THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, 3VLY 21, 1908.
"A TRAn ABROAD."
A Few Sketches by a Honesdale
Traveler.
These descriptive letters of our
trip to the Pacific coast have come
Into existence because you could
not go with us, and because you
asked for them. We claim no lit
erary merit, Blmply giving facts as
we obtained them, from study, ob
servation, and personal Inquiries.
We trust that they may please and
entertain you:
Niagara Falls.
Many things could be said about
the country wo passed through on
our way to Buffalo, N. Y., but wo
will pass that for this trip. At
Elmlra, a newly married couple
boarded the train and took the next
seat In front of us. The groom
was a veteran of the Civil War,
and the bride, we will say about 24.
it ma ititprpRtlnc and amusing to
see how sollcltlous he wbb of her
.rv rnmfort and how he woum
call her attention to the different
points of Interest. In .opening the
window, of course. It was
very necessary (7) for him to put
both arms around her. we rencn
cd Buffalo, N. Y., at 8 o'clock In the
n..annr nmi Hnnii were at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Herbold and
Mo oinipr. LnuiBa Herbold, with
whom we Bpent three very pleasant
days. Mrs Herbold was Miss
Hannah Schoell, sister of Henry
nmi VrpA Rohoell of Honesdale.
Tinffnin In known far and wide as
the beautiful "Queen City of the
Lakes." The natural neauty oi
h nltv. tlin numerous places of
Interest to be seen, the well-kept
nnrVc .ipnn. well-naved streets,
handsome, residences and imposing
.inhiir. hniifilncs make Buffalo a
delightful and prosperous city. We
thoroughly enjoyed the drives ivir.
Worhrvlrt imvn US through the princi
pal streets to the different parks
and places of amusement.
Now let us take a ride on the
lnro-n nmi comfortable cars of the
International Hallway Company to
Niagara Falls, (round trip fifty
mntni. Wo start at Main anu
Court streets, pass the new McKin
w monument. Prospect Park.
vmm this noint on our left we get
n PiimiisG of Lake Erie and the Ni
agara River on our right and we
can see the 1: -?e new Armory ounu
ing of the 7' Regiment. N. G. N.
v Farther i. we nass "the Front"
where is located the Government
Army Post, Fort Porter, situated
nn .i hieh bank, commanding a full
view of the river. Leaving the
ctv limits, we now whirl along the
old Military Road on to Tonawanda
.md North Tonawanda. At tills
place some fifty years ago seals
brought from the Pacific coast were
tnmprl nnd first taucht to perform
for the circus. Passing on we come
to the town of LaSalle, named after
the great explorer, and who built
tiip first, vossel to nlv the Great
Lakes. After leaving LaSalle we
come within full view of the mad,
rushing and majestic Niagara
River, and after one hours ride
from Buffalo, reach the city of Ni
agara Falls, N. Y. We called on
Mr. Allen Stewart, at attorney-at-law
of this place, a graduate of the
Honesdale High School, and a
half brother of James L. Oakes.
He was pleased to hear from
Honesdale and wanted to be remem
bered to all his friend. Now to see
the Falls! Boarding one of the
Niagara Belt Line cars, we pass over
the new steel arch bridge, which
spans Niagara River a few hundred
feet below the falls and from the
center of whjch we got one of the
grandest and most perfect views of
the Falls. The car travels nearly
one mile up the river on the Cana
dian side, along Queen Victoria
Park, and the climax is reached
when we stop at Table Rock, from
where we get a fine view of the
Upper Rapids, Goat Island, Three
Sisters and Dafferin Islands. Here
we get the best Idea of the shape
of the Horse Shoe. At this point
the car describes a loop and returns
down the Canadian side of the
river for a distance of nine miles
toward Queentown, passing in full
view of the wonderful Whirlpool
Rapds and the Whirlpool. At
Queenstown Heights, we see Brock's
monument, a shaft 200 feet high,
erected to the memory of the Brit
ish General Sir Isaac Brock, who
fell in battle on the heights in the
war of 1812. The car now brings
us to the Lewiston Suspension
Bridge. We cross to the American
side and the return trip to Niagara
Falls is begun, running close to the
water's ertcro nearlv all the way.
