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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

One Of the post common sights OF
a Japanese village is the peasants car.
ryfng great chunks Of meat on pans
swung from their shoulders, selling It
% house to house or In the streets.
The flesh of the humpback whale Is
most highly esteemed. and In the win.
ter sometimes brings as much as 30
sen (l6 cents) per pound. During the
hot summer months. when the price
OF the meat Is very low and II win
quickly enofI. fhe araator naaA.-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
crimes Bad" Aanoman Quits.

Sydney. N. s. W.-The government
hangman has resigned. owing to bad
times"
Since the present labor government
went into office seven persons have
been sentenced to death. but in every
case the sentence was committed, and
the executioner deprived OF his fee
TIL salary attached to the Office ls
$500 per annum. plus $50 whenever
the holders services are requisitioned
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

SA~ huAIS ana Irus
ests and forest prod
ton has devoted mi
Introduction In the q
sects-that Is insec.
creatures that harm
while carrying on 4
insecticides and insa
least important funct|
tuition Is the identihd
who applies for such
a farmer or househoI
bug on his trees may
mysterious visitor TOT
to get rid Of him in c.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
MANY GIVE SKIN TO M

ed by so wonderful a demonstration
OF family loyalty and affection
Perhaps the greatest pluck, con.
sideIsng his age. was displayed by my
little t~en-year-old brother. who had
a deep incision made in his arm He
refused to take any anaesthetic and
bore his sufferings brayely Altogeth-
er some 200 pieces Of skin we're graft
ed onto me and and the operation
lasted over several months"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Auto Nova hau.

Lenox. Mass.-So heavy is the nay
crop on the October Mountain estate
Of Harry Payne Whitney that he is
using II OF his high-powered auto.
mobiles to propei the moving ma
chine With It he can cut more nay
in n day than a horse-draw mower
can In three. About five hundred
acres are u over to get hay for the
moose. deer and elk during the win
ter
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
HAS FLAVOR ALL ITS OWN
Whale Meat Has No Taste Of Fish
Rather Like venIson. Though
Grain IL Coarse.

suppose 40 question is more fire.
quently asked than. What does whale
meat taste Iike?" It Ii a hard one to
answer, for the flesh has a flavor all
Its " and quite unlike anything
else. In the first place. II is not at
all like ish. And why Should 1t be,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
eSS%HnN0 ZREES

jured trees. and yet 1t is a question
a o appropriate designation, mas
n beings 1t is more often the physi.
ed to set things right.
Gnaalist in his chosen held and 1t may
deeper one than the layman might, at
orthy to be made the subject of the
man who is attracted to it. For all
range is quite within the possibili-
citizen who is impelled to study 1t
cess by a man who makes no claims
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
100000 in Nav vorL

New York.-The population OF New
York city passed the 5000, 900 mari
August l. according no figures pre.
pared by the health department. The
statistician estimates that the city
now has 100000 residents, a gain of
about 100000 for the past year. The
official figures OF the United States
census bureau for 1910 were 4,7Oe. ag2.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

a Windsor. and her majesty lmme-
diateIy informed the king, who
promptly issued orders that on no ac-
count was the bird to be disturbed.
The wise thrush Matched out a fine
brood OF young. and the male bird
MARBLES deiantly all day just to show.
apparently. that he is 'in court cir
cles."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

shen' When tms mas nad time to become stin,
but not ha~d. there is applied a surface coat
made OF one part sand and one part cement ana
the surface is SO faced as to exclude all mois-
ture from the opening of the cavity.
IL should be noted in conclusion that Proyk
dence has provided us with the best tree doctor
In the form of that familiar and unappreciated
bird the woodpecker. The woodpecker is easily
the most useful of all the seven hundred varieties
OF pirds to be found In the United States and Il
10 largely because of his constant search for and
warfare against the four hundred different yarie.
ties of insects that prey upon our trees. The
woodpecker is not merely a tree doctor. but "a
actually a tree surgeon because his most ener-
seuc quest is for those insects that inture the
tree Internally and to which access can be gained
only by means Of the unique equipment with
which nature has provided the woodpecker and
from the employment of which he derives his
name. As a rule the woodpecker makes only
shallow holes SO that his work may properly be
dignined as tree surgery that leaves no scars.
which Is not the least Of its advantages.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

