TIIE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUliY 30, 1000.
"A TItAMP ABROAD."
Interesting Letter from Mr. August
J. Rchbeln.
When somebody said a good
many years ago, "Let's have a fair,
so that the fellow living over In the
next county mny see just how far
we have progressed," thut some
body did not realize thnt he was
starting a movement which from a
county affair, would develop Into a
State exposition, and from thnt
Into one of national Importance
and so on to an exposition which
would engage the attention of all
nations. To-dny, the commerce of
the world Is being enlarged, the
friendly diplomatic relations of na
tions are more closely fomented,
and In the larger sense, the educa
tion of the people of the earth made
broader and more effective because
of that first little county fair, held,
we will say, live miles from nowhere.
Governments are taking Into ac
count the good results of these vnr
lous expositions, and for that ren
son are making a closer study of
each one held.
.Most of our expositions held in
the past have been founded upon
some historical event, for example.
The Centennial Exposition held in
Philadelphia, 1S7C, commemorated
our Declaration of Independence;
the Chicago World's Pair, the dis
covery of America by Columbus 'In
1492; the St. Louis Exposition, the
purchase of the Louisiana territory
in 1S03; the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion at Portland, Or., that of
our !
first great exploration ncross the
continent, 1S04-0; and the .lames
town Exposition, the settlement at
Jamestown, Va., in 1G07. The
Alaska-Yukon-Paclfic Exposition is
based upon no such historical inci
dent; it is simply and frankly a
broad commercial proposition, and
the ofllclal statement expresses the
purposes of the Fair. "First, to
exploit the resources and potentiali
ties of the Alaska and Yukon terri
tories in the United States and the
Dominion of Canada. Second: To
make known and foster the vast im
portance of the trade of the Pacific
Ocean and of the countries border
ing thereon. Third: To demon
strate the marvelous progress of
Western America, where, within a
radius of 1,000 miles of Seattle, 7,
oOO.OOO persons live, who are di
rectly interested in making the ex
position the true exponent of their
material wealth and development."
From an educational point of view,
this exposition will lie of great value
in exploiting the great and various
resources of tin; Pacific north-west.
Let mo illustrate the spirit and en
terprise of the people in this section
of our country. On October 2,
1000, the citizens of Seattle were
asked to subscribe ?r.u0,000 in stock
for the exposition. They raised
$0,"0,000 in a single day by in
dividual subscription, and when it
became necessary to raise more
money, $oii0,000 worth of bonds
were sold in two days, and when
the landscape department advertis
ed and asked for 2H.000 geranium
plants, 40,000 plants wore brought
to the fair in one afternoon. Such
a manifestation of energy and en
terprise should have a successful
termination, and the people of this
country, in general, should wel
come an opportunity such as this
fair gives, to show that they appre
ciate and rejoice in the prosperity
and wonderful achievements of our
neighbors in the far northwest.
Our stay at Seattle being limited,
and wishing to see all we could in
the shortest time possible, every
moment was occupied. Our first
forenoon was given over to calling
on the following friends, whom we
found all well and delighted to hear
from dear old Wayne county: .Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Crumbs, Mrs.
Robert Knlpe, where wo found Mrs.
Kaliscli of Honesdale, and her
daughter, Miss Carolina Kalisch
visiting; Miss Laura Eno, nulco of
Mr. Alford Eno of Seelyvillo; Miss
Clara Chase, whoso mother once
lived at White's Valley; Mr. Earl
Lee, a nephew of Wm. H. Lee, Esq.;
and Mr. and Mrs. George Lent.
Mr. Lent left Kingston and San
gertus some thirty years ago, and
came to Seattle, Washington, when
It was only a small, prosperous vil
lage, and to-day, he is at the head
of one of the Alaska Navigation
Companies, which has some forty
steamships in its fleet. We also
met, at the fair grounds, Rev. Adam
.Murrmann, who is preaching In this
vicinity, temporarily. We were for
tunate in having such good friends
as Mr. and Mrs. George Lent at
Seattle, who so kindly took us
about in their large touring car,
pointing out and explaining to ns,
the various improvements made,
and those contemplated, and show
ing us many points of inerest wo
would otherwise not have seen.
