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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
r N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
limited nCATES FOR TILE MID.

r N THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
i UNITED STATES FOR THE MID
DIE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVA-
MIA.
MANUEL JACOBSON of Honesdale
Wayne county, Pennsylvania, a
bankrupt under the Act of Congress
of July l, 1898, having applied for
full discharge from all debts
provable against his estate under
said Act, notice is hereby given to
all known creditors and other per-
sons in interest, to appear before
the said court at Scranton, in said
district, on the 2Sth day of Febru-
ary, 1911, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, to show cause, II any they
have, why the prayer OF the said
petitioner should not be granted.
EDWARD r. w. SEARLE,
Clerk.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
A Kitchen Motto.

A thoughtful housekeeper, says the
Boston Cooking School Magazine, has
hung over her kitchen sink a framed
copy of one of Robert Louis Steven
sons prayers. THE petty round of ir-
ritating concerns and duties" to which
he referred seemed to her particu-
larly appropriate phrase for the do
mestic routine. His petition for helm
TO perform them with laughter and
kind faces" is good tonic with
which to roll up ones sleeves and
plunge in. "Give us to go blithely on
our business" prayed the brave poet,
stricken as he was with mortal dis
ease, and the housekeeper echoes the
prayer however weary she may be.
The idea is worth initiating. The
vogue of the motto is widespread. Sta
TONERS and art dealers furnish an at
tractive selection which find their way
into many offices and homes. The fash.
ion of introducing them into the kitch-
en- is one every woman will appreciate,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
BEAUTY AND BRAINS.

[Do we enjoy hearing 1t said that
. II Is a pity that Wellesley girls do
. not look so well as other girls
: Vassar people, for instance?-From
Wellesley College News.l
What's beauty. girls? Why should
! you care
For rosy cheeks and silken hair,
For cherry lips and shell pearl ears
And things like that which other
dears
!. Think are the summa bona which
: Make womankind most truly rich?
! Let Vassar mugs be beautiful
The intellectual has the pull
!. With Wellesley girls. and, though
they may
. Look like a last years bale OF hay,
! BY heck. they've got the brains.
and those
Is what's the goods with them that
knows!
! Come. Wellesley girls, cum laude.
come
And prove that beauty's on the
bum
Compared with your curriculumI
i. What?
! w. ] hampton in New York
Tribune
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
DIES IN TWO FEET OF WATER
Girl Breaks Through Ice and Freezes
After Long Struggle.

Her frozen hands still clinging to
the ice and the balance of her body
still submerged, the body of Miss Bes-
sic Margaret Pierce, nineteen years
cid, of Cochranton, Pa, was found in
a swail near her home, where she had
perished. Miss Pierce had started out
for walk, and, failing to return, II
search was made.
The girl had started to return home
across fields that had recently been
sverflowed with water to a depth of
from one to four feet, the water being
left in pools which had frozen over
The trail showed that she had broken
through the ice several times. There
were signs of struggle until at last,
exhausted, she broke through where
the water was about two feet deep
and there perished-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24

Pearson Hobson of Alabama, former
ly an officer in the navy, on the floor
of the house.
1--WE will be struck" he cried, "aDd
when we are-gentlemen may differ
with me as to the time. but l firmly
believe it can be counted in months on
the fingers of my two hands-we will
find ourselves practically powerless.
The nations of the world will call on
us to give up the war and not continue
to disturb the peace of the world, just
rs we did with Russia in her war with
Japan"
representative Gaines of West Vir-
ginia asked Mr.. Hobson if Japan
would find it possible to finance war
with the United States
Japan" Mr.. Hobson replied, lis the
only nation today that is clever enough
to finance a war"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
Drop Opium For Cigarettes.

