THE ERB CASE.
Peculiar Clroumttancei of tha Murder
of Captain J. C. Erb.
Not In years has the state of Penn
sylvania been confronted with a crim
inal case presenting such baffling and
mysterious circumstances as those sur
rounding the trial of Mrs. Florence
Krb and Mrs. Catherine Belsel, her
Bister, In connection with tho killing,
of Captain J. Clayton Erb, Mrs. Erb's
husband, at lied Gables, the Erbs'
tountry home near Media, on Oct 0
last Captain Erb was shot after a
bitter quarrel In bis home.
For some time after the marriage
nbout two years ago everything In the.
Erb household seemed to go smoothly
enough. Then family differences de
veloped and had their wlndup In tho
thb ZiATB J. clkttoh Ban amd iikd OA- !
BLES, HIS HOME.
unfortunate incident at Red Gables.
Mrs. Bclsel was said to have been In
volved In tho hitter conjugal relations
of the Erbs.
For fifteen years Captain Erb was
identified with Republican politics In
Philadelphia and the state. When
Israel W. Durham, the Republican
leader, became state insurance com
missioner ho appointed Captain Erb
an actuary. During the legislative In
vestigation of the Insurance depart
ment under Governor Pennypackcr
Erb became one of the principal wit
nesses. Durham resigned tho Insur
ance commlssloucrshlp, and Erb be
came his private secretary. Captain
Erb was a Pennsylvania national
guardsman.
Mrs. Erb is noted ns a beautiful wo
man nnd a daring rider of horses. The
young widow is also fond of society.
MRS. BARCLAY MERCHANT.
Charming Bride of a Lieutenant In
Regular Army.
Much Interest wos taken In society
circles at the national capital in tho
nuptials of Miss Helen Hatfield and
Lieutenant Barclay Merchant, U. S. A.
Lieutenant Merchant Is stationed at
U113. l)Ai:CLAY MERCHANT.
Fort Myor, Vn., which lias recently
been tho scene of the army experl
menu In noronnutics. Ills bride is
well known among tho ofllcers of the
nnny, for who Is u daughter of Colonel
Hatlleld, U. S. A. Shu Is noted for her
cleverness ns well as beauty.
Something Awful.
"Wouldn't you call tho telephone one
of tho six greatest Inventions of tho
nge'i"
"I would sometimes, but I'd bato to
tell you wbnt I cull It occasionally."
Kansas City Times.
A Wide Awake Lot.
"Wall street men say that money is
n drug In the market."
"Perhaps," answered Miss Cayenne.
"But It isn't tho kind of drug that
puta nny of them to sleep." Washing
ton Star.
Hit Littls Dig.
Wife Is there any difference be
tween a fort and a fortress?
Husband Not much, except, of
course, that a fortress must be harder
to silence. Lippinaott's Magarlne.
HsuHIHniHHHa$"9VVHMHHHH
-i'
Strenuous Suffragette.
Said a npeakcr at u college tvouvin -suffrage
meeting, "When a woman mi
lire a bullet and hit a mark k!c . i
be better entitled to rote." Bui 111:1. .
women have already qualified u.j era
shots, and If the authorities wi.i.n.
give schoolgirls equal privileges wl.
schoolboys on the rlllo ranges this ho: .
of comparison would soon lose point
When Cynthia Westovor laid down
the rifle for the pen she could shoot as
straight as any man In Buffalo Bill's
crowd, not excepting tho great scout
himself. Cynthia exhibits no scalps
as evidence of her true aim, but sha
has numerous trophies, telling not of
the hunt, but of balls placed on the
bullscye In defense of human life out
on the plains.
