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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
PERSONAL.

j. Ben. Robinson is on business
trip to New York.
Miss Eva E. Huck, who has been i'll
with scarlet fever, is able to be out again.
Scarlet fever prevails in Honesdale
to some extent. Among those suffering
from the disease are Llewellyn Quick, of
East Eleventh street, and Lizzie Wenzel,
of Willow Avenue.
Irving White, of Rock Island, ILL.,,
is. spending few days in Honesdale
having been called here while on a trip
to New York city, by the tidings of his
brother Franks death, notice of which
appears elsewhere in this issue.
Miss Lydia Stephens, who was quite
seriously hurt at the Main street State
bridge, by fall on the ice on Friday
evening last, has been taken to Scran-
ton for treatment.
Sheriff M. L. Braman, having re-
turned from his honeymoon trip, has
settled down to the duties of the of.
flee to which he was elected in Novem.
ber. He and his bride will occupy the
Sheriff's residence on 10th street, and
the jail and inmates will be under his
personal care.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Plant Trees.

There is great movement under way
throughout the United States to-day. 1t
is the marshaling of public sentiment
for the preservation of the forests. A
hundred years ago, when these Beech
Woods were an unbroken wilderness, it
was beyond comprehension that such
superabundance of timber could ever be
used up. We used to think that the
great American forests were inexhaust-
ible. And they were for the generation
in which our grandfathers lived. People
of that day had all the wood they want
ed to burn. But since their time we
have been doing 80 many things with
wood, besides using it for fuel, that
whole tracts have fallen before the wood
mans ak where one tree fell before.
There are dozens of commercial pur-
poses for which wood is used, which
have recently developed. And hun
dreds of acres OF trees are required for
the worlds daily supply of printing pa
per.
We are now using as much wood in a
single year as grows in three, and there
is only twenty years supply of virgin
growth in sight.
1t ia this situation that calls for the
application of the science of forestry.
The national government through the
Department of Agriculture at Washing
: ton, as we'll as eleven States, each en-
ploying trained forester, is actively
engaged in it. The United States govern.
ment has, for the last ten years, been
busy acquiring forest lands, until now il
holds 1856, ,000, 900 acres, which it is care.
fully guarding and cultivating. Nurse.
ries have been established for the pro-
pagation of stock for free distribution,
and the newest feature is the creation oi
a patrol of one hundred men to guard
against fires along the Adirondack rail,
roads.
These are some of the government
measures to meet a national crisis. But
there is more for public-spirited citizens
to do. Everybody who has waste land
ought to be planting it to trees. 1t il
such simple thing to>gather seed from
the trees on your own place and droI
them into the ground But you who dc
this will also serve your country as truly
as those who answer its bugle-call To
battle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

James M. Spencer died at his home in
Preston township, of heart trouble, on
Wednesday, January 9th, 1909. Mr..
Spencer, worthy representative of one
of the sturdy pioneer families of the
county, was born in Mount Pleasant
township, January 7th, 1882. He was
educated at the University of Northern
Pennsylvania, Bethany, and Wyoming
Seminary, and after his graduation en-
gagged in teaching, following that occu-
patton for several terms. He was car
penter by trade, and in connection with
his uncle, VIM. H. Spencer, built and
managed saw mill in Preston township,
of which, through purchase, he later be-
came sole owner. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Martha A. (Monroe) Spencer,
and the following named children Mel
son j., (editor of the Wayne County
Herald,) and George E., of Honesdale:
Mrs. Almira Spencer Bortree Ralph
W., and Hebert W., at home Mrs. M.
G. Noble, of Calkins Mrs. VIM. H.
Doyle, of Poyntelle, and Mrs. Judson E.
Gelatt and Mrs. ]. H. Doyle, of Denver,
Colorado. Mr.. Spencer is also survived
by three sisters and two brothers Mrs.
Theodore LaBarr, of Starrucca Mrs. j.
s. Watson, of Equinunk, and Mrs. Kate
Clemo, of Bethany, and Clark E., and
Charles H. Spencer, of Mount Pleas.
ant. The funeral services will be held
on Sunday morning next, at 11:30, with
interment in the Mount Pleasant ceme-
terry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
"Playlne the POnles."