The Mediterranean of the west
ern world is Puget Sound, with its
countless arms and inlets. It has a
shore lino of 1C00 miles, which
furnishes innumerable harbors and
facilities for commerce. Situated
on Elliott Bay, about forty miles
from where Puget Sound opens intoi
the Strait, Seattle, the "Queen City"
of the northwest, sits enthroned
upon a series of hills which rise to
an elevatton of from three to four
hundred and fifty feet above the
sea level.
Seattle is a city built in a single
generation. Thirty years ago it
was a struggling town of about
tliirty-flvo hundred people, without
a direct line of railroad connection
with tho East, or any foreign line
of ocean transportation. From the
year 1893, when the Northern Pa
cific Railroad was completed, and
in 189C when the steamer "Port
land" came down from the north
with Its golden cargo, the news of
which opened the eyes of the world
to the wealth of Alaska, the growth
and progress of the city has been
phenomenal, the last census, 1900,
giving Seattle a population or S0,
C71, and the next census will prob
ably give her over 300,000. To-day,
twenty-live hundred deep sea ves
sels pass in and out of the Seattle
harbor yearly; she has forty wharves
and docks, has direct communica
tion ,wlth Japanese and Chinese
ports and the Hawaiian Islands, and
In the last twelve years its freight
business has increased over 400 per
cent. Seattle has over one hundred
and fifty miles of street railway,
and six of tho transcontinental rail
roads now have terminals there.
She has twenty public parks aggre
gating 415 acres, excellent paved
streets; a United States assay office;
a public library that contains about
100,000 volumes; a good water
system; the Washington State Uni
versity is situated within the city
limits; a 52"i0,000 High school, and
a million dollars worth of public
school buildings fifty-seven build
ings many of which wo saw, and
they can well be proud of them In
their business section. There are
scores of excellent hotels, and beau
tiful residences, and they have one
hundred and twenty-five churches
of all denominations. Thus you
can see that Seattle's industrial and
commercial growth has been indeed
remarkable. In one of our sight
seeing auto trips, we were taken
to the water tower which crowns
Queen Ann Hill; we climbed to the
observation platform of the tower,
the highest point in the city, and
from there we had a sweeping
panoramic view, affording at a
glance an excellent idea of the ex
tent and situation of the city. To
the west of the city we could see
Elliott Day, an inlet of Puget Sound;
to the east, and but three miles re
moved from salt water, is Lake
Washington, some 2S miles long
and from two to four miles wide.
We also visited Capitol Hill, Deacon
Hill, University Place, West Seattle,
Fauntleroy Pa.k, Dcniny-Dlaine
Park; Washington Park, the Boule
vard driveway and Fort Lawton,
United States Army Post. We took
a steamboat ride up Puget Sound
forty miles to tho city of Tacoma,
returning by trolley to Seattle after
visiting the Parle and the residence
portion of the city.
Tacoma s population in 1SS0 was
1,098; In 1900, ::",000, and to-day
it is over one hundred thousand.