Men will need to look to their laurels
when women start to do the trick:?
their rival sex prides Itself upon. Un
wittingly men are training women to
equal them everywhere, and as one
result we behold the strenuous suf
fragettes. Intending merely to en
hance the pleasure of sport, they tnkc
women for comrades In outdoor pas
times. Women ride to hounds, run
races, play ball, swim nnd row and
arc ns hnrdy and as handy In tin;
woods as their brothers. Tho athletic
woman Is hero to stay. In Englnnd
nho uses nature's weapons In n man
ner to shock tho proprieties porhnps,
but nny crowd of male amateurs ,
would go to the snmo extremes under
the same provocation. Tho hair pull
ing, clawing, kicking, horsewhipping,
screaming and general hazing and nag
ging that upset London would all
happen were the aggrieved grown
schoolboys. The suffragettes lack sci
ence; but having temper and sand,
they bit rixht and left Theirs are the
I tactics of the savago who will not re
main savage longer than It takes to
climb higher. Gallantry mixed with
selfishness started woman on the road
to muscular strenuousness. Time and
evolution will do the rest.
GEORGE Li. KILMER.
Our educational systems get no end
of hard knocks at home, but the
tche who recently returned from
1 an Inspection of the English system
declare that the American public
school is ahead so far.
They are handing out the short and
ugly word recklessly in London nnd
Berlin too. If this is going to be epl-1
domic the code duello is certain to be
revived.
A few weeks hence Mr. Roosevelt's
opinion of congress nnd congress'
opinion of Mr. Roosevelt won't get
even one line In the newspapers.
Horses In Cities.
The London Globe predicts that the
ideal city of the future will be horse
less. It says that motor vehicles are
now driving horse drawn vehicles out
of London. While that city has grown
In size immensely within the past few
years, tho number of horses In use
there has become smaller. Cleaner
1 and less crowded streets have fol
j lowed this substitution of motor cabs,
: trucks nnd omnibuses for the old style.
I If tho horse must be cut out of city
I traffic in this country, it is evident
that he will go In glory. Exhibitions
of horses used for commerce in large
American cities show that this nation
I now recognizes the merits of the draft
, horse better perhaps than ever be
' fore. Tho streets of every large city
I give proof dally that fine horses are
tho pride of horse owners nnd of tho
employees who have euro of the ani
mals. Horse owners have always liked
1 the best. The sensitiveness nbout tak
, lnjj another man's dust operates in the
city. The fine horses of tho fire de
, partmonts, the express companies and
' the breweries stimulate the attention
of all horse owners and drivers In
their choice of stock and tho treat-1
' mont of it when at work. In a few
; years tho American draft horse will
bo nt his best, and It will bo n pity to
cast him aside.
The price of diamonds is following
tho senenil trend nnd going up. This
does not necessarily mean that people
i aro getting luxurious agnln nud have
j money to burn in mere display. Dia
monds usually drop after stocks go
down and do not rise again until gen
eral securities becomo Arm at good
prices. I'rcclous stones arc a good
investment when business conditions
n rn normal.
Too much discussion about the Pan
ama canal purchuso may put it Into
the heads of thoso lucky French in
vestors that tnoru is coming to them
out of Undo Sum's strong box.
Lyman Abbott asks if anybody can
i explain tho mystery of llfo and death.
Sorao people explaiu life and death as
nature's ordinary way of doing things
with no mystery Involved.
If the men who were behind the
original "shooting up" of Brownsville
had worked In tho open, they would
havo spared the nation a lot of shoot
ing up on the side.
With a white Christmas to cap tbo
glorious autumn season, this country
is etHl in the "finest climate on earth"
class.
The Younger Set.
(Continued from page 7)
self to meet truth with truth, cutting
what crudity he could from his letter:
"Yon ask me what I think of you,
but that question should properly come
from me. What do you think of a man
who exhorts and warns a woman to
stand fast and then stands dumb at
the first? Impact of temptation?
"If words of commendation, of cour
age, of kindly counsel, are needed by
anybody In this world, I am not the
man to utter them. What a hypocrite
must 1 seem to you I who sat there
beside you preaching platitudes In
Btrong self complacency, instructing
you how morally edifying it is to bo
good and unhappy!
"Then what happened? I don't know
exactly. But I'm trying to be honest
and I'll tell you what 1 think hap
pened. "You are you; I am I, and we are
still thoso same two people who un
derstood neither the Impulse that once
swept ns together nor tho forces that
tore as apart! Ah, more than that
we never understood each other! And
we do not now.