following the contour of the river
hnnlt. This ride nn the corse is
so wonderful In its scenic features
as to defy description. Along this
route we get a closer view of the
whlrlnnnl nnd the ehnrnlncr. foam-
Inir and tosslncr ranlrln. After leav
ing the rapids wo pass under the
great railroad bridges and begin
an easy ascent to the ton. and once
more we are In the city of Niagara
Falls, we mane tnis trip arouna
thin ur-enlo helt line In two hours.
nlthnnch If via had stonned off at
the different points of Interest we
could have consumed an entire day.
Before starting for the gorge ride
we made, arrangements for a car
riage paying ?1.50 for the belt lino
ride nnd the, narrlaee drive. The
earrlnen drive took us to Prosnect
Point, where wo got an excellent
view of the American Falls. We
continued our drive over to Goat
Island, Luna Island and the Three
Sinter Islands, nnd back to our
starting point, stopping off to take
n view of the Horseshoe Falls from
the island. We could have gone
to the Cave of the Winds but we
did not hnvn fltne: also from tho
Canadian side a delightful and
thrilling sail is made on the little
steamboat "Maid of tho Midst" to
within at least a hundred and fifty
feet of the fall of tho mighty wa
ters. So much for our trip to tne
greatest natural wonders or tne
earth and one that defies descrip
tion. One must see It with one's
own eyes to fully realize the magni
tude of this wonder of wonders.
We again return to Buffalo and our
friends.
Off for Chicago.
After a nleasant visit at Buffalo
and Niagara Falls we start for Chl-
cngo, 111., this portion of our trip
being on business for the Durland
Weston Shoe Co. We will not de
scribe the various places we visited,
but will introduce you to some or
my friends. At Litchfield, Ohio,
Mr. H. C. Hawk, a cousin of Mr.
Victor Decker, of Hawley, Pa., is
conducting a very successful gen-
ernl merrnntlle hnslness. A gas well
on the premises furnishes light and
heat. At Columbus, Ohio, we nave
si rnnsln. Mr. Henrv Kreuter, in the
bakery, ice cream and candy busi
ness. Saturday and Sunday we
snent with James and Daniel Mat
hewn, former Honesdnle bOVS. and
now located at Albion, Ind., James
in the harness nnd saddling busi
ness nnd Daniel as operntor for the
n. O. Railroad, both married and
enlovlne eood health. On Saturday
In company with James Matthews
we went, to Lake Nawasee. Ind.. and
called on my friend and an old time
magician, Mr. H. J. Burlingame.
Mr. Burllneame was for many years
one of the best known newspaper
men in Chicago, and witn a num
ber of books on magic. Five years
nco his health eave way under the
strain of his Journalistic labors, and
he was advised to seek rest and
quiet. He bought a farm, house
nnd twelve acres of land on the
south side of Lake Nawasee. Both
he and his wife were city bred, but
thev soon learned how to raise nigs
and chickens, and now his home is
one of the most delightful spots
Imaginable. Health and vigor nave
returned and nothing could Induce
them to return to city life. In his
twenty-one-foot launch we enjoyed
a most delightful sail. Lake Nawa
see is called the Queen of Indiana s
lnkes. not onlv the largest but the
most beautiful body of water in the
state. It is nine miles long and trom
three to five miles wide. Its shores
are girdled round about by heavy
e-rnvps of beech, ash. oak and
manle and nestling in me shade of
the woods are the summer homes
of people who go there annually
from Fort Wayne, Albion, Goslien
South Bend, Indianapolis and Chi
en co.
We returned to Albion in the
even In c to continue to visit with
our old schoolmates. James Mat
thews Is a bricht. energetic, pros
nernus. merchant and both he and
Daniel are held In tho highest re
spect by the people ot Albion.
