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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
TYLER HILL.

Rain has reached us at last. The
dust OF the past few days has beaten
all past recollections.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin and son,
Robert, of New York City, are
guests of the Tyler Hill House. Mr..
and Mrs. Custer, who have been
staying at the same place, returned
home on Sunday.
e. G. Divers guests were increased
boarders.
MIR. and Mrs. Kennedy Johnston
spent Sunday at Lake Huntington,
where they went to visit their son,
Joseph, who is employed at Richard
Schwabe's of that place.
There was picnic and dance in
Jacob Welshs grove on Tuesday
night
Cora Ellison, who has been teach
ing at Cold Springs, on the Hudson,
is visiting her brother, Perry Eli
son, of this place.
Howard Welsh had a barn rails
ing on Saturday. Peter Griffith and
Charles Mitchell are doing the car
penter work.
A number of this vicinity were
huckleberrying at Beach Lake on
Monday, Aug. 9th. The berries are
4 cents a quart in the field and 10
and IL II cents picked.
Oats are loading fairly well this
year but there is not a great deal
of straw. Buckwheat looks rather
slim in this section; but perhaps this
rain will fetch it on.
Fred Greeley is again working at
the Laurel Lake House.
Mrs. George Jarvis and daughter,
Emma, who have been visiting r. ID.
Minch, returned home to Camden
last week.
Mrs. Thos. Griffith entertained a
number of Boyds Mills relatives at
supper on Friday night
Mel Mitchell and Porter Ross are
painting the d. and C. bridge across
the Delaware.
Imelda Brown and Dorothy Welsh,
both of Binghamton, are visiting
friends at this place.
Rev. r. ID, AIinch preached on
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
WHITES VALLEY,

Mrs. W. II. Fitze, son and daugh-
ter, of Newark, are visiting at O. C.
Niller's.
Mrs. e. w. Squires, of Peckville,
is the guest of relatives and friends
here, Mrs. Squires, formerly Mary
Eta White, spent her childhood days
at THE Naples" now owned by II.
L. Fisher.
Mrs. John Ronche, son Burton,
and daughter Romaine, were guests
at the formers home, Mrs. NJ. G.
Stark's last week.
Miss Florence Gardiner of Les
tershire, n. Y, and Miss Minnie
Bucklish, of Aldenville, are being
entertained by Mrs. Henry Cliff.
DR.. and Mrs. Leroy Perkins and
son Gordon, returned to Forest City
after spending several days at D.
+. Hackers.
Field Day was a social and finan-
cial success. The treasury of the
Stewards Fund netted $122.
Miss Rena Stark is spending a
few days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Leonard and
children returned to New York city
last Friday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
ALDENXILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Stranahan
and son, Darwin, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Wultf, spent Sunday at Lake
Lodore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Turner Mr..
Bunnell, OF Pleasant Mount, and
Mrs. Carl Gummoe, of Peckville,
were guests at the home OF John
Derrick, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. stanton, OF Way
mart, were guests at the home of
their son, $. j. stanton, last Sun
DAY.
Mrs. Dora Bachman and son,
Adolph, Of Philadelphia, are guests
at the nome of Mrs. Bachman's
daughter, MIS- James Stranahan.
Nj. and Mrs. VI. d. Fit2e and
family spent Sunday in Bethany.
Grace Wilmarth. who has been
visiting III Ilonesdale and Carbon
dale. returned home on Saturday.
why don't you read the Citizen?
Subscribe at once. 1t is better
than it used to be.
Tie Misses Miller, Of Newburg.
are visiting at the home of Anna
Fit2e.
judson Fit2e expects to take a
! trip IiOrth soon.
Osborne Snedeker is working at
MatamoraS.
The condition of G. II. Wilmarth.
who was taken sick last saturday
night, is much improved.
We hear that Everett Rainey has
secured a good position in New
York City.
Backer's Vaudeville Co. arrived in
town Tuesday. They played to a
good-sized audience in Fitze's hall
Tuesday evening.
A base ball game was played be-
tween Aldenville and Bethany at
Bethany, last Saturday, and resulted
in favor of Bethany by a score of
10 to s. Two errors made in the
eighth inning by Aldenville players
brought in six runs for Bethany
and lost the game. Our boys ex-
pect to play at Indian Orchard next
Saturday.
Aug. is, 1903.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chumard, of
Olyphant, have returned to Hamlin-
ton, and it is said they will reside
in the Stone house near the camp
ground.
On Thursday evening, August 12,
Mr.. Wheelock very pleasantly enter
tanned the young people of the
place in the parish house. Games
were indulged in after which re-
freshments were served. The COM
pany dispersed highly pleased with
the program of the evening.
The Salem Grange will hold a
picnic on the camp ground, on
Thursday. Aug. 26th. A speaker
from a distance is expected.
Mrs. Boyce provided an evenings
pleasure for the members of her
Sunday school class, when she enter
tanned them at the parsonage on
Monday evening last. About twenty
were present, and enjoyed to the
full the games and refreshments
provided by the kindness of their
hostess
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
WAYNIART.