"But one thing we do know, not
through reason, but through sheer in
stinct we cannot venture to meet
again that way. for I. It seems, am a
man like other men, except that I
lack character, and you are you, still
unchanged, with all the mystery of
attraction, all tho magic force of vitali
ty, all tho esoteric subtlety with which
you enveloped me tho first moment my
eyes met yours.
"There was no more reason for It
then than there Is now. and, as you
admit It was not lovo, though, as yoa
aiso 'tdinlt tne're wcromomcnts ap
proachlng It. But nothing can havs
real beginning without a basis of rea
son, and so, whatever It was, it van
ished. This perhaps Is only the In
fernal afterglow.
"So now I end where I began with
that question which answers yours
without the faintest suspicion of re
proach, What can you think of such
a man as I am? And in the presence
of my second failure your answer
must be that you now think what you
once thought of him when you first
realized that ho had failed you.
"PHILIP SELWYN."
That very night brought him her re
ply: "Phil, dear, I do not blamo you for
one Instant. Why do you say you ever
failed in anything? It was entirely
my fault. But I am so happy that you
wrote as you did, taking ail tho blamo,
which is like you. I can look Into
my mirror now for a moment or
two.
"It Is brave of you to be so frank
about what you think came over us.
I can discuss nothing, admit nothing,
but you always did reason more clear
ly than I. Still, whatever spell it was
that ' menaced us I know very well
could not have threatened you seri
ously. I know It because you reason
about It so logically.
"By the way, I saw Mrs. Gerard's
pretty ward at the theater last night
Miss Erroll. She certainly Is stun
ning." Sclwyn flattened out the letter and
deliberately tore out the last para
graph. Then he set It afire with a
match.
"At least," he said, with an ugly
look, "I can keep her out of this."
And ho dropped the brittle blackened
paper and set his heel on It. Then he
resumed his perusal of the mutilated
letter, reread It and finally destroy
ed it
"AUxe," he wrote In reply, "wo had
better stop this letter writing before
somebody stops us. Anybody desiring
to make mischief might very easily
misinterpret what we are doing. I of
course could not close the correspond
ence, so I ask you to do so without any
fear that you will fail to understand
why I ask it Will you?"
To which she replied:
"Yes. Phil. Goodby. ALIXE."
A box of roses left bcr his debtor.
She was too intelligent to acknowledge
them. Besides, matters were going
better with her.
And that was all for awhile.
To be Continued.
Honesdale DIME
hixth Statement.
RESOURCES
Loans
Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages.
Real Estate, Furniture and Fix
tures Legal Reserve Fund, Cash, etc.
Overdrafts
OFFICERS:
E. O. MUMFORD, President.
W. F. UIEFLEIt, Vice President.
JOS. A. FISCH, Cashier.
Total Assets Over Half a Million.
TO MY SWEETHEART, A WHITE
WYANDOTTE.
O beautiful, Bilk feathered, snowy white
hen,
So gentle, so tame and so true.
You're the loveliest hen that God ever
made!
No wonder you win the bluo.
Cool rills may trill as they trickle down
hill And nightingales carol all night.
But you are my prima donna delight,
O queen of the fancy footllghtl
I've read of the grace of mermaids so
fair,
Of wood nymphs so fairy of form;
Tho summer girl, too, wears an up to
dato shape
As she floats In the wavelets so warm.
But you, O my sweetheart, nro Ideal In
grace!
You're so perfectly rounded, old girl,
Tou simply lust knock my heart out 01
place
And set all my senses awlilrl.
O Mother Goose. Mother Goose, why i.
you lie?
Your gooso never laid golden es-i.
Twas a cackling, snowy Wynr.cJotte hen
With roso comb and bright yellow legn
Crow loud, crow long, you bis Wyandotte
cock.
Your mato Is tho queen of them all.
You're tho brcrd for the need and far li
the lead,
And you'll stay thcro until the star,
fall.