Dnnlel has elven tho contract for
tho erection of a fine two-story
frame building, a house with all
modern improvements. A few
years ago Miss Minnie Matthews (a
sister of the boys) was a teacher in
the nubile schools at Honesdale. Pa.
She Is now a widow. Mrs. Bonar,
and lives at Laurence, Kan., with
her two sons and one daughter.
After making a few more stops
we reach Chicago, ill., Wednesday,
June 16th, ready to go farther west.
Chicago is a nlace where you can
get a good 15-cent meal anywhere
for 30 cents. Then again you can
get to any place in Chicago by
taking the "L" or surface cars and
wnlklntr lust about as far. We
railed on Miss Ida Foedisch and
Miss L. M. Aldrlch at the Vanecian
building where they are both in
business.
AUGUST P. REHBEIN
(To be continued.)
those which occur in churches, and
ntnnmhnnt disasters takO thO good
with the bad, the San Francisco and
Messina catastrophes affect good ana
bad people alike, and churcheB col
lapse with saloons or theatres, and
tho devout perish with the wicked,
we hear less of the latter being
singled, as victims of Almighty
wrath. Death Is no respecter of per
sons, and the laws of nature can not
bo changed by puny man, except In
rare Instances, by adopting reason
able and known precautions and not
to run into known danger. Light
ning rods, If properly adjusted, will
protect a building from damage, and
there are other exceptions, but man
haB learned to a larger extent of late
venrs to studv and resnect the laws
of nature, and that if ho would avoid
death and disaster, disease, etc., he
mnnt use his hrnlns and act accord
ingly, and not to blame or to saddle
on tho Almighty much which is due
to our own ignorance or wilfulness,
or which comes to us through the
operation of natural laws.
The Frisky, Fleeting Fly.
Rom. Feel little chilly, but
eiioss the world will warm up to me.
Find I am an acrobat. Can walk on
the celling. It's bully fun. Some
times I hnne bv one foot. Some hun
gry. Not much to eat on the wall
nnner.
Warmer to-day. Am real skittish
nnd llvelv. Skated on the window
nnne. Ate with the baby. Was a
little eareless and got In his mouth
He coughed me up. I believe that
Jonah story.
Tlnlnlne outdoors. Glad I'm inside
This fnmllv doesn't use good butter.
Took a milk bath. Explored the noor
but was snapped at by a dog. uiau
I'm not a flea, or I would have to
live on the dog.
Had a dandy feast on charlotte
rnsse to-dav. Got first whack at it
when shooed off took refuge on a
cracker. Somebody pulled the cracK
er from under me and consumed it
How ureedv some neonlo are.
Vnnnv thine hannened. Tried to
eret outdoors to the garbage can and
found iron bars preventing my egress.
Cloud has a silver lining, however,
for flies outside can't get in. If I
find a hole, will erect a turnstile and
make them pay admission. There's
a pretty brunette flyess out there who
mn iret In free it I'm on the gate.
Had lovelv came to-day with hu
man being who swatted at me with
a dust cloth. Good exercise for both
of us, but her batting eye is punk.
Her average tor the day was .uuu
as she whiffed every time. I took
a good long rest In the sugar bowl.
About 300 new arrivals to-day
door left open. All ravenously hun
gry. Had to whip auout eignty-seven
before I could get anything to cat off
the sideboard. They are a bunch of
anarchists who don't recognize my
vested rights.
Great deal of dust to-day. Prem
ises in confusion. Disgusting smell
of soap suds. Had to cat cold din
ner. Played with baby's face un
molested. They call this houseclean
Inir. Very disagreeable and Inhospit
able. It destroys several caches of
bacteria I had rubbed off.
Found peculiar glazed surfaces
with convention of unemployed flics
holding forth on it. Wonder what
it is. Must be a good thing, for they
seem to be stuck on it. Me for it.