There will be musical held in
the Presbyterian church on Wednes-
day evening. Proceeds are to be
applied to fund for fixing the church.
Mrs. L. U, Pierson is entertaining
relatives from New Jersey.
w. j. Doyle spent Sunday in
Wilkes-Barre.
Merle Danque has returned homo
after spending the past six weeks
with her aunt at Saltwater.
Wandah Schaffer, trained nurse
from Carbondale, has returned after
spending her vacation with her par
ents here.
Rev. George Merrill and family
of New Jersey are visiting at Dr.. F
CorSon's.
Genevieve and Hunting Lord are
spending several days at Lake Cha
tauqua, N. Y.
The Waymart baseball association
will hold an ice cream social on the
school house lawn in the near fu.
ture. Let there be large crowd
to greet the boys first attempt.
Aug. IS, 1903.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20

A party of young men left to-day
for Rock Lake, where they will
camp for two weeks.
Mr.. Nelson Huckins was guest
several days last week, at Wm.
Glovers.
Mrs. G.. n. Bonham, Mrs. E. w.
Squires, Mrs. H. w. White, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bonham, Mr.. and Mrs.
H l.. Fisher, son Mark and daugh-
ter, Clara, Mr.. and Mrs. Gail E.
White, Miss May Glover, Mrs. Mel
son Hutchins, Miss Helen Odell,
Messrs. Fred and Harold White, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Cliff, and their
guests spent Saturday fishing, and
enjoyed supper on the bank of the
Miller reservoir.
Rev. Nelson Crossman recently
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
s. p. Crossman.
Miss Josephine Barthomew, of
Maple Grove. has returned home,
after visiting at Miss Anna May
Hauser's.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Horton is i'll at present
writing.
II. W. White made a business trip
TO Scranton last week.
A medicine show will be given
in the hall the present week and
members OF the company will be
entertained a. THE Stone"
Mrs. Laura Coyne left Thursday
to visit relatives in SusQuehanua and
EinghamtCn.
Ar. and Mrs. G. +. White are
guests at "The Naples"
Mrs. Olive bryant and two girl
friends, of Equinunk, recently visited
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs
William Glover.
Aug. is, 1902
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
BETHANY.

Howard Johns, of Forest City, is
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Johns.
Harry Pethick and son, Harry,
of Hawley, spent Sunday with the
formers mother, Mrs. l.. Pethick.
Carrie Cody has been elected
teacher of the Cold Springs school.
An ice cream social will be held
Friday evening on the lawn of the
Presbyterian church.
Mrs. |. j. Many, Mrs. Kate Clemo,
and Mrs. Amos Ward, left Monday
to attend the Beulah campmeeting
near Allentown.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20
INSISTS EARLY IS A LEPER.
Norwegian Expert Reports Finding
Bacillus In Patients Skin,

Bergen, Norway, Aug. 19.-During
the session Of the international confer
ence on leprosy DR.. G.. A. Hansen.
head of the Leprosy hospital here,
who is said to have been the discov-
erer of the leprosy bacillus, informed
DR.. Shiveley Of New York, n delegate
to the conference, that despite the
claims of DR.. L. Duncan Buckley of
the New York Skin and Cancer hospi-
tai that John Early, the former Amer
lean soldier, was not suffering from
leprosy, he had found leprosy bacillus
In section OF Early's skin which he
had examined.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20

Sunday evening, at the Tyler Hill
school house.
which tips the beam at just 400
pounds.
Milk is now three cents a quart,
the highest it has ever been for
August. Better times are coming
for the farmers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-08-20

Lightning Kills Presidents Cousin.
Trinidad Colo. Aug. 10. - Charles
Taft second cousin to President Taft,
was killed ut Prior. Colo, by light
Ming
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
Not Much Public Land Left.