C. M. n.
ARTIFICIAL BUGS AND WIQQLER!
When n hen finds a dry, dead bug 01
wlgglcr Mho cocks her head to 11 side,
holds a postmortem nnd often pnssrs
tho "tied mi" by.
But If n grasshopper takes flight she
will toavo her clothes on the bushes to
chimo that jack rabbit Insect to n "frag
ile." Just so she runs from beef nud pork
scrap, blood meal and dry cut bono tc
catch fresh green bone, the artificial
bug and wlggler.
Why? Simply because It's more pal
atable and digestible raw, and then the
others may be adulterated, old, spoiled
or tankage, while dry bone Is only
"graveyard lime."
Protein, the prime constituent of
meat and eggs, Is more suitable In
meat form for heavy egg production
than that found In other products, and
not only more palntublo nnd digestible
In raw bone than In cooked and dried,
but tho system takes it up more readi
ly; It goes right to the spot to stimulate
the ovaries and promote health.
The ground gristle, meat and fresh.
Juicy bone form a perftct substitute
for bugs and worms which, rich In pro
tein, aro tho most important element
in heavy laying.
Nature furnishes worms nnd bugs in
their season, nnd eggs me plentiful.
We feed the substitute In winter, and
again many eggs.
Green bono makes hens healthy,
brings many eggs when highest nnd
makes the flock hardy against winter
disease. It prevents egg eating and
feather pulling, matures pullets early,
brings strong germed eggs that hatch
vigorous chicks which grow into best
broilers and stock.
.The promotion of hen health and in
Mease 'in ej;gs soon pay for machine,
and ground bone at a dollar a hundred
cuts down tbo feed bill.
Feed sparingly at first; later all they
want.
Beefsteak bones and backbone are
best.
Rlb3 cut into dangerous sharp sliv
ers, shin bones are mostly lime, pig
heads are very rich, and pig toes stop
tho cutter and mako you cuss.
Ancient Dynamite.
One of the steam shovels engaged In
work on tho Panama canal, in tho op
eration of which more than 300 em
ployees were engaged, recently lifted
out a quantity of dynamite which is
described in an official report ns being
"more than a bushel." What would
have happened if the shovel had struck
tho dynamite instead of tho earth
around It Is easy to Imagine. The ex
plosive was In sticks three-quarters of
nn inch In diameter and five inches
long, nnd the cartridges bore the trade
mark of n French manufacturer of
dynaplto and a date which nppeared
to bo Nov. 29, 1887. Unquestionably
tho dynamite was put in by the French
nnd cither failed to explode or wns
abandoned when the work ceased. Tho
dynamite nppeared to be In perfect
condition.
HONESDALE, PA.
The Healthy Urowth and Prosperous Condlton of Hones
dale Dime Hank, the Total Assets, after Three Years' Hull
nets being Over Half a Million Dollars, Indicate Public Con
fidence In the Safety and Integrity of Its Danagement.
STATEMENT NOV. 27, 1908.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
Snrplnss, Earned ,
Deposits
Cashier's Checks Outstanding. ,
$ 362,877.44
67,192.50
20,000.00
61,945.75
.90
8 612,016.59
K. C. MUMFOHD
THOMAS M. HANLEY
JACOH V. KATZ
Increase in Deposits
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
EOMEabALK, WKtHX CO., FA.,
at the close of business, Nov. 27, 1008.
RESOURCES
Reserve fund $
.Cash, specie and notes, $3H,3K! 85
U'Cnl securities ,00U 00
iuc 1 rum npiirovca re
serve ngents.,. 125,787 12-
Checks nud cash items
Due from Hunks and Trust Co's.uot
reserve nccnts
Hills discounted not due. $287,519 32
Bills discounted, time
loans with col lateral . . . 39;i85 50
Loans cm call with col-
lateral 77,767 50
Loans on call upon 0110
or more names 51,805 00
229.1G9 97
1,000 68
0,008 32
ixmns secured by bonus
or nmrtuiim'
3.000 00 172,197 32
Stocks, bonds, etc....l,R0t),S7 0B
.Murigngcsami juug
. ments of record.... 185,959 21-1
ltcnl estate
Furniture nnd Fixture?
