Correspondence
Items Gathered by
THE CITIZEN STAFF
Slko.
Makch 29t)i. After an absence of six
weeks, on account of measles, Emily
Bates returned to her work at Seelyville,
and John Hates reopened his school at
Smith Hill to-day. Their sister, Vera,
reopened her school at Dyberry, March
22d.
Calvin Kimble has gone to Hoboken
to work at his trade, that of a carpen
ter. Fred. Eldred and family have moved
to A. T. Searle's farm.
Khvin Smith expects to move on his
farm near the Hose Hill school house
this week.
Hismarck Irwin is under the doctor's
care at the home of .1. W. Ridd.
Mrs. Hiram Comfort and daughter,
Stella, visited 'the former's brother, Les
ter Keesler, at Galilee, on Sunday.
Nearly everyone is busy making maple
syrup.
Daisy Kimble recently visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Roland Bates, at Waymart.
Steene.
March 20th. At the present writing
sap is running freely. Friday and Sat
urday of last week ,1. E. Haley gathered
almost twelve barrels.
Our butcher, Mr. Arthur is kept busy
handling veal calves. Ho has an eye to
business, as he handles nothing under
four weeks of age.
.1. E. Haley will look after the inter
ests of the Prompton borough roads
again this season, as the borough fath
ers have elected him supervisor for an
other year. There were two others in
the field for tin! oflice, but the Bobolink
won out by a big majority.
Mrs. Charles Dryer, of White Plains,
N. Y., is visiting here a few days with
her father, David Wonnacott.
John VanBuskirk, who purchased the
V. K. Spry farm a year ago this spring,
is getting lonesome and tired of country
life, and is desirous of selling out and
returning to his former home at Wilkes
Barre. We d not like to see him go,
as he is a good neighbor and friendly to
everybody.
Lumberman Hollunbeck's mill has
been kept very busy during the winter
and spring, as he has had a very large
stock of hardwood logs delivered at his
mill the past winter.
Miss Margaret Haley, of Honesdalc,
visited her parents at Steene, Sunday.
J. E. Haley 1h the possessor of a colt
that will be a year old the middle of
the coming May that he lias refused J
during the past week to part with for
$7o. There is nothing in this section,
either in size or build, that is bis equal, j
Indian Orchard.
Makch i".)th. The recent htorms have 1
damaged the roads considerably.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hani and son, I
Lawrence, and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Gar
rett visited relatives at Torrev on Sun
da v last.
Mrs. A. M. Henshaw is spending a
week with her son Irving, of Winwdod,
and relatives in the Valley.
Mrs. Case, who has been very sick, is
gaining in health slowly.
Howard Smith and sister, Grace, of
Aldenyille, are visiting their mother Mrs.
Charles Smith.
Hon. W. B. Guinnip was a business
caller at this place on Friday.
All of the telephone poles in this vi
cinity for the new line aro set and arc
now ready for tin linemen to do their
part of tho work.
Frank Biddlecomb, our new manager
for the Big Eddy Telephone Company,
was doing work along the line at Indian
Orchard, on Friday last.
A new telephone has been' installed in
the home of Joseph G. Swart.
Mrs. Charles Smith spent a week re
cently witli her daughter, Mrs. VanWert,
of Honesdale.
John Mullen, of Honesdale, is assist
ing H. II. Iluuuell, at tho Alms House.
.Mr. and Mrs. John I'. Budd arc visit
ing relatives at Philadelphia.
A well is being dug at tho Alms House,
by an Archbald man. He runs the
drill night and day.
Mr. and Mrs. Karslake, of Dyberry,
were visitors at W. D. Buckingham's, on
Sunday last.
There are several cases of measles and
grip in this vicinity, all of which aro do
ing nicely.
Mr. St far us, of Scran ton, was a visitor
at the home of Miss Mabel Gray, on
Sunday.
Bethany.
