very busy erasing the tall, black haired
heroine from his latest (unproduced)
play and inserting a small, roguish
one with heavy, bright hair and viva
cious features.
Anna Held II jump at it," said Mr..
skidder to himself. putting his feet mp
against the lambrequins and disap-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
A Quaint Tract.

A quaint tract entitled "Woe to
Drunkards," being a sermon by Sam
uel Waid. preacher Of Ispwich, was
printed In London in 1927. The
preacher based his remarks upon
Proverbs xiii, 29-32, "Look not thou
upon the wine when it is red." etc.
and illustrated his arguments by ex-
amples from various parts of the king
dom Of Goods judgments on drunk
ards" Among other instances he
quotes the following one from Ten
by: "At Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, a
Drunkard being exceedingly drunke
broke himself all to pieces off an high
and steep rock in most fearefull man
ner. and yet the occasion and circum-
stances Of his fall so ridiculous as !
thinke not At to relate. lest in so seri-
Gus judgement should move laugh.
ter Of the Reader."-Cardiff Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. DAWSON
Rutland, VT
THAT BLESSED HOPE.

International Bible Lesson for
Aug. 8, 'oo-(1 Thess S: I2-24).
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
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A GOOD ROADS BOOM.
Present Impulses Toward Their Build.
ing Never Equalled.

Present Impulses Toward Their Build
Ing Never EqualIed.
There has been manifested in the
several States Of the East and South
the past year, an impulse toward the
construction and maintenance of good
roads, that has never been equalled in
the past and that is likely to grow
as the years come and go. In almost
every one Of the older commonwealth
there has been an awakening to the
economic value of such Improvement.
Perhaps the multiplication of automo-
biles has been one of the impelling
causes of this larger movement but
the farmers and all others interested
in local transportation have caught
its spirit, and have come to realize
that business as well as pleasure
would be promoted by the es-
tablishment of those conditions to-
ward which 1t tends. When a hus-
bandman masters the simple calcula-
ton that because a span of horses
can draw twice as much over a good
road as a poor one he is therefore
getting twice as much service at no
| additional expense, he Is pretty sure
to give his approval and support to
the enterprise.
Almost every State along the Allan.
tic slope has taken action within the
past year looking to the betterment
of its highways. Although Massachu.
sets has been a leader in this re-
spect for a number of years, the new
distribution Of a percentage of the ap-
preparation made for this purpose
among the small towns is bound to
| show material improvement in a very
short time. 1t will not give all sec
tions such roads as the highway com.
mission constructs for demonstration
purposes, yet 1t will inevitably raise
the general standard and stimulate
local interest to a larger extent in
this form of improvement. New Hamp-
shire has projected a decided advance
in this respect by taking steps to
build three trunk highways through
the State. New York has bonded her
self for millions for a like purpose
and the result will doubtless promote
her internal interests to a greater eX-
tent than her barge canal and at a
much earlier date. BY much pressure
the governor of Pennsylvania succeed.
ed in having authority given by the
recent Legislature for the construc'
ton of a great highway between the
principal cities of the State, represent
ing the eastern and western halves.
With her comparatively limited re.
sources, Maryland has appropriated
millions for this purpose and in con-
junction with West Virginia has ar.
ranged for a highway that will be a
revelation to the people of those
States.
Similar action, even if on less ex'
tended scale, might be instanced in
other States, but, comparatively
speaking, Georgia seems to have grid
ed up her loins for the most sigrifi
cant advance in the whole sisterhood
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
The French Method.

The excellence of the French road
Is due not to the superior quality Of
the material used in their construc-
ton, as the same materials exist most
everywhere, or to the perfection OF
the French method Of construction,
for their roads are built according to
the Macadam plan, which Is also
used in this country, but to the su'
periority Of the French method Of ad'
ministration, which places all roads
under constant and intelligent super
vision.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
THE SKYL|GHT ROOM.
How Dr.. Billy Jackson Found the
Girl It Sheltered.
BY o. HENRY.