Direct from their Circle Theatre, New
York engagement, B. f. Forester pre-
sents the famous comedians, Yorke
and Adams, whose infectious humor
has made millions laugh in the musical
comedy, "Playing the Ponies,''. which
can be Wuthfully termed the very quint-
essence of fun. Unlike most musical
comedies it has tangible plot, and this
plot is in the main responsible for the
many ludicrous mishaps and complica-
tions which round out solid two hours
and half of genuine merriment. Be-
sides the stars are the following we'll
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

The churches and schools at Kellam,
Manchester township, are all closed on
account of whooping cough and scarlet
fever.
Charles II. Huck has purchased OF
Herman Neubauer, of Texas No. 4, The
latter's house and lot on Green street.
Consideration, 500.
Letters uncalled for at the Homes
dale post office:
Ignaz Herrn Fehruiqer, Gentle Gui-
seppe, Miss NJ. Moles, Mrs. Bertha
Jackson, Mrs. Name Pearl.
Whenever the country newspapers
find foreigners invading the field of the
home merchants with goods and mer-
chandise and selling them to the people,
they are asked to arise and whack the
intruders, and to advise every one to buy
their goods of the home merchants. And
when foreign printing houses send their
representatives among the merchants and
business men, many of these same mer-
chants give them their orders and get
inferior work for their money. Only a
day or so since one of our local dealers
having occasion to write THE CITIZEN
did so on autographed letterhead
marred by an error in spelling so glaring
that the job would have been promptly
rejected if turned out of a Honesdale
Office. Get your iob-work at home,
where peoples names are household
words, and mistakes, when they occur,
can be corrected before it is too late.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Stations by Numbers.

A new and ingenious scheme for
calling out stations has been present
ed to General Manager w. w. After
bury of the Pennsylvania railroad and
has been referred by him to a COM
mittee of operating officers. If adopt
ed an indicator would be placed in the
upper right hand corner of each end
of car. When the train left one sta
ton the brakeman would pull a lever,
which would show the number Of the
next, oil stations going by numbers
instead Of names. The cost would be
almost 100000 for the Pennsylvania
system, with an additional cost Of
$250,000 for changing station signs.
1t would, however, make travelling for
the public more convenient-Phila-
delphia Record.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
An English View Of New York.

Writing to the London Mail on "New
York-An Impression" Sir Harry John
ston says: New York, with some
100000 Inhabitants, struck me as
being not only more beautiful, health
Ter, better fed and happier than Lon
don, but as being far better endowed
with educational facilities of every
kind. Apart from those offered by
Columbia university, there are such
splendid free institutions as the Amer
lean Natural History museum, the
Museum Of Art, the Bronx geological
and botanical gardens and, last, but
not least, the finest aquarium in the
whole world, that Of the Battery, the
old building once the landing place Of
immigrants and then concert hail."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Rev. DIR. w. II. Swift will speak next
Sunday on beds that are Too Short,
and Coverings that are Too Narrow for
U.s."
Rev. A. L. Whitaker will hold SER
vice in White Mills, onSunday, at 3 P. M.
The German services at st. Johns
Lutheran church will be omitted next
Sunday as the pastor will preach at Haw-
ley. Vespers will be held as usual.
Rev. w. F. Hopp will again meet his
confirmation class after the Christmas
recess, on next Saturday, at 3 P. M.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

The Westchester County Magazine
is urging the purchase by the city OF
the Edgar Allan Poe cottage at Ford
ham as a repository for Poe relics.
THAT little house." says the magazine,
"was Poe's home from June, 1s46, un-
til his death in Baltimore on Oct. 7,
lS49. In the little cottage Of Fordham
his wife Virginia died. There he wrote
such OF his poems as Annabel Lee,'
'Bldorado,' For Annie 'Ulalume, AN
Enigma TO My Mother and the first
draft Of The Bells This house IL
easily the most famous literary land
mark Of Greater New York"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
OBITUARY.

