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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
A SAMPLE OF Eat 1918
WILL BRING
Letter Received BY A Manufactures
From This District Announcing
That Navy Department Had
Decided to Use Import
ed Glassware for
1O12

The present congress Demo
cratic) during the last session passed
a bill allowing American shipbuilders
to import free of duty any article
that was needed or used in the con-
struction or equipment of any new
ship. The first one to take advant-
age of the bill is the United States
Navy, as the following extract from
a letter received by one of our man
ufacturers will show:
Dear Sir:
We regret to inform you that the
Navy Department has decided to use
imported glassware for the year, '13.
We recently put in one proposal
on American glass and we found the
government had changed the speci-
fication for the new bids, eliminat-
ing the word Domestic; we felt 1t
necessary to put in a proposal on
foreign glass, both with and with
out duty. Possibly you are aware
that there Is a provision in the act
passed by Congress at the last ses-
sion known as the Panama Canal
bill which may allow all goods for
ships to be brought in free of duty"
The New York Sun referring to
the bill shortly after it was passed
by Congress, said that we could ex-
pect to see American warships flying
the Stars and Stripes with the
stamp Made in Germany" on them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
RECEIVES MERITED PROMOTION

Thomas Charlesworth, who sold
out his photograph business here
about two months ago to accept a
position in the same line in Balti-
more, has received a merited pro-
motion. He is now preparing to
move his family to Washington, d.
c., to take full charge of the gallery
there owned by his present employ
er, Mr.. Berebrack, who is we'll
known all over the whole country, as
he seems to get most of the busi-
ness of the best known men in
Washington. Most of the celebrated
politicians pictures we see are TAX
en- at this gallery. The Citizen is
indeed glad to see the rise of our
towns young men and trusts that
Toms new year will be as good to
him as the old.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
PARIS TO EAT ELEPHANT.
unruIy Beast Is Killed and Owner
Sells Meat.

Elephant pate figures on menus for
special dinners at all the principal res
taurants in Paris. The appearance of
the new dish Is the result of chance
supply rather than popular demand
being due to the death of Agra, large
elephant which for some days terror
lied Paris. Agra was the property of
travelling Snowman and developed a
habit of getting out of his cage, walk
ing around town, wrecking numerous
wine shops, uprooting trees and caus-
ing panic in the streets where he ap-
peared. When the authorities suggest
ed that Agra would be better out of
Paris his master took him to provin-
cial town, but as 1t was still found i'm
possible to keep him from escaping and
walking through shop windows he had
to be killed. The owned determined to
lose as little as possible by his death.
so he engaged several butchers to cut
him up and mince him into pate, which
sold for nearly the price he paid for
the animal when alive.
The pate is said to have delicious
flavor, but its digestive qualities are
not insisted on, and this suggested that
Agra's devastating influence may not
have ceased with death.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
ODD WEATHER DEVICES.
Swiss Weather-House, Common
Toy, Quite Trustworthy-Chame-
leon Barometer q Curiosity.