B-b-b-z-z-zz zz buz-zlz say
Im all out of breath. Sort of at
tached to this glazed surface
myself. Been here two days. Can't
eat, can't fly. can't let go. Can't even
breathe. F-A-R-E-W-E-L-L.
BALL PLAYERS MUST KNOW.
Start of the Big League Leave Little
to Guesswork.
Eneh innn In n nuilnr tenant, must
know not only the strength but the
weakness of every opponent, ami the
array of facts and Information con
cerning players that each pitcher can
muster up Is amazing to the layman.
Late Inst season Boston presented a
new outfielder who, as far as I can
learn, never had played In a major
league before, and no one of the Chi
min rhili knew him nr ever hnd seen
him play ball, yet all were perfectly
familiar with him, his peculiarities,
jotting habits and disposition. On the
way to the grounds Brown and lteul
bach, ono of whom was to pitch, went
minutely over that new man, analyz
ing his noRltlon at bot. the way he
swung at n ball, the kind of ball he
could hit and whnt he could not nnd
'exactly how fast he tould reach first
base. Stclnfcldt waB warned that the
man was dangerous and a tricky hunt
er nnd that he always bunted toward
third. When tho nltohera trot through
discussing the newcomer Kllng and
Chance analyzed him ns a base run
ner.
'I think." TCHncr remarked, "wo can
catch that fellow a couple of times If
he gets an .bases today, II be reaches
second I'll pull off that delayed throw.
Let Joe cover and Johnny stall."
In the third Inning of the game the
unfortunate youngster renched second
base on a hit and a sacrifice. On the
first ball pitched to the next batter he
raced up toward third. Kllng motion
ed as If to throw, Tinker covered sec
ond base like a flash, and Evcrs stood
still. The recruit nt first made a lumn
toward second base; then, seeing Kllng
had not thrown, no siowea aown. -linker,
walking back past him, remarked:
"We'd have caught you that time, old
pal, if Kllng had thrown." For Just
one fatal trice tho youngster turned
his face to retort to Tinker's remark,
and in that instant Kllng threw; Ev
crs met the ball at second base, Jabbed
It against tho runner and before ho
knew what hnd happened he was out.
That man really was caught In the
bus on tho way to the ball grounds,
for the play was executed exactly as
Kllng planned. American Magazine.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or TilE
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK
AT
HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA.
At tho close of business. June 23, 1909.
HF.SOUHCE8.
Loans and Discounts...........";
Ovordrnlts.sccured nnd unsecured
U. 8. Honds to secure circulation.
Premiums on U. S.Ilonds
Bonds, securities, etc. .
Banklne-house, furniture and fix-
Due from 'National Banks (not
Reserve Agents)
Due from State Hanks and Bank-
crs niiutMnt
Due from approved reserve
n?S-t?A' 'ntii'nr oil Ytl"m R . . . .
Notes of other National Banks..
Fractional paper current.
cls and cents
Lawful Money Kcservo In i Bank.
viz: specie.... v"oir,uiin
T!nl tpnder notes 6,W 00-
RcdcmptTon fund with U. S.
Treasurer, vo pur iH.wmv
Due from'u'.'sl'Treasurer. other
than o per cent. reueiuiu" .unu
ITS
at MENNER & CO S Stores
200,941! 76
9 (19
M.nno oo
2.K00 00
1,332,38 oi
40.000 00
6.302 13
42 28
135,KH 86
1.1171 K7
m oo
200 10
88,822 60
2,750 00
700 00
Total.
,.$1.8(8.283 73
t IiniMTIES
... . .j ... imnoo oo
uapuai siock pmu in fKYjm .y.
Surplus fund........ """il iMw' w
Undivided profits, less expenses
National Bank notesoutstnndlng
miUU jhii llV.lr. . . '..1...
Due to other National Hanks.....
Due to State HanKS aim '.,
Individual deposits subject to
check $1.402.U9
Demand ccriincaics m
Kl MS Kt
64.500 00
900 00
(.7 05
21.WN "
Certified checks..
