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Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
-FOUR COLLEGiANS ILL

Serious Fear For One Swarthmore Girl
With Ptomaine Poisoning.
Four students of Swarthmore col
1ege, near Philadelphia. were confined
to their beds. suffering from ptomaine
poisoning.
One of them, Miss Emily Livesey, OF
Norristown. was reported in so seri.
Gus condition as to cause fears for
her life.
The college authorities have started
an investigation with a view to ascer
tanning just what article of food con
tanned the supposed poisonous natter
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Lad Shot Dead Playing Wild West

Isaac Wolford, the four-yearold sou
q Mrs. Lottie Wolford. died at the
Chester, Pa. hospital as the result o.
being shot in the head by Harvey VIII
son, seven years old, who, it is allie ged.
pointed a rifle at his companion while
playing wild West" and pulled the
trigger
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
"a Lose Homes Throunh EalInre.

In the presence Of a large crowd
Sheriff Begel. at Mauch Chunk. Pa.
sold twenty properties that were seized
by John J. McCloskey, receiver Of the
defunct Lehighton Building and Loan
association, from members who could
not meet their obligations. Some OF
them went for a son0.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Gives Coin. rhsn KiL,s self.

After giving all the money be hid
In his pocke 10 Gcsnel Herald work
ers on Main stree. in S rJudsburg
Pa, Dayton Ryman. t'venty-siN years
Of age, OF Columbia. ~ j. commit
ted suicide by oo,inr himself in the
right breast. He lis-eHed to the preach
ing and then went home and took his
life.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
servIans I'm 2nno rrlhesmen.

More than 20C0 Arnaut tribesmen
were killed-hy the Servian artillery in
a fight which took place near Mer.
dare and Kurshumli. in southern Ser.
via. The Servian artillery did extreme
havoc among the ribesmen before
they retreated into the hills.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Dynamite Exp'5sioa Kills Two.

A premature explosion of a charge
Of dynamite at the qHarries of the
BirdsborO Stone company, in Hopewell
Hills, near Reading. Pa. caused the
death of two men and severe injuries
to another The dead are Joseph Ro.
seta and Dominica Sroremzimo, forty
years old, a helper. The injured man
is Enrico SalcOni
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Said Roosevelt Deserved Bullet; kiIIee


Because he declared in the presence
of a crowd that Roosevelt deserved
the bullet he got, James W. Colbeck
thirty-siX years old, a dry goods mer
chant of McKees Rocks. near Pitts,
burgh, Pa, was slain by two men
whom the police are now seeking.
Colbeck entered a saloon in Island
avenue. The merits of the several can.
didates were being argued.
We'll, anyhow" said Tony Breck
the bartender, "I'll bet that bullet puts
him in the White House and that will!
be twice Teddy's been shot into the
presidents chair"
"IIe deserved what he got, said Col.
beck ITS too bad the bullet didn't
finish him"
A man, whom Breck says was an
italian, plunged a long knife into Col
beck and killed him.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Moose Electors on Missouri Ballot.

The supreme court Of Missouri in
Jefferson City unanimously upheld the
right of the Progressive party to have
its state and presidential elector tex
cts placed upon the Official ballot. The
court overruled the action of the Dem
ocratc state committee in ousting
Frank H. Farris as a presidential elec.
tOr-at-large.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
cnnbnat Enc Ashnra

The gunboat Nashville, with ammu
milton and supplies for the warships in
Mexican waters. is reported ashore
near Bush Bluff lightship. near Nor
folk, Va. Navy tugs have been sent tc
her assistance.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
aLiferg Killed Attemptina 70 Esoaoe

~Lifer" Killed Attempting to Escape.
William Barnegraff. who was re
turned week ago after he had es-
capped from the penitenylary In Colum
bns, o., by crawling through a sewer
was shot and killed while at empting
to escape over the wall. He was serv.
ing a life sentence for murder.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Picks Vaccination Wound; Dies.

Picking a vaccination wound with
her finger nail proved fatal to Ida
Stassalite, twelve years old, of Jess1p.
near Scranton, Pa. She died Of lock-
jaw in the Midvalley hospital after a
week of intense suffering.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Even Ret on PennsyIvanIa.