Makch 20th. M. E. Lavo has sold his
many hives of bees to Mr. Rude, and
they were removed during tho week to
his homo at White Valley.
Arthur Clark returned to his homo in
Port Jervis, on Wednesday last.
Russell Starnes drove, the mail stage
Inst week.
John Ballou will this week move into
tho house lately occupied by Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Sarah Simpson is staying with
Mrs. Edgar Ross.
-About the County.
Mrs. J. B. Cody and Mrs. E. W. Gam
mell have been recent grip victims.
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Many spent the
first of the week at Tyler Hill.
The many friends of Margaret Man
ning gave her a surprise party Wednes
day evening.
A warm sugar social will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blake, on
Friday evening, for tho benelit of the M.
E. church.
Holy Communion at the Presbyterian
church, on Sunday, April 4th.
PRIZE ESSAYS.
The approaching completion of the
High School buildings will soon neces
sitate the grading and arrangement of,
the school property grounds. No ono is
more interested in having this work
properly done than the pupils who are
to use them, and no landscape gardener
should attempt the task without con
sulting them. In order to stimulate
suggestion on this point Tiik Citizen
offers the scholars of tho Public School
two prizes of $1.00 each for the best two
essays on "The Best Way to Arrange
the Now School House Grounds," the
competition to close April lfith. The ar
ticles, which must not exceed four hun
dred words in length, are not to be
signed, but the name of the writer must
be written on a separate slip, and en
closed in an envelope with the essay.
The contributions will be numbered and
submitted to competent judges who will
decide on their respective merits. The
winning essays with the names of the
authors will appear in the first number
of The Citizen following the award.
TUT PITI7CM Has made ar
il! u Ul I iLLYi rangements for
A FIVE MILE
FOOT
RACE
AFTKlt THIJ
MARATHON PLAN
WHICH WILL TAKK l'LACK OX
'AKK l'LACK OX
MAY 31
Decoration
Day
t i
5
Handsome Gold and
Silver Medals will be
Awarded the Winners !
ENTRANCE FREE
To all competitors living in the county,
exclusive ot professionals; entries to be
maileat uny time prior to April loth.
ALL CONTFSTANTS will he re
quired to submit to a physical examin
ation by competent physicians, to Insure
propurcmluruneeeoiHlition for nice.
FURTHER DETAILS Ineludhv.' in
structions for proper training, will ap
pear in surreedfni; issues ot Tiik Citi.kn.
MORSE AS INTERCESSOR.
He Asks Justice For Alleged Innocent
Fellow Prisoner.
New York, March SO. Magistrate
Crane In the Tombs police' court re
ceived a letter from Charles W. Morso.
the convicted banker, saying that
Morse had become convinced that ono
of his fellow prisoners wis Innocent
of the crime for which he was await
ing sentence and asking the magistrate
to call on Morso In prison to discuss
the case.
Magistrate Crane called on Morse
and promised that he would do any
thing he could for the man.
This Is tho second time Morse has
Interceded for ono of his fellow prison
ers. About six weeks ago he wrote
Magistrate Walsh regarding a young
Texan with whom he had become ac
quainted, and as a result the man was
sent back to Texas on ono of the for
mer Morse steamships.
Prairie Fire Does $100,000 Damage,
rialnvlew, Tex., March 30, A prairie
flro which swept Crosby county caus
ed n loss of $100,000, destroying resi
dences and stores at Emma.
SHOCK KILLS LIBRARIAN.
Dr.
Canfield of Columbia University
Diet of Apoplexy,
New York, Murch 00. Dr. James II.
Canfleld, librarian of Columbia univer
sity, distinguished as an educator,
died of apoplexy In St. Luke's hospi
tal. Ills Illness was brought on by nerv
ous shock following a street car acci
dent;. A brewery truck struck the car
In which ho wus riding, and the pole
of the truck went through the side of
tho car within a few Inches of Dr.
Canfleld.