Sister Mary Cryil, who was formerly
Miss McAndrew, of Dunmore, died on
Tuesday last, Jan. 5, 1909, at the Ursu-
line convent in Youngstown, Ohio. Sur
viving her are her father, resident of
Hawley three brothers, Rev. II. A.
McAndrew, of Wilkes-Barre Captain
James McAndrew and Major John Nc
Andrew, of the United States army, and
one sister, Miss Mary McAndrew, of
DnnmOre.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

known people; Madge Lawrence, Ed
ward Morris, Jimmy Connors, who sue
ceeded George Cohan, in Running for
Office" Wallack Berry, who followed
Raymond Hitchcock in "The Yankee
Council" and Maud Campbell, late with
the George Sidney Company, the Man
haitian Four, the famous pony ballet and
the singing and dancing chorus of thirty.
Frank Smithson, general stage manager
for the Shuberts, who produced the
numbers of this organization, has exc
cuted fifteen of the latest novelties.
Morse and Madden wrote in their hap
piest vein when they composed twenty
song hits. At the Lyric, Monday even
ing, Jan. 18th.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
The true story of the economic strug

The true story of the economic strug-
giles of that man Harvey, who saved
$4,000 out of an enlisted soldiers
pay, should strike the crowd as an
other "Poor Richards Almanac" yet
1t is doubtful II a volume containing
his "reminiscences would have frac-
tion of the popularity gained by books
telling how a Carnegie or a Rookie
feller "got it."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

Frank f. White, a native, and, until
quite recently, resident of this place,
died at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, while
eating his supper on Sunday evening,
January 2, 1909. He was a son of
Gilbert and the late EllenBrownWhite,
of East and Fifteenth streets, and was
born here in 1851. His father was, un-
til his retirement from active business,
the head of the White AK and edgetool
industry located at East Honesdale, and
the son was for some years employed in
the factory as temperer. He married a
number of years ago but had for some
time been separated from his wife. A
daughter, Miss Jessie, living here, his
father and brother Irving, the last
named living in Rock Island, Illinois,
survive him. His sudden death was at
tributed to heart disease. The remains
were brought to Honesdale for inter-
ment in the family plot in Glen Dyberry
cemetery, the funeral services taking
place yesterday afternoon.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08
Pioquot.

The first game of cards was picquet,
invented by Joquemin to amuse
Charles vi. OF France.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-08

Charles F. Meyer, for many years pro-
prietor of the Texas House, on Willow
Avenue, originally established by his
father-in-law, the late Leonard Sergel,
died at his home on Wednesday morn
ing, January 9th, 1909. Mr.. Meyer came
to Honesdale from Rochester, N. Y,
after his discharge from military service
in the civil war, and in company with
Older Oliver, entered the employ of W..
H. Ham, who was at that time largely
engaged in the boat building business
for the D. & H. Canal Co. Mr.. Meyer
was phenomenally expert caulker, and
under his contracts with Mr.. Ham,
easily earned $50 week. Being of good
habits and with such exceptional earn
ing capacity, he naturally prospered,
and in time accumulated the comfort
able fortune which he leaves to his sur
viving family. Mr.. Meyer is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Mary Meyer, two
daughters, Mrs. G. D. Storms, and Mrs.
H. B. Quincy and two sons, George L.
Meyer, and John Meyer. Mr.. Meyer en-
listed Oct. Is, 1851, in the goth N. Y.
Vols, as musician, and served in the
civil war until honorably discharged.
He joined Capt. James Ham Post, May
80, 1882, and was faithful member oi
that organization up to the day of his
death. He was also member of Homes
dale Lodge, No. 218, F. & A. M. The
funeral will be held this, Friday, after
noon, at two O'Clock, with Episcopal
burial service by Rev. A. L. Whitaker,
to be followed by the G. A. r. burial
service.
The oasis., 1909-11-27
A School Sensation.

Early in the week Phoenix and Tucson newspapers announced that President K. c. Babcock of the University of Arizona had pre- ferred charges against prominent educator, a school superintendent; and that the charges would be in- vestigated by the territorial board of education.
 Later 1t was announced that the educator under fire is Prof, A. H. Mcclure, superintendent of schools at Yuma and formerly principal of the Nogales school.
 The gist of the charges is that Professor Mcclure poses as a Ph. D., and that there is no such edu- cational institution az that alleged by the gentleman as having grant ed the degree. An additional ob- jection to MT. Mcclure is that he conducts a teachers employment bureau, which is alleged to be in- compatible with the profession of teaching.
The oasis., 1909-11-27