Col
First Mrs. Parker would show you
the double parlors. You would not
dare to interrupt her description Of
their advantages and of the merits of
the gentleman who had occupied them
for eight years. Then you would man
age to stammer forth the confession
that you were neither doctor nor Il
dentist. Mrs. Parker's manner of re-
ceiving the admission was such that
you could never afterward entertain
the same feeling toward your parents,
who had neglected to train you up in
one Of the professions that fitted Mrs.
Parker's parlors.
Next YOU ascended one fight of
stairs and looked at the second floor
back at SIS. Convinced by her second
floor manner that it was worth the
So that Mr.. Toosenberry always paid
for it until he left to take charge of
his brothers orange plantation in Flor
ida, near Palm Beach, where Mrs. Nc
Intyre always spent the winters that
had the double front room with private
y
wanted something still cheaper.
If you survived Mrs. Parkers scorn
YOU were taken to look at Mr.. Skid
der's large hall room on the third floor.
Mr. Skidders room was not vacant.
He wrote plays and smoked cigarettes
in it all day long. But every room
hunter was made to visit his room to
In oh
visit Mr.. Skidder, from the fright
caused by possible eviction, would pay
something on his rent.
Then-oh. then-if you still stood on
one foot. with your hot hand clutching
the three moist dollars in your pocket,
and hoarsely proclaimed your hideous
and culpable poverty, never more
would Mrs. Parker be cicerone Of
yours. She would honk loudly the
word Clara She would show you
her back and march downstairs. Then
Clara, the colorcd maid, would escort
you up the carpeted ladder that served
for the fourth flight and show you the
skylight room. 1t occupied I by 8 feet
of floor space at the middle of the hall.
VII puCu sue VI II WIS Il uiilh lulllbtl
closet or Storeroom.
In it were an iron cot. Il waShStand
and chair. y shelf was the dresser.
Its four bare walls seemed to close in
upon you like the sides of a coffin.
Your hand crcpt to your throat, YOU
gasped, you looked up as from a we'll
and breathcd once more. Through
the glass of the little skylight you saw
a square of blue iniinity.
1.-TWO dollars. suh," Clara would say
in her half contemptuous. half Tuske
geenial tones.
One day Miss Leeson came hunting
for room. She carried typewriter
made to be luggcd around by much
larger lady. She was very little
girl, with eyes and hair that had kept
on growing after she had stopped and
that always looked as if they were
saying: Goodness me! Why didn't
you keep up with us?'
Mrs. Parker showed her the double
parlors. I'm this closet" she said
lone could keep skeleton or an.
aesthetic or coal'-
But I am neither doctor nor a
dentist" said Miss Lecson, with q
shiver.
Mrs. Parker gave her the incred
ulous. pitying, sneering, icy stare that
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

our sketch, with the picture of a hot
water jug embroidered on one side.
1t is edged with a stout cord, with
three loops at the top to form han
die by which it may be lifted when
required. A cover of linen or campric
that can be removed is nice. as 1t can
then be frequently washed. A wad-
ded foundation covered with sateen
should be made, then the cover
should be a trifle larger so as to slip
on easily, and button at the lower
edge to buttons on the foundation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

Of the twenty
one epistles Of
the New Testa-
ment at least
thirteen bear the
name of Paul. He
wrote one letter
to Romans, eight
to Greeks, and
four to individu-
ais. These let
ters are not
bound up in the
Bible in the or
der in which they
W ere written.
Tho fret lntAnnr
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
COVERS THE HOT WATER JUG.
Cosy That VIII Aid in Keep
ing the Contents Warm.

1t is quite as necessary to keep the
hot water warm that has occasionally
to be added to the teapot as it Is to
keep the tea itself warm. 1t is, there
fore, a good plan to make cosy OF
a similar nature to the ordinary tea
cosy, but of course, differing in
shape. to fit the hot water jug. A
simple cosy of this kind is shown in
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

The value of commercial fertilizers
depends on their containing the ele
ments which the soil needs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
SMASHES DOOR
RANSACkS
HOUSE