Weather Probabilities.
Fair; warmer; moderato west winds.
TAFT FBRECONOfflY
Creates Budget Committee
to Cut Expenses,
IT WILL CHECK THE ESTIMATES
New Board, Headed by Secretary of
the Treasury MaoVeagh, Expect
ed to Force Retrenchment
In Departments.
Washington, March 29. Following
out a plan which he submitted to the
cabinet ut Its first meeting, President
Tuft has' Introduced an innovation hi
the federal government by creating a
"budget committee." This committee
is composed of three members of the
cabinet, with Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh as chairman. Its duty
Is to supervise all estimates for fed
eral expenses before they are submit
ted to congress, with a view to so cut
ting them as to bring them within the
limits of the estimated revenues for
the same fiscal year.
President Tuft is In entire sympathy
with the avowed aim of congress to
curtail the federal expenses so as to
restoro that prosperity which until
quite -recently the treasury has enjoy
ed. He has conferred with members
of both houses of congress and litis
approved their suggestion that It Is
obviously the reverse of good business
policy for the executive branch of tho
government to plan Its expenses with
out regard tt. the piospectlve reve
nues and then look to the legislative
branch to make up any dellclency
which may occur.
The newly created senate committee
on the expenditures of the executive
departments is another step in the
same direction and Is. in tended to pro
vide a second 'check on the federal ex
penses. The chief purpose of that
committee Is to curtail the total ap
propriations so that they may he
brought within the limit of estimated
revenues.
To those who have witnessed spasms
of economy in the executive depart
ments, but. more particularly in con
gress, this movement is the "occasion
of special interest. "Will congress
really prove willing to exercise that
self restraint which Is the first essen
tial to economy?" Is the question ask
ed by all who have observed similar
movements in the past.
There is some ground for believing
that members of congress will be more
nearly ready to do their part In
this regard than heretofore, because
through the operation of the civil, serv
ice regulations they no .longer control
a large part of the appointments to
federal oflice. .,
Pursuant to the policy outlined Sec
retary MaoVeagh issued a circular let
ter to all heads of bureaus in ills de
partment urging that Immediate con
sideration be given to the problem of
feasible economies. The secretary
says:
"Tho president wishes the treasury
department as well as the other de
partments of the government to take
Immediate measures to consider tho
question of such economies In expendi
ture as may be found by the most com
petent study to be feasible. It is in
tended to make the estimates of ex
penditures for the next and future
years with the greatest care, and It Is
desirable that the attention of this de
partment should be directed as early
as possible to the general study of this
matter.
"It Is the intention that the esti
mates of the different departments
shall hereafter be submitted to tho
cabinet and that they shall be consid
ered together nud as a whole and In
connection with the treasury estimates
of the probable Income."
RENUNCIATION APPROVED.
Servian National Assembly Also Ac
cepts New Heir to Throne.
Belgrade, March 20. Crown Prince
George's renunciation of his right of
succession to the throne was read at
the national assembly, together with
the letter from King Peter accepting
the renunciation and declaring Prince
Alexander, his second sou, heir to the
throne. Both communications were
approved, tho proceedings lasting only
a few minutes.
After the cabinet meeting, at which
the king acceptod the crown prince's
renunclattsn and the cabinet approved,
Prince George went straight to Prlneo
Alexander. The meeting of the broth
ers was most affectionate, Prince
George wishing his younger brother
better luck than he bad bad. ' ,
CLAIMS HE IS CHARLIE ROSS.
Railroad Brakeman Tallies In Every
Respect With Description.
Pittsburg, March 20. William Grant
Kyester of McKees Rocks, formerly a
coal miner at Rhamokln, now a brake
man on tho Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroad, asserts that he Is Charlie
Tloss, kldnnped from Gerraantown,
Pa., thirty-five years ago and never
recovered.
lie says he learned early In llfo that
bo was not tho child of his supported
parents and that miuny things they did
led him to believe tbtot he was Charlie
Ross.
lie says lie tallies In every respect
with the description of Charlie, oven
to moles em his body, Memorlti of bis
early home, be says, agree with de
scriptions of the Roai borne.
