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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
LIGHTNING TANs BULL ALIVE.
Black Hide Untouched, but All White
Hair Burned Off.

Hair Burned OF.
Ogdensburg, N. VA Holstein bull
at pasture on Thomas Winthrop's
farm near here was almost tanned
alive by lightning. The beast was
struck by bolt between the horns
and the current passed down the broad
white blaze at its nose, the white
stripes on the neck, fore-shoulders
and forelegs into the ground.
The black hide was untouched, but
the white hide and the skin of the
bulls nose were burned hairless and
tanned to the appearance Of leather,
The bull was stunned, but will live.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13

There are now fifty-four play.
grounds for children at the schools
of Boston and twenty-elght in the
parks-more than ever before.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13
Aa Obaerved,

Golf is a good deal like the piano"
observes the grouchy old sportsman.
tits generally played by people that
don't know much about It"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-13

Louis XVI. days as the stunning bon
net for the coming winter months.
The new creation in millinery art
resembles an airship in shape, having
two long feathers on either end and
a curved rim. Its dimensions are 20
by 18 inches, and, because of its light
trimmings, it weighs considerably
less than a pound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Man with the conundrum.

Man With the conundrun.
 The man with the fretful eyebrows and the sorrowful ears comes to the desk of the man with the dispirited mustache and asks:
 Why is man who goes on an ex- ..edition to discover the south pole and after many months of toll and pri- vation during which he eats all his canned goods and half of his dogs and then returns to civilization with fixed appetite for boot heels and hat brims-why is he like a woman who has been waiting impatientIy since midnight for the sound of the latch key as her husband endeavors to un- lock the front door without awakening the entire neighborhoodF F'
 The man with the discouraged mus tache shakes his head impatiently, and the other repeats the question, where upon the man with the discouraged mustache asks:
 What Is the difference between a lady reading a hair restorer ad and a man who asks fool questions when you are busy? Answer-Because they are both about ready to die.''
 ooh, very wellr' sninfs the man with the fretful eyebrows and the sorrow full ears. The answer to mine is that both are getting ready to deliver a lecture, but wouldn't tell you if you pleaded with tears in your eyes"
 And with naughty tread he de- Chicago Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
poubl. Quick cempo.ins.

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the over ture to "The Yeomen of the Guard" in twelve hours and that to 'Iolanthe" in less space of time-from p. m. to a. m. But even this capacity for speed in composition is eclipsed by M- Bom- pard, who for wager composed the music to song in ten minutes. MT. N. Trotere, however, is the composer of whom most quick time anecdotes are told. His beautiful song "Asthore" was both written and composed in forty minutes in Blanchard's restau- rant. The melody of 'In Old Madrid" was the result of . sudden inspiration, It came to the composer while on his way home from the aquarium. Lest it should escape him he rushed into q small public house in Rochester row, seized a biscuit bag and on 1t jotted down the air. But MT. Trotere holds the championship. It is said that he actually composed "The Brow of the Hill," wrote letter and ran 400 yards to post it in eight minutes.-Dundee q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Saved by His Wit.

The French author Martainville was a royalist and did not hesitate to attack the French revolution and it's authorities Presently, of course, he was summoned to appear before the revolutionary tribunal, with the terrible Fouquier at its head. The rev olutionary tribunals at that time did not hesitate to send everybody to the guillotine who had ventured to attack them. Martainville expected to go with the rest of the victims What is your nameT asked the revolutionary judge. "Martainville," said the young author. 'tMartainvillew exclaimed the judge. You are deceiving us and try ing to hide your rank. You are an aristocrat, and your name Is De Mar tainville." Citizen president" ex- claimed the young man, q am here to be shortened, not to be heightened! Leave me my namer' A true French man loves a witticism above all things, and the tribunal was so much pleased by Martainville's grim response that it spared his life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
DR. GEORGE [. PORTER CHOSEN PRESIDENT
 OF SEA SIDE CLUB

At the annual meeting of Seaside club. last night. a project for the erec- ton of an additional story over the ball room was discussed, for the pur- pose of getting additional space for billiard and pool tables. The gover- nors reported that the addition could be built for $5,000. and that it would cost $2.500 for tables. The matter will be settled at a special meeting. The club now has almost 300 members pr. George L. Porter was unanimously elected president. and signified his ac- ceptance in an address which was a historical review of the club and it's work. Vice President George E. Hil also spoke chiefly. Other officers were elected as follows: Vice president, George B. Hi1l; secretary. Isaac L. Ferris; treasurer. Louis B. Powe. For governors for three years, Samuel E. Vincent, John w. Wheeler and Arthur B. Burritt; auditors, Richard G. De- marest and Ralph c. Sherwood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
odd Name. h China.