While the native Chinese is being
gradually driven from the use Of
opium. he is being educated in the
consumption of cigarettes. the imports
of which amounted to $780, 100 in
1909. an increase Of 14.75 per cent
over 1908. In addition to the number
Of cigarettes imported millions are
made each year in the empire.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
CIGAR CAUSED EXPLOSION.

coroner's Jury Says careIessness Is to
Blame For Jersey Deaths.
The coroner's jury which has been
holding an inquest into the death of
one of the men killed by the dynamite
explosion on pier 7 of the Jersey Gen.
traf railroad at Communipaw Feb.
gave this verdict at Jersey City after
oeing out hour 20 minutes:
1--WE believe that the explosion was
caused by lighted match or a cigar
or cigarette stump carelessly thrown
away at that point by some person, as
evidence shows that it was customary
among men congregated at this point
to do"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
MARRIED BY HIS SON.

nev. E. Scott Farley officiates at Wed
ding of His Father, Also a Minister.
A unique marriage ceremony was
performed at Malone, n. Y, when the
Rev. e. Scott Farley, pastor of the
First Baptist church at Herkimer, of
ficiated at the wedding of his father,
the Rev. e. ], Farley, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Oneonta, to
Miss Katherine Hawley.
1t is the first time in the matrimonial
annals of northern New York that u
son has been the officiating clergyman
at the marriage of his father.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
n0SSo,. PREDICTS A
VAR WITH JAPAN
kIabamaR8p,GS3nIaiiVa Declares
U, S, Will Conquer Kingdom

Japan and the United States will go
to war in the near future. The con
tict will begin in less than ten months.
The war will last five years. perhaps
ten. The Panama canal win be de-
stroyed. and in the end this nation
will carry the war to Japan and con
Quer that kingdom.
These are few Of the predictions
made by Representative Richmond
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
DAWSON OUT FOR PEACE.
Will Represent United States at Con-
ference to End Honduras Revolt.

Thomas G. Dawson, special represent
ative of the United States, has arrived
at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, and will
attend a peace conference ON the Unit
ed States gunboat Tacoma with repre-
sentatives Of Bonilla and Davila. AL
berto Membreno is expected also as
Bonilla's representative. He has been
comforting with Bonilla at Ceiba be-
fore entering the conference.
BOnilla declares that the revolution
will continue if he is not allowed to
assume the presidency.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
TO HONOR MAINE VICTIMS.

Bodies Will Be Buried In National
cemetery-Work Nearly Over.
The work of raising the wreck Of
the battleship Maine from Havana
karbor is about three-fourths complet-
cd, according to the estimate of Off
sers of the war department. Sixteen
Of the twenty cylinders of the Golfer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
AMERICA Il. ARRIVES IN N. Y.

international Trophy Winning Balloon
Had Been Lost In Canada.
The balloon America H.. lost in Can
ada last October by Allan f. Hawley
and AUgus III Post, win lers of the ia
ternational balloon race which started
+ ON st. louis, has arrived in New
York by freight.
The balloon had been on its way
since Jan. 10. Hawley and Post land
ed in a wilderness of Canada and were
lost almost a week before they reached
any signs of civiliz tion. The balloon
was founC several days later where
tn, two aoronauts had deserted ii.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24
New York Likes Milk.

New York city is using FIVE times as
much milk as 1t did twenty-four years
ago, when the dairy law took effect.
The consumption now is 100000
quarts a day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24

Thought works in silence; so does
virtue. One might erect statues to
silence.-Carlyle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-24

q 1911, by American Press Associat ton.
MAINE MAST IN BACKGROUND:
COFFERDAM IN FOREGROUND.
dam around the hulk have been put in
place. When it is finished the next
step will be to pump out the water so
rs to expose the hull of the wreck.
The bodies of the victims of the
wreck still remaining in the hulk will
be removed and buried in the Airing
Ton National cemetery in Washington
The mainmast of the Maine will be
erected over their graves as a memo
sial.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11

Blanc. 1t was only a short time after
ward that he went to the Argentine
Republic, where at the flying tourna-
ment he won nearly all the prizes.
One Of the foremost American ayia-
tors, who is regarded in England as
one OF those t1iers who do the sport
the most good, is J. Armstrong Drex.
ell. He is keen on aviation from the
pure point of view Of the sportsman.
Mr.. DreXel is a native Of Philadel-
phia, but learned to fly while he was
a pupil Of Grahame-Whi abroad.
During the English tournaments Drex-
ell took first rank with all the English
Tiers. winning many purses and at
one time holding the height record. At
Bournemouth, Drexel, next to Leon
Morane, Won the most prizes. He beat
Grahame-White in nearly every event
Next he few at Blackpool. and a
week later at Lanark he established a
worlds record for altitude, $3.50 feet.
When about 5000 feet up his left side
vas paralyzed with the intense cold,
but he rose nearly 1000 feet more.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
THE SILENCE.

