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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
Railroad Porters Near Asylum
Have Peculiar Experiences.
Some Harmless Inmates Allowed to Go
al Large and Are Frequent Visit
ors-Make Singular lnquir-
les of Employees.

London.-Unique In It's way Is the
station of Coulsdon, a small roadside
halt nesting in the Surrey hills some
six miles south of Croydon.
Coulsdon is the station for three
great lunatic asylums-the London
county, Caterham and the Surrey coun-
ty-institutions which between them
shelter just under 5000 lunatics.
The porters at Coulsdon are tall,
strong, mild-mannered men, and be-
You'd learning his official work the sta
ton master has undergone a special
training in the treatment of the insane
at the hands of Sir James Moody of
the London county asylum.
Some of the station hands have some
odd experiences to relate.
Taking them on the whole, the lu-
natics we get here are exceedingly we'll
behaved" said one of them, and less
than six months ago 'unloaded some
200 or more from one special train and
saw them all installed in the asylum
brakes without the slightest hitch of
any kind occurring.
gle lunatic passenger will often prove
fractions, even though his mania takes
no more dangerous a form than sit
ting down suddenly in the waiting
room, eXclaiming that he Is the prince
of Wales or Edward the Confessor, and
firmly declining to move until he ina
glnes that everyone has had time to
realize the Importance of the occasion.
But all my experiences have not
been quite so mild,
Some years ago, for instance, two
unhappy men dashed into the station
in a state of semi-nudity, ratified on the
booking office window, and threatened
the astonished clerk with sudden and
violent death If he did not quickly pro-
duce two tickets for the north pole,
Then only last Saturday evening a
well dressed woman, with far away
look in her eyes, walked into the office
and asked for a ticket to Croydon. Be-
| fore she could be supplied an asylum
attendant ran in after her and seized
her from behind.
"A violent struggle ensued and 1t
was some time before we could pacify
the woman and arrange for her return
| to the asylum
Many of the harmless cases are
| given the complete run of the neigh
borhood and it is no unusual thing for
some of them to call in here and ask
Tor a ticket somewhere
Their manner or their dress, how
ever, always betrays them, and our in
variable practice on these occasions is
to give them the ticket they ask for
show them into the waiting room and
then quietly communicate with the
asylum officials.
In nearly every case they return
placidly enough.
Despite the easy access to the rail
way line here | cannot recall any case
of actual or attempted suicide.
But the inmates 90 occasionally
stray on 10 the metals and have before
now been found sketching the bridges
from underneath or gazing in profound
abstraction at signal post. But they
have always managed to stand quite
out of danger,
Regularly about four days weel
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
FZo1uers Shipped in Ice

ers to Mr.. Chamberlain they were
still in their shroud of ice, but the
ice resembled panels of glass, and
was perfectly transparent, revealing
all the beauty of the flowers in their
original freshness.
There was the Ricinocarpus glaucus,
charming pink aster like a flower
shrub There was also the Southern
cross, snow white flower. There
was the candolea, a beautiful yellow
towering shrub. In the bouquet also
were the boronia, a striking red shrub;
the mesembryanthemum elegance
(red). the cynaphea polymorpha
(white), the Banshee three species,
red and Yellow and the anigozanthus
or kangaroo paw (three species).
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
Teachers Marry Seven Brothers.

Sacramento. Extraordinary in
ducements are offered to young and
pretty schoolma' by the trustees
of Plaskett valley, remote district in
Monterey county, according to the SUI
perintendent of public instruction, who
has been asked to find a teacher
The last seven teachers in this dis
trict nave married, each taking son
OF Amos Plaskett, wealthy rancher,
as a husband. Plaskett has one son,
the youngest, left, and although it will
not be stipulated in contract, the
next schoolma am may be expected to
follow in the footsteps of the others.
The only worry is that the eighth
teacher may not be found.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
FLY COSTLY
Almost Incredible What Damage
Is Being Done by Pest.
Expert Says People Lose 17o.ooo,ooa
Years Of Life and 100000
by Insect - determination
Huge Task.