Overdrafts
Miscellaneous Assets
jwt.noo 30
.TI.OOO 00
2,000 00
10 20
400 00
$2,712,598 I!)
LIABILITIES,
Capital Stock, pnld In $ 100,000 00
surplus Kund 300,000 00
Undivided 1'rntlts, less expenses
nnd tuxes imld 01.952 K)
Deposits subject to check I1M.7IU KH
Deposits special 2.U9J.KII 74
Time (vrlfllrutcN of de
posit......... 238 7H
Certllled checks il 39
('ashler's check outst'ir 797 05-2.251.251 Hi
Due to Cniumoliwciiltli 25,000 00
Due to hunks mill bunkers, not re
serve nurnts 1,'liUUI
tt.742.59H HI
Hitiif.nr iifiiiituvit'iiMiii i-.ititiit. .,r i..,....
1,11, Snitt Kiiliiiiin, Cashier of the iibnvu
niimeil Cotupuiiy, do solemnly swear thut thu
above statement is tme, to the best of my
knowleclue and belief.
, . (Hlcned) II, H. HALMON, Cnshtcr
Subscribed and sworn to before mu this 2nd
day of December, luoe.
(Sinned) IIOIIUUT A. SMITH, N, P.
Notarial Seal)
Corrcct-Attest;
V. II. HllI.MKH. l
y hi way
Ai.onzoT. Kkaiile, -Directors.
II. Clark.
E
EGISTEK'S NOTICE. Notice is
hereby given that the accountants
herein unmed have settled their respective
accounts In the olllce of the Register of Wills
of Wayne County, Pa., and thut the sumo will
be presented ut the Orphans' Court of said
county for ronlirmutlou, ut the Court House
in iiuncsuuie. on me third .Monday ut Jan
uary next viz:
First and tlnul account of George P. Kvans
und (ieorgc Koese. executors of the estate of
Christian Itoese, Salem.
Klrst and Until account of Sophia Wclden
beln, administratrix of the estate of Imlsa
Llstenader. Cherry ltldge.
Klrst nnd final account of Francis H. l'natz,
exeeutorof the estate of .Mary Moore, Clin
ton. First mill final account of l' P. Kimble, ex
ecutor of Jeblel Justin, Lebanon.
First and tlnul account of August Limbs,
administrator of the estate of Leo Victor
Mlszler, llerlln.
First and llnul uecount of Judson K. Tiff
any, surviving executor of the estute of John
Sriiluny. Mt. Pleasant.
First and fluiil uecount of Frederick
Ilmtsche, administrator, C. T. A., of the es
tute ot .lulhi llrutsehe. l'uupaek.
First anil final uecount of S. X. Cross, ex
ecutor of the estute of Charles I'. Clin", Ster
lng First und dual account of InezH.Curtls.ad
nilnsltratrlx of the estute of lieorire It. Curtis.
iNiieiu.
First and fluni uecount of Celestla Kude
Seiiinnn. executrix of theestuto of Mercenu
P. Norton, Texas.
First nnd final account of J. Milton Spencer,
admlnistnitorof the estate of FlloC. Spen
cer. Mt. Pleasant.
First und final account of Adelbert Hurra
ger. executor of the estute of Ucorge W. Har
rager, Buckingham.
Mist und Una! uecount of FJ. W. Hush, ad
ministrator of the estate of Wulter J. Hush,
Damascus.
First and final account of Lewis H. Hedner,
executor of. and trustee of the estate of Sam
uel IJ. Dalrymple, Ilonesdaie.
First und partial account of (leo. D. Pren
tiss nnd (ieo, FJ. Moase, executors of the es
tate or Martin Prentiss, Mt. Pleasant.
First and final account of .Tunics Wulsh not
ing executor of theestuto of Patrick Walsh,
South Canaan.