SAPOAk WuO uENOlCd
himself to m~inistering to sick and in
whether tree doctor" would not be
much as in with trees as with huma
clan than the surgeon that is need
The tree doctor is. perforce, a spe
be added that the subject is a much
nrst thought, suspect, and is we'll W
life work and the life study of the
that. tree d~octoring" within a limit
ties OF any farmer or other private
Just as gardening may be made a sue
to being a fancy gardener. Indeed,
the owner of any wooded land who
desires to preserve the mature forest
growth is all but compelled to delve
Into the lore OF this subject II he
does not want to employ a profess
sional forester, and the farmer who
wants to preserve the priceless herit-
age Of the stately trees that surround
and shade the ideally-placed farm
house must do likewise.
One phase of tree d~octoring that
the layman a undertake almost as
successfully as the professional is
that embraced in preventive meas
ures. With trees, as with all other
growing things, the policy OF the
ounce Of prevention is a wise one
n moreover there are some wealthy
men who own large estates In this
country who employ tree doctors as
the Chinese employ physicians-to
Keep them well rather than to cure
them after sickness has set in. This
stitch in time" policy as applied to
trees is particularly serviceable in the
case OF the insects. ETC., which play
such havoc with tree growth If left
to carry on their depredations unmo.
tested. 1t is always preferable and
usually simpler to bar pests of his
Kind from the cherished trunk and
branches than 1t is to Danish them
once they have gained a foothold.
Speaking Of this responsibility In
: 9 d~octorins directs attention 10
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Cur Got Hla Goat.

Chicago.-Ordered to shoot all un.
muzzled dogs. Copper William Evans
started out to do his duty. He met a
yellow u and pulled out his gun,
but the cur wagged its tail and
whined. SO Evans resigned rather
than shoot It.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

RAAbS w y
the poison charged liquid employed for spray
ing must be hauled some distance It is custom.
airy to resort to outfits of liberal tank capacity,
and many of these range from $50 TO 900
gallons. For spraying high trees 1t Is neces.
sary TO use an elevated tower or platform
built upon a wagon and with one man on the
tower and two men on the ground spraying may
De carried on with the greatest possible degree
OF efficiency. or course. a good length of hose ls
essentfal-one-half inch being a popular size.
and 1t should be capable of standing 200 pounds
pressure per square inch.
Trees In towns and cities are naturally much
more liable to such injuries as will later require
the practice of tree surgery than are those In the
country districts. The piling of building material
against trees. the attaching Of guy wires and the
grading of streets or roads are all causes pro.
ductiye OF injuries. O~vercrowdIng by other trees.
morse bites and girdling by wire labels are other
sources OF trouble. One of the worst of ali. how.
ever, Is improper pruning or tree butchery. As
a matter Of fact, intelligent. systematic pruning
and tree surgery are very closely related.
Pruning requires a previous INTIMATE knowledge
OF the habits of growth of trees, whereas surgery
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
KING PROTECTS SMALL BIRD
Wise Thrush Builds Near Buckingham
Palace-Must Not BE Disturbed
on Any Account.

London.-Here Is a curious story of
how even the most trivial things
reach the ear of the king:
Close to The tradesmen's entrance
at Buckingham palace is a bush. and
In this particular bush a bold thrush
built her nest in sssi view OF anyone
who uight pass by. A butchers boy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

her Wand requires in addition a knowi-
he best methods for making cavities air
preventing decay. The principle is
same as that employed by the dentists
cavities In the teeth of human beings.
caring for the cavities in trees is the
ms OF preserving affected specimens and
this and future generations some OF the
specimens OF woodland growth. The
mixture for filling cavities is
'art Portland cement to three parts of
arp sand. After all decayed or decaying
Jas been removed from the cavity the
witty is filled with this thin mortar. and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
The Cost

did the doctor relieve the child who
was choking on the piece Of undono
breadf"
Sure; he soon made him cough up
the dough"
How relieved the father ,r,.,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

made. filled and labeled. later to b.
shipped to all parts of the empire
The Metropolitan.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

in the world Ia
this doctoring
done so thor
oughly as m the
United States.
The invention
Of special spray
ing apparatus
began as early
as the year
1880. and since
that time each
year has been
the advent Of
new and i'm
proved apparat-
us. Some six or
seven years 81
the steam-pow-
er y
made its ap
pearance and q
little later there
was evolved the
gasoline outfit,
which may be
seen In opera
ton today on so
many farms and
In many city
narkn w h
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