New York.--One hundred and sew
enty million years would be added &c
the lives of the people of the United
States, or 100000 lives of the pres
ent average length, and $4,000, 900.
900 would be saved II the house fly
were annihilated.
In these startling figures DR.. Daniel
d. Jackson. a member of the Mer
chants association water pollution
committee. told the New Jersey SAM
tary association his estimate of the
damage by the common household
fly.
ut is almost incredible what dam
age is being done by the pest" DR..
Jackson said Figures help to con.
vey It in a way, but no figures can tell
the whole tale. However, when l tell
you that II the pestiferous household
| fly could at one swoop be annihilated
two years would be added to your
| life, my life, and that of every man.
means something. And when we go
further and find that this means the
saving of 100000 lives of the present
average length, or total OF 10000,
600 years of life, that means a great
more"
DR.. Jackson Is an authority second
to none on the subject. For years he
has investigated the fly in It's bearing
on disease, and he is convinced that
In doing away with the pest we will
also do away, in a very large degree
with typhoid and other contagious fe.
vers.
In investigating TIE pollution of tho
waters of New Yorh narbor, DR. Jack,
son found flies were most numerous
In the neighborhood of sewer outlets
and that in the same neighborhoods
typhoid fever and other intestinal dis
eases were most prevalent. Thou
sands of flies were caught and exam
ined, and upon them millions of dis
ease germs were found.
In the paper delivered before the
Jerseymen. DR.. Jackson told of on,
model tenement block In Manhattan
where more than 100 cases of typhoit
fever developed in the recent epidem
ic. The health authorities were in
but 1t was shown that other neighbor
hoods geeting milk from the sam,
source had little fever.
Investigation showed that tw,
stables in unsanitary condition wer,
Immediately behind the model tene
ment and millions of flies swarme,
from the two places, carrying on thei
: legs and wings the filth from tn
stable refuse. SO 1t was shown tina
the flies had caused the epidemic
;, AS to the possibility of exterminat
|, ing the fly family, 1t is shown by sta
tistics that the task Is a monumental
If not impossible, one. A few month
ago State Entomologist BruBer of Ne
braska said single house fly could b
the progenitor of one hundred an
ninety-tive quadrillions of flies in tel
generations, which means in on
+ years time. One hundred and ninety
/ five quadrillions is about 195,000,00
S bushels of flies
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
BLAMEs LABOR UNIONS.
Manufactures Declares WorkIngmen
Are Responsible for High Prices.

Manufacturer Declares Wor<ingmen
Are Responsible for High Prices.
Springfield, Mass.-Large RESPONSE
bility for the higher cost of living was
laid by John Kirby, Jr., president of
the National Manufacturers associa-
ton upon what he called the labor
trust" in an address here Tuesday.
Mr.. Kirby's address was largely
reply to recent implied attack upon
his organization in an article in this
National Civic Federation Review. He
said:
"The primary cause OF constantly
advancing prices of commodities or
all kinds lies at the door of the labor
trust, cardinal principle OF which is
to raise wages and restrict produc-
ton, neither OF which can fail to dim
inish the purchasing power of the dol
lar, and when working together they
doubly depreciate it's value"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
PRISONERS JOIN INSURGENTS
Soldiers Of Zelaya Agree to Fight I'm
der Estrada's Banner In the
Future.

Washington. "A telegram received
at the state department Tuesday after
noon from Bluefelds says, in effect.
that the indications are that major
ity of the prisoners captured at the
battle near Rama by the revolution
lists will join Estrada's army very
soon. Estrada, it Is said, will supply
the prisoners with provisions. indepen-
dent of the American Red Cross.
Madrlz, It is also said, has offered
to furnish $4,000 for the relief of the
prisoners, the money to be distribute
ed by tie American naval command
ers ~ luetelds, The state depart
me. yever, will not accept this
charges. ut will insist that the funds
be expended through the Red Cross.
Inasmuch as the $4,000 supposedly Is
government funds. its acceptance by
the United States might be inter
preted as recognition of the Madris
faction
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
Fate of John FIemmlna Fixed.

Boise, Ida.-After delay of almost
year and half, during which the
prisoner has been confined to a death
cell in the state penitentiary, the
death knell OF John Flemming CON
yicted of the murder Of Frank Lang.
ford on July s, 1908 in Lincoln conn
ty by handing down an opinion Tues
day afternoon affirming the judgment
OF the court of Lincoln county on
the appeal from the death sentence
of Judge Walters, which was talSen
to the high tribunal Flammlng aid
not show the slightest concern when
notified.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
Chew Tobacco for Uncle Sam.