BANKER'S RACE WITH DEATH
Frank L. Vanderllp Falls to Reach
Mother In Time.
Chicago, March 20. Frank M. Vnn
florllp, president of the National City
bank of New York, broke all Amerl
:an railroad records In an effort" to
reach the bedside of his dying mother,
but he lost the race "with death by
twenty-eight minutes.
Mr. Vanderllp in a special train cov
ered the distance from Now York to
Englewood station, Chicago, In 15
hours C8 minutes, and when he leaped
from the train he'was net with the an
nouncement that his mother. Mrs.
Charlotte L. Vanderllp, had died.
Mr. Vanderllp in Now York received
word from Chicago that his mother
was near dtfath. He Immediately or
Sored the New York Central line to
mppty him with the fastest special
traha at its command. The company
had & train ready In a few minutes.
The run to Buffalo, 440 miles, was
:overed in 390 minutes, which includ
ed a three minute stop for a change of
locomotives.
The run from Buffalo to Cleveland,
183 miles, was covered In 1G3 minutes.
Elkhart, Ind., wa next reached, mnk
,ng the 133 miles from Toledo in 120
minutes, and the last ninety-five miles
was eaten up In 92 minutes.
FIRE AT SET0N HALL.
Main Building of Catholic Training
School Is Destroyed.
New York, March 20. For the third
lime in Its history the main building
sf Scton Hall college, South Orange,
ST. J., was burned. The loss is $50,000.
Seton Hall college Is the foremost
training school for Catholic prlestbood
in New Jersey.- Tho seminary, the
lbrary, with 40,000 volumes, and other
Dulldlngs were saved through the ex
trtions of the students. The library
wis valued at $150,000.
Third Squadron Reaches Amoy.
Amoy, China, March 29. The third
iquadron of the American Pacific fleet,
under command of Bear Admiral Giles
D. Rarber, arrived here today, two
lavs ahead of the schedule.
INVESTMENT IN TREES.
Experience of an Expert In Cultivate
' ing Forests.
The planting nud care of forest trees
have been carried on for several years
now by Stnte forester A. F. Hawes of
Connecticut, with interesting results.
Mr. Hawes' experience, boiled down to
a few lines, Indicates that for sandy,
cheap lands, such as were used for
most of the experiments, the best trees
are pities white Scotch, Norway and
pitch. It appears that in the long run
white pine Is the best, tho trees being
cheaper and the growth through a
term of years being equal to any and
the lumber of good market value. The
Norway pine Is also considered very
satisfactory, although tho trees cost
more at tho outset. The Scotch pine Is
a very rapid grower nnd will do well
for planting In open spaces, white
pines requiring some shade of bushes
or brush to do Its best at tho start
Two-year-old trees arc most satlsfae
tory.
Tho young pines can bo bought for
about $3 per thousand nnd at five or
six feet apart are set l,f00 to the acre
In fairly open land the cost of plant
ing was $1.70 per thousand, with high
er costs In rough or bushy ground. Ex
nmlnatlon of n number of old plantu
tlons of white pine In the stnte Indi
cates that with cheap lands and low
cost planting the pine would prove
profitable as a crop, paying at least
per cent compound Interest at present
prices of lumber, with every probabil
ity that prices will be higher by the
time plantings low made arc ready for
marKet.