These bets we're made in Wal
street. New York city: Five hundred
dollars even that Roosevelt will carry
Pennsylvania, 5000 even that Roose
Vslt beats Taft, 5000 to $50 that WI
son defeats Roosevelt.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Physician Removes Marconi's Eve

Guiglielmo Marconis right eye,
which was injured in an automobile
accident on Sept. 25 last at Spezia,
italy, has been removed
A consultation of physicians had re
suited in the decision that the removal
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Buys Parcels Post Scales.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
placed the largest single order for
scales ever made-30O0O They are to
be used in postofices for the parcels
cost service and will cost s77.3OO.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Killed BY False Teeth.

Mrs. Eli Reed, of Briton, Ferry roE&
Meath, died in London, Eng, aflei
swallowing her false teeth.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
John MeponaId. Rookmaker. Kined.

John Mcdonald, a booBmaker, OF
Baltimore, was killed and four other
persons were injured when their auto.
mobile crashed into a telephone pole
a mile from the Laurel, Nd. race
tracIs
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
GEoRC
GDyernor
Thursc

Joseph
town, has
the store
weighs sey
John T.
tiOn as Gle
Eiwood He
Joseph 1
NNAO Oul : y
ing busine
Smith, VIII
Wilnningto
We unde
of Basil b
tor Villa
Columbia
The young
the George
While a
Carl Smith
misfortune
badly spra
Rodney
ton, and S
resides nei
house, and
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
What To Do.

There is comfort in the KNOWLEDGE so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
tulflls almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys
liver, bladder aid every part of theurinarv
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant re
cessity of being compelled to 90 often
through the day, and to get up MANY
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of SwanD-ROot is
soon realized. It stands the highest he.
cause ofits remarkable g.
health restoring prop ===z5iT5 si5iz,z.el, .sel,
critics. If you need s..sS5ss ID ,siss5.l
medicine you should ss..ssass siails..ss
have the best. Sold by iissss8 5:'s':s
druggists in fifty-cent III l59i55
and one-dollar sizes. to15- = - -
You may have a sample bottle sent free
bymail. Address DR.. Kilrner & CO Ri,,0-
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember thename, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghanton.
N. Y, on every bottle.
Milford chronicle., 1912-10-25
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect il.
Hnrr To Ei-d o.
How To Find Out,

FIJI a bottle or common glass with your
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
RAILROAD JINGLE
AND IT'S MEANING.
Trainmen Have Picturesque Phrases
to Define Their World.

Trainmen'S talk is about as rich
in picturesque slang as any in this
land of free and fancy speech Some
of the lingo can be understood even
by the outsider A 'side-door Pull
man. for instance, is a rather COM
mon way of referring to a box car
But most of the phrases are Greek
to the initiated. " Taking her by the
neck" for example, is used when an
engine is made to pull heavy
drag" up a steep hill or around a
sharp curve, says the Railway Man S
magazine.
Once at the top of the grade the
"hogger" just lets her drift"
Plugging her" is an old term, used
when the throttle is closed by the
quick motion of the left hand while
at the same time the reverse lever
is thrown back with the right hand.
This is not calculated to do any good
to engine frames and cylinders and is
resorted to only in great emergencies.
1t isn't so common since the introduc-
tion of automatic air.
An old box car or a small building
occupied as the yardmaster's Office
is known as the "doghouse." 1t Is
sometimes used to indicate the small
four-wheeled caboose used by some
roads at the tail end of freight trains.
This is also called the hut" "crum-
mie," 'crum box" or cage"
Hitting the grit" is what no train
man likes to do, but he sometimes
has to when train is running at full
speed and his only chance of not be-
ing caught ins a wreck is to Jump.
Getting her down in the corner" is
setting the reverse lever down in the
lowest forward notch of the quadrant
SO that the engine has the full length
of the stroke"
"Patting her on the back" is an
expression used when the reverse lev
er is down in the corner and gradu-
ally hooked up notch by notch on the
quadrant as the saturated steam is
worked off. Making her pop" is to
maintain a fire so that the instant
the engine stops working she blows
Off
To keep her hot" is to maintain a
fire at steady heat, thus furnishing
all the dry steam needed, no matter
how hard the engine may be working
or regardless of the condition of the
weather. AS every fireman knows,
the weather often tests the mettle of
diamond pusher" on hard runs
with heavy drag of "rattlers."
A thin plume of dry steam escap-
ing from the pop is carrying a white
feather" This usually occurs after
an engine has been working hard and
the condition of roadbed and gradient
permits of the engineer easing her off
little.
When an engine has to haul a par
ticularly heavy load up a steep grade
1t is often necessary to pound her."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
A Breaker Underground.