F the newer. profess
sions that have lately
been created in connec-
tion with agriculture
and kindred pursuits 1t
is probable that none
is more unusual or
more Interesting than
that Of tree surgery.
Tree surgeon Is the
customary title OF the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

their attention to the problems presented in this
held. In the case of Uncle Sans Bureau OF
entomology the activities are not confined to In.
ducing good health In trees but extend to all
sorts OF Investigations and experiments regarding
INJURIOUS insects affecting field crops. fruits,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
1The Resort Proaneo.,,.

The Resort Prospectus.
Going to run daily excursions his
Year,"
"oh, yes"
notice Q don't advertise a
gorge any more"
No; made 1t a ravine instead.
some people thought a gorge meant a
lot to eat"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Slang.

Slang.
Say. Henry!"
'WeII7"
y wish Q would crank up this
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

do this and the waste material is left
70 accumulate In the skin,
Sometimes land II we nay fudge bv
some we meet on the street, we might
say oItentimes) the skin Is so coated
with Impurities in the shape OF pow
Ter. enamel and other preparations
that 1t finds 1t impossible to work At
all. II we would exercise the skin a
little and coat II a little less
we would have smaller need for the
coating.
Copyright. 1910. by w. a. chan...n
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
COURTHOUSE PROBE FAILS.
Wilkesbarre Conspiracy Case Droppse
by Courts Order.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 26-Tht
courthouse conspiracy case has falier
through, Judge Bouten giving til,
jury binding instructions to return II
verdict of not guilty.
The defendants, Frank Carlucci, con
tractor, and Frederick Mccormick an.
Henry French, architect, were charged
with conspiracy in erecting the build
ing. The specific charge was thar
they had substituted plaster paris. ~
inferior material. for Keene cement il
the ornamental plastering.
In his instruction to the jury JuG e
Bouten held that this allegation hi
not been proved and that there WI,
nothing to show that conspiracy g."
listed between the contractor and tb'
architects. The verdict of not guilt
will now put a quietus to the tai
heard for years past that the now
$2OOO,OOO courthouse was a graft bull
structure.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
TYLER HILL.
Especial to The Citizen ]

TYKAER EhLII4, Pa, Sept. 26.7--
Supt. l.. j., Koehler visited the High
schoo2 on Wednesday last, He
spoke of the inter High school oEa-
torical contest at Honesdale Nov.
13, and expressed the wish that oa-
mascus would obtain at feast one of
the prizes it being the, only town
ship High school of the first, class.
Prof. Petbfck said that he hoped the
superintendent would be able to visit
our school three times the present
year,, but this Mr.. &oehler said
would be impossible. The genial
superintendent of schools has many
warm friends in this locality.
A large crowd attended Soller's
moving picture show held in the
school house on Wednesday evening.
The JOhnson-J effriefs pictures were a
special item of the, exhibition.
Philo Bass will work for Nelson
Alfast the coming winter.
Edward Stephenson, Damascus,
spent Wednesday night with Orville
Welsh.
Quite a number from this vicinity
went to Callic0on on Thursday last
to see C. P. Rodgers go by in his
Wright bipAne. 1t was expected
that Mr.. Rodgers would land there
but he disappointed the throngs of
people awaiting him by going
straight up the valley.
Nina Saith is seriously i'll.
Thomas Griffith is erecting a new
milk house. The carpentering has
been done by Dwight e. Griffith.
The Scotland and Californian rel
atives of X. p. Johnston leave today
enroute for Niagara Falls. These
people from another land have found
many warm friends in this vicinity
Nuptial bells along the creek this
week, according to Dame Rumor.
Wonders will never cease. Unto
two twin COWS belonging to Thomas
Griffith four calves have been born
| this fall.
Perry Griffith, who has been visit
ing his parents at Tyler Hill, return
ed to Jersey City yesterday.
There seems to be a great scarcity
of sugar in all the stores of Damas
Gus township. This is one of tn,
articles which is positively neces
sary and household proceedings ar,
somewhat interrupted when we can
not purchase it.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
WITH MESSAGE OF REGRET.
Naval Attaohe at Paris Conveys Con-
dolenees on French Disaster.