Chinese children are endowed with strange Christian names. Their girls. for instance, are not called Mabel. Jenny or Matilda, but Cloudy Moon, Celestial Happiness, Spring Peach or Casket of Perfumes. Their boys get less attractive names, being made for work and wisdom rather than pleas. ure and dancing. Thus we find little two-year-old Practical Industry; tnree- .year-oid, Ancestral Knowledge; four year-old, Complete Virtue; fve-year- old, Discreet Valor. To their slaves they give still another set of snames. Not For Me, Joy to Serve, Yopr Hap piness and Humble Devotion may be taken as typical examples.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
FLOOD OF WORK POURS INFO OFFICE
 OF CITY ENGINEER
Bnf Office is Crippled for Funds and Cannot Fnrnish Sidewalk Grades as fsst $ Director Biliz Orders Side. Hslks

If any of the taxpayers of the city 4re delayed in getting a grade for a ne4 sidewaik in front of their prem ise it Sis because the city engineers 'offi6e Is crippled by the refusal of the Boexd of Apportionment to allow the off1ce any extra money tor the work on the Congress street bridge.
 Engineer McKenna has been obliged to keep q gang Of men on the, work all during the spring and the greater paxt Of last winter. Now he is oblig- ed to keep one or two men on the
 Horks zundi the bridge is nearly com
 When the engineer appeared before the Board of Apportionment Mayor Lee told him that the Bridge Commis- Hlon had an engineer of it's own and he did not see why the city engineer should want any appropriation for work on the bridge He was opposed to any such appropriation. City Aud ftor Heating recommended that a, Oe0 he allowed for the work, but the Mayor was able to prevent the appropriation being made by the Tax Board
 Engineer McKenna explained that Engineer Stoddard, the engineer in charge Of the bridge. would require the city to furnish the grades and levels that he would work from. He made it plain that the engineer in charge of the work would not proceed unless
 " uhh the past month Director Bl1fz has flooded the city with orders. to property owners to repair their sideWallz and when they get them they 90 to the engineer to get grade. He could keep twice his regular force
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Stevenson and Dreams.

Robert Louis Stevenson owed much of his inspiration to dreams. In one passage he attributed some of his fin- est work to the brownies" who ten anted his brain during moments of unconsciousness. 'sThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyn and MT. Hyde" owes its origin to a dream. 'I had long been trying to write q story on this sub ject," writes Stevenson. s'to find a body, vehicle. for that strong sense of mans double being which must at times come in, upon and overwhelm the mind of every thinking creature. For two days I went about racking my brains for a plot of any sort, and on the second night dreamed the scene at the window and a scene afterward split in two, in which Hyde, pursued for some crime, took the pow der and underwent the change in the presence of his pursuers. All the rest was made awake and consciously, al- though think can trace in much of it the manner of my brownies"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

NRANr Ana, uzenu A HqonIe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Harold che.. tn. E..ier Way.

Maynard had been naughty, and his father, after showing him his fault, had sent him up to his room to ask God to forgive him for being a bad boy. Three-year-old Harold was pres ept, but seemed to take no notice of the conversation. It was his turn, however. before many days to receive punishment, and his father took him across his knee. "Oh, don't, papa" he said. T would rather go upstairs and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

French scientists who have been in vestigating the subject say electric fans are. injurious to health as they stir up bacteria in nearby dust and circulate them through the air. To train apprentices to kill cattle with single blow in German abat- toirs, there is used an instrument that registers the force and direction of strokes of a slaughtering mallet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Not His Hat.