IT'S fearful when your loving wife
Awaits you on the stairs
y And asks in biting accents
The hows and whens n where's,
But never this my feelings stirred
AS when she never said a word.
And when your boss arraigns you
In words that sting and smart
And things about your folly
He tells you heart to heart
There's nothing that can make you crawl
AS when he doesn't talk at all.
A man who loud assails you
And brawling bawls you out
IL one to be avoided
A terror without doubt.
Blu dread the man who folds his paw
And never gives a word of Jaw.
And take d babbling maiden
Whose voice is all a-thrill.
She hales you to her tribute
And bends o to her will.
Blu she will never hold her sway
Like one without a wore to say.
We set some store by takers
And list their wondrous tales;
The chap with conversation
The tagging hour regales,
Blu when we want a big thing swung
We choose a man who holds his tongue.
The morals plain for all to read:
The doing man is what we need.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Poor Learner,

The negro boy was; up for the fifth
time on a charge Of chicken stealing.
This time the magistrate decided to
appeal to the boys father.
Now, e here, Abe," said he to the
darby, this boy of yours has been I'D
in court so many times for stealing
chickens that I'm tired of seeing him
here"
"Ah don't blame you, sah," returned
the father. "Ah's tired O. SEEM i'm
here too"
"Then why don't you teach him how
to act? Show him the right way and
he won't be coming here"
"Ah has showed i'm de right way,
sah," declared the old man earnestly.
"Ah has suttenly showed i'm de right
way, but he somehow keeps gettin'
caught comm way wild dose chickens!'
Central Law Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11

was LIE Blanc who from a little dale
below Dover castle signaled the flier
the spot where the daring aviator land.
ed. When about one year ago Bleriot
founded his flying school at Pau, lie
Blanc became its director and organ
lied the institution with fine methods,
turning out many brilliant pupils,
among them being Morane, Chavez and
Auburn. AS soon as he could find time
he entered some Of the big competi-
tons himself. winning much fame ut
the Rheims meet. He attributes his
success, however, to his experiences as
a balloon pilot.
Although it was only a year ago that
James Radley became interested in
flying, he was the first aviator selected
by the Royal Aero Club Of the United
Kingdom to represent Great Britain in
b international speed contest recent
" held in America. His first public
appearance was at Abergaveny, south
Wales, and was the result of a bet. A
friend wagered a horse against 500
that Radley did not have the nerve to
make a flight alone, and he not only
rod home on the equine, but had with
him as we'll a good sized purse that he
had Won by his work in the sky.
The story Of how Hubert Latham
became an aviator is an early romance
OF aviation. His flying career is that
OF the Antoinette monoplane. He gave
the machine its success, and the mono
plane made Latham. Several years
ago a poor but brilliant mechanic in
vented the strongest and lightest mo-
tor in the world, but as flying ma
chimes were laughed at in those days
he did not dare ask any one to build
an airship In which to try u his in
vention. Later it was arranged, how
ever, but the flying machine into which
It was placed always left the ground
81 quickly that it was smashed, and no
one dared to ride it until Latham came
along one day and said:
"In try out this affair for you and
continue flying in it until l either break
my neck or show that with such a
motor it is the easiest thing in the
world to make a fight Of several hun
bred miles,"
Not once, but fifty times, was La
than wrecked in the machine, but sue
cess finally crowned his experiments,
and his work made the whole world sit
up and take notice that something
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11