One of the oldest and simplest
ways Of telling whether the air is dry
or moist is to suspend a piece of
seaweed out of doors, or even in an
apartment where there is no artificial
heat. The weed is crisp and dry at
the approach of fine weather, while
it is fabby and moist when rain is
likely.
A common toy, the Swiss weather.
house, is really quite trustworthy in
it's forecasts, says the Strand. The
woman, of course, emerges from the
little house in fine weather, while the
man comes out when wet conditions
are to be expected.
In a medium state of the atmo-
sphere both figures stand just inside
the house. The movements are due
to the twisting of cord of catgut, a
substance which is highly sensitive
to changes in the humidity of the air.
Two very singular weather devices
are those in which a frog and leech
are employed. In the former case a
glass jam-jar is filled to about two
thirds Of its capacity with water. A
little wooden ladder is constructed,
and this is placed inside the jar.
A frog will live quite happily in
such a position for few weeks, and
it will be found that in fine weather
the creature will climb out up to the
top of the ladder. In stormy wealth
er, however, the frog prefers to re-
main under the water.
Even more reliable as weather
prophets are leeches. A single leech
is placed in broad glass bottle with
a piece of perforated bladder or
leather over the mouth. On the ap-
proach of fine or frosty weather the
leech remains almost motionless,
curled up at the bottom. When rain
or wind is coming the creature rises
to the surface, while coming thun-
agitated; at times the leech will even
leave the water altogether, so sensi-
tive is the animal to an electrical
disturbance.
The chameleon barometer is a
curiosity which has puzzled many
| people, but it's construction is really
very simple. The animal changes
color according to the weather, be-
ing pink in damp conditions, purple
in variable state, and bright blue
when the air is dry.
A cardboard mount is prepared
and this may be lettered in sections
| Fair Storm and Change. The chame-
| leon is sketched out on blotting-pa-
per, and then immersed in a solution
of chloride of sodium and gum ara
bic. Any chemist will make up the
mixture.
A more beautiful chemist hygro.
scope is formed of flower made oi
white blotting-paper which has been
immersed in the cobalt mixture. The
blossoms show many varying shades
from bright pink to sky blue, with
the changes in the degree of damp
ness in the atmosphere.
A somewhat curious storm-glass
was introduced by the late Admira
Fitzroy. This is formed of glass
tube, stoppered, but with a small
hole through the cork. Into the tube
has been poured a mixture of cam
phor, nitre, sal ammoniac, alcoho
and water. The changes in the state
of the atmosphere are indicated b!
the production of feathery growths
these extending upward at the ap
proach Of storm and retreating t
the lower part of the tube in quie
weather.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
CALKINS' BIBLE CLASS BAN
QUIET.

Composed of Young Men of Calkins'
Union Sunday School-Spencer
G. Noble Acted as Toast
master.
The young mems Bible class of
the Calkins' Union Sunday school
held their second annual banquet at
West Shore House at Beachlahe on
Friday evening last. The menu was
as follows:
Tomato Bisque
Celery Saltines Olives
Dreaded Chicken Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Creamed Asparagus Tips
Grape Jelly Brown Bread Rolls
Fruit Salidar
Maple Walnut Ice Cream
Cake Coffee
Mints Bonbons
Spencer c. Noble acted as toast
master. The following responded to
toasts: Miss Maude Noble, Miss Lii
lie Sheard, Miss Mary ]. Noble, Rus
sell S. Clark, Clara L. Tegeler.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
SCIENTIST lNVENTS
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
Sir William Ramsay Suggests Signs
For Communication.

To make possible the exchange of
ideas among all the peoples Of the
world Sir William Ramsay, the emf
nent English scientist who is lecturing
in Boston, has begun to develop pic
torial sign language based somewhat
upon Chinese, which he hopes will
eventually spread among all races.
The Chinese character to express
"man," for instance, is made with two
converging lines that represent simply
his legs, looking much like the legs Of
the crude man that the schoolboy
draws.
Sir Williams character goes further
and adds a vertical straight line above
the converging lines to represent the
body.
"The first thing that one thinks Of"
he argues, sis existence expressed in
the verb to be-"
So he has, arbitrarily perhaps, Sc
lected the arithmetical equality mark
to denote existence. All things relat-
ing to ones state and condition can be
expressed by those two parallel lines.
For time that stretches away or ac-
ton that is constant he uses a dash.
Instantaneous time or action he repre-
sents with a dot. Thus dot placed
squarely between and in the middle Of
the two lines of the equality mark de-
notes the immediate present or 81 am"
Similarly the dot when placed at the
left and between the two lines denotes
past or 81 was" and when placed to
the right indicates the future tense OF
81 am to be-"
To denote a woman Sir William
draw line closing the diverging ends
of the legs of the sign for man. On
the theory that 81" is the most, impor'
tant thing in the world to any man
Sir William utilizes the straight verti
cal line that represents the body OF his
man figure to depict the word.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
FORMER WAYMART
MAN WANTED.

