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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
CHOLERA
THIS COUNTRY
Now Governments Public
Health Machinery In
sures Safety

ly was this true of those living in cit
les. In the more sparsely settled
country districts the progress of the
disease was arrested. One writer has
thus spoken of the devastation of those
two awful years:
So strong was the instinct of self pres
ervation that in many cases when one
member of a family developed the first
symptoms of the malady the rest of the
family rushed from the house and the
city, leaving the victim to die alone.
The custom of handshaking was abol-
ished for fear of contagion. Nobody went
out of doors except upon the most neces-
sary errands. Old acuuaintances recog-
nized each other only by a curt nod
Many persons walked in the middle of the
street to avoid the breath of pedestrians
and maneuvered to pass to windward of
all they encountered.
Believing that the smoke of gunpowder
was preventive, they burned 1t at inter-
walls in the houses. Tobacco smoke many
believed in. Even women and children
were seen with cigars and pipes in their
mouths constantly. Others carried tarred
rope in their hands and In every pocket
and hung camphor bags about their necks.
Many chewed garlic for the same purpose
and carried sponges saturated with vine
gar dangling from their buttons and in
hailed the smell of IL from smelling bot
ties
Funerals were given up altogether and
the most prominent citizens were uncere-
moniously placed in the death cart and
laid away in the cemeteries.
Many on feeling the first symptoms of
collie and nausea, believing a painful
death certain committed suicide
Several on their way to the hospitals
leaped from the ambulances and fled, pur-
sued by the driver through the streets.
none daring to stop them for fear of con-
tagion
Subsequent visltations of cholera in
America occurred in 1852, 1868 and
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
MURILLO FOUND
IN ORPHAN HOME
Painting Was Given by Spanish
Consul Fifty Years Ago.
THOUSANDS OFFERED FOR IT.
Work of Art Shows Virgin Ascending
to Heaven-So Willed That II Cam
NOT Be Sold as Long as There Is Any
thing Else Salable In Home.

In the humble little chapel of st.
Vincent's Orphan home, Boston, Ro-
man Catholic institution for poor chill
dren, there has just been discovered
on the gospel side of the altar what
is said to be an old master. If the
word of experts is correct the painting
is worth many thousands of dollars.
A connoisseur from the Society of
Fine Arts, New York, has just made
an offer of several thousands of dol
lars for the painting. The New York
representative, besides making a mon
ey offer, promised a duplicate of the
original.
The painting is entitled ''The AS
sumption of the Blessed Virgin Into
Heaven" Even IL the work Of art Is
worth thousands of dollars, it can new
er be disposed Of by the authorities of
the home as long as there is anything
else to be sold.
This painting" said one of the au-
thorities. sis a very old one. just how
old l do not know. Many years ago
believe it is more than fifty-there
was in this city q Spanish consul. rep
resentative Of his country to this port.
He was a devout Catholic and spent
much of his spare time at the home
here.
"One day, nearly half a century ago,
he was suddenly ordered home. Be-
fore leaving he came here and left the
painting with the sisters, with the I'M
derstanding that he would repossess it
when he returned.
But he never came back. While in
Spain he was stricken i'll and died. Be-
fore he passed away. however, he will
ed us the painting. But he laid down
the condition that it was never to be
sold as long as there was anything else
salable in the home.
1--WE always believed, from what the
early records Of the home show and
from what has been handed down
through talk in the passing years, that
the painting is an original. But our
belief was confirmed few days ago
by Sister Mary Ann, who was in
charge Of the home"
Standing five by three feet, the Vir-
gin is shown ascending into heaven,
clad In flowing robes of purple and
white. About her, rolling on f1eecy
clouds, are cherubim.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
NoToR1ETY BECAUSE OF DOG.
Retirement of Colonel Deems Recalls
Story of His Pet,

retirement Of Colonel Deems Recalls
Story of His Pet.
Washington, July 20.-President Taft
has accepted the voluntary application
Of Colonel Clarence Deems of the coast
artillery corps for retirement under
the forty year service law. The action
has been expected for some time by
the authorities.
Colonel Deems gained notoriety by
reason Of his pet dog which, according
to complaints made by Major A. w.
Chase and other officers at Fort How
ard under the colonel, had a place at
the eating table and in a seat in the
post hack. The records In the case
also show that fleas were mentioned.
This was understood to have produced
friction between Colonel Deems and
Major Chase, then captain at Fort
Howard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