OF the public land, some 37500O,-
600 acres, or one-sixth of the original
territory, remain-but nearly every
acre is too arid for settlement on the
original plan. OF state land the
amount is limited, save swamp and
overflow tracts that can hardly be set
tied by individual effort.
over 100000 acres of wet lands
might be reclaimed to form homes for
l0,000,0 900 people, while 100000 or
50000,000 acres OF arid lands might
be irrigated to sustain as many more,
but this cannot be done by individual
or family pioneering and must be
done, il at all, either at collective cost
in the public interest or by corporate
enterprise for personal interest No
longer is Uncle Sam rich enough to
give us all FARM" his princely pos
session OF century past is already
given. American Review OF Reyiew,L
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
A Bin Snnah EARN.

The largest SQUAD farm in the coun-
try has 1880 pairs OF parent birds.
This gives 175,OOO squads a year,
which are sold at about 80 cents
apiece, or $50, 800 in all. Then there is
al income from old breeders weeded
out and sold for pigeon shoots at 30
cents pair. The big hoot in Flori.
da a couple of months ago cleared all
the Philadelphia squad farms of old
birds. The Pigeons breed for five
years, and by that time make tough
targets for the expert trap shooter.
The squad business Is expanding
wonderfully. One farm is planned to
breed 100000 pairs. The railroads
now carry grain in carload lots to the
farms. Squads mean a saving of
game, as they go now instead of game
birds at nine banquets out of ten.
There is all the possibility in them
for a tidy little trust. One of these
days when your SQUAD jumps sudden
ly in price, you will know that the
SQUAD Trust is in being.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
PRETTY GIRL, II,
KILLED BY DRINK
Poor Helen Chambers Took Her
First Glass Of Liquor on
New Years Eve
SEVEN MONTHS OF DISSIPATION
One Of the Most Pathetic Stories that
Has Ever Come to the Notice Of
Hospital Authorities-Tells Of Fate
as Warning to others.

Kansas City, Mo.-Helen Cham
bers, a pretty girl, seventeen years
old is dead in a hospital here, a VIC
tim of taste for liquor and career
of dissipation that lasted only seven
months. She came to Kansas City in
April, and her story is one of the
most pathetic that has ever come to
the notice of the hospital authorities.
Before she died she told how she had
taken her first drink last New Years
eve.
Her home was in Aurora, ILL.,, near
Chicago, where her family is highly
respected. The unfortunate, who sew
en- months ago was a simple country
girl, about to be graduated from high
school, virtually lived on absinthe and
morphine for two weeks before being
taken to the hospital. A message to
her mother, still living in Aurora re-
ceived no response, and the girl. with
her life slowly ebbing out, dozed rest
lessly through weary and tortuou3
minutes until the end came. Horing
that her fate might be u warning to
"On New Years eve | went 10 Chi
cago with another girl. We met two
boys and went to a cafe where the
New Years celebration was just
starting. l did not know what it was
like, but / found out. Everything was
in order, but | noticed that the girls
seemed to drink as much as the men.
Every one drank freely and soon
1t seemed as though every one was
intoxicated. | took my first drink be-
cause every one seemed to be drinking
and to be happy as well. The min
utes passed quickly and my brain
grew numb. l do not know exactly
how l got out of the cafe or the
events leading up TO it. But when I
awoke the next morning l felt dis.
graced.
81 then decided to run away from
home; l decided it would be best. I
came to Kansas City about April l.
fell in with bad associates, but final.
ly married. / went to Dallas, Tex,
with my husband. There we quarelled
and he returned to Kansas City with
out me, but soon followed We made
up here, but quarrelled again and
separated and then | started anew
and the rest you know. slept in a
cheap rooming house last Sunday
night. Monday | came here, hoping
that there might be some relief, but
it seems all up with me-"
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Lieut.. y. S. Grant III,

world" and reduced expenses consid-
erably. lie is relieved from this duty
to enable him to take a two-y car
course of instruction at the School
of the Li1e at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Officers of the army corps of engi-
neers are eligible to detail to the
superintendency since the naval corps
Of engineers was merged into the line
of the navy several years ago.
Lieut.. Grant, the new superintend-
ent, since his graduation near the
head of his class at West Point. in
June. 1903, has served a tour of duty
at the engineer school at Washington
barracks. and also as one of the mill.
tary aids OF President Roosevelt. For
several months past he has been sta
toned at Boston on duty in connec-
tion with the river and harbor works
and Notifications in that vicinity.
Last year he married Miss Edith Root,
daughter of Senator Root, of New
York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
Filtered Water Kills Gold Fish.