Sheriff F. c. Kimble received a
communication on New Years Day
offering reward of $50 for the ar
rest and delivery of Joseph e.
Wilson, who is claimed to be de-
serter from the army. Wilson en-
listed March 10, 1908, and is re-
ported to have deserted the Walter
Reed General Hospital at Takoma
Park, Washington, D. c., on June
8, 1910. When Wilson enlisted he
gave Waymart as his home and the
name of Edward H. Wilson as his
father in case of emergency.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
ABOUT PARCEL POST
Many Things Collected Here and
There That is of Unusual Interest.
GIFT OF SPOONS is
FIRST PARCEL POST.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-Fifty-eight
souvenir spoons engraved to repre-
sent the forty-eight states of the
union and the insular possessions, a
gift from former Postmaster General
Wanamaker to President Taft were
contained in the first package to be
sent by parcel post from Philadel-
phia.
The clock on Independence Hall
had just struck the hour marking
the close of the old year when Post
master Smith started the package
on its journey.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
catapuIt Launch For AsropIanss.

The navy has successfully tried a
catapult device for launching aero
planes from battleships. The scheme,
the invention Of Captain Washington
l. Chambers, IN charge Of the navy
aviation wsrk. involves the shooting
of the aeroplane along a steel plank
by means of compressed air.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
Judge Staples Starts Reform.

Judge G. B. Staples of Monroe
county, started a reform of much
interest to rural school districts. He
demanded that proper provision be
made for the comfort of pupils in the
country districts, and instructed the
supervisors of townships to improve
roads and paths and see that the
children have good walks when
snow comes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
TWELVE HOMICmEs IN YEAR.

Lackawanna county had twelve
homicides during the year, only an
average during the last decade. Five
of the men who committed this crime
are in jail, one was a suicide, two are
fugitives, three are unknown and
one was acquitted.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEs.

AS a New Years gift to employees,
Margargee Brothers, paper dealers,
have presented to each of them a
policy for $1,000 in the Scranton
Life Insurance Co.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
Death of Peter Carol.

Peter A. Carol, of Carbondale,
died at 4:45 Thursday afternoon,
following a prolonged illness. He
is survived by wife who was former
ly Regina Reilly, formerly of this
place, and two sons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
Company to Build Aeroplanes.

o. e. Williams of Scranton, the in
ventor of an aeroplane successfully
tested, has applied for a charter for
an aeroplane company. The incor-
porators are Co erect a factory in
that city, for the building OF aig-
craft.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-03
Miss Helen Weist and William

Miss Helen Weist and William
Garrett, both of White Mills, were
married New Years Day by Rev. j..
w. Balta.
--Honesdale Comets won from
Carbondale knights of st. Paul at
basket ball by score of 33 to 3 on
New Years Day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority
contained in that certain deed Of trust executed
and delivered by F.. C. Pitt, This wife. Annie N.
Pitt. joining therein), Of the County of Letiore
and State Of Mississippi, to and in favor Of Ed
ward ". Bell. Of the County of Chatham and
State Of Georgia. as trustee for the Georgia State
Savings Association, of Savannah. a corporation
under the laws Of the State Of Georgia. on the 7th
day Of December, A. D., 1903. and recorded in the
Office Of the Clerk Of the ChanCery Court of Lee
fore County. Mississippi. in book 2. of the records
of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on land of said
County. on page Ill. the undersigned as the
trustees named in said deed Of trust will offer for
sale and sell at public cutlery to the highest
bidder for cash, in front of the Court House door
Of Leiore County. Mississippi. on the l4th day Of
April. A. D., 1913. during the legal hours of sale.
the following described real estate, situate in the
County of Le10re and State of Mississippi, to-
wit: All of lots numbers seven ~. ten (1O) and
eleven uD. all in block number four "a of the
George Addition to the City of Greenwood. and
being located in lot number six (6) of section ten
(sec. l0). township nineteen twp. l9). range one
east (r | q. together with all the improvements
thereon.
Terms Of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for titles.
EDWARD W. BELL, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
TRUsTEE,s SALE.