Principal-Johnnie. Pm surprised that your French is so weak. Now think Chapeau-what is that? Wha does your father throw up when he's merry? Johnnie-His job, sir.-Londor Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

The standard candle, by which light is measured, differs in various coun- tries and an international standard is proposed which is practically that us ed in Great Britain, about 1.6 per cent. less powerful than the American stan dard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

at work providing the sidewalk grades, and because of the work on Congress street bridge being done out of the regular appropriation many of the property owners will be lucky if they are able to lay new walks in the time prescribed by the director.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
MASSES AT ST. JOsEPn's

Commencing with Sunday, June 6. and continuing throughout the sum mer, masses on Sundays at St. Jo- seph's church. Madison avenue, Rev. Father Dahme, pastor, will be as fol- lows: First mass at 8. and second mass at 10 a. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

cifc coast states. California and ore-
 gon alone increased their output of coal last year over the figures for 19o7. Decreases were shown by all the oth-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
John. Great Lo.s.

"For goodness sake, Harriet. why 50 sad?"
 ''The cooks left. but that isn't the worst of it. She took with her the recipe book for all the things Johns mother used to make''-Brooklyn Life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11

/ would neither confirm or deny any OF
the rumors regarding the increasing
q the facilities at that point.
The roads have been considering for
several years the Improvement and
enlargement Of the Cumbo yards. Sew
eral sets OF plans have been made and
were from tine TO time told OF in
this paper. Revised plans have been
made within the past couple months
and 1t was these that the officials had
before them when they met al Cumbo
today. The present plans contemplate
large yard that will be ample for
handling all the present and increas a
future business of the roads interest
ed, together with shops for making
running repairs, turntables, Offices,
ice plant and complete electric pIanh
for the lighting of both the Cumbo and
Martinsburg yards and the operation
of complete automatic signal and
switching plant. The plans propose
enc of the most up-to-date yards that
it is possible to build. It Is estimated
that the cost of the improvements
will be more than half million dol
lars.
The building of the yards will be of
greater advantage to the Baltimore
and Ohio road than TO the others and
the increased output of limestone In
this section, that the Baltimore and
Ohio will be called upon to handle
within the course of a few months
will compel them to enlarge their
yard facilities at this point.
Those who are in a position to
know, feel confident that the work OF
building the yards will commence
shortly after the opening of the new
year. The annual meeting of the dl-
rectors of the Baltimore and Ohio win
be held next Thursday and the off,
Gals came here to get information
and obs rye conditions so that they
could act when the matter came up
before the board as recommendation
from the operating department.
If these yards are built, and there
! is every reason now to believe that
they will be, it will mean great deal
to Martinsburg. A large part OF the
half million that will go towards their
construction, will be paid out for labor
and the money will find it's way into
our business Golfers through the COM
missary department.
The completion of the yards will
require some months and in all prob
ability t ere will spring up about
Cumbo, or Wyndharn, village that
will later contribute considerable to
The business of Martinsburg.
The visit of the officials was a quiet
one and very few knew anything OF it
until after their departure. 1t is to be
hoped that they will decide to build
the yards.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11
DISASTROUS FIRE IN
THORN LUMBER YARD
Large Stable and Contents Consumed
and Two Horses Perish in Flames.
Loss Placed at $4,000 and
the Insurance at $500