Evidently bent on robbery, a
mysterious person last night
smashed in the rear door of the
home Of Thomas s. Morrisey, GA
South Yakima avenue, while the
family was away, and ransacked
the entire lower floor, escaping
by the same door by which he
gained admittance. AS far as the
occupants of the hause can deter
mine, the man took nothing of
value. He dumped the contents
of several drawers out on the floor
but otherwise did no damage.
While running from the house, the
niarauder bumped into a clothes
pole and lost his hat. The hat is
the only clue left for the police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
STOREKEEPER IS
ROBBED BY
HOLDUPS

Highwaymen entered the con-
fectionery store of John j. Duffy,
at the Pacific avenue entrance to
the Commercial dock, at lis last
night, held up the proprietor at
the point Of revolvers and escap-
ed after robbing him of valu-
able gold stop-watch and a pock-
etbook containing a small amount
of money.
= Mr.. Duffy was alone in the
store at the time, and was about
to close up for the night. The
thieves entered hastily, as though
fearing that a pedestrian outside
might see them. They ransacked
the entire shop but took nothing
but the money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
VOTE TO CHANGE
The POOL room
ORDINANCE

Only four councilmen are OPP
posed to opening the pool room
doors to boys. Jameson, Haw-
thorne. Rankin and Hogberg last
night opposed the movement OF
the pool room owners to have the
ordinance amended so boys 18
years old may frequent their
places when permitted by their
parents.
Doud, Brand, Stambaugh and
Glblett all urged opening the
doors to the boys.
Jameson opposed the idea.
He read letter of protest from
a mother of several boys. She
objected to the pool room sur
roundings with it's associates and
cigarettes. The council voted to
amend the ordinance, however,
and next week an amendment
will be introduced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
''TO THEM THAT HATH"
A Short Sermon to Fat Folk

"To them that hath shall be
given" is a sentence that applies
to fat people very neatly. 1t is
common knowledge that once a
human being begins to fatten up,
to what they have already is add
ed more than they want until fin
ally stage Is reached where rer
duction must be made or decided
results.
Then comes forward the ages
old query, "Reduce-but how?f
To the uniformed nothing sug-
gests itself but the (to them) twin
evils-less eating-more activity
They contemplate a more or less
lengthy sieze Of dieting and exer-
cising. So it may be said safely
that every man or woman in the
land now undergoing the fatten9
ing-up process has his or her mem
tai eye fixed obviously on that
not far distant day when he or
she will have to don the "ashes
and sackcloth of reduction"
This is not an enlivening pros
pect, and SO it is with considera-
BILE satisfaction that we announce
the emancipation of the fat. Now
adays one may reduce much or
little, a pound a day II desired, or
hold their fat in check, absolutely
stationary, without doing a tap of
exercise, missing a single meal,
doing particle of harm or caus-
ing a solitary wrinkle. All that's
required, as hundreds testify, is
the taking after meals and at bed
time of one Marmola Prescription
Tablet, whic htablets are sold by
the Marmola Company, Detroit,
Mich, or any good druggist at the
uniform price of rs cents, this
sum being accepted for a case of
tablets so we'll and generously
filled that even one produces de-
sirable results. Adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
ENDS !!!!-! HIS LIFE
With GAS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ABERDEEN, Wash, March A..
-Friendless, penniless and with
out work, William Brown, aged
35, is dead today as result of
inhaling Illuminating gas in his
room last night. Brown, who is
thought to have been single, went
to his room in a cheap lodging
house last night, knelt down on
his bed and placing his mouth to
the end of a tube, turned on the
gas and inhaled the fumes until
death came. His body was dis
covered several hours later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
HELD To ANSWER
FOR SW|NDL|NG

c. A. Spaulding, photographer,
who Is charged with having sold
bogus passes to road shows billed
for the Tacoma theater, was bound
over to the superior court under
$500 bonds yesterday afternoon
by Police Judge Arntson.
- Witnesses were present in the
justices court to show that
Spaulding had the passes printed
in this city, and that he even had
the printing concern send the bill
to the Tacoma theater manage
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
SEATTLE POLICE
IN UNIFORMS
OF BROWN

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, March 4.-Visitors
to the exposition this summer
will see a novelty In police uni
forms, for Seattle's patrolmen
have voted to appear in smart uni
forms of brown, with helmets of
pearl gray. The action was taken
on the suggestion of Chief Ward,
who is DESTROYS Of having his men
appear well during the fair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
kLE|N'S PATIENT
IS DECLARED
SANE