By virtue and in pursuance Of the powers and
authofty vested In me by that certain deed Of
trust given By J. l.. and NJ. z. Haley to secure R.
N. Love in the indebtedness therein mentioned.
which said deed Of trust Is duly recorded in book
&, page eli. Of the record Of land trust deeds Of
LeGs~e county. default having been made in the
payment Of said Indebtedness. !. as trustee, will
on Monday. the 7th day Of April. 1918, proceed 70
sell To the Highest bidder. for cash. before the
south door Of the court house in the city Of Green
wood, Mississippi, the property in said deed Of
trust nsntionsd. to-wit: lots 4. S s and 3, in block
&. In the Haley Yves, End Addition to the town Of
IttA Bena. in the said County and State, also. the
lease. buildings and machinery Of all kinds belong
ing 10 What is known as the Mcneil gin at Ber-
clair. Mississippi. and the right to use the water
from the artssian well running by pipe from the
residence Of Kane Reed. at Berclair, said gin
property being the same conveyed to R. N. Love
by Kane Reed. as shown by deed recorded in
deed book q. page 21T. Of the land deeds Of Le-
fore county, Mississippi. Said sale will be made
subject 10 a vendors lien note on said lease and
buildings for two hundred and fifty dollars, with
interest at 8 per cent. from Oct. oath, 1911. and
ten per cent. attorneys fees due Feb. LIST. 1912.
snd to satisfy the deed Of trust aforesaid.
Witness my hand this the 4th day of March
1918. S.. S. MITCHELL,
Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue Of the power and authority
contained in that certain deed Of trust executed
and delivered by J. II. Ellington (h!s wife. Lille
Z. Ellington, joining therein) Of the County of
Lefore and State of Mississippi, to and in favor of
Edward W. Bell. of the County of Chatham and
State of Georgia. as Trustee for the Georgia State
Savings Association Of Savannah, a corporation
under the laws of the State of Georgia, on the
10th day Of December A. D.. 1910, and recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the Chancery Court Of
Lefore County, Mississippi. in book 8, of the
records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on land
Of said County, on page 482. the undersigned as
the trustee named in said deed of trust will offer
for sale and sell at public cutlery to the highest
bidder for cash, in front of the Court House door
Of LefOre County. Mississippi. on the 14th day Of
April. A. D., 1919, during the legal hours of sale,
the following described real estate, situate in the
County Of Leflore. and State of Mississippi, to-wit:
All of lots numbers eight 80 and nine 80, all in
block number forty-seven t47, according to the
Henry Addition to the City of Greenwood, Miss,
together with all the improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for titles.
EDWARD W. BELL, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
STATEN

of the ownership, management, ETC., of
The Commonwealth, published weekly
at Greenwood, Miss, required by the
Act Of August "a, 1912.
Editor, business manager and publisher,
J. l.. Gillespie, Greenwood, Miss.
Owner, NJ. l.. Gillespie, Greenwood,
Miss.
Known bondholders, mortgages, and
other security holders, holding l per
cent, or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other securities:
None. No Indebtedness.
J. l.. GILLESPIE, Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 2Sth day of March, 1918.
JAMES GORDON GILLESPIE.
Notary Public.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
CHANCERY COURT IN SESSION
ALL WEEK.

