Men d4 Women
Two Statesmen Named Perkins
Wke Disagree With Mr. RoosevcH,
Ike Senator from Galfcrala and
tie New York Congressman. . .
T
I HERE are two
.statesmen
named Perkins
who have recently
been in controversy
with President
Roosevelt, one from
California, the other
from New York
state. It Is often
noted that Mr.
Roosoveltsometlmes
compliments people
who oppose him In
his policies or views.
He does not take It
FEMURS.
ns a ground for unfriendliness that a
man criticises bis public actions. This
was illustrated recently In tbo case of
Representative James Brock Perkins
of Rochester. Mr. Perkins was the
author of the resolution censuring the
president for the rcfereuco In hla mes
sage to secret service matters. Mr.
Perkins, though In general au udmtrcr,
and supporter of the chief oxecutlvo'
of the nation, took exception to what
he considered au attack by the prcsl-
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fill LIII1 III lVllt-ITI'M flllll IlllTIlllV 111
the house. Not long afterward be was
seen to enter tho White House and
confer with Its chief occupant.
"I did not suppose," said be after
ward, "that such a meeting was of
mifllclent importance to Justify exten
sive publicity. However, the Inter
view was an agreeable one. I have a
high regard for the president, and I
don't believe he thinks 111 of me. I
wished to see blm on some matters
connected with the military bill. Mr.
Cannon did me the honor of selecting
mo ns chairman of the house commit
tee of the whole on the military bill,
which occupied me nearly a week.
'The president was interested In some
matters that were being considered lu
that bill."
Senator George C. Perkins of Cali
fornia, who wan so severely criticised
'by President Roosevelt for his attitude
on proposed nntl-Jnpanese legislation,
was originally appointed to his pres
ent post by the governor of the state
to succeed the late Leland Stanford.
That was in 1803. The people of the
state .have kept him continuously lu
'tho .senate since. His life reads al
most like a romance. He was born in
Kcnnebunkport, Me., Aug. 23. 1839,
and when twelve years old concealed
himself aboard a vessel called the
"Golden Ungle, bound for New Orleans.
His presence was not discovered until
the vessel was nt sea, and he then be--came
one of the crew. For tho next
aEonau o. pehkins.
four years the future senator followed
n sailor's life, and, landing then at San
Francisco, lie again became a lands
man, working In varlousplaces as miner
nnd also tenmstcr. Going to Orovllle,
he entered a store ns porter, then be-'
came a clerk aud finally rose to the
position of part proprietor. His busi
ness nourished and in time becamo
worth half n million a yea. Mean
while Mr. Perkins was interested in
many outside ventures, including min
ing, lumbering and sheep and cattle
ranches. With others ho established
the Bank of Butte and encountered the
trials that atlllcted so many business
men in tho years following tbo war.
In 1872 he settled in San Francisco,
becoming a member of a small firm
that has since grown to bo the Pacific;
Coast Steamship company, possessing
n fleet of steamers which ply from
Alaska to Mexico.
Mr, Perkins has always been a
strong Republican and first voted for
President Lincoln. In 1809 bo was
elected to tho state senate of Califor
nia from Butte county and returned
In 1873 to (111 part of a term. Ho re
ceived tho Republican nomination for
governor of bla adopted state in 1870'
and was elected over three other can
didates. Senator Perkins tells a story of a
scene In a courtroom on tho coast
whero a man arrested for robbery
vehemently asserted bis innocence,
even after be had been convicted by
a Jury.
"May the Almighty strike me dead
on this spot If I am not Innocent!" be
shouted.
The Judge waited for a minute or
two. Then he said, "Well, prisoner,
us Providence baa not Interfered I
J. B.
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Much In Print
The Leaders of Opposite Fac
tions In Society, Suffragette and
Anll-suffragette, Mrs. Clarence
Mackay and Mrs. Sluyvesant Fish.
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'A' 111 take a band and sentence you to
three years at hard labor."