New York. Several veteran seamen
at the Brooklyn navy yard have been
assigned for the next few days to the
pleasant task of chewing tobacco for
tie navy department. The men are re-
CURED to test several hundred sam.
pies submitted to the government by
dealers who desire the contract for
furnishing next years supply The
United States will buy about 10000
pounds of the approved brand for the
men before the mast to use in 1910.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-01-13
Hears His Death Call.

Williamsport. Pa.-Four days ago
Samuel Hartzel, too weak to attend his
wile's funeral, was led away from her
coffin and to bed. 'Tll soon follow"
he whispered as his head to"ched the
pillow. The other night passed
away A short time ago Mr. and Mrs,
Hartzel celebrated their sixtieth wed.
ding anniversary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30

aggregating S3G13,993. Last year
Moscow's municipal abattoir did to
death 80, ,SG3 cattle and 127, 7,124 calves.
sheep. hogs and goats.
Bathurst island has just been ex.
plored by British government expc.
dtion. 1t is situated some fifty miles
from Port Darwin, northern Austria.
la, and has an area of 1856 square
miles. 1t is uninhablted, but it is well
watered with fresh running streams
and has n fertile soil capable of grow.
ing rice, rubber. cattle and tobacco.
Early settlers in South Australia were
told by the blacks that "up country"
there was a cave full of gold, but they
did not attach much credence to the
report A half caste has just arrived
in Adelaide with the news that some
400 miles north of Fowler's bay he
came upon series of caves, one of
which had pendants of gold like
lunches of grapes"
There are seven London companies
furnishing gas. and the charges vary
from 40 cents a thousand cubic feet to
so cents, the illuminating candle power
being from 14.S60O to 16.92OO. There
IS a discount allowed by most Of the
companies from 21a to 8 per cent to
large consumers, 10 to 20 per cent for
power and 10 to % per cent for gas
engines.
Charitable associations in Frankfort.
Germany, operate lodging houses, res
taurants. eating rooms, canteens. etc,
for the benefit of the poor. They are
conducted on strictly business methods.
Dinner-soup, meat, vegetables-is pro-
vided for fraction more than cents
Until the recent increase Of prices for
foodstuffs the meal was given for less
than s cents, Lodging is provided at
from 3S to 60 cents a week.
Professor William Hornaday, the
zoologist who directs the work of the
geological park of New York city, was
born in Indiana fifty-six years aSn
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
She Had Courade.

a self possessed young woman who
knew no French strolled into one of
the larger downtown cafes. She spoke
to the waiter in that decisive tone
which distinguishes the initiated and
glanced over the French bill of fare
with the nonchalant air of Pa
risienne.
"1'll have" she began firmly as she
plunged into the sea of French dishes
I'll have-let me see. Oh. yes, I'll
have some bisque tortoni. sultana
roll. pommes de terre and little of
that fromage. And, garcon, you might
as well bring me a cup OF coffee"
The waiter gasped. He started to
speak, but the young woman froze him
with one Of those icy stares peculiar
to the thoroughly sophisticated.
And the order arrived-two kinds of
ices. boiled potatoes and piece of
cheese. But she ate 1t as If she had
been used to that sort of diet all her
life.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30

uiUuern umes mas trleu rcpuDncuuisiu
for awhile. Spain. for instance. de-
clarcd itself republic in 1873 and
Greece in 1890. but in each case the
experiment lasted only few months.
Professional chaurfeurs of New Yorl,
who fail to qualify under the Callan
law have tried to retain their Jobs by
means of a trick. BY paying Il dollar
or two to an owner and securing what
they call part ownership in d. car they
continue driving" for a living.
The Diamond shoals, off Cape Hat
teras the graveyard of the Atlantic,
are to be protected by automatic cleo
trio devices. The diaphragms of two
large mcgaphones are to be vibrated
by electricity. producing a volume of
sound which can be heard for miles.
Next TO Italy, Japan is the most
heavily taxed of nations. The Japa-
nese is taxed to the extent of 1 yen 20
sen upon every 10 yen of his income, a
proportion exceeded only by Italy,
which taxes 1 yen % sen upon every
10 yeu of the income of it's subjects.
Michael Bari. the public executionel
at Budapest. has addressed a protest
to the Hungarian parliament agains,
the exaggerated humane tendencies OF
the day, which result in his being un.
employed for the greater part Of the
year. He demands either a regular
salary or that there shall be fewer re
prieves.
The army of Portugal, which con.
sists of about $1,000 men of the first
line troops and $4,000 reserves, is re.
cruited by conscription, but exemption
can always be purchased. Conscripts
join at the age of twenty, and the du-
ration of service is three years In the
ranks, five in the reserve and seven in
the second reserve.
Moscow owes $4S,305, $40, but $43,-
773,413 of the borrowed money has
been put into productive municipal
enterprises" Last year Moscow's mu-
--I~s->~i ct-oot ro 1.-Two NO nnllnrtnd farpa
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
Long Novels of Seventeenth centur,