Wo mention this so you can form
an idea of the growth of most of
these northwestern towns. From
a residential viewpoint, Tacomans
can justly bo proud of their beauti
ful city, its well-paved streets and
can justly be proud of its beauti
ful parks. It is said that the char
acter of a city is known by its edu
cational institutions, and Tacoma
can well abide by a decision on that
basis; a $500,000 High school,
twenty-four splendid grade schools,
two colleges, Whitwortli and the
University of Puget Sound; the
Anna Wright Seminary for Girls,
and several business colleges. One
might easily and profitably spend a
week or more visiting these two at
tractive cities, Seattle and Tacoma,
and the attractive side trips from
which throughout the adjacent
Sound country are almost number
less. . We have visited so many of the
large Expositions in the past, that
they all appear, to a certain degree,
similar. For that reason we will only
give you a description of the loca
tion of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, an impression of Its
beauty and what, in our opinion,
was the most impressive of its ex
hibits. There could be no more per
fect natural setting for an exposi
tion, than that chosen, nnd no
location could have contributed
more in scenic beauty. The site is
on the compas of the University of
Washington, a tract of two hundred
and fifty acres within easy reach of
the city, twenty minutes by trolley,
and lies upon the banks of Lakes
Union and Washington. The land
slopes back in graceful terraces to
higher ground, which adds to the
beauty of the picture.
Tho central feature around which
the government and other principal
buildings stand, is the Cascades and
Geyser Dasln or Arctic Circle.
Starting from the head of the Cas
cades a stream of water glides
gracefully over several successive
steps or terraces toward the geyser
basin, and under these steps and tho
water, are submerged electric lights,
which at night are continually
changing colors causing a beautiful
effect. At the head of the Cascades
Is the Alaska-Yukon column, n shaft
eighty feet high, entirely covered
with pure gold leaf, hammered from
nuggets from the mines of Alaska
and .Yukon. In the general plan of
architecture this exposition follows
the French renaissance. This ap
plies to the Manufacturers, Mines,
Fisheries and other structures form
ing the central picture of the exhibl
tion. Millions of flowers are in
bloom, their colors carefully blend
ed in harmonious effect. The cac
tus dahlia, the official flower of tho
exposition is everywhere in evidence
Tho principal thoroughfare, Rainier
Avenue, Is in a direct lino with that
grand, white-domed sentinel, Mount
Rainier, 14,526 feet in height,
whose perpetually snow-capped peak
may be plainly seen from the
grounds on a clear day. We only
had one look at it during our stay
at Seattle, it was so cloudy the bal
ance of tho time. The chief build
ings of tho exposition added to the
government structures, complete
the circle around the Court of Hon
or, the Manufacturer's Palace to
the east; the Palace of Agriculture
across- the basin, on the west; the
government group, Alaska, Hawaii,
Fisheries and Mines, directly to the
north; and around the outer circle
or back of these buildings Just men
tioned, are the Foreign and State
exhibit buildings.
Seven of the main buildings are
of permanent construction, to re
vert to the University of Washing
ton when the Exposition is over.
The most imposing nnd unique in
appearance, and the one that inter
ested us most was the Forestry
Building. This building typifies in
its architecture the leading industry
of the State of Washington. it is
built of huge fir and cedar logs, in
their rough state, averaging from
live to seven feet in diameter, and
from forty to fifty feet long. The
weight of each one of these great
logs Is estlmnted at 50,000 pounds,
nnd contanlng some 0,000 feet In
board measure. It Is said to be the
largest log house ever built. This
building is of permanent construc
tion, and while an architectural nov
elty, is surpassingly beautiful.
While all the exhibits at the dif
ferent buildings were beautiful and
much time could be consumpd in
explaining their uses, the one that
took our fancy, was the Treadwell
Gold Mine exhibit (Alaska building).
This exhibit consists of bricks and
bars of real gold, tons of rich gold
quartz and ninny sacks of the rich
est concentrates. The reason why
we did not bring home one of the
gold bricks was, they had It nil en
closed in a lnrgo, heavy iron-barred
cage, and our magic power was not
sufficiently strong to draw one of
the bricks through the bars.
In the interior of the Spokane
building the highest artistic art Is
displayed in the arrangements of
Its exhibits, beautiful pictures il
lustrating seed and harvest time,
and finely decorated panels, no
paint used, all made out of seeds,
cereals, corn, oats, grain, and
grasses, so artistically constructed
that it required minute Inspection
to discern its makeup.
Taken as a whole the Fair is a
good one, and reflects great credit
upon the people of the northwest.