There Is a strange rivalry between
those two leaders of fashionable so
ciety, Mrs. Clarence Mackay and Mrs.
Sluyvesant Fish. The first wishes to
lead the fair members of the Four
Hundred Into the camp of the suffra
gettes, ns women who advocate the
political equality of the sexes are
known. Mrs. Fish, on the other hand,
champions the views of the nntl-ouf-fragglsts.
The latter have organized
a society called the National Leaguo
For the Civic Education of Women,
and it Is doing all It can to combat the
nrguments made by those who favor
giving women the right to vote and
hold office. It remains to be seen
whether the smart sot will follow the
HUH. 8TUTVB3ANT FISH AMD MRS. OLAli
EHOE MACKAY.
lend of Mrs. Mackay or of Mrs. Fish.
Both have strong followings in the
world of fashion, and each is a very
able and accomplished woman. Mrs.
Mackay helped along the work of the
suffragists recently by opening her ele
gant mansion for a talk on political
equality by the Rev. Anna Shaw, one
of the best known of the woman's
rights lenders. Mrs. Fish, who has
been aiding the nutl-suffragists' cause
with tongue and pen, said recently:
"Nature asserts Itself and Interposes
an absolute veto on the equality of the.
sexes. Women simply 'weren't built
that way.' Why don't .some of the
wealthy nnd talented women of our
city "who talk so much about woman's
rlghtrf hire women ns butlers, cooks,
valets, useful men, coachmen, foot
men, and so on, to the end of the
chapter? And, having done so, would
they pny them men's wages?"
Mrs. Fish Is tho wife of a man sup
posed to bo worth nbout $25,000,000,
but she has earned a reputation of her
own ns a woman of marked individu
ality and independence. Mrs. Mac
kay's husband is probably even 'wealth
ier than Mr. Fish, and she devotes her
self to philanthropic enterprises and
is beautiful and fascinating.
The distinguished lawyer and diplo
mat, Joseph Choate, was Introduced nt
the dinner lu New York to Count von
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
as "our first citizen." He was ambas
sador at the court of St. James when
tho count represented Germany In
England. The witty lawyer referred
In his remarks to
his pleasant rela
tions with the count
and mentioned the
fact that tho embas
sy of this country
had no permanent
home In London.
"I had beeu in
London only a short
t i m e," ho said,
"when Couut von
Bernstorff came to
loin the German cm-
JOSEPH CHOATE. h Th(J fe.
latlons between our embassy and that
or tue German people were most pleas
ant throughout my entire stay In Eng
land. Wo learned many things from
the Germuns, but thoro was one thing
that we learned, but have never prac
tlccd; They have n homo of their own
at tho court of St. James.
"Our position in this respect was
aptly described by n London paper as
follows: A 'bobby' In his rounds one
night found a man wandering from
house to house and touched him on
the arm "and said respectfully, 'You
had best go homo, my man.' 'Home!
Homel' replied tho wanderer. 'I have
no home. I am the American ambas
sador.' Tbo business of representatives
of this country nt tbo court of St.
James is to search for a home, and I
myself spent six weeks in this nrdu
ous service of my country. Iu my rec
ollectlon tho American embassy has
moved seven times, and where the
successor of Mr, Reld will go the
dot 11 only knows, and bo will not tell
until after the 4th of March."
nwMi
NOTES
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IC.M.BARNITZ
RIVERSIDE
PA.
O M
KassszsptmmcE
solicited
Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso
ciation. These articles and Illustrations
must not be reprinted without special
permission.
FREAK EQQ8.
"Oh, quit your knocking!" exclaimed
the landlady to a boarder who -had the
nudaclty to kick against making a
whole meal on one egg and a piece of
toast. "Dont you know one egg Is
equal to a pound of meat?"
Hut be bad been there before.
With lightning rapidity be drew bis
pocket cyclopedia and squelched her
(mh-ahlle dlctu) with tho contents of nu
CBK.