Long Novels of Seventeenth Century.
The longest novels of to-day are
pigmies compared with those publish
ed in the seventeenth century. Ma
demoiselle de Scudery's lie Grand
Cyrus" ran into ten volumes, its pub
lication being spread over five years.
And when 1t was translated, or. to
quote the title page, "Englished by a
Person of Honour" it appeared in Eve
folio volumes of some FIVE hundred
pages apiece. Another novelist of he
same period, La. Calprenede. was
even more diffuse,. one of his works,
Cleopatra" extending over twenty
three volumes. These novels found
plenty of readers, despite their enor-
nous length. The Paris publisher Of
lie Grand Cyrus" made 100000
crowns by the first edition alone.
Nearly all the works of Scudery and
Calprenede were translated into Eng
lish as soon as they appeared. and
many of them into German as we'll
London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
Stories on Doctors.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told several
good stories of old fashioned practi-
TONERS he knew. There was one man.
he said. who never used to wash out
the half emptied bottles returned to
him, but emptied them into one huge
jar. from which he dispensed this mix
ture of medicines to his more obscure
patients. ut is like grapeshot." he
said; ''one of them Is sure to hit"
There was another man who used to
say. when my patients are alive
don't know what is the matter with
them and when they die I don't know
whether they are dead" That was
like the medical man who said to a
lady whose husband he had been at
tending, Madam, l have very strong
belief that your husband Is dead. but
If 1t is your wish l have no objection
to consultation"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
Three Fifth Avenue poas.

A dog who carries his mistress's
bag and one who carries his masters
newspaper or cane have been familiar
sights on Fifth avenue A dog who
crosses the crowded street walking
close beside his mistress with his paw
in her handehas not been seen often
enough to cease to attract attention.
Mistress and dog regularly cross
crowded thoroughfare in this way.
paw in hand, close together. People
watch them as they stand together
on the curb waiting for a chance to
cross. With perfect unconcern they
start forth side by side when the
chance comes. When the opposite
curb is reached the dog drops to a
quadruped once more.-New York
Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
TIMELY BREvITIES

China exports II 100000 fans a year
Most workers in Switzerland are EN-
ployed about eleven hours Il day.
England's shipping industry, accord
ing to report, is steadily improving.
Tomatoes packed in peat and saw.
dust go from Toronto TO London III
good order.
Sailors returning from near Cape
Horn report having seen a floating is.
land several miles square.
Portugal has colonies in the West
Indies, Asia and Africa with a total
population of more than 100000.
Last years olive crop in Spain was
so abnormally large that the trees were
debilitated. the consequence being a
very poor crop this year.
The Flint ,Mich) school board has
secured a ninety-nine year lease of a
site for a new school building at the
rate of one clover blossom year.
Already more than 1000 elementary
schools have been opened in Siam, the
country enjoying an educational boom
because of the interest of the king.
The army is experimenting with a
new shell designed to pierce vessel
or building and then scatter scores of
bullets carried behind its solid steel
head.
There has been marked decrease in
Canada's merchant marine during the
last thirty-fve years. In 1874 the ton
mage was 1,15S,S63; in 1909 it was
1853.
Certain we'll known American prod
ucts, like garters and hooks and eyes,
have become household articles in
France, largely because Of persistent
and systematic advertising.
More than one European state in
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
A sehoolbov's Story Of Jonah.

A school board boy. competing for
one Of the Peek prizes. evolved this
confusion of widely different events.
He had to write a short biography Of
Jonah. and he produced the follow
ing: He was the father of Lot and
had two wives. One was called lSh-
male and the other Hagher. He kept
one at home and turned the other into
the dessert. when she became n pillow
Of salt in the daytime and pillow of
fire at night" Wheatley's Lit
erary Blunders."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
Straiuht Ahead.