and purchased a box of shells. He told others, who saw him with the gun in his possession, that he was going hunting.
 Fink carne to Tucson from San Diego, Cal, in 1896 and with the exception of short period in No gales, spent the entire thirteen years here. Upon his arrival, he assumed responsible position with l.. Zeckendorf < Co.,, at pre- sent A. Steinfeld < Go. He proved himself worthy of unusual consi- iteration by his employers and at one time was buyer for the con- cern. A few months ago, he left the company's employ and pur- chased the Monarch pool hall. In recent months, it is said, he had been drinking heavily and brooded over business affairs until he final ly sought relief in death"
 MT. Fink resided in Nogales in 19078, and was engaged some time in the El Paso store of Samuel Leeker. Later he was in business for himself on Morley avenue, in the premises occupied now by D.. Loeb X Co. Returning to Tucson last year he was married shortly afterward to Mrs. Sophie Hipsh, a sister of Mrs. Flatto, the mother of Mrs. s. Leeker. Mir. and Mrs. Leeker were in Tucson with Mrs. Fink at the time of the tragedy, and Mrs. Flatto went there We'd nesday morning, summoned by wire.
 In Nogales Mrs. Fink has wide circle of friends and acquaintances who sympathize with her deeply in her tragic bereavement.
The oasis., 1909-11-27
A. 1. Fink Commits Suicide.

Tuesday afternoon the people of Nogales were shocked at the intel ligence that Mir. A. J. Fink, for mer resident of the town had com mitted suicide on the morning of that day, at Tucson, where he has made his home since leaving Noga- les. The following account is taken from the Tucson Star of Wednes- day morning:
 "Culminating a period of des. pondency, brought about by a series of financial reverses, A. J. Fink, aged AZ, proprietor of the Monarch pool and billiard parlors on East Congress street, with his residence at 3S East Ochoa street, ended his life shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday morning with double barreled shotgun which he had rented from a local sporting goods concern short time before. The charge from both barrels of the weapon struck the man in the head, his face being torn away by the hundreds of shot issuing with tre- nendous force from the double muZZle.
 'The premeditated tragedy was carried out in small yard at the rear of Fink's place of business and while his assistant, the only other attache of the place, was at dinner. It is believed that imme- dately after the young man left the place, the proprietor retired to the rear yard, pulled back both hammers of the weapon, held the muzzles against his cheek and press ed the triggers simultaneously. An investigation was conducted immediately by pedestrians who heard the report, They found the body of the unfortunate man lying on his back with the gun under hlm. The remains were removed to the morgue of the o. c. Parker Undertaking company, where they were prepared for burial. Rela- tive of the dead man at East Au- rora, N. r., have been communi- cated with.
 "The wife of A. J. Fink, scarce ly more than a bride, is suffer ing from nervous prostration at her home on East 0choa street 2 and although her condition was slightly improved last night, for time it was considered seriohs. They were married fourteen months ago in this city.
 In recent weeks, Fink had voiced his feelings frequently 10 his friends and yesterday morning upon greeting a friend on the street he stated that he was in a mood of blowing his brains out The friend, believing that the re- mark was made in a jocular way, thought no more of it until he heard of the tragedy. Later Fink called at the Smith sporting goods company. He told them that he was going quail shooting and wanted to rent a gun, He selected d hammerless, double barreld model
The oasis., 1909-11-27
Notice for Publication.
(PUBLISHER.) fcarial nQII1 \

(Serlal O3ll1.)
 APARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. UNITED D States Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona November B, 1909. Notice Is Hereby Given that Jose P. Kaphan Tubac Santa Cruz Co.,, Arizona, who, on October 20, 1901, made Homestead Entry, No 5O79. Serial 0Slll for the Sl5 NEl4, N13 SEA Section 30, dian, has filed notice Of intention to make Final 6ve-year Proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Allen T. Bird, Clerk of the District Court, at his office in Nogales, Arizona, on the 2Sth day of December, 1909, Claimant names as witnesses: Joseph Kaphan, Samuel P. Kaphan Luis Fernan1ez ez, Felez Peraza, all of Tubac, Santa Cruz Co.,, Arizona, FRANK H. PARKER, Register. Nov. 27, 1909-Jan. 1, 1910.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