Here is bis annihilating argument:
Au egg contains 73 per cent water, 13
protein, 10 fat nnd 720 fuel producer,
while n nlrlolu contains 01 per cent wa
ter, 10 protein, 10 fat nnd 1,130 heat
producer.
Now, If au egg docs not contain n
full Hedged sirloin It may contain
things not quite so nice.
Talk about n rotten egg causing an
explosion at n peaceful breakfast I You
should see a wormy egg get In Its
work!
Huns have Intestinal worms like oth.-c-r
animals. The oviduct or egg passage
opens Into the Intestine.
Occasionally an overcurlous round
worm wiggles up into the egg factory
to investigate nnd gets caught in the
albumen that has Just incased a yolk.
Traveling down, the shell Is formed,
and when a customer cracks such au
egg there Is something doing for the
man that sold the egg. This is the
worm tho early bird misses, but some
eager reporter finds it, and hence the
stories of eggs containing snakes and
hens hatching sea serpents.
A blood clot In an egg is not the
orni.
That comes from hemorrhage in the
egg cluster or oviduct and Is the result
of a too stimulating meat ration or egg
force.
After three days' exposure to 103 de
grees of heat you see the germ.
It looks like a big bloody bug.
Sometimes a finished egg is detained
for n time in the hen, and the bodily
OVABY, OR EOa CLUSTE11.
heat develops the germ or makes the,
egg stale.
Fortunutely for the poultryman, this
doesn't happen often.
Eggs without shells, finished eggs
without yolks and yolks .without white
and shell are common.
Thej Indicate lack of egg material
or inflammation of ovary or oviduct.
Pigeon sized eggs without yolks do
not Indicate, as some suppose, that the
hen has finished her clutch, but inflam
mation. Sometimes in the effort to expel this
diminutive egg abnormal contractions
force it back up the oviduct. j
It is thcro caught In the albumen of
a descending yolk, a shell is formed,
and we have an egg within an egg.
Two yolks, bursting cnpsules of the
oviduct at once, descend tho oviduct to
gether, are Included In the same shell,
u nd thus comes the double yolk egg,
which hatches large individual chicks,
twins or monstrosities. '
Cholera, diphtheria, tuberculosis aud
typhoid bacilli havo been found In
eggs, tho last being carried to a hen's
nost on her feet and absorbed by the
shell.
Iu cooking heat kills theso germs,
while those who take eggs raw In egg
nog claim the hot stuff used iu the bev
erage also annihilates all animals.
That surely Is true. Better watch
out. It will anuihllato you too.
DON'TS.
Don't let the hens roost In a draft.
Roup.
Don't let the 'droppings pile up.
Mites and bad air.
Don't let your ducks slop In wet lit
ter. Glvo dry oat straw; that's fitter.
Don't sell a chicken that has a dis
ease. No, not if you want a con
science at ease.
Don't let the Utter get dirty and
damp. Your bens will loaf round with
colds and cramp.
Don't let any boards nor slats rot
round. Lumber grows higher and
scarcer every day.
Don't get hallucinations nor go off
on tangents. The steady running
horse takes the stakes.
Don't let the rats multiply and tho
mice lncsease. Cats, traps and poison
will make them decrease.
WM
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FACTS IN FLW WNES
The German population now cx ceds
that of France by over IM.U'JU.'JOO.
The first piano factry In the Aus
trallaUtotate of Victoria U lu course of
erection at Melbourne.
- Tho number of men, women aud
sblldren who received poor law relief
In Ireland during the year ended
March .31, 1008, amounted to 210.22a
After stealing moucy and n lot of sil
ver nnd clothing from James Burnell
of Bayonne, N. J., burglars nearly suc
ceeded lu taking the piano out of the
bouse before the occupants awakened.
Near Vallenar a gold mine has lately
been discovered from which ore has
been taken that contained 2C0 ouncej
of pure gold per ton of 2,000 pounds.
This Is in the old gold mining region
of Chile.
The foundation for the recently com
pleted Harbor of Refuge lighthouse.