Keep the past behind the curtain.
Don't look back.
LIES best lessons are uncertain.
Much they lack.
Time and place and fate we're factors.
Changed are scenes and changed are ac-
tors.
Don't look back.
Keep the vision e'er before you.
Don't look back.
Trample down the thorns that score you.
Hold the track.
Straight ahead keep boldly moving,
Courage, patience. honor proving.
Don't look back
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30

but studied in Europe as well as In
America. His first book. "Two Years
In the Jungle" was published I'm 1885
Professor Hornaday is an enthusiastic
hunter as well as naturalist and
practical taSidormist and Is vice presi.
dent Of the American Sportsmen's
league. He has been director Of the
New York parl, since 1896.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
The Angel.

Wife-I am trimming up last years
hat to save the cost Of a new one!
Hubby-How good Of you! You're q
perfect little angel! Wifie-Am /?
Then give me SO to buy wings.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
BOYS SUITS AND ovERcoATs

Boys Overcoas Valued at $500 at $1.95
Valued at $500 at $3.49
Boys OVercoats valued $1,000 $495.
$3.50
Plain Knickerboker at $3.50
$19S.
Boys Knee Suits Plain Knickebocker valued $500
$245.
Children's Overcoats, valued at $500 at $149
Children's Overcoats, valued at $500 S299
Chdens Suits Russian Sailor $3.50 $149
Childrens Suits, real value, valued at $500 at 245
YOUTHS FURNISHINGS
Youths Long Shop value $500 $245
Youths Long Pants Suits, value $1,000 at $5.9S
Youths Pants value $500 at 500
Soft Neg Shirts, .29c
Soft Shirts 81 t..................49
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
MEMS AND BOYS FURNISHINGS.

at
men Iahs' Naue at SZOO, at Us
$1.2E
Boys Knee Pants plain or Knckerbocker value 35c
Boys Knee Pants, value at 75c, Observation-Disclosures 39
SoU HATS value SlOO at
Boys caps Vaue zoe at 1S
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Grey sweaters Observation-Disclosures
Grey Coat borders plain, value
Fleeced lined underwear,
Feeced lined
Double breasted
Boys Feeced lined underwear cents
Infants
few ladies' mourning handkerchief valued 20 cents
Chidrens School Handkechiefs, .25C
Mems cotton fournhand ties valued 20 10C
Mems Shield Bows, value 20 cents, loo
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-30
MEMS SUITS AND oVERcoATs


value al Observation-Disclosures. 4.95
Overcoas value Observation-Disclosures. 6.9S
Refers High collar value 295
listers High collar $500 3.95
3.95
Suits $1,000, $40
Mems Suits value $1,000 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Mems Suits value $500 at s45
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Linen Collars, slightly soiled .29c
Rubber Ceuod collars four Csc
Linene Paper Collars, box. .19c
blue handkerchief 25c
Arm bands DC
Hose supporters, value 35 cents at 19c
White Hemstched handkerchief dozen .39c
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-11-30
CHURCH NOTICES

The Pencader Church of Glasgow,
that has Just been made vacant by the
resignation of DR.. Potter is negotiat-
ing with DR.. Milligan OF St. Georges
to see if he cannot supply them with
preaching i'll connection with his own
church.
Rev. Henry Cunningham, from
Philadelphia, has taken charge of the
East Lake Presbyterian Church OF
Wilmington.
Rev. John c. Lane, of the Olivet
Presbyterian Church of Wilmington,
has had very serious attack OF blood
poisoning. He was taktn to Hahn
neman Hospital, where it was found
necessary to amputate finger OF his
right hand. Reports say he is slowly
improving.
The Presbyterian Church of Chesa-
peaqe City has just purchased valu-
able property to be used as a manse.
IhSs. ghuSch has not had regular pas
tofSsfsice the rctigna,Iurl OF Rev. Sam
uel Perry. The church has been open,
however, and regular services held,
conducted mostly by students from
Princeton Seminary. The church is
now looking for a settled pastor.
There is some new life manifest III
Chesapeake City, arising out of the
tact OF the opening OF a new boat
yard which has brought new people to
town and rents and property value are
increasing.