not been explained, and the inference
! Is reasonable that other fire plugs In
town may be in the same imperfect
order.
The people attracted TO the con
/ Migration sensibly stood back and al
! lowed the firemen a Tree hand to fight
the flames and save nearby buildings
/ from destruction.
AS stated. the large new planning
mill close to the burning stable stood
an almost certain chance to go up in
smoke, but happily it was saved. AS
| it was, nearly all the window panes
on the south side OF the building were
| broken out on both floors by the in
tense heat and doors and window
! frames were badly charred The night
air was perfectly calm or Mr.. Thorn s
residence would, also have been great.
! ly endangered by reason of its close
proximity to the fire on the east, es-
pecially If there had been strong
west wind Then again, mad there
been a strong east wind and the fire
swept across to the Auburn plant
nearby, nothing, it would seem could
have saved it. So, altogether, the
fire was not nearly so disastrous as it
easily might have been. The large
lumber sheds on tn north side of the
Thorn plant were comparatively safe.
Mrs. Thorn generously served cot
fee and sandwiches to the firemen be-
tween and 8 o'clock this morning,
some of whom stayed at the scene
until $50 and kept a constant stream
OF water on the burning embers.
The three horses rescued from the
burning stable by Mr.. Thorn were
all more or less scorched particularly
about the face and head and one of
them it is thought may not survive
Mr.. Thorn, with his customary en-
ergy, will soon begin the erection of
new and larger stable The enc de-
stroyed was 45x30 feet in dimensions
and was only built three years ago.
Whilst the Fourth Ward Hose Com
pany did not have their apparatus at
the fire, number of the boys were
on hand and did all they could.
Mr.. Thorn desires, through this
paper. to express his most grateful
thanks to the firemen and the Auburn
Wagon Go. employees for their heroic
work at the fire.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
but some people are of the opinion
that the stable caught from an cleo
trio light wire.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11
NEW YARDS At CUMBO
MAY SOON Be BUILT
Three Railroad Presidents Hold Con-
ference Here Over improvements
That Will Cost Over Half a
Million Dollars
From The World Of Friday:

From The World OF Friday:
Martinsbarg was today he Mecca
for the heads OF three of the great
railway systems of the East. II Is
seldom that men who control greater
corporate interests especially in the
railroad world, get together and for
them to gather here with their official
families is surely forecast of good
things for Martinsburg. Ii is safe to
predict that there will be something
doing in railroad circles here in the
near future.
A special train carrying Pennsyl-
vania private car No. so with Presi-
dent James McCrea Vice Presidents
J. b. Thayer and w. w. Atterbury,
road, three Baltimore and Ohio pri-
vate cars, with President Oscar G.
Murray and Vice Presidents G. F..
Randolph and G. l.. Potter. A. NJ. Kins-
man, chief engineer; A. w Thompson,
superintendent mainten nee of way;
President George F. Baer Of the Read
ing road; General Superintendent
Batchelder and other officials of the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Cumber-
land Valley private car, carrying Vice
President and General Manager NJ. c..
Kennedy and other Cumberland Val
ley officials, arrived at Cumbo about
10 o'clock this morning. The Penn
sylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Of
ficials came from Philadelphia over
the Pennsylvania and Cumberland
Valley roads. They stopped at Cham
bersburg and left there at 9.25.
This large gathering of big railroad
men spent an hour or more at the
transfer yards of the Baltimore and
Ohio and Cumberland Valley at Cum
BIO. They came there to look over the
present facilities and to determine
whether they are adequate for the
handling of the large amount Of
transfer business that passes between
the roads.
There is much freight that is hand
led through Cumbo and Intersection
that originates or has it's destination
on one of the three roads represented
by their presidents here today and the
facilities at Cumbo are of interest to
all three roads.
After making thorough inspection
of Cumbo, they came to Intersection
where they spent some time looking
over the yard facilities there. They
were then transferred TO the Balti-
more and Ohio line and came to this
city where they stopped only few
minutes. They left about 1t.30 for
Philadelphia.
A representative OF this paper had
an interview with Superintendent of
Maintenance of Way, A. W. Thomp-
son, but while he talked of Cumbo, he
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11
FROM OLD MORGAN
Twenty Plants Put Up Nearly Three
Million Cans of Tomatoes
This Season.