The electric display is not so elabor
ate as at Buffalo, but it is good and
we trust tho results will show good
returns for tho investments.
The amusement feature of the
exposition is "The Pay Streak," in
Chicago, and Omaha it was "The
.Midway," in St. Louis it was "Tho
Pike," in Portland it was "The
Trail," and at Jamestown "The
Warpath."
In Alaska, the pay streak is a
mine of gold. Hero in Seattle at the
fair, it means a mine of fun. We
simply walked through this portion
of tho exhibition. We did not
spend much 'time here.
In our next letter we will tell of
our trip to Portland, Oregon, San
Francisco, and Los Angeles, Cal.
AUGUST J. REHDEIN.
A Real Schemer.
For six mouths she had been plead
ing with him to buy an automobile.
'They are too expensive," ho pro
tested for the hundredth time. "If I
bought an automobile I would have
to cut down our expenses."
"What expenses?'' slunsked.
"Why, table expenses. For instance,
if I had an automobile I couldn't af
ford to have chicken every Sunday."
She laughed.
"Why, you goose, If you had an au
tomobile you could run down enough
fowls to have chicken every day, to
say nothing of big turkeys and nice
roasting pigs. Why is It men haven't
any brains?"
And tho next dny he hustled aronnd
to the nearest dealer and ordered a
racing machine. St. Louis Republic.
Laundry Lines.
Add a teaspoouful of sugar of lead
to the water in which fine silk hosiery
is washed to prevent tho color from
fading.
See that clothes arc thoroughly dried
and aired after being ironed; other
wise they will not smell fresh and
sweet ami white garments will soon
become yellow.
When you sprinkle clothes for iron
ing cover tho basket with a big, heavy
blanket nnd clothes will keep moist
and not mildew or sour in tho hottest
weather. Place the basket in a cool
place, especially if articles nro sprin
kled at night to iron tho next day.
Train and Track.
Alaska has a trifle fewer than 300
miles of railroad.
Mexico's railway mileage is growing
fast. During tho last sis mouths of
1008 2C3 kilometers were added.
Tho conductor, engineer nnd fireman
on tho Chicago express over tho Head
ing nnd Lehigh Vnlley railroad nro
brothers.
It is claimed to bo tho purpose of
the Great Northern to build west
through tho province of Manitoba at
tho earliest possible moment nnd there
nro some who predict thnt tho road
will be extended farther westwnrd.
Ceylon' Pearl Banks.
The pearl banks of Ceylon date bncU
to tho sixth century beforo Christ It
la recorded that Vljaya, tho first Cin
galese, king of Ceylon, in tho year M0
B. C. presented his fatherin-law, the
Pandyan king of Madura, "a gift of
pearls," thus Indicating a settled fish
ery for pearls on tho coast of hla do
minions nrlnr to the historic date.
The
Scrap Book
Hoaving the Lead.
Tho steamer wns loaded with pig
lod and was slowly picking her way
up the dangerous river. Tho mnte
wns forward,
and ns they ap
proached a dan
gerous spot he
turned fiercely to
n deck hand.
" W h y don't
you henve tho
lead?" he roared.
The mariner
had only recent
ly embraced bis
profession, and
technical expres
sions were as yet
somewhat be
yond him.
"II e a v e the
lead, is it. your
"why don't you honor? Surel
heave Tim lead?" Where should I
he noAiiED. heave it?"
The mate turned purple. "Over
board, you fathead 1" ho cried.
And straightway Patrick seized one
of the pigs of lend nnd threw it over
board. The mnte felt that mere words were
useless at a time like this, and he
made an effort to
save tho pig as it
weut over. Alns,
in doing so he
overbalanced nnd
w out. with a
splash, into the
dark river.
Just then the
captain took n
hand in the dis
cussion from tho
bridge.
"Now, then,
you forward,
why don't you
heave the lead?"