Delaware bay, Is a solid block of con
crete eighteen feet deep, forty feet in
diameter at the base and thirty-six feet
at the top.
As Illustrative of the" cosmopolitan
conditions in New Hampshire it is re
ported that In Somersworth recently
an Englishman carried an American
Sag in a company of Hibernians at a
French funeral.
With the completion of tho transla
tion into Yiddish on which Professor
Louis Harrison of Worcester, Muss.,
has been working for three years tbo
Itlblc will bo rcadabto In ovcry Bpoken
language In I hi- world.
At it servlco of thanksgiving for the
harvest of tho sea the walls of an Eng
lish fishermen's church were draped
from cud to oud with fishing nets nnd
the wludow spaces occupied with lob
ster pots and packing barrels.
When the Slmplon tunnel was made
In Switzerland the old road over the
pass was no longer kept free of snow
in winter. This, however, resulted in
so much Inconvenience that It has
been decided to keep the road open all
tho year rouud again.
The Whistler house in Lowell, Mass.,
the old fashioned three story dwelling
in which James Abbott MacNelll Whis
tler, the artist, was bom July 10, 1834,
was dedicated recently as a memorial
to his work nnd as a permanent club
house for the Lowell Art association.
A farmer of Goliad, Tex., who used'
green willow posts nt the corners of
his barn, found after a year that they
had taken root and raised bis barn
floor some three feet. Ho now has put
in a new lower floor nnd expects to
have a three story barn iu the course
of time.
Doors that swing of themselves are
the latest. At tho Hotel Astor, New
York, the attendant who stands nt tho
main entrance merely has to press a
bulb and the door, which Is operated
by electricity, revolves. This plan has
the advantage of keeping the speed
uniform.
An Invention which. It Is said, will
revolutionize tho curing of meats has
been perfected by Cleveland men.
Electricity will be used to cause the
salt to penetrate tho meats and thus
prepare them for the market in one
quarter the time the present method
requires.
In n scene of a balloon race, repro
duced in a New York moving picture1
show, It. J. Mailer saw his younger
brother, whom for three years ho had
been unable to communicate with, and.
writing to tho officials of the club con
ducting the race, was able to obtain
his address.
All the German Joint stock com
panies engaged In tho herring fishery
have now entered into an ngreeraont
for regulating tho selling prices of their
catch. The consumption of sea fish
has greatly increased among tho Ger
man population owing to tho very high
prices asked for meat.
Mrs. L. B. Bishop of Chicago offered
$100 prizo for the best verses favorable
to votes for women In Chicago, and
some of them were certainly funny.
One of tho "poems" tells the men vot
ers that It Is' a burning shame that
they should shoulder all the cares
"when wo are willing to bo your help
ers nnd tho mayor's."
Suicide among children in German
schools seems on tho increase. Some
startling figures nro published officially
showing that Iu Prussia from 18S0 to
1003 tho average number of suicides
or attempts at suicide among pupll3 of
the higher schools wns 14 per annum.
Since then the figures are: 1004, 0;
1005, 18; 1000, 10; 1007. 20; 1008, 23.
Harry Barnnto, who died tho other
day. was ono of-tho multimillionaires
of whom tho general public knew and
saw very little. Some years ago his
fortune' was computed nt 12,002,000.
Ills savings alone nmounted to sev
eral hundreds of thousands of pounds
n year, for to a great extent he lived
frugally, his one luxury being good
cigars, which he Hinoked Incessantly.
State, railroad commissioners repre
senting Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wis-
cousin aud Michigan nt a recent meet
ing In Chicago took action toward less
ening the terrlblo record of fatalities
to trespassers on railroad rights of
way. Resolutions wero adopted urg
ing tho strict enforcement of laws
against walking on railroad tracks and
suggesting that polico powers bo given
to section foremen to arrest unauthor
ized peraons found on rights of way,
Tho poor of Chicago who by force of
circumstances are compelled to buy
tbctr coal by tho basketful pay for It
oach winter In excess of the prices ob
tained by those who can purchase lu
ton lots or more a sum equal to tho
total contributions to tbo five principal
charitable organizations in the city,
This Is tho conclusion reached by tho
officials of the Chicago Relief and Aid
society after on investigation into con
ditlons prevalent in the congested dts
tricta. "
NEW SHORT STOR1LS
The Capabilities of Hi Voice.