Special to The Evening World.
Berkeley Springs, w. Va, Dec. T.
The following is the tomato pack of
the twenty caneries of Morgan coun-
ty for the past season:
H. w. Dawson & Sons, 4500 cases,
E. L. Rice, $500; w. E. Dawson, 1850;
P. w. Atkinson. $500; ]. II. Philips
& Sons, $500; Jos. p. Hauyermale,
1866; David Harrison, S,760; Michael
Brothers, 1000; Peter f. Yost 5000;
John easier, 1850; Canoe & Blake,
1,50O; Ridersville Canning Co., $500;
Cross Roads Canning Co., $4,000; Sam
uel Luttrell, (approx) 1000; G.. e.
Weber. 5000; Speelman & Michael,
300; B. f. Dawson. $500; B. L.
HUFF, approx 4,7Oo; w. A. Rock
we'll, $4,000; A. ]. Keesecker, 2OO;.
Total 1895 cases. Allowing "a
cans to the case the aggregate num-
Der of cans is 2,974,224, which VIII
amount to $l36,363 for the crop.
Mr. Geo. S. Ziler and son, S. w
Zier, Of this lace, have sold to G. c..
Foreman and E. Z. Ensign of Pennsyl-
vania two tracts OF timber land in
Mineral county, w. Va. of 277 and 100
acres, respectively. The considera-
ton is kept secret.
j. W. Venorsdale, who was hurt in
the Willard sand quarry last week, by
sand rock OF about one ton weight
rolling over him, is resting fairly well
and will be cut again in af ew days.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company will place gasoline motor
on the Berkeley Spring branch this
week for the passenger traffic only
and thus assuring us prompt delivery
of the mails and better passenger
service.
large number of hands are open
ing up a new sand mine on the Brady
farm about two miles west Of Sir
Johns Run. Ii is hoped to get the
mine and mills in operation by next
spring,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11
qron The World OF Saturday:

ETDul Inc WOfl0 Oh SATURDAY.
Fire broke out last night in the
aarxe frame stable in Mr.. H. p. Thorn
lumber yard on North Raleigh street,
dhat consumed the building, ten tons
OF hay, about 200 bushels of corn, two
horses and a dozen sets of harness,
Entailing loss estimated at $4,000,
a1n which there is an insurance of $500
About one o'clock Mrs. Thorn was
awakened by an unusual light in her
ned room and, going to the window
ssae discovered the stable in the south
west corner OF the yards to be on fire.
She reused her husband and he, with
out taking time to dress himself, ran
out so rescue his horses from the
burning building, the upper part of
which by this time was mass of
flames. while she telephoned in the
FIRE alarm. He succeeded, single
handed, in getting out three horses
and the two ponies, but was powerless
sc rescue the other two horses and
che poor brutes persisted in the flames.
Byzantine the changing of the fire
bell and tn shrill blasts oil the
ps1fisfle at the Auburn wagon works
Drought out the fire department and
a great crowd of people, aroused from
fhaif midnight slumhers. But before
ahe Iiremen OF Ryneal and 2, 3, and
hose companies arrived on the scene
employees of the Auburn Wagon Co,
whose plant is just west of the Thorn
osant, got out their line of hose and
tv weason of their new water system
I'D very effeetual work. The Auburn
men directed their efforts principally
70 the new brick planning mill of Mr..
'rharns that stands about twelve feet
-ylurth of the stable and helped very
materially in saving that building and
ats machinery and stock, which were
in immenent danger of being destroy
cd for an hour or more.
The firemen worked hercically,
though handicapped at the outstart by
She difficulty encountered in getting
she hose attached to the fire plug on
ylaieigh street and the conse4 uent
vexations delay, and whilst not able
I, to save the barn yet reduced the dan
sger 10 adjoining property The cap on
ans. Eiae plug was so tight that il could
I,ol ae unscrewed and the firemen had
90 gest a hammer and knock it off, and
an inc meantime the building was
burning down. Why such a condl-
aion should be allowed to exist has
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-11
CLEAN FOOTBALL.
State Board of Regents Takes Up
Game With Other Matters.

SdHe WIN OtneT MATTERS.
Parkersburg, w Va. Dec 4.-The
state board of regents met here
Thursday night, with the full member
ship present and DR.. ID. B. burlington,
president of the West Virginia univer-
sity
The most important action was the
adoption of a resolution looking to
the Improvement of the high schools
of The state by employing a profes-
sor of secondary education, who shall
have an office in the department OF
schools and inspect high schools dur
ing the summer school year and lee
ture at the summer school at the un.
iversity when it is in session.
DIR. Purington and Superintendent
Shawkey are on a committee to get
this man.
A committee of three was appointed
to secure a successor to DR.. Payne, OF
the university.
Informally football at the state un.
iversity was discussed, and it was
said 10 be the sentiment of one of the
members that the game would have
to be maze absolutely clean if it is to
be continued