Though there were no special cases
of Importance, Judge Denton has been
busy all the week with disposition of
cases. The usual number of divorce
cases, all negroes save one, were dipos-
ed of Tuesday, and the rest of the
week was consumed with the hearing
of guardianship. administrations, par
t%itions, etc, which were more volumin-
u this term.
One matter settled of local interest
was the petition of the Receiver of the
Bank of Lefore, which gave said re-
ceiver authority to Offset creditor notes
with the deposit that the creditor had
in the bank at the time of its suspen-
sion, Many were under the impression
that they would be compelled to pay up
these notes full face value and then re-
ceive whatever per cent. was declared
on deposits.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
A GREAT CALAMITY.

Never was America visited by such
a storm period as the one that has car
ried death and destruction to every sec
ton Of the Union during the past two
weeks, says an exchange. Mississippi
has suffered from two destructive
storms within less than a month S
time, the cost in life numbering a
score or more while property damage
ran high. On the 18th instant a storm
almost nation wide claimed victims in
at least a dozen States and destroyed
hundreds of thousands Of dollars worth
Of property, while on Sunday last the
city Of Omaha, Nebraska, was visited
by a most destructive cyclone, leaving
in its path more than 200 dead and a
deyasted city. whose property loss
mounts up into the millions, but the
greatest calamity Of all is that which
has just befallen the States Of the
middle West, of which Ohio was the
greatest sufferer,
Following the fierce winds came a
terrific ]d0wnpour of rains, veritable
cloudbursts, which caused the rivers to
rise so rapidly and overflow the cities
and towns along these streams 80 sud
denly that thousands of people we're
caught in the floods and drowned like
rats.
The fury Of the elements caused the
destruction of telegraph and telephone
lines, tore up railroads, stopping rail
transportation, and cut off cOmmunica-
ton with the outside world, 80 that
what news has been given the public is
only that that could be CLEANED under
the greatest difficulty, and necessarily
only partial, 1t has been impossible to
estimate with any degree of accuracy
the number who have been killed by
the fury of the winds and water, but
that these will run high into the thous-
ands there is every reason to fear.
The entire country from the Mis-
souri, river to the Allegheny mountains
is a sea of water. hundreds of cities,
towns and hamlets being covered with
water from a depth of a few inches to,
IN many instances, many feet. Tele-
graphic reports say that a large por-
ton of the city of Dayton, Ohio, Tues
day night was from 20 to 80 feet under
water with four rivers pouring their
torrents into that luckless city. Under
such circumstances the most terrific
loss Of life must have occurred, and
every fresh report adds to the number
of dead and injured,
These storms, while sweeping almost
the entire country, were not equally
violent during its entire course. After
falling on certain localities working
havoc, the winds would rise into the
upper atmosphere, leaving a strip in its
path untouched, only to descend again
upon some other unfortunate town,
hamlet, or country district and leave
its trail of death and destruction,
These storms have spread we such
a diverse scope of country hat the
people Of the entire nation have beer
agitated, dreading that their commun,
ity might be the next visited and the
scenes Of horror and destruction re
enacted in their locality, but it is to b,
hoped that the elements have spent
their fury, and that the destruction
already done will mark their end.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28

Letters testamentary having been granted to
the undersigned executor on the estate Of Allen
B. Randle, deceased, on January LIST, 1918, by the
Chancery Court of Lefore county. Mississippi.
In cause number 255l on the general docket #
said chancery court, notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against the estate Of the
said Allen b. Randle, deceased, to present the
same to the clerk of said court and to register
and probate said claims within one year from this
date. according to law. and that otherwise, the
said claims will be forever barred.
Witness my signature. this the 18th day of
March. A. D. 1918.
W. K. RANDLE, Executor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-03-28
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!

The firm heretofore existing known
as H. l.. Walden & Co., a partnership
composed of H. L. Walden and r. /.
HUMPHREYS, has this day been dissolved;
r. |. HUMPHREYS having purchased the
entire interest of H. L. Walden and
having assumed all indebtedness of the
said partnership.
Dated Greenwood, Mississippi, this
10Th day of March, 1918. 80
H. L. WALDEN,
K. |. HUMPHREYS.