PHOTO by American Press Association.
WALTER wELLMAN STEERING THE AMER1
what he termed a summer dash for
the pole by sledge." His plan was to
go as far as he could in his ship and
then make a sledge expedition with
fourteen men, fifty dogs and six
sledges. He actually reached as far
us 81 degrees, northeast of Spitzbergen.
and was then forced to retreat. In
1890 he made a similar journey to
Franz Josef Land, reaching as far
north as 50 degrees. He discovered
some new islands and added consider.
ably to the geographical knowledge
Of that deSolate land. On this expedi-
ton he met with a severe accident
from which he has never recovered.
Falling into 4 in the ice, one
OF his legs was crushed.
In spite of the fate Of Professor An
dree, the Swedish scientist who started
in a balloon for the north pole in 1897
and was never seen again, Wellman
decided to try to discover the pole 10y
the same method. In the spring Of
1906 he built in Paris a large spheri-
cal balloon, which he named the
America and took it north to Danes is
land, Spitzbergen. A start was finally
made in it on Sept. 2, 1907.
The crew Of three embarked while
the America was held down by forty
men, and the steel cable was passed
to the steamer Express, which was to
tow the airship clear Of the land. As
soon as Mr.. Vaniman set the motors
in motion the America made such
Roadway through the air that 1t forged
ahead Of the Express and was soon
towing the steamer instead Of being
towed by 1t. All aboard believed that
everything was working eXcellently
Shortly after the balloon was cast
adrift, however, it collided with a
glacier, and Wellman's first attempt to
reach the north pole in an airship was
over
Mr.. Weliman was not discouraged,
however. Two years later he was
back at his Danes island headquarters.
With him again was Mr.. Vaniman and
also Louis Loud. The start for the
pole was made on Aug. IS. but III
luck came again. and he had to confess
a second defeat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
WeI(man.
And His
Voyages

"YH1LE the aviators have given
WV US much to talk of recently,
probably the air trip most
discussed all v the world
has been Walter Wellman's attempt to
cross the Atlantic in a balloon. While
the object of Wellman's venturesome
trip was not accomplished, be succeed
ed in creating a new worlds record for
dirigibles, being seventy-two hours in
the air and covering 1000 miles over
rough see He and his party narrow
~ escaped drowning. the airship being
almost in the water when the men
were rescued off Cane Hatteras.
Mr.. Wellman is f1fty-two years old
and a native Of Ohio, having been
born in Mentor in 1863. At the age
of fourteen he established a weekly
newspaper at Sutton. Neb.. and seven
years later founded the Cincinnati
Evening Post. In 1884. however. he
formed the journalistic connection
which lie has eve since retained. He
went to Washington as the political
correspondent Of a Chicago newspa-
per, and his work In that capacity has
attracted much attention.
1t was in 1892 that Mr.. Wellnan
did his first work as an explorer. In
that year he was commissioned by his
paper to establish as nearly as posi-.
bic the exact spot where Christopher
Columbus first set his foot on Ameri-
can soil. He identified Il place on
Waiting (San SALVADOR island. in the
Bahamas, as the probable location and
erected a monument on IT to comment
crate it's history. His work was done
with such thoroughness that it was
commended by Sir Clements X. Mark
ham, president of the Royal Geograph-
ical society. as having led to as accu-
rate a result as it was possible to at
tain.
Two years later Mr.. Wellman under.
took again with journalistic backing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11

WALTER BROOKINs.

WALTER BROOKINs.
the air have been talked Of all over
the world, is just twenty years old
and was making fights before he
reached this age. Being a Dayton co.,
boy, he witnessed many Of the early
experiments Of the famous Wright
brothers and n day exacted a prom
Use from Orville Wright that later on
he, too, would be allowed to try a
fight. Early last spring, when the
Wrights were looking for aviators to
demonstrate their machine, young
Brookins suddenly reappeared, and
Orville, recalling his promise, took
him in and developed him as a ficr.
The first notable public appearance
Of Brookins was at the national flying
tournament at Indianapolis, where he
made some remarkable altitude flights
of over 1000 feet. His greatest feat
of this kind was his climb to 6,1OO
feet at Atlantic City, where he also
made some thrilling flights over the
sea Later he made a cross country
flight from Chicago to Springfield, Ill.,,
covering a distance Of 1856 miles with
but two short intermediate landings.
Another youth to gain fame as an
aviator and who is not much older
than Brookins is Emile Auburn, sent
here to represent France at the recent
international aviation tournament.
When lie Blanc first opened his avia-
ton school Auburn went to him and
said:
look here, old man, l am trying to
decide whether I'll become an aviator
or go into the mercantile business.
What is your advice on the matter?'
"Well, the best way to settle that
point" smiled lie Blanc, lis to take you
up and see how your nerve is" And
that very day he took the boy on a
trip in the air that would have made
most youngsters yearn for some kind
Of work on terra firma. But Auburn
returned from his fight among the
clouds bubbling over with enthusiasm
and at once became a pupil of lie
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11