The goldfish business is booming
in this section" said Tioga pet deal
er the other day. Sales have doubled
in the last month. When the rush first
started | wondered what the reason
was, so ! asked some purchasers. All
of them said that their fish had mys-
teriously died | couldn't figure out
how it was that so many FISH died all
over the same neighborhood at the
same time.
Finally hit upon an explanation,
which have since verified. 1t is this:
Goldfish cannot live in the new filtered
water as we'll as in the raw river wa
ter. When the pure water was turned
on the fish simply starved to death.
The life was not in the water. Fish
food purchased in stores is generally
given irregularly, and thus the great
number of deaths in filtered water
neighborhoods." - Philadelphia Re-
cord.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
He Almost Remembered It.

Donald had returned from a visit
to the country, and was full of remin-
iscences of persons and things that
had interested him. 81 met a boy,
mama" he said, that had the queer
est name | ever heard. He said his
folks found it in the Old Testament.
II vast was-let me see-yes, it
was Father William, or William Faith
er; I've forgotten just now which. But
il was one or the other"
But. Donald" said his mother.
there is no such name as Father
William or William Father in the Old
Testament"
Are you sure, mama?
81 certainly am, dear. | have read
it through several times. William is
a comparatively modern name. 1t
isn't anywhere in the Bible"
We'll, but-oh, | remember now!"
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad!"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
uNLUcKY FREIGHT.
Railroads Obliged TO Pay Out Millions
Every Yoar for pamanes.

I is said that the amount paid out
| by the roads of the United States In
1897 for freight claims was s24000,.
0OO. These claims originate from vari-
ous causes. such as defective cars, care
| lc employees and incorrect classi-
| hcation. but one agent says that on
his road improper handling is respon-
siblo for about % per cent. of money
paid out for freight claims
Another feature contri5utingcvery
largely to the amounts we pay out
for loss and damage" said the claim
agent, "!s defective cars. Our rules
say that each agent must inspect the
| cars Now the term inspection cov-
ers a multitude of features. II does
not mean that the running gear OF
the car only is to be inspected but 1t
means that we want to satisfy our
selves that the body of the car and
the roof of the car are tight enough
to carry the load without damage by
water
Il have in my mind a certain agent
at flour loading station whom |
found on top of a box car, and in re-
sponse to my inquiry as to what he
was doing up there he advised me he
was examining the roof--and | want
to say that agent has been promoted
because he was the proper link in the
chain. | have in mind a claim pre-
sented for damage to -four by water
where the agent declared positively
that the inspection had been properly
made. but the defects in that roof ap-
parent at the terminal point indicated
old breaks and that the car was not
fit for -four loading. This he may have
considered a small matter, but it cost
the company S2.75"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
Wireless TYpeMrlter.

A typewriter operated by wireless
telegraphy is the wonderful produc-
tion of a Danish inventors ingenuity.
The apparatus is described with il
lustration in Popular Mechanics. BY
working the keyboard of a sending
typewriter, little pin corresponding
with that particular key comes in con,
tect with a travelling metal hand. and
so starts an electric wave from the
optennae of the wireless apparatus.
This wave Is caught by the antennae
at the distance station, is communi
Gated to the receiving machine, and
Is recorded by 1t or paper rs letter
of the alphabet
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16

long been known as wondrously
powerful agent in magic. Perhaps
that is why children are advised to
put some on birds tail in order to
catch It. The Germans of Lancaster
County believe that boy may be
cured of homesickness by placing salt
in the hens of his trousers and max
ing him look up the chimney.
In India the natives rub salt and
wine on scorpion bites. believing that
this application will Danish the de.
mons of pains.
In Bavaria and the Ukraine, in or.
der to ascertain whether a child has
been the victim of enchantment, the
mother licks its forehead; and If she
can distinguish a saline flavor, she is
convinced that her offspring has been
under the influence OF the evil eye.
But saft does not apear in folk
lore only as a magical agent. Being
one of the principal savors of food it
Is often mentioned in proverbs. In
the Spanish province of Andalusa
the word salt" is Synonymous with
gracefulness and charm of manner
and you cannot address your sweet.
heart more natteringly than to call
her "the salt-boX of my love-" The
phrase, May you be we'll salted," is
also current in Spain as an express
sion Of affectionate regard. Cum
grants sails" suggests the use of the
ever sweetening grain Of common
sense while listening to some exag-
gerated story.
Marco Polo tells us that in Thibet
pieces of salt were used as currency,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
Payinu Pecan Trees,