K. W. (Jammkll, Keglster.
ltcglster's Ofllce, 1
Ilonesdaie. Dec. 21. 1908. f
45
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
DKINA HI.OCKI!F.lt(iEli.
late of the township of Dyberry. Pa.
All persons Indebted to said estate are not!
fled to make Immediate imvment to the un
dersigued : und those having claims against
the said estate are not I lied to present them
cniiy uitesieu lor somcniciu.
lleoltli W. L. LIC.MNITZKlt. F.xecutor,
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
.10IIX T. HALL, late of Ilonesdaie, Pn.
All persons Indebted tosaldestateare noti
fied to make Immediate navment to the un
dersigned : and those having claims against
the said estate are notincu io present iiieni
duly attested, for settlement.
37 JOSKP1I A. IIODIIi. Executor!
LET US TAKE CARE OF
YOUR EYES?
It will pay you to call at the
finely equipped
GOLDEN'S OPTICAL PARLORS
11 South Main St.. CAHIIONDAI.K. PA
BANK
Organized 1906
; 75,000.00
28,103.08
408,903,51
10,00
S 512,016.59
DIRECTORS:
W. II. KHANTZ
DISNJ. V. HAINES
W. K. RRIKLEIt
W. E. PEKIIAM
JOEL O.HILL
l'HANK HTEINMAN
II. U. ELY. M. D.
in Six Months $68,247.57
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Attorneys-al-Law.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY A COUNBKLOIt-AT-LAW.
Ofllce, Masonic bvildlne, second floor.
Ilonesdaie. Fa.
WM. H. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Ofllce over post ofllce. All legal business
promptly attended to. Ilonesdaie. Pa,
171 C. MUMFORD,
U. ATTORNEY A COUNBELOll-AT-LAW.
Ofllce Liberty Hall bulldlne, opposite tho
Post Ofllce. Ilonesdaie, Pn.
HOMER GItEENEj
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Onice over Reit's store, Ilonesdaie, Ia.
AT. SEARLE,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
OUlco near Court House. Ilonesdaie, Pa.
0L. ROWLAND,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOE-AT-LAW.
OHlco over Post Olllce. Ilonesdaie, I'a.
CHARLES A. McCAKTY,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Special and prompt attention elven to the
collection of claims. Olllce over Keif's new
store, ilonesdaie. Pa.
Fl KIMBLE,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Olllce over the post olllce. Ilonesdaie, Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
)fTlce in Foster building rooms I) and 10,
nonesouie, rn.
H
EKMAN I1AHMKS,
ATTOIiVW a fniiMuvr nu.iT.T iw
lflllllllM lllttt tulltat.tlia .. I.. II...
Court 1 1 on no, IIoiiomIuU. Vn.
PKTKK H. ILOl'F,
ATTORNEY A cnilNHRr.nu.iT.i.Aw
i..(.ili1!VfKi?',,lld.. '.loK old HuvhiKS Hank
building, Ilonesdaie. Pa.
RM. SALMON,
. ATTOUNKY A COUNSKLOll-AT-LAW
Ofllcc-Ncxt door to post ofllce. For merl
ocCTipled by w. H. Hlnimlck. Honendnle. Pa
Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
, Office First floor, old Savings Hank build
lug, Honesdale, Pa.
Physicians.
DR. II . B. SEAULES,
IIONE81JALE. TA.
Office and residence 1118 Church street
Telephones. Olllce Hours 2:00 to 4:00 und
7:00 to 8:00. p. ni.
Liveries.
GH. WHITNEY,
LIVEKY ANU OMNIIIU8 LINE.
Hear of Allen House. Ilonesdaie, Pu.
Altelephoncs.
For New Late N ovelties
IN-
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
WATCHES
SPENCER, The Jeweler
"Guaranteed articles only sold."
ARTISTIC
HONESDALE, PA.
1036 MAIN STREET.
JOSEPH N. WELCH
Fire
Insurance
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Ofllce: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over C. O. Jadwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
HARTIH CUD
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