even as late as 1873, when the dis
ease appeared in New Orleans and the
Mississippi valley. 1t has appeared at
York, but has been checked before en-
tering the country.
Filipinos Easy Prey.
The Philippine Islands have been
subject to the scourge for centuries.
Since the American occupation there
have been determined efforts to stamp
it out, with some success. The great
est difficulty has been to teach the ma
tives to observe quarantine regulations
and to keep clean. Where people quar-
ter their pigs in the houses and eat al
most anything, provided it does not re-
quire too much work to get 1t, cholera
finds a congenial soil. One method of
keeping the plague down was to inter
dict the eating of certain kinds of veg
etables and fruits, watermelon being
one of the first prohibited. There are
people who regard watermelon as a
disease in itself and do not wonder
that it breeds other diseases. How
ever, If It is kept out of the ears and
eaten noiselessly it can be borne at
ordinary times.
Returning to the kindred subject Of
cholera, the appearance of the plague
this year has been earlier than usual.
1t is not only in southern Italy, but has
been reported in Venice and is expect
ed to spread to Austria. 1t is also
making its annual ravages in Russia,
where superstition and lack Of health
measures give 1t free reign. There the
peasants tear down the isolation hos
pitals built to care for the plague vic
tins. They seem to regard ignorance
as sacred and resent any appearance
Of enlightenment as blasphemous. The
customary method of dealing with the
pesttlence among the peasants is to
plow around each village, the plow be-
ing drawn by women and children,
holy water being sprtnkled along the
way.
One of the greatest agencies for
spreading cholera throughout Asia and
Europe is the annual pilgrimage made
to Mecca by the Mohammedans.
Mecca is a breeding ground OF the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
Wants to Try For Big Prize.

London, July 20.-Gilmour, the avia-
tor, whose certificate was suspended
by the Aero club because he flew over
the Henley regatta, has begun pro-
ceedings to restrain the clubs action
Gilmour is fighting for a chance to en-
ter the Daily Mails circuit race for
the prize of $4,000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

Did you say was a cheap trick
ster?" asked the ward worker
mo, didn't" replied the man who
is close to the boss. IL merely said
you were Il trickster."
"Well, that's all right, but don't you
ever insinuate that / am doing a cut
rate business."- Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
A Manader.

"And what right have you to call
yourself a manager?" asked the emf
nent and irate actress after a stormy
rehearsal.
81 suppose" was the deferential re-
ply, sit is because l have managed go
long to escape with my fe."-Wash-
ington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
Business.

"How shall l prove the sincerity Of
my devotion?" asked the young man
who had been so long coming to the
point that doubt had begun to ac-
cumulate against him.
''Call the parson in as a witness"
suggested the young lady, who meant
business.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

plague, and vast numbers of the faith.
full contract it and carry it back to
all Moslem lands.
Russia and Mecca are a long way
from the u. s. A.. however. and Just
now we have TO keep our own door
yard clean from the contagion. The nj
legged case of the plague that appeared
in Auburn, n Y. served to warn the
people of the danger. The young Ital-
ian who died of what was pronounced
cholera there had been detained at
quarantine in New York until the au-
thorities were satisfied, after which he
was allowed to go. He was evidently
one of the so called cholera carriers" !"
1t is claimed that these may bear the
germs in their systems for weeks be-
fore stricken down. Sometimes they
escape altogether. but still infect 9TH
ers They are the most dangerous
cases. Ordinarily the disease develops
in five days, so that by quarantining
for that length of time the health off,
GERS feel safe.
A New York paper in giving an ac-
count of the death of the Auburn
victim had one item that is a trife
mystifying. 1t read as follows:
Tonight a large bonfire was made of
beds, bedding and the clothing of the vic
tim and his two brothers who nursed him
Is it not little drastic to burn up
brothers in this fashion? Perhaps the
paper meant that only the beds, bed
ding and clothing of the brothers were
fed to the flames, but the wording of
the thing leaves dark and clammy
doubt which should be cleared up.
Doty Sees No Danger.
Despite the cases in New York bay
and the reported death at Auburn, DR..
Doty insists that the country is not
in the slightest danger. He has been
right so often before that his word
will 60 but he should be careful not
to let any more cholera carriers get
away and die in distant cities, to the
danger of their beds, clothing, brothers
and the population generally. Science
is mighty and will prevail, but for all
that cholera is a rather ticklish thing,
especially in the watermelon season.
The national government is taking
an interest in the matter, as is shown
by the fact that Surgeon General wy.
man has sent Assistant Surgeon Gen
eral l. e, Cofer, a Pacific coast chol-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
Appropriate.