"Jean do Reszke iu hi t Paris school
said a .New York r.iusl'.l.iu, "13 very
particular about the pupil. i ho accepts
Of course ha has many nppll-auts. Ti
have been a pupil of Do Itcszko Is In
Itself enough to get n singer a good
engagement, but ho puts these pupils
through a severe examination, at the
qnd of which be rejects about 08 out
of every 100 of them.
"An Intlmato friend of mine, a young
tobacco salesman, fans Just returned
from Paris. He sings tenor a little,
and, having saved somo money, he
"what is my voicu best adapted to?"
went abroad to enter De Reszke's
school and make a second Caruso of
himself.
"But now he Is back home selling
tobacco again. He tells me that he
went to sco De Reszke, sang a song or
two and in the silence that ensued
said hopefully:
" 'And now that you havo heard mo
sing, M. de Reszke, please tell me
what you think-my voice Is best adapt
ed to?'
"De Reszke frowned thoughtfully
and answered:
'Whispering.' "Boston Advertiser.
An Interrupted Meal.
While Senator Dolllver of Iowa was
on a recent lecture tour he was dining
at a hotel where his identity was not
recognized nnd was seated at a small
table alone, enjoying, the contents of
numerous side dishes, as only a man
with a good appetite and healthy di
gestive organs can, when a robust look
ing countryman, whose knowledge of
hotel ways did not apparently extend
to tho Individual order plan of serving
meals, was ushered In and given a
seat opposite. ..After a tumbler of wa
ter had been placed beside his plate
and a napkin spread out in regulation
style he was left to await further
service. Without delay the country
man reached across the table and, cast
ing an unfriendly glance at the sen
ator, soou had his side dishes and their
remaining contents in his possession.
Then, arising nnd calling the head
waiter to blm, he handed him his nap
kin and in an attempted whisper that
was plainly audible said:
"I don't want yer han'kcrchlef, mis
ter, but you'd better bring on some
more vlttles, as that feller on the other
side Is tryln' to eat up ev'ry durn thing
on tho table." Harper's Weekly. -
Camels of Asia.
What are known as camels in Asia
Minor are iu reality a common species
of dromedary. Camels have two
humps, while the race found In Smyr
na has but one.
Tho Cotton Gin.
Mrs. Catherine Greene of Rhode Is
land, widow of General Nathanael
Greene of Revolutionary fame, Is said
to have invented the cotton gin, but to
have allowed Ell Whitney to take out
the patent through modesty.
Hard Luck Stories.
The "ups nnd downs ot life"
Men will discuss with frowns,
Not when their "ups" are rife,
But when they utrlke their "downs."
Catholic Standard and Times.
Not Flattery.
"1 wonder why you lovo mo, dear."
"That's Ktrange. I'vo asked myself
the same question a thousand times."
Denver Nc-ws-Tlmes.
What Happened.
The play was bad, tho actors worse.
And, tired of the Jeers,
The sas .mil electric lights went out
And left tho seats In tiers.
Detroit Tribune.
The Limit.
"He's not very reliable, Is he?" .
"I should say' not. He's so crooked
he can't oven tell n straight He."
Cleveland Leader.
The Greyhound.
The greyhound seems to havo been
developed in level, treeless and shrub
less countries, where a moving object
Is visible at a long distance, and great
speed is thereforo necessary to enable
a predaceous animal to overtake Its
Drey.
Peru,
Peru received its namo from Its prin
cipal river, the Rio Paro, upon which
stands tbo ancient city of Paruru. The
Brazilian term para, however modified,
S Is at all times suggestive of a river.