NEW
SUMMER
55 00
165 04-1,427.157 76
'nnp
None
None
None
Cashier's checks out
standing ;
Notes and bills redlscpunted.. ...
Hills payable. Including ccrtltl-
catcs of deposit for money bur-
LiraWlltlcs'otl"eVthantnoseabovc
stated
Totnl $1,868,283 73
State of Pennsylvania. County of Wayne, as.
I. E. F. Torrev. Cashier ot tnp nooje
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
above .statement Is true to the best ot my
knowledge and belief p Torrey, cashier.
Subscribed ond sworn to before me this
25th day of June. 1909. H STONE N P
Correot-attest: .
Ximiiw TifoMrso. Directors.
l.vl'fllT. ISIKDdAI.U. J
Wifely Pride.
There is no telling whnt quaint turns
wifely pride and devotion may take.
sir Mclvlll Boachcroft. while waiting
In a tenement house for tho occupant
of the first floor to admit mm, cuanccu
to overhear two women conversing on
the stairs.
Ono remarked that her husband al
ways wore a clean shirt every Sunday
morning.
"Well, now," responded the other, "I
never cares about Sundays, but 1 allays
do see thnt 'e 'as a clean shirt Satur
day afternoons, 'cos that's tho time 'e
is generally drinking, and when 'o docs
take 'Is coat off to fight I do like to
know 'e looks nice and clean." M.
A. P.
At the Telephone.
Dear, from this distance far
Thy face I cannot see,
But distance Is no bar
'Twlxt such as theo and mo.
So at tho telephone
Contented I may be
To hiss tho air alone
That lately hath kissed thee.
(This sort of lighter line
That maidens all adore
Since to their hearts like wine
Its liquid measures soar
All poets quickly pen,
And, whether bad or worst,
Wo all know how since when
Old Ilerrick did It nrst!)
Arthur Stanley Rises in Puck.
JULY CLEARING SALE
The Giant Event of the Season's End
stnni.-Ttrnken in cverv department. Small
isverv rassinc ouubuu imun .....w. . - -,,
lots are bound to accumulate here and therein a busy store like ours. J e ner
have and never will carry over goods from one season to another, no indeed S ,
55 Policy of this house demands that the wearables here -ntioned ls
when the season docs, so to tins enu we k"
down the prices unmindful of the cost to us. July is not a time for p ofits
uunu w- .,.i r .,, cvinrr rmnoi'tunitieS llOt 111
Here following we mean to epean in ucl-ub u,
words galore ; so if that means anything to yon read on
Death Xo Respecter.
The following, from the Scranton
Tribune, is worth reading:
An electrical storm swept a Meth
odist camp-meeting near Steuben
vllle, Ohio, a few days ago, and Jliss
Mary Miller, who had Just given her
"tf-stimonv" at tho meeting in pro
gress, was killed by a limb of a tree
striking her on the head, and Rev.
W. Ladue was seriously Injured, and
many persons received minor injuries.
A funeral nrocession near Hamil-
tnn. Ohio, was caucht In a storm, five
carriages overturned and occupants
Injured, and a farmer killed by ngiu-ning.
At Wheeling and Pittsburg two
persons were killed by an electric
bolt.
Pnrmer State Senator J. M. Shakes
peare, while attending divine services
at Marshnlltown, Delaware, was
stricken with paralysis, and died
within a few minutes.
Tn n shin collision on Lake Super
ior, during a fog, fourteen men were
drowned.
Death comes to all, no matter
where, when or the circumstances,
whether the victims are good, bad
or indifferent, whether in church,
camp-meeting or In places of bad
repute, or while crime Is being per
petrated. There was a time when If death
came suddenly or In a shocking man
ner, to a bad man or woman, or when
n nloio nf hnd rnnntn vans destroyed
by lire or lightning or a boat upset
on Sunday, and the occupants were
drowned, or a boy or man who fished,
ninvAd hall or went swimming on
Sunday were drowned, that it was
considered a visitation ana punisn
ment bv Providence.