Naval Attache at Paris Conveys Con-
dolenees on French Disaster.
Washington, Sept 26.-Reginald f.
Nicholson, who Is acting as secretary
of the navy, seat instructions to Lieu
tenant Commander Henry II, Hough,
U. S. N, attache to the American
embassy at Paris, who is now at
Brest, to return at once to she capital
and personally, on behalf Of the sec
retary of the American navy, deliver
a message of regret and coincidence
upon the destruction of the French
battleshp Liberte and the loss of life
of the seamen.
According to officers of the navy, the
Liberte explosion is the most disas-
trOus naval accident in time of peace.
From the departments dispatches re-
ceived here it is believed a fire broke
out on board which caused the mag
azines to explode before they could be
flooded. American naval officers eX,
! press the belief, however, that the pri
mary cause of the tragedy will be diff
ficult to ascertain because of the com
! pleteness of the wreck and also be
cause of the fact that most of the eye
witnesses were killed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
AVIATOR KILLED.
Amateur Falls 100 Feet al
Long Island Meet.
DR.. G. B. CLARK THE VICTIM.
Race Between Auto and AeropIane Re-
suits In Bad atart-Grahame White
Goes Ten Miles at Less Than
Mile a Minute.

New York, Sept. 26.-Dr. G. y. Clark,
pupb of the Queen monoplane school
at Belmont park, fell with his machine
about hundred feet at tire Nassau
Boulevard aviation meet. He received
many injuries from which he died
Clarke, who made his first fight alone
about two weeks ago ard was going to
try for his pilots license this afternoon.
attempted to- bank his machine to- the
right while ascending end vita ths-
wind behind him.
Down crashed the monoriane-N,D. 13i
by the way-in q fall that began as a.
spiral and ended in a styaight dive
nose on. Clarke's machine landed 10,
the automobile parking space:
Until recently Clarke has been apa
pearing with his wife,, Berslia, in 81
vaudeville act.
As Clarke fell he cleared the west
ern fringe of the parked autos andI
crashed near a spot where stood Mile.
Dutrieu, Miss Moisant, Clifford b. Har--
mon and Mrs. Ralph Jchnstone:
This was the frst time the French
afr woman, Mile. Dutrieu, evep had
seem bad flying accident and the sight
unnerved her.
The event that met with most favor
was a race between an automobile
driven by Louis Disbrow and Tommy
Sopwith in a Bleriot Tommy shot
southward into the air as DisbrUw
and his mechanic started out beneath
the aeroplane In a cloud Of, dust. The
rules of the race had it that the car
and plane were to go toward the VGq1-
derbilt parkway and at the Garden
City lodge Of the parkway Sopwith
was to circle aloft until the automa-
bile was ali ready. Then car and aero,
plane were to have raced twelve ana
one-half miles down the parkway and
back to the Garden City lodge.
All went we'll until Disbrow in the
auto at the lodge saw a Bleriot com
ing along, which shot down above the
parkway without first maneuvering
This was OvingtOn, but Disbrow, sup
posing that the machine contained
Sopwith, returned to the aviation field
when the Bleriot man above. didn't
circle around for fair start.
Sopwith eventually happened along
and raced his twenty-five miles, He
cOntended later that he had carried
out the conditions of the race. and
should be- awarded the $1,000 prize.
Els contentious will be decided later.
Grahame-White, in his Nieupert; won
tfie ten miie speed race for monoplanes
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
LARNED WON'T COMPETE.
American Tennis Champion VIII Not
Go to Australia.