"Please, s u r,
'tis already hev,"
said Pat.
" A ii d ho w
much water Is
there?"
"AmiAlt." HE SAID,
"don't ye de so
impatient."
Pat considered a moment
"Arrah." ho said, "don't ye be so
Impatient. The mate's just this mo
ment gone to find out"
Many a Slip.
There's many a slip on the stony hillside
Ot Ufa ns wo up to the summit would
climb.
Tho pathway Is narrow, tho pitfalls aro
wide.
And wo can co only one step nt a tlmo.
Then what wonder so many havo mado a
misstep
And fallen, lct us pause ero their sin
wo rehearso
And still the reproaches that como to tho
lip.
For aught that wo know wo might havo
done worse,
Helen JIanvllle.
The Arm of the Law.
In a certain Canadian city a lady
was defending an action for a large
sum of mouey which she felt sho was
not morally entitled to pay. When it
looked as if the case would go against
her she sold all her real estate and put
the proceeds, some 515,000 or moro, in
her pockctbook which in her case, ns
is the custom with some women, wns
her stocking. The Judgment was given
against her, and because sho would not
pay nor tell where the money was she
was sent to Jail for a year. Ilcr coun
sel tried to got her released. The fol
lowing conversation formed part of
tho proceedings;
"You admit," said tho Judge, "that
this woman had property to the value
of 515.000?"
"Yes. your honor," said the counsel.
"And yon admit that sho sold tho
property nnd put the money in her
stocking?"
"Yes, my lord."
"And do you mean to toll mo that
the arm of the lnw is not long enough
to reach it?"
Proof Positive,
Former Representative Amos J
Cummings of New York was onco city
editor of tho Sun. Ono Saturday night
it was announced thnt all tho saloons
were to be closed next day.
Cummings called his star reporter,
Murray.
"Tom," ho said, "go out tomorrow
nnd find out if the saloons nro selling
liquor."
It was Thursdny when- Tom ngnln
appeared at his desk.
"They were," he reported.
Man's Ideal of Character.
Every man has at times in his mind
tho ideal of what ho should be, but la
not. This ideal may be high nnd com
plete or it may bo quite low and Insuf
ficient, yet In all men that really seek
to Improve it Is better than tho nctual
character. Mnn never fnlls so low that
ho can soo nothing higher than him
self. Theodore Parker.
Family Secrets.
There Is n most amiable woman In
Loulsvillo who is noted among her
friends for ber habit of "saying things
without thinking." Her dnughter wns
entertaining a young man on the front
porch, nnd tho mother was standing
at tho fence talking to the neighbors
next door. In tho yard of tho latter
wns a bnby a little over a year old,
nnd it wns trying to walk.
"You shouldn't let it walk so young,"
advised the thoughtless matron. "Walt
until It's a little older. I let my
daughter walk when sho was about
thnt age, and it made ber awfully bow
legged." The young mnn began to talk ener
getically nbout tho weather.
1SEFOHT OP THE CONDITION
OF THE
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK
AT
1IONKSDAI.K. WAYNE COUNTY. PA.
At the close of business, June 23, l'JUt),
HKSOl'RCES.
Loans nnd Discounts.. f 200.WJ. -fi
iverdrafts.securcd and unsecured ! 8
17. S. llonds to secure circulation. iM,vw uu
Premiums on V. S. Honda Wgw uu
II, .11. Id iullr Hl-U. 1-tP 1.3,!2.3uH 04
ltaiiklng-houso. furniture mm tlx-
Due 7romJVitiomii" banks (not
Itcserve Accnts).
Due from Statu Hanks and Hank
ers 10.000 uo
(1.3'J-J 13
42 2S
Due from approved reserve ......
teems " P.'
f'lu.oL-a mill ntlii-r rush Items.
1.1171 S7
Notes 01 other .atioiiai i.aiiKs..
Fractional paper currency, nlck-
ilo ,i,wl fdiirtt...