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BOILERS INSPECTED.
I have been authorized by the Pennsyl
vania State Factory Inspection Depart
ment to inspect boilers.
In compliance with the law, all users
of high pressure boilers used for power
or heating purposes are compelled to
have .boilers inspected once each year.
Rates : $5.00 per boiler, and transpor
tation. C. E. GIBBS
1120 Main Street - Honeedale, Pa.
P. S. Attention given to engine and
general machine work. lOeoitf
Tooth
Savers
We have the sort of tooth brushes that are
made to thoroughly cleanse and saveltbe
e eth.
, They are the kind that clean tecthlwilhout
leaving your mouth full ot brlstles.f
We recommend those costing 23 cents or
more, as we can guarantee them and will re
place, free, any that show defects of manu
facture within three months.
O. T. CHAHBERS,
PHARflACIST,
Opp.D. & H. Station, HONGSDALE, PA.
For New Late Novelties
-IN-
JEWELRY '
SILVERWARE
WATCHES
SPENCER, The Jeweler
"Guaranteed articles only sold."
MARTIN CAUFIELD
ARTISTIC
HONESDALE, PA.
1036 MAIN STREET,
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE FOR
YEAR 1009. The following named
persons have filed their petitions for a
license, and the same will bo presented tothe
Court of Quarter Sessionson Monday, March
8, luou :
HOTELS.
Berlin-Ernest .Miller.
Canaan James Glklca and Frank P. Norton.
Cllnton-H.T. O'Neill.
Dreher H. B. Smith, II. E. Itobacker. Chas.
F. Wert.
Dyberry Asa K, Kimble, M. K. Kimble,
wm. F. Dodson.
Ilnwlcy-t'hrlstlan Ix-hinan, Martin Header.
August II. Frank. George Kohlman, F. J.
Hughes, Charles II. Woods, Jacob Jlelss.
Honcsdule I.ncy Brandon. T. F. Flynn, Jno.
II. Weaver, W. E. .Martin it J. I Carlln. C.
J. Weaver.
Lake John Schadt.
Lehlgh-C. W. Oaracan.
Manchester-Win. F.U, Emcrlch, William A.
Bleck,.l. W. Flynn.
Mount Pleasant I. W. I lu unci l . Francis J.
O'Neill.
Preston Michael Lvltlugcr, 1'. F. Mudlgan,
8. C. Hllsbec, W. J. Jlealy.
Saleni-H. F. Nicholson, Ralph Foot.'
South Caiiauu-Jolm llentham,
S t a rrucco Joh n Wood nioi i see.
Wuymurt Ferdinand J. t'rockenberg.
HESTAUHANTrt.
Cuiiaan Jumes J. Burnett, Trustee,
Clinton-John Ope'ca.
Hnwley Siary Dcltzcr, Mary Muycr, Louis
ticlslcr.
Ilonesdalo Christopher Lowe, Henry Buerk
ct. John II, llcuniaun.Fred, O, lid her t. A..
F, Volgt. Benjamin IJbrla. Jr.. Albert Jt.
Tacubner, Lawrence J. Wcnleor, T. 1).
O'connoll, Herman Meyor. W. II, Road
knight, Joseph Ackcrman, J, 11, Schlessler,
Palmyra-Peter F. Schmltt.
Texas Chris. J. Hook, Jacob Beck,
WHOLESALE LIQUOIl.
Ha wle; -Patrick H. Kearney.
Honcsdale Michael Oalvln, Paul McQrans
gau, Leopold Fuerth, '
BOTTLEHS.
Honcsdale-John Rlckert, Henry Beck.
Palmyra-Luke P. Richardson.
Texas-F. W. Michael & F. A. Reltnauer.
Wm. Mclmeyer, Val Weldner.
BREWERY.
Texas-Pennsylvania Brewing Co.
M, J, HANLAN, Clerk,
Honesdale, Pa., Feb. 6, 1809. 1.1
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