PittSton.-A coal breaker under
ground is to be the latest novelty in
the mining industry in this city. Ho-
gan & White, who recently acquired
possession of the Bowkley tract of
coal land at Upper Pittston, have
commenced operations. They have
erected small set of coal pockets at
the rear of NJ. Boland's store on
North Main street, and have reopened
this old mine opening. By means of
plane the coal is hauled to the coal
pockets.
The first car was hoisted last week
and yesterday fourteen tons were
taken out, and met with immediate
sale as lump coal. The firm has
planned, however, to erect a set of
coal rollers and screens inside the
mine, and to prepare the coal there,
after which it will be taken from the
mine in assorted sizes. The vein
which is being tapped is twenty feet
high, which makes this arrangement
an easy possibility. The refuse from
the screen coal will be thrown on the
COB, and there will be no unsightly
culm pile or any dust nuisance out
side the opening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
A MAIL ORDER DEAL.

Down in Oklahoma the other day a
man went into store to buy a saw.
He saw the kind he wanted and ask
ed the price. 1t was S1.65, the deal
er said.
Good gracious" said the man.
| can get the same thing from
Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $1.35."
That's less than it costs me-" said
the dealer, but I'll sell it on the
same terms as the mail-order house
just the same"
"All right" said the customer.
You can send it along and charge
it to my account"
Not on your life," the dealer
replied. mo charge accounts. You
can't do business with the mail-order
house that way. Fork over the
cash"
The customer complied.
Now two cents postage and five
cents for a money order"
What"
Certainly, you have to send a let
ter and a money order to a mail
order house, you know"
The customer, inwardly raving,
Kept to his agreement and paid the
nickel.
Now twenty-five cents express
age"
well, I'll be -" he said, but
paid it, SAYING, Now hand me that
saw and I'll take it home myself and
be rid of this foolery."
Hand it to you? Where do you
think you are? You're in Oklahoma
and Pm in Chicago, and you'll have
to wait two weeks for that saw"
saw on peg and put the money in
his cash drawer.
THAT makes 1.67," he said. at
has cost you two cents more and TAX
en- you two weeks longer to get 1t
than if you had paid my price in the
first place. - Kelloggs Square
Dealer,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
ELOPFS WITH STtPSISTER.
Roy E. Pierce, Son Of Oil Magnate,
Again In the LimeIight.

Palm Beach. Fla. March 14.-Roy l..
Pierce, son of Henry Clay Pierce. the
Standard Oil magnate. of New York.
eloped with his stepsister, Miss Vir-
ginia Burroughs. Pierce is about TWEEN
ty-four years old and his bride couple
of years his Junior. The groom since
coming TO Palm Beach, a month ago.
had former marriage with Mrs Ir-
wing Chapman. Boston actress. de
clared void. His runaway match so
upset his father, who had brought
about the annulment of the former un-
ion, so it was said, by paying Mrs
Chapman 100000, that he locked him
self in his apartments and refused to
see friends who came to make inqui-
ries. The elder Pierce exclaimed to a
close friend:
Rum did it. The boy has been
drinking again. | first heard of their
reported engagement about two months
ago, before the courts had finished
with the first marriage. / wrote them
about it. and they denied ii. l honestly
did not believe that they were en-
gagged"
The couple went to West Palm Beach
and were married by Rev. Edwin Wal
do, Il former Boston clergyman. now
pastor of the Congregational church.
after the Rev. II. Ashton Henry OF
Saratoga refused to perform the cere-
mOny.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Lumberman Cuts Throat.

George w. Doolittle, a lumberman,
43 years old, committed suicide on
Friday at an abandoned lumber camp
shanty in the town of cumberland,
Sullivan county, n. Y, near Pond
Eddy, by cutting his throat from ear
to ear with a butcher knife. His
rash and fatal act is believed to have
been due to temporary mental aber-
ration superinduced by alcoholism.
Dootlittle had been employed in
various lumber camps for several
years and was addicted to the use of
stimulants.
The body was discovered in the
shanty on Friday night by James l..
Van Gorder, of Pond Eddy, lying in
a natural position with no indications
of violence.
An investigation was made by JUS
tice Philip e. Decker and Overseer of
the Poor Frank Lovelace.
The body was taken in charge by
Mr.. Lovelace and the funeral and
interment will take place on Sunday
in Pond Eddy.
Deceased was born at Glen Spey
and was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson Doolittle He had always
lived in that vicinity where he work.
ed as a lumberman and stone quar-
ryman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20