Attention Is called to tho very rapid
way in which the investment Inerenses
by compound Interest and taxes. It l.t
plainly unfair that the lumber croi
sh'ould bo taxed over and over again
during growth, tho tnx gradually eat
ing up tho profit from tho plantation
It would seem that every state would
see the advantage of encouraging busi
ness tree planting by abating the tax
on past growth and taxing only. the
nnnunl Increase. An original Invest
ment of $5 per aero for land and $12
for planting, compound Interest and
taxes, In Connecticut nmounts to
by the thirteenth year and to $050 In
seventy years. The present value of
old plantations lndlcntes that the
growth of pine lumber would pay for
tho Investment nnd Interest If orlglnnl
cost were kept ns low as possible. The
amount of lumber In one planting sev
enty years old showed that the annual
growth had been around a thousand
feet, indicating n yearly average In
come of $0 per ncre for seventy years.
Such figures Indicate that forestry is a
very good business Investment for the
state ns well ns being desirable for
other reasons.
Nut Industry on the Farm.
An Industry which tho farmer might
tako up with profit is nut growing.
Improved nut trees begin bearing at
nbout six or eight years, bearing the
samo as apple or pear trees. Large
trees when grafted begin to bear nbout
tho third or fourth year, and large
trees that are budded will benr sooner
than small ones, but tho small ones
boar longest English walnuts can
now bo grown In tho central states.
"Can you tell mo why It Is," asked
Mr. nenpeck In a lnpso In tho .conver
sation of his spouse, "that when they
speak of their natlvo country It al
ways Is tho fatherland, but when they
speak of the lnnguago they invaria
bly call It 'the mother tongue!'"
New York Press.
CLASHES ONTARIFF
fate of Lumber and Hides
Arouses East and West.
DIFFERENCES BECOME ACUTE.
Democratic Representatives In Con
gress From Southern States
May Exercise Balance
of Power.
Si.1
Washington, March 20. The fate of
lumber and hides In tho proposed new
tariff law is causing a severe factional
struggle in congress.
The schedules on these articles have
been buffeted already moro than those
on any other class of imports. Tho
clashes have occurred largely between
tne representatives of the east and
west, and there Is a prospect of the
differences becoming so sharp that the
Democrats from the southern states
may determine the outcome.
The supporters of protection on
hides express hope of Inducing the
senate committee to recommend the
continuance of the Dlngley rates. The
western senators on the committee
have proved particularly strong advo
cates of the restoration of the duty,
while Senator Lodge Is said to stand
almost alone In his campaign for free
hides, although it is conceded that he
will receive some support from east
ern colleagues.
Champions of the movement to take
the .duty off lumber entirely are not so
sanguine of success as the advocates
of free hides so far as their contest In
the committee Is concerned. The fight
is being led by Senator McCumber.
Regardless of the vote of the com
mittee, the advocates of free lumber
and free hides have been promised
separate votes on these questions in
the senate, and they are satisfied with
this concession.
The greatest Interest is being mani
fested In the maximum and minimum
features of the Payne bill as a, substi
tute for the existing reciprocity ar
rangements. There Is a well defined
rumor that the committee on finance
will upset the principle of making the
established rate the minimum with a
20 per cent retaliatory Increase to be
applied to countries which fall to give
their best rate to the United States.
If- it should be decided to reverse
this proposition so as to make the es
tablished rate the maximum and give
to the most friendly nations a favored
rate of 20 per cent less it is asserted
that the rates in tho Payne bill would
have to be raised nil along tho line on
the theory that all great nations would
take such action that they would be
given the lower rate. Thus the reve
nues under the bill would be reduced
materially.
CALLS MISS GARDEN CRUEL.
Mrs. David Mayer Gives Her Version
of $20,000 Snub.
Chicago, March 29. Mrs. David May
er, who recently requested Miss Gar
den to pay back $20,000 that the May
ers had advanced for her musical edu
cation, makes the following statement
of the trouble between them:
'I did not wish to make any public
statement about the Garden affair, but
so many calumnies nnd perverted sto
ries have been circulated that I deem
It necessary and fair to do so.
"I first met Mary Garden fifteen
years ago In Mrs. Duss' studio in Chi
cago nnd was at once attracted by her
charming personality and lovely voice.