Here's a hairpin i'll the soup. walt
er," said the mad diner
Yes. sir. It's all right It's hare
s0up, sir. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
A Little WaY Off.

Tommy-What does the paper NEE I
by calling Mr. Bugghaus an eight lv
ten business man? It's Father-I pre-
sumo 1t means he is not exactly
S...-~
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

l, Ferdinand Kroll, a Republican
of the borough of Honesdale, and a
supporter of the party, hereby give
notice to the voters of Wayne coun-
ty that l announce myself a candi-
date for the Office of County Com
missioner. If elected / will faith
fully perform the duties of the Of
fee and endeavor to reduce the tax
alton of the county.
Yours truly,
F. KROLL, Blacksmith,
52w14 Honesdale, Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
NO DANCER OF
INVASION Of.
Time Was When Its APP
pearance Was 0cca-
sion For a Panic
By JAMES A. EDGBRToN.

LIE appearance Oh CnOleIu III
81 the port of New York has not
the power to spread terror
that it once had, but is still a
serious thing. Owing to the progress
of science, common sense and clean
living, q cholera epidemic in America
is well nigh impossible, yet the one
chance in =. hundred that the scourge
may become general must be combat
ed. 1t is raging in Russia, Italy and
other parts of Europe, and the incom-
ing steamers from the infected ports,
carrying their thousands of immi-
grants, bring the disease to our own
doors. We cannot stop the immigrants
from coming-or at least we have not
done so-but we can keep out their
diseases.
For this purpose were long ago estab-
lished a quarantine and a health Off
Ger for the port of New York. The
man who has held this place for many
years is DR.. Alvah H. Doty. DR.. Doty
is not mere local official He is a ma
tional institution, with an interna-
tional reputation. His great contribu-
ton to the study of cholera and to
that of many other infectious diseases
is that the contagion is carried by per
sons and not by clothing, old rags or,
barring food and water, any other in
animate substance whatsoever. 1t Is
the dread Asiatic plague never gets
past the port of New York, the door Of
the nation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
The Scourge of 1s4s-9.

There are many yet living who re-
member that scourge. Most of us have
heard Of 1t from an older generation.
Fortunate was the family that escaped
losing some Of its members. Especial.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
Former Cholera Invasions.

Cholera comes in tide across the
sea, but halts at our shores Yet the
time was when it swept beyond the
coast line and spread terror and death
in our chief cities. In 1882, and again
in 1S4S, it invaded our territory and
the cemeteries of our cities were like
newly plowed fields in its wake. There
were uncounted burrows of new
graves.
In 1882 cholera appeared in Detroit
and spread throughout the land. 1t
arrived in New York on June 27 and
lasted two months. In that short time
there were 3,400 deaths in the metrop-
oils alone. Death was equally busy in
other northern cities. In Cincinnati
and elsewhere the scourge did not dis
appear till 1888 In st. Louis and New
Orleans the pestilence was at its worst.
The belief held in some sections
that cholera does not flourish in north
ern climates is a delusion. Nowhere
is 1t more destructive than in Russia.
The only thing that renders America
safe is vigilance. Before medical
science and sanitation had reached
their present state of advancement we
were as subject to the scourge as
others. Our worst experience came in
1S4S and 1S49. 1t is estimated that
10 per cent Of the population was
swept off In that visitation of the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