Magnus Anderson, the man who
became raving insane at the close
of Salvation Army meeting last
week, and who was easily pacified
In his cell at the county jail by
Josua Klein, the radio active"
healer, was turned loose yesterday
afternoon after being adjudged
sane by commission of physi-
clans appointed to examine him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
GYPS|ES ORDERED
OUT Of THE
CITY

A caravan OF travelling Gypsies
arrived in Tacoma this morning
and pitched their tents near the
western extremity of Center street.
There were four large wagon loads
of the Migrants, and as soon as
Chief Of Police Duley heard of
their arrival. he sent an officer to
the spot with orders to make the
party ''move on" at once.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04
SILVER SERVICE
PRESENTED TO
FAIRBANKS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., March a.
With the public excluded, the
senate yesterday presented to
Vice President Fairbanks silver
service valued at ST. S5 and the
democratio members added q low
ing cup, in addition The vice
president was eulogized for his
uniform fairness as presiding Of
f1cer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

NOTICE -Ruston voters may
now register at the store of
Hanks & Son. v. w. Hanks is
authorized to perform any duty
pertaining to registration.
Signed, ". ID. GOSS.
80 Town Clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-04

Buy now. Smith & Flies addi-
ton. good lots, close in, easy
terms; Branch office 23rd and o
streets; open Sundays. Ti,ke So.
X car. Parsons & Smith, Cali
FORMS building. 80
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-23

pupils and two teachers present. All en-
joyed the trip. The pupils are anxious to
have both Miss Carter and Miss ingalls,
back for the fall term.
Mrs. Ashbury Lopaus is very i'll Of sciatic
rheumatism. Her sister, Miss Rena Reed,
who has been teaching at Center, Is now
with her, but Will leave soon for her en-
ployment at Seal Harbor for the summer,
The w. T. /. society met with Mrs. Lena
Robbins June IS. But few members were
present. The society will meet with Mrs.
Mena Lawson this week.
Everett Parker, Of Manset, met with a
serious accident while driving here sun
day morning, At present the cause is un-
known, as he is unable to talk. Appar-
emily he was kicked in the mouth by the
horse, as his teeth were broken of, and
there were wounds in the chin and nose.
He is still at W. Fl. Webster's, where he
was taken after the accident.
June q. THELMA.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-23
HALL QUARRY.

Miss Helen Seavy has gone to Northeast
Harbor for the season.
Master George Grindle is at home after
spending week at Seal Cove.
Friends extend congratulations to Harry
Kelly and bride, of Goose Cove, who were
were married Sunday, June 20.
Mrs. Gage Grindle has returned from
Surry, where she was called by the death
OF her aunt, Mrs. Lydia Cunningham.
P. F. Mccarthy, international secretary
and treasurer OF the quarry workers union
OF Barre, VT, was called here last week on
business for the branch here.
Word was receivsd.here last week Of the
death Of Mrs. Lydia Cunningham, OF
Surry. Mrs. Cunningham formerly con-
Quoted the big boarding house here, and
made many friends who were saddened to
hear Of her death. Much sympathy is felt
for her husband, who is in poor health,
and her only son, Edward Cunningham
June p. PEBBLE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-23
NORTH LAMoINE.

Mrs. William Brooks and family, of
Ellsworth, visited her parents, Charles
Brown and wife, over Sunday.
Melvin Mcfarland and family, Of Bos-
ton, gave their parents pleasant .urprise
ne first of last week by their uaexpected
arrival.
P. B. Russell has closed e cottage again
and returned to Auburn. ale here they
had for guest Mrs. ,er.-g, OF Newbury-
port, Mass.
Friends of Mrs. Eernice Salisbury are
glad TO learn of her fast improved con-
dition after al operation for appendicitis
on Saturday, June II, at Bangor.
Miss Anna Young has completed her
first year as teacher at Bryant & Strattons
school, and returns to-day for her summer
vacation. She will be accompanied by
Frederick Tweedie, who is to spend the
summer with his grandparents, George H.
Coggins and wife.
June n Y.