Wo became, ns I thought, good friends,
Two or three years later, when her
parents were obliged to leave Chicago,
I offered her the hospitality of my
home, which she accepted for a year.
Thus sho was able to continue her
studies with Mrs. Duss.
"Mrs. Duss became so enthusiastic
over her pupil's progress that I do
cided to give her the advnntage of two
years' study in Paris. An additional
year was added through the pleading
of Miss Garden. After that my respon
slblllty and remittances ceased. Fro.m
that time a hostile feeling apparently
rose, but left no traces when I met
Miss Garden four years ago in Paris,
"While It was clearly understood
that she was to return to me the mon
ey ndviinced for her musical education
If successful, I neror attempted to col
lect the money nor did I Intend to do
so until Miss Garden's slight at the
Manhattan Opera IIouso last Decern
ber. This, so unwarranted, cruel and
uncalled for, Incensed me nnd led me
to consult my lawyer, who was in
New York at the time, and resulted In
my receiving $20 000 from Miss Gnr
dcn." '
G0MFERS SURE HE'S RIGHT.
Will Appeal to Congress If Courts Sus
tain Sentences. '
New York, March 20. In a letter to
the Central Federated union Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, spoke of the re
cent decision of tho supreme court of
Washington sentencing him and his
fellow officers of tho American Fed
eration of Labor. , . .
Should a vindication of personal lib
erty not be forthcoming from the high
er court, to which the case has been
appealed, congress would be, asked r(o
Intervene, ho said.
"Not simply In our own cases," said
Mr. Gompers In his lojttor, "ut for
tho rights of all our follow country
men we shall contend for the inherent
Principles of human liberty," .
We have no Insurance against
panics, BUT-
Wo want to soil
Every business man In Wayne
county ft eood sized llfnnron.
dowmcnt policy that he may I
use as collateral security for 1
borrowed money 1 1 do you over
tight places when snles are
poor and collections slow pos
sibly head off insolvency.
Wo want to sell
Every farmers policy that will
absolutely protect his family
and home.
Wo want to sell
Every laborer and mechanic a
savin? policy that will be Im
possible for him to lapse or
lose.
If not Life Insurance
Letus write someof yonrPlRB
IN8UKANCK. Standard, re
Ilablo companies only.
IT 18 HETTEH TO DO IT NOW. THAN
TO WAIT AND SAY "IF"
HITTINGER & HAM,
General Agents.
WHITE MILLS, PA.
JOSEPH N. WELCH
Fire
Insurance
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Office: Second floor Masonic Build
ing, over C. C. Jadwin's drug store,
Honesdale.
Tooth
Savers
We have the sort of tooth brushes that one
made to thorough v elennsn nnri nnvpilhA
e eth.
They are the kind that clean teeth' wltlwwt
leavinc vour mouth full of bristles.
We recommend' those costing 25 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,
PHARHACIST.
Opp. D. & H. Station. HONESDALE. PA.
For New Late Novelties
-IN-
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
WATCHES
Tryv
SPENCER, The Jeweler
"uuaruniccu urn tie a unir sum.
WHEN TUP. ENGINE UOMKS
s no time to be regretting your neglect
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id nui inaiircu. a. nuiu jure uuiuruuuiiu
is worth moro thnn any amount ol re
gret.
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HONESDALC. PA.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
ESTATE OF
IIKNHY O. HU.K.MAN,
lntn if tlin townshln lit Ijikn. Pit.
All persons indebted to said estatii orn notl
fled to make Immediate payment to tbo un
iiprHiiriicu : uuu muru iinviiiu cmiiiiH npnin
duly attesti'il ror settlement.
C1IAHLKH H, WKLLKH, Executor,
F1UNCKH OAnDNKULKMAft.-
m Keitrl.Maplowood,la.
Wollcs & Torrey, Hcranlon, Pn.,
j, Altornays lor estnto,
Honesdale. Feb. H.l&l,