But since the theatre disasters are
no more frequent or worse than
The Fear of Death.
It is as natural to die as to live
and as easy. Practically all the
distress witnessed as taking place in
the act of dying is the automatic
tissue struggle against dissolution,
and is not recognized by tho individ
ual who seems to be actually suffer
ing. Occasionally, in the delirium
of fever, in uremia, and other intox
ications, in certain of the brain de
generations witnessed in old age,
t.hprn is an exhilaration or happy,
peaceful calm that pervades the
final scene. Usually -everything
is dulled, blunted, so that at
the hnrder line between life and
death It is often difficult, even im
possible, for a certain time, to say
whether the soul has fled or not.
It was long debated In medical cir
cles whether or not there was a re-
llnhle test for death.
The fear of death, therefore, is
not Instinctive, and it never manl
fests Itself in those who are actually
dying. " Sense endureth no extremi
ties." said Sir Thomas Browne, and
oblivion shares with memory a
errent nart even of our living beings.
There is no physical horror of death
ohservnhle in beasts and insects.
Humanity acquired it, Dr. Keyes be
lieves, through "centuries of religi
ous teaching." There Is comfort in
tho thouerht that It Is never felt save
by those who have a reasonable pros
pect of the continued enjoyment of
life.
Gettinct a Lino on Him.
"You want to marrv rounc Fritter.
eh? Well, what's his battlne average?"
'Why. pa. I didn't Know he was a
ball player."
"Oh. I don't moan that. How many
days per month Is he on tho bench?"
Boston Globe.
AKRIVAIj and departure op
TRAINS
Delnn-aro & Hudson R. R.
Trains leave at 6:55 a. m., and
12:25 and 4:30 p. m.
Sundays at 11:05 a. m. and 7:15
n. m.
Trains arrive at 9:55 a. m., 3:15
and 7:31 n. m.
Sundays at 10:15 a. m. and 6:50
p. m.
TilE TOWN THAT
PUSH BUILT
III. The Wide Awake Butcher
Menner & Co's Store.
Wash Dresses in English Rep, Linen
and Linette, at
45wO MENNER & CO.'S Stores.
, ,,r,W
STRAUSE BROS. CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
$15 Suits "ow S10
$18 Suits now MS
S20 Suits ow $15
!25 Suits now SI 8
LANDAN BRAND CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
$10 Suits now $7
SO Suits now
$8 Suits now 5
$7 Suits now 94
CHILDREN'S' CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
S5 Suits now .J..u
S4 Suits now $2.75
$3.50 Suits now 2.25
$3.00 Suits now $2.00
BOYS' WASH SUITS ALL SIZES.
50c, 75c, to $1.00 Worth Double
the Price.
MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS ALL
SIZES.
Eclipse shirts, liijih Riw'o in every
respects. Cont cut, cults attached:
$1.50 value fc $ll0
$1.00 value Rt T00,
TRUNKS AND DRESS SUIT CASES
AT HALE PRICE.
Underwear at Reduced Prices.
Remember the Place--a Full Line of Everything.
BREGSTEIN BROS.
Erie R. R.
Trains leave at 8:27 a. m. and
2:50 p. m.
Sundays at 2:50 p. m.
Trains arrive at 2:13 and 8:02
p. m.
Sundays at 7:02 p. m.
HERE is tho butohr who, having
oaah,
To tho dry floodo merchant' mdo a
dah,
For ho saw an ad. of a apodal aalo
rtt tkinn. that naonla order bv mail.
And he paid for alt tho thlnga ho
bought
uuu u IFHmA manav ha had not
From tho jjrocer who had settlement
mado
With tho money tho honoct workman
paid.
P. S.The heal dealer who't up to muff
Will always advertise hts stuff.
We Pay the Freight
No charge for packing this chair
It is sold for CASH
at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE
at $4.50 each