A stranger coming to Tallahassee is
surprised at the great number of
pecan trees found in the yards, gar
dens and on the streets. They are
everywhere, and thousands upon thou.
sands spring up every season, where
the nuts are washed by the rain or
dropped by the birds which feast upon
them. II these trees had been budded
with merchantable varieties when
young they would now be producing
thousands of bushels of the finest
nuts annually, but of even these in
ferior varieties Tallahassee sells hun
dreds of dollars worth each year.
Tallahassee Bulletin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16

table and come out the opposite side,
while in New England you must throw
the split particles into the fire to thor
oughly neutralize the bad luck.
Bishop Hall of Exeter, wrote in
1927, that when salt fell towards
superstitious guest at dinner, he was
want to exhibit signs of mental agita-
tion, and refused to be comforted un-
til one of the walters had poured wine
n his lap. AS salt is believed to re-
move wine stains from the table cloth,
perhaps this person may have thought
that the rule worked both ways and
wine removed salt stains from his
luck.
The Germans have q caying, "Who-
ever spills salt arouses enmity," and
in some places the overturning Of
salt cellar is thought to be the direct
act of the Devil, the peace-disturbed.
The superstitutious Partisan is of the
same opinion and tosses little of the
spilled salt behind him in order, II
possible, to hit the invisible and in
,erfering fiend in the eye
The ancient Romans exclaimed,
May the gods avert The omen!"
Yhen salt was spilled at able, and
among the Greeks the ovc"turning Of
The salt cellar was ono Of the most
,minous events that could occur in
louse.
This would Indicate that supersti-
ions regarding the spilling of salt
re far older than the commonly be.
leved explanation of the nation;
yhich is, that it is due to the fact
hat in Leonardo da Vinci's picture OF
he Last Supper Judas Iscariot is rep
esented as just having split the salt.
ONE observers, moreover, have fail.
d to make out any salt cellar at all
4 the original CenacolO on the re-
9ctory wall at Milan, though it Is
learly delineated in the well known
ngraving Rafaello MOrghen. If
eonardo did insert this detail, he
Iost likely did it to take advantage
[ the popular belief and indicate the
! luck shortly to bcfall the false
Fostle.
Salt is extremely distasteful to evil
pirits in the opinion Of Richalmus,
blot of Schonthal in Franconia in
ae twelfth century, and a great many
eople seem to agree with him to
lis day. Richalmus was very much
ormented b. devils, whom he OBJ
erved in operation everywhere. He
ven considered Gea-bites to be of in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
MRS. WILLIAM THAN.
devoted mother of Harry x. ThaW,
Slayer of Stanford Whte.)
WINS GAME; SNAKE BITE KILLS.
Outfielder Caught Long Fly in Swamp
Bitten by a Serpent.

Monroe, La.-James Phelps, out
nelder of the Rayyille ball team, is
dead of a snake bite Phelps had
just made a phenomenal catch of
long fly which helped save the game
for his team, but in chasing after the
ball he backed into a bog. He felt a
sharp pain, and learned he had been
bitten by water snake.
His leg swelled so rapidly that he
finished the last inning with difficulty.
Death ensued twenty-four hours later.
A player bitten in the same manner
on the same grounds a few years ago
died soon afterward.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-16
TRAIN GETS MELANCHOLY COW.
Gretchen, Resentful Of Being Offered
for Sale, Goes to Her Death.

Great Notch, N. J.-Richard >Jaco-
bus, farmer living near here hard by
the Erie Railroad, decided three days
ago that he could do very well with
out Gretchen, brindle milch COW
that had been in the family several
years. A wagon road runs by Jaco-
bus front yard, and so he decided
that as good way as any to get
Gretchen on the market was to tie
her in the yard under a tree on which
was this sign:
Fresh Cow for Sale"
Jacobus meant no reflection upon
the matronly dignity of Gretchen, who
Is, or was, of Teutonic and melan-
choly temperament. But now Jacobus
believes that either Gretchen thought
she was being labeled flighty and
smart.alecky or that she grieved be.
cause she was not wanted any longer
in the family, or that she was shocked
into the deep pit of melancholy by
the unaccustomed notorety to which
she was being subjected.
This morning, as heavy Erie
freight train started down the steep
grade in front of Jacobus' house, the
brindle COW broke her rope, walked
gravely out through the gate, and was
run down and killed by the train.