Consult us for door and win
dow draperies. We carry a
choice stock of all drapery fab
RIGS, have expert designers and
offer the best class of work.
manship at moderate prices.
Ask the salesman to show
you the Vulcan gas range, the
kind that saves gas and is posi-
lively odOrless.
a You'll want to kiss your
AS1A wife" three times a day
when a McDougall Cabinet
~ helps her serve such deli
cious meals and saves half
the time she used to spend
VBp1N in the kitchen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

appeal department Of the Senate "a body
nominated entirely by the EMPEROR to de-
whether the projected enterprise
should he sanctioned. This ruling Is an
invaluable reinforcement 10 the finance
minister.
When an independent company proposes
to build a railway in Russia the Depart
ment Of ways and Communications makes
2 survey OF the intended line and reports
to the Ministry Of Finance what II will
cost. When the company satisfies the
minister that IL has enough money TO carry
through the work the government guar
antees interest on bonds covering that
amount
All Independently built railways be
come the absolute property Of the state
in Russia at the end OF eighty-one years.
All the structural material and stock must
be obtained in Russia. and It is TO the in
terest OF the finance minister. whose de-
partment takes an optimistic view OF for
eigners who are willing to bring in
money to employ labor I'm the country to
give their wares priority Of way over in
dependent private merchandise. In that
degree 1t trenches on the normal revenue
OF the railway department. Moreover, the
system makes the finance minister. as
money finder, keener on railway exten-
sion that the railway minister himself
whose prime concern is profitable traffic
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
BEAUTY COUNTS LAST OF ALL
Opinions of Twenty Thousand French
men ON the Qualities Desirable
I'm n wife.

PARIS, March 6.-Desrlte the recent
slight increase in the French birth and
marriage rates reported recently the crisis
In the marriage market continues to en-
gage the attention OF some of the foremost
writer's in the French press. Paul Mar
g%ueritte. the woman's champion, has an
interesting article in lie Journal.
He Is a strong advocate Of a freer
w~omanhood in France. NJ. Margueritte's
article does not deal with women's legal
status so much as with her helplessness in,
the matter OF matrimony.
lie lays II dow as a general axioum that
the French girl wishes to be married,
while the young man wishes to remain sim
gle. The phenomenon OF a woman pre-
ferring TO remain a spinster hardly exists
in France. The young man will not marry,
or defers marriage until comparatively
late in life because he fears the RESPONSE
billties Of a household.
Living has become Increasingly dear in
Paris. The old simple ways of the eco
nomical French are changing in the large
towns for greater luxury and display. II
is becoming Increasingly difficult for the
man Of a small fixed income to make both
ends meet.
The young man does not precisely blame
Wv BIZ " NAt VI hPotA - -
istence. but he does say: "She has grown
much more extravagant. She detests
homework and avoids the kitchen. Her
ideas are now conferred upon dress and an
automobile. She wants a big bank book. 80
Therefore the adventurous young man
says: IT shall not marry unless ! can
find a wife with money" Is Paul Mar
gueritte dryly remarks: This is a busl-
ness arrangement. and business is bad
The author declares that men In the in
dustrial and clerk class in France do not
marry the laborious. hard working women
with whom they are in daily contact in
the offices. Their attitude toward the
feminine worker is one either OF comrade-
ship or of hostility; it does not lead TO
marriage. Yet 1t is notorious that these
women are good and economical managers
In their own homes.
In connection with this topic the an
swers TO a question which ,L'Intransigeant,
Henri Rochefort's paper. has put to its
readers, gives an interesting insight into
the modern Frenchman's mind. 1t asked
how, In the opinion of it's readers, the fol
lowing thirteen good qualities in a woman
should be graded in point of importance
Beauty, kindness, courage, consistency,
fidelity, good nature. brightness, frankness,
cleverness. wealth, health. wit and talent.
One would have thought that a French
man would put wealth or beauty first
But no. the majority put wealth about halt
way down the list. and beauty last OF all
Neither idealists nor ~realists were prepared
for such a result.
The quality regarded as the most pre-.
cious of all IL health. Then comes courage
~Frankness comes fourth, then follow wit
fidelity, eleverness. wealth and c~onstancy
Last but one comes good nature, and las
OF all beauty.
On the A,OOo replies only 342 placed beauty
in the first half dozen desirable qualities.