New York, Sept. 26.-Wildam A.
Larned, who has been the American,
tennis champion for six years and who,
was to head the international tennis
team which Is to sail for Australia OH
Oct. A in quest of the Davis cup. the.
blue ribbon trophy of the tennis world.-
which the United States lost in 1909.
has announced that he will not CONF
pete. Earned was at his besE on Sepk.
4, when for the fifth time ha success.
fully defended his championship title.
and tennis enthusiasts had counted the
Davis cup almost as good as,won when
II was announced he would meet qhe
Australian holders of the trophy.
Mt. Larned has notified. the commit
tee in charge Of the international team
1f his decision.
He refuses to discuss the situation
further than to say: IL can't get away.
I'm sorry, but that's all there is 70 it. ''
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
STEENE.

STEEME- Pa, Sept. 26.-Mr
Washington, who is maEsing his
home with his niece, Mrs. j.. l.
Haely, has purchased the old Perry
hom estead here.
Farmers in this section are busy
thrashing their buckwheat which
averages shout half a crop.
One week more will clAan out all
of the ice in the Lake Lodore ice
plant, it being the first season in
several years that their ice has been
alt disposed of.
Mrs. Baker, Waymart, visited
friends at Steene Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Spangenhurg returned
TO her home at Carbundale Friday
after spending a week with her par.
ents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. WinRred Mumford
started for Southern Pines Sunday
where they will spend the Winter
months. Mr.. MumfOrd has accept
ed a position at the latter place as
telephone lineman..
Miss Florence Denny visited the
Waymart school last week.
The school hare at Steene is il
a prosperous condition with Mis-
Cora Miller as teacher.
The Cole Brothers will rebuilC
a large horse barn this fall as theil
barn was struck by lightning anC
burned to the ground about siI
weeks ago.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-27
REUNITED AFTER
FIFTY YEARS
(ConGinued from Page One.)

NSOnuttPuCu lIOu L hBO 0nG.)
jumped to place called Sshoharie.
Next l went to Cobleskill. Then
went to Binghamton, N. Y. / went
to Rochester, N. Y, where ] lived
for twenty-five years.
was married to Mary Wells,
same name as mine. She was from
Trenton, N. ]. We had six children,
She died year ago
feel just as young as / ever
did. Some parts of Beachlake look.
natural. They have built up board
ing houses and hotels. The old.
court house isn't here. 1t had big,
pillars. l like to see all the folks,
Fl knew. 1 didn't expect to find any
Of the boys l played with living. I'd.
have known Bill Wood. He looked
kind of natural.
heard about twenty-five years
ago that ONE of my brothers was liv-
ing here. They settEsd up an es-
tate. My brother, Phillip, came on
and Z got my money from here.
II came home merely to see if
had any relatives living. 1 knew
there must be somebody living.
came, IN last Saturday tor Beachlake.
I havee a brother, Frank, eighty-two
years of age at Beachlake, and a
sister, Mrs. John Neil. I've sister,
Susan, living near here I've
brother, Philip living somewhere
near Gravity, at Number 49,"
Mr.. Wells has made ice cream for
forty years. These are some, of the
secrets of the business, which,. he i'm
parted too tieA repUEter:
How To- Make Good Ice Cream.
/ ripeu the ice cream bafore 1
get througd with III That's, the Sc
cret of making good ice cream, OF
course, you don't want to freeze the
cream too fast. You don't want to
hurry it up9 and freeze the life out
of it. There's a big difference in
making ice cream.
I've BEEN in that business for
more than farty years.
Il use little over half pound,
almost three=quarters of a pound of
sugar to gallon of cream. l use
pulverizer sugar and no other. It's
the best for ttSer cream There's no
eggs in it. The cream gives it its
color. For my banana, peach and
fruit ice creams, l always charged
twenty cents Al dish of $500 a gal
ION.
tell you where people make
mistake in freezing cream. They
Keep drawing sfiea watHr off,. That
what freezes the cream. 1t isn't
the ice. It's salt water that freezes
cream. You never want to draw off
the water.
60 don't give way 10 any one in
the United States in making ice
cream. I've made it forty years.
( T've got it dongn pretty nearly line.
Lots of dealers put in cornstarch
and gelatine, didn't use it.. l
make it out of pure cream"
Mr.. Wells confided to the reporter
that he was going to spend Sunday
with the folksrat Beacnlake and that
he intended to make them fresZer
of cream, just to show them what
good ice cream was like.
Don't you wish yoa- had jeen
there?