U25 IK)
200 10
Lawful Money iicservo hi J'-ajik.
viz: specie jc-i.on
t .... 1 ,...l..r n.itf.u I! HIS HI
HcdeinptTi'm fund with lj. S.
Treasurer, to pur icui. un-nm-lntliiii)
2.750 00
700 00
Due from U. S. Treasurer, other
than o per cent, rciicniimoii iium
Total
1.IAMI.1TIKS.
Capital Stock paid In $
130,000 00
150.000 00
Mmmis iuiui........
Undivided prollts. less expenses
anil taxes paid
National Dank notesoutstmidlns
State Hank noto uutstanultii;....
H4.WW HI
51.50U 00
WO 00
Due to other .National isaiiKs.....
Dm-to State Hanks and Hankers
1.01KI Oil
07 05
Individual deposits subject . to
cheek ii.iwi.iia i-
Dcmand certllleatus ot
deposit -2 "
ilt-n
(Yrtlfli-tl checks...
yj uu
Cashier's cheeks out
standing
n.itulu li. irrnwi-fl . . . . .
Ho 01-1,427.157 70
.Mine
Notes' and bills redlscjumteil..
None
None.
None
Hills payable, Including cert 111-
cates of deposit for money bor-
Liabilities other than those above
rowi
stuti-u
Total S1.MK.2M 7S
State nf Pennsylvania. County of Wayne, ss.
I. K. K. TuitncY. Cashier of the above
named llnnk. do, solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best ot mj
knowledge and ueiiei. . ,,..,.
KnWrllit-il nnd sworn 'to beloru me this
25th day of June. l'JOtf. uflV1, v
Correct attest :
II. '.. Kfssni.i,. 1 , ,
Anbukw TiiiiMi-sox. Directors.
.1 AMKrt C. fiIKHSAI.1.. ) 52V4
JULY CLEARING SALE
The Giant Event of the Season's End
T.v,.rv TnssiniT Season linrfs our Stock
lots are bound to accumulate here and there in a busy store like ours. We never
have and never will enrrv over goods from one season to another, no indeed, Sir,
the policy of this house demands that tho wearables here mentioned leaves us
when the season does, so to this end we ro through all departments and clip
down the prices unmindful of the cost to us. July is not a time lor profits.
Here following we mean to speak in Heeds ot many savin: ..pp..nmm.u
words galore; so if that means anything to yon read on
STHAUSE KKOS. CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
$15
St8
.S25
Suits ' -M"
Suits w $D5
Suits how $15
Suits ow 18
CHILDHENS
S5 Suits . . . .
Si Suits ...
Sil.oO Suits .
S;5.00 Suits .
CLOTHES ALL
SIZES.
now i?:5.50
now $2.75
now 2.25
now S2.00
HOYS' WASH SUITS ALL SIZES.
50c, 75c, to $1.00 Worth Double
the Price.
Underwear at
Remember the Place -
We Pay the Freight
No charge for packing this chair
It is sold
at BROWN'S FURNITURE STORE
at $4.50 each
HEW
SUMMER
SUITS
at MENNER & GO'S Stores
Menner & Co's Store.
Wash Drosses in English Hep, Linen
nnd Dinette, at
45G MENNKK & CO.'S Stores.
.IOI5 WOliK AT THE CITIZEN.
I'.roken in eveiy department. Small
LAN DAN
I5IIANI) CLOTHE
SIZES.
ALL
SIO Suits
Sf) Suits ,
S8 Suits ,
S7 Suits ,
.now $7
.now SO
. now
. now
S5
94
MEN'S DHESS SH HIT'S ALL
SIZES.
Eclipse shirts, high .unule In every
respects. Coat cut, culfs attached:
$1.50 value t $1.00
$1.00 value nt 70c.
THUNKS AND DHESS SUIT CASES
AT HALE 1MMCE.
Reduced Prices.
aFull Linelof Everything.
for CASH