The engineer gets over the hill with
her, but is apt to strain the engine
In so doing. Working an engine to
full capacity after she has been re-
ported for light repairs which have
not been given her and working an
engine to a higher limit than her
builders designed is also called
pounding her."
A dead engine" Is one without
fire. Steam is sometimes known as
FOG The conductor of the switch
ing crew Is the drummer" and the
brakemen are "shacks," "car catch
ers, "fielders" or ground hogs. "
The yardmaster Is frequently known
as a switch hog" and sometimes as
the big switch hog" The yard
masters office is the knowledge
box" and the yard clerk is the mum
Der grabber." Switching cars is
shaking 'em out"
A new fireman or brakeman Is a
student" A boomer" in the strict
est sense of the term is man who
stays only about one pay day on a
division. locomotive engineer is
known as a "hoghead," "hogger." :"
eagle eye" throttle puller," run
ner," or "engineman."
A locomotive is called a mill {"
kettle" scrap heap" Junk pile"
and frequently and familiarly refer
red to as the "old girl" A fireman
is known as a "tallow pot" and in
this day sometimes as a "stoker."
Freight brakemen are called
"shacks," Strong arm" "twisters,"
brakes" "cullies," and dope art
lists" Vanished cars" are passen-
ger coaches. A ''gon" is a gondola or
coal car. A "steelgon" is sometimes
called a "whalebelly."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
n Estate of &. j. WEAVER,

Late of the Borough of Honesdale,
The undersigned, an auditor ap-
pointed to pass upon the exceptions
to account and to report distribution
of said estate, will attend to the du-
ties of his appointment on
WEDNESDAY, APR. 8, 1912,
at 10 o'clock a. m, at his office in
the borough of Honesdale, at which
time and place all claims against
said estate must be presented, or re-
course to the fund for distribution
will be lost.
R. M. SALMON, Auditor.
Monesdale. March II, 1912. 2Oeoi3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Gale in Los Angeles Times.
ments OF the past few years.
Offering of Prizes.

The offering of prizes for the most
marked improvement of home sur
roundings is being made a feature of
the coming year in many oranges. 1t
is believed that such a competition
will arouse beneficial interest and
that decided benefit will result, at
testing grange leadership along very
practical lines.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
ICE SAVES MANY LIVES.
Wrecked Train, Thrown Into River
Held Out of Water by Thick COATING.

Wrecked Train, Thrown Into River,
Held Out of Water by Thick Coating.
New York, March 14.-Ice and steel
saved the lives of probably most of the
passengers of the first section of the
New York Central's Twentieth Cen.
tury limited when broken rail snap
ped five cars of the fiier over an en-
bankment that edges the Hudson river
a few miles above Poughkeepsie. The
heavy river ice stopped the plunge of
the cars, bore their weight and gave
time for passengers to escape drown
ing. The steel cars withstOod a shock
that would have broken and splintered
wooden coaches.
Twenty-Five were injured, few Sc
riously, but none fatally.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Even In Boston.

Visitor - After reading so much
about Boston culture l was surprised
to hear one of your walters repeatedly
end a sentence with a proposition.
Hubbite - Indeed! What was the
sentence?
Visitor-Plate of beans withl-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
M actless.

"That man is the most tactless per.
son l ever saw" said Maude.
What did he do?' inquired Mamie
MET lady in Reno and tried to be
agreeable by telling her he hoped her
husband was well. ll."-Washington Star
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Georgia Primaries May I.

Atlanta, Ga, March 14.-The Demo
cratic electorate of Georgia will ex-
press its choice at. a presidential prefer
ence primary May /.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Real Congratulations.

MANY congratulations Herr Zwen.
ger! l hear your wife presented twins
to you yesterday"
"Oh, no; it wasn't 1. 1t was the other
Zwenger"
"Then l congratulate you very
heartily. ."-Fliegende Batter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
U. S. MONITOR AT CANTON.
Anarchy Prevails In Province o
Observation-Disclosures Escape.