largely due to DR.. Doty's efforts that
the dread Asiatic plague never gets
past the port of New York, the door Of
the nation.
No Panic Nowadays.
In the old days the news that eight
deaths from cholera had occurred on
an island in New York bay would
have occasioned a panic. People would
have fed from New York and from
most of the other eastern cities. Now
it is merely an item of news, over
which nobody grows particularly eN
cited. Millions in the metropolis, on
a few miles distant from Swinburn,
island, where the cholera cases are
treated, go about their business with
unconcern. They know that between
them and the infection is DR.. Doty.
Buttressed by science and supported
by his corps of trained assistants, he
is equal to the contest. That is what
the age of reason has accomplished for
mankind The DR.. Dotys, fortified by
knowledge, hold the terrors of old at
bay. Cholera comes, and they close
the door in its face. The bubonic
plague appears on the Pacific coast
but goes no farther and is allowed to
gain no real foothold even there
Smallpox is made mild and innocuous
The old trinity of terror were war,
famine and pestilence. Science has
driven war into the shadows outside
of civilization, has rendered famine
next to impossible and has put up the
bars against pestilence. If a man Of
100 years ago were told these things
he would call them miracles. Yet
they are only the result of the appli-
cation of reason. Men have gained
more knowledge, more self reliance,
more mastery. Democracy and edu,
cation have transformed the world
The more we know and the more we
apply our knowledge, the more Sc
cure we become. Thus knowledge and
works beget faith and faith in turn
gives mastery and power. The jungle
recedes, and not only the physi, II
jungle, but the psychological jungle
which held terrors and monsters as
real as the other. Perhaps with all
our advancement we are only on the
borderland Of discovery and invention
as yet, but the short distance we have
gone has already made new heaven
and a new earth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.S8
Total ASSETS, $2,951,O4s.26

Honesdale. Pa. December 1, 1919.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-26

he appearance Oh CnOleId III
the port Of New York has not
III the power to spread terror
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
EXTENDING ITS
TERRITORY
Holly Sugar Co. Interesting
Farmers in Wiley and
Vicinity.

Pres't ". NJ. Wiley, H. s. Rollins, SUI
perintendent Of the Holly sugar factory
and ". II. Burns, who has been en-
gagged by the company in the capacity OF
expert asricuiturist, were in Wiley yes
terday for the purpose OF interesting our
of securing the contracts for growing an
increased acreage of beets this season.
Col. Wiley pointed out the benefits
that had already come to this section
from the location of sugar factories in
our midst; the increase in the price of
land, the furnishing of employment TO
hundreds Of people and the disbursint
OF thousands of dollars annually among
our farmers and business men. But
he went on to state that while the fac
tories made money the first few years
OF their existence in the valley, that
their profits had gradually fallen off
and that at present they are not max
ing l-2 per cent. on their investment
The tonnage per acre and the sugar
content has greatly fallen off while
the impurities have greatly increased.
This is condition of affairs which is
said is to be met with in most beet
producing localities. The condition is
can only be overcome by more scien-
tiilc methods of agriculture.
MIR. Burns, a man who has been in
charge of two sugar factories in Mich
iGan and who met and conquered the
same conditions there which confront
us here while neiehborns factories
were compelled to close down and move
away, has been employed at great ex-
pense by the Holly Sugar Co. to inyes-
tigate matters here and try to apply a
remedy. His work will be almost en-
tirely confined to the farmers
Too many farmers plant beets with
out due consideration of the natural
adaptability of the soil to the proper
growth of the crop. No land can be
planted to one crop year after year
without becoming depleted of the ell
ements necessary to produce that crop.
BY proper rotation of crops, cultiva-
tion and fertilization, the land may be
kept perpetually young This is the
problem with which Mr.. Burns pro
poses to cope, and with the hearty
cooperation of the farmers and business
men of the valley the permanency of
the sugar industry in this valley will be
assured.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
HATS OFF TO HIM

II every newspaper we pick up we'er
sure to find lot OF sush about: The
man behind the counter and the man
behind the gun; the man behind the
buzz saw and the man Behind the son;
the man behind the times and the man
behind his rents; the man behind the
plowshare and the man behind the
feAce; the man behind the whistle and
the man behind the cars; the man be.
hind the kodak and the man behind the
bars; the man behind his whiskers
and the man behind his. fists, and every
thing behind has been entered on the
list. But they've skipped another fellow
Of whom nothing has been said-the
fellow who is even or q little way ahead;
who always pays for what he Gets, whose
bills are always sifned-he's a blamed
sight more important than the man who
10 behind. And we editors and mer.
chants, and the whole commercial clan
are indebted for existence to this honest
fellow man. He keeps US all in business
and his town is never dead, and SO we
take our hats of to the man who is
ahead. .-Ex.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
All the Same--but Different

DR.. Il. NJ. Edwards of LA Junta
Sundayed in Holly and is greatly
enthused over the remarkable heal.
ing of the limb of W. W Ealy.
The Doctor declares. after hearing
the wet and dry talk here. that
there is just as much liquor drunk
in La .|unta now as when the
boozariums were in full blast. the
only difference being that the town
is Systematically robbed of its Ii.
cense money. under the present
dry regime.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
rhs Bird ss,d ths Man.