I know ~ about out
the careers
of the famous avia-
tors? Oh, of course
you know that such
a bird man has
crossed the English
channel, that anoth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Stories Of the Sky Pilots 3
How Noted Bird Men Side Lights on the Early
Took Up Aviation Careers OF the
as a Business. Men Who Fly.

more than a toy had at last been found
by the aviators. His present daring
and confidence are due entirely to his
early contempt for death.
One would hardly look for young
sters just out Of their teens among
the famous a~viators, but quite a few
of them have gained glory in this dar-
ing profession. In fact, Walter Brook
ms, whose recent achievements in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
A Little Mixed.

A Little Mixed.
The following notes from parents
We're recently brought by two pupils
Of a certain school:
Dear Teacher-Kindly excuse Johns
absence from school yesterday after
noon, as he fell in the mud. BY doing
the same you will kindly oblige his
mother"
The other read:
Dear Teacher-Please excuse Will
lies absence last Friday, as he had to
go to the hospital after his nose."-
School.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Il Might Have Happened Otherwise.

''~pFSssOO ~AbISs "ISSs
An old Pennsylvania German living
n the mountains had a hard three
hours dusty walk to accomplish one
morning, and he arose very early to
make his start. He had gone but a
little way when he was overtakcn by
an automobile, which was probably the
first that had W passed along that
way. The driver picked up the old
man, and they were at his destination
in about twenty minutes.
banks so much awfully nit de ride.
IT l had known myself to be here al.
ready two hours in front of de clock
yet l vud be at home fast asleep al.
ready to start unless l knew you vud
not have picked me up SINCE
Housekeeper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
EMILE AUBRUN,

EMILE UBR er has flown from
Albany to New Yor and are perhaps
familiar with the much talked OF
achievements of others, but few people
are aware Of how these men first en-
tered their daring profession or what
they did before becoming famous fiers.
Many Of them have taken up the
dangerous sport for the thrills and ex-
element there are in 1t, caring far more
for the glory and fame than for the
money to be made. One of these is
Claude Grahame-White, the famous
British aviator. who has won so many
prizes since coming to this country.
He took up aviation just for the fun
Of it and had no idea at first that he
would do more than make an occasion.
nj fight for his own amusement. 1t
wasn't long. however, before he found
that he could handle a monoplane with
the best of the experts, and he laid
aside everything else for the sport.
After learning to fly in France he re-
turned to England and opened an avia-
ton school. which has turned out q
number of noted ficrs.
How Alfred lie Blanc gave up Il good
position to become an aviator was this
way: A few years ago he was the d.
rector of a metallurgical laboratory in
Paris; but, being a friend Of Bleriot, he
10 became interested in flying ma.
chimes and resigned his dictatorship in
the laboratory to become Bleriot's de.
voted assistant. ln the latter's famous
flight across the English channel It
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Depressing.

Depressing.
We met the early bird and were
amazed or glancing at Our watches to
discover that the hour Of Z had long
since struck.
you're not so early after ALL" we
remarked significantly.
NO." assented the early bird, look
ing very conscious all at once. 1.-The
fact is l got the hoOkworm."-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
People Who Stretch.

People Who Stretch.
Observation-Disclosures little flats are
good things sometimes.
Yeast-Why do you think so?
"When a fellow is stretching out his
hands to show you the size Of the fish
he caught the extent Of the apartment
will prevent him from going too far"
-YOnkers Statesman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Way Down South.

Aunt Libby-Wha's dat piece O. ba-
o an poun' O. buttah l toll yOh ter
git down at de stO'?
l dun fO'gOt 'em. But it am SO Easy
TO dem greasy things ter slip nah
mem'ry when it's SO wahm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-01-11
Set a Bad Example.

!, Hotel Keeper-I'd like to know
how this souvenir taking habit
!, got its start, anyway.
) Friend-It was when the dish
; ran away with the spoon, l
; guess.-Boston Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-05-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

First Publication Jan. rs. 1911.