Observation-Disclosures Escape.
Hongkong, March 14.-Anarchy pre-
walls almost everywhere in the CHI,
nese province of Kwangtung.
AT Swatow the soldiers of the garri
son opposed the landing of 1000 Ha-
kas, or marauding tribesmen, and sew.
eral fierce encounters have taken place
between them.
A battle was fought at Chowyang. a
short distance to the south of Swatow.
during which forty men were killed
and sixty wounded.
The United States monitor Monterey
is at Canton. Several of the foreign
missionaries in the city have had mar
row escapes from flying bullets.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
To Patrons Along the Scranton
Branch OF the Erie Railroad.

The afternoon train leaving Scran-
ton as per schedule following, runs
daily directly to Honesdale, giving
people time to transact their business
at the county seat and return home
the same evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Weather ProbabiIitiss.

Fair today; tomorrow increasing
eloudiness; snow or rain at night;
moderate northwesterly winds, becom-
ing variable.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
MARCHING ON PEKING.

Emperor.
Peking, March l4.-Sheng Yuan, who
was governor Of the province of Shensi
under the imperial regime, is reported
to be marching upon Peking with a
force of 10000 men to restore the EN-.
perOr to the throne.
Great excitement prevails on account
of the report.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
BATTLE IN TRIPOLI.
Italians Report Victory With 1000 of
Enemy Killed.

Rome, March IA. An official an
nouncement made at the war Office
says 1000 Turks and Arabs were killed
IN fighting at Bengazi, Tripoll.
The Italian loss was twenty nine
killed and sixty-two wounded.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20

q Have The Citizen sent to
your address Only $I.so per
year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Dali ROATl|
Ig NOTES UI


James r. Steele, Jr., OF Owego,
has gone to New York at the request
of the chief engineers of the New
York Central, Lackawanna and Erie
railroads to demonstrate to them a
tie-plate for which Mr.. Steele has
filed an application for a patent. The
officials of all the railroads in this
country have for years been looking
for a satisfactory tie-plate, and IL
Mr.. Steele's invention proves satisfac-
tory, 1t is probable that all the rail-
roads will adopt the use of the plate
Mr.. Steele has been at work on the
plate for nearly two years, but only
recently in perfecting it, so as to ap-
ply for patent. By using this tie
plate no spikes are required to fas-
ten the rail to the tie. The plate Is
fastened to the tie by means of a
screw which is beneath the rail. The
rails are held to the plate by Jaws
which are diagonally opposite each
other. Mr.. Steele sent drawings Of
the tie-plate to the different engi-
neers and received word from New
York Central railroad chief engineer
that the company would give test
of the tie-plate on mile of track.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20

Two construction gangs, one start
ing at Harvey's Lake and the other
at Lopez have been working toward
each other in grading roadbed and
laying rails, and last week the gap
was closed so that an accommodation
train can be run through to Towanda.
The road is owned by Albert Lewis,
but the Lehigh Valley or Reading
road is expected to acquire it soon
by lease or purchase.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-20
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.SS
Total ASSETS, $2,95l,O4S.26

HonesdaIe. Pa. December l. 1910.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-06
connress Of Hyulene.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 6.-An-
nouneement was made here today by
the officers of the XIV International
Congress on Hygiene and Demography
that one of the most important fea-
lures Of that congress, which will meet
in this city, September 23-2S 1912,
will be a health exhibition. A par
ticular element of interest lies in the
fact that the exhibition will be ar
ranged on a topical basis. In all for
mer exhibits of this magnitude in this
country, especially in those dealing
with public health and social problems,
the arrangement of the material has
been geographical; each state, city or
private exhibitor attempting to cover
the whole range of the subject and so
very frequently serving to confuse Wis
itors rather than to convey the proper
information.
The material included in the health
exhibition of the XIV International Con
gress on Hygiene will be divided into
the following eleven groups:
Group Vital Statistics and De
biography.
Group 1.-THE Hygiene of Growth
and Development; Food.
Group III.-The Hygiene of Infancy
and Childhood (Including the Proven
tion of Infant Mortality and School
Hygiene).
Group IV.-The Physiology and Hy
giene of Exercise.
Group Housing.
Group VI-Tndustrial and Occupa
tional Hygiene.
Group II.-Communicable Disease
Group VIII.-State and Municipal
Hygiene.
Group IX.-Care of the Sick and Life
Saving.
Group X.-Hygiene of Traffic and
Transportation.
Group XI.-Military, Naval and
Tropical Hygiene.
The federal government has maj
Gated a plot of ground, near the bu
reau of American republics and moi
far from the Washington monument
for an exhibition building, which will
be erected by the congress on hygiene
andt he American National Red Cross
to be used jointly by these two organ
izations.