A country stable keeper was driving
q salesman from one town to another
when. in passing throueh a wooded
section. the salesman seized the lines
and brought the horse to Il halt.
what is that noise:" he queried. lis
tening TO peculiar sound coming
from the woods.
THAT? Oh. that's ii partridge drum
miu. replied the driNer.
"Well,- ni,i>s! Ike $. man. letting
go the lines. Il hoiie hos had better
luck than / have today Boston
Herald.
-urisd t.',re
In the early history OF Japan it was
decidedly dubious honor to be close
iy related TO any person of note for
one of the laws at that time dsreed
that when person of rank or impor-
tance died. all the Immediate re!a
must be buried alive in perpendicu-
lar position around the personage's
grave. Their heads We're left above
the earth. and thus they remained up.
til welcome death care to free them.
inc Happy Man.
II hear she Is to be married. Who Is
the happy man?'
'Her er."-Lippincott's.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
HOLLY
Publicity Bureau
MOTTO:
LET Your Light Shine"
Correspondence lavitsd. Hslly, Colo.
After.
La Grippe

II had suffered several weeks
with LaGrippe. Had pains in
my head and eyes. 1t felt as
though there was q heavy weight
on the top of my head, until it
seemed that my brain would
burst. I was so nervous that
l could not rest or sleep. When
l dozed off I would awake with
sudden jerking of my whole
body. DR.. Miles Nervine, Heart
Remedy and Nerve and Liver
Pills cured me. A number of
friends have since realized the
same benefits"
MRS. ALVIN H. LOCKS,
Seabrook, N. H.
The after effects Of LaGrippe
are often more serious than the
disease, as it leaves the system
in weakened condition that
invites more serious troubles,
such as pneumonia, etc.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
HELLO, BILL!

For the benefit of the best peo-
pie on earth in this section. The
Chieftain learns, via Grapevine
special, that the Chalmers 30 auto
ut he La .Junta Elks fair was won
by John G, Mason, holding No.
2.94S. Themachine sells for $500.
and the winner is the modest bonus
clerk of the Santa Fe road at La
Junta. investing one dollar
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
Beautifying Our Cemetery

Joint committees from the Holly
Civic club and the Holly CONNER
cial club, consisting Of Mesdames
+. NJ. Sherman and j K. Webster
and Messrs. j. S. McMnrtry, Geo.
Hollis and Frank Forbes are at work
on ways and means to bcautify
Holly cemetrey. and have set apart
next Friday. March 81, as the day
when all citizens are requested to
lend a hand in this work.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
Enterprise, Colo.

On Sunday at the school house large
audience listened to Rev. Deane compare
Moses record Of the creation with scien-
ti6c research, proving Moses record cor.
rect by science. 1t was good sermon.
Rev. Plant held meetings at the Enter
pirate school house the fore part of last
week, and there was good after dance.
Miss Grace Lane of Butler County,
Kans., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charley
Lewis and brother, Frank Lane.
The prairie is rapidly changing in looks,
with buildings, fences and breaking, and
it surely is sight to see the building
material, barbed wire, feed and house
hold goods going south from Holly. Let
us hope for continued prosperity
W. o. Moore is in Butler county,
Kans., at present on business.
Bert Lewis is drilling we'll for Ed
Barnes and it is now 225 feet deep.
Henry Crabell has his new windmill
up and it is working fine.
The Ladies club meets with Mrs.
Charlie Lewis next Friday.
Charlie Lewis purchased eight fine cows
from Mr.. WoodaIl last week
J. W. Houlton purchased the fine dusky
team and they dandies.
Henry Warren is fencing his quarter
Southsider,
The Holly chieftain., 1911-03-24
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Chieftain if they will jot down
their gist Of local happenings
such. as social doings, arrivals,
departures, and everything OF
consequence-and send to this Of
flee not later than Wednesday OF
each week. Write on one side OF
the paper only and we'll do the
rest.