THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1000.
LOOAIj MENTION.
Scranton cats are afflicted with
lockjaw. Happy Scranton.
Ninety-two degrees In the
shade, was the temperature record
In this place and vicinity yesterday.
The hay crop In this locality
Is, we are Informed, excellent. The
dry weather, evidently, did not harm
that.
Girls, Margaret Mlxter says that
a good way to avoid wrinkles is to
wash the face In spring water, and
springs, about hero are plentiful.
Don't forget the Ice-cream fes
tival of the Ladies' improvement
Society, Texas No. 4, at Bellevue
Park, Saturday evening, July 31.
Down at Stroudsburg, they
catch eels four feet long and rattle
snakes Ave feet and nine inches in
length or else the Jeffersonian is
a an economist of truth.
As we go to press with The
Citizen, the Old Home Week com
mittee of arrangements is busily
conferring over progress made and
to be made. Will tell you about it.
Any business man or other
resident who opposes Old Home
Week or any other celebration which
will bring people to Honesdale, is
no friend of the town. Remember
that, fellow citizens.
"Auxetophone" is the name of
a new musical Instrument. The
long word means "big noise." Queer
name for a "musical" machine, but
it is applicable to many already In
vented. Director of Public Works Ter
wllliger has informed the Mayor of
Scranton, that a decision has been
reached which will allow public
bathing In Lake Lincoln on Sunday.
That's surely sensible.
If you own a bee and that bee
goes over into your neighbor's yard
and stings him, are you liable for
damages? That's the query that is
puzzling a Connecticut court, just
nt npocont Wlint rln vnn tlitnlr? 1
On Saturday afternoon the
Honesdale team will play White
Mills at Athletic Park. The local
team was recenty organized and is
composed of a number of promising
youngsters. The visitors will have
their strongest line-up with them.
Tbe Erie Railroad last week
issued an order that all Inspectors
along the line, car inspectors, etc.,
miibt take the eye and ear examina
tion. Consequently there is an
exodus of such employes to Jersey
City. I
The dead body of Sarah j
Thomas, aged 17, was found tloat-1
lug in the reservoir at Wllkes-Unrre I
on .Monday last. There were no
marks of violence, to indicate foul
play, yet there are suspicions that
she did not drown herself.
W. H. Hall, of Indian Orchard,
will paint the llenwood bridge, the
bottom and top girders of the .Main i
street bridge, bottom of the Farn
ham and the ends of the Herman
bridges, all two coats, for $150.
There was one other bid for the
work at ?225.
In answer to a query received
by mail, we will say that the State
Department will pay no bounties for
killing wild-cats, foxes and other
noxious animals, until the Legisla
ture appropriates money with which
to pay. The last session of Legisla
ture failed to make any appropria
tion for that purpose.
Lee Pie, Honesdale's Chinese
laundrymau, has bought an automo
bile, whereat the Scranton Tribune
uses half a column of its valuable
space to shriek at the "outrage."
The idea of a Chinaman owning a
choo-choo! Wo are not an advocate
of the Celestial breed, but it occurs
to us that the Tribune's space might
have been used to better advantage.
The Wellsboro Agitator tells of
a man in that locality who is the
proprietor of a temperance hotel,
who recently ejected from his stom
ach a snake more than a foot in
length. If it hadn't been that the
"temperance house" was thrown in
with that item well, one might
have been a little "leary" about the
fact as stated.
The third of a series of in
teresting articles on Western travel,
written by our townsman, Mr. A.
J. Rehbein, appears on the third page
of this issue. Mr. Rehbein has the
happy faculty of making the reader
see what he describes. His refer
ences to former Honesdale residents, 1
whom he found in the west, are also
of local Interest.
Montrose, capitol of Susque
hanna county, and, heretofore, a
resort for summer boarders, is said
to be "dead" this season. Rev. Dr.
Torrey, the evangelist, is blamed
for this state of affairs, says a pub
lication of that county, his labors
having produced a "dampening ef
fect" on tho gayety of that town.
We think that is a libel. Montrose
has always been the most perfectly
perfect town as regards its social
behavior that ever stood on a hill.
Look elsewhere for the cause of the
slump.
The Narrowsburg Canoe Club
registered at the Hotel Wayne for
dinner Tuesday. It comprised tho
following: Mrs. N. M. Hodges, New
York; Mrs. S. H. Dyer, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McCllntock,
New York; Lillian D. Allison, Hollis,
L. I.; Ida A. Grover, Red Bank, N.
J.; J. L. Chapman, Rutherford
Park, N. J.; 0. Fisher, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Josephine B. Parrlngton,
Hollis, L. I.; F. J. Conklln, Red
Bank, N. J.; Master L. Van Slclen,
Bayside, N. Y. These tourists are
summering at the West Point house
at Narrowsburg.
C. A. Locklln has been appoint- I
ed assessor of Paupack township, '
vice Oliver Locklln resigned. (
All that Honesdale needs now, I
to make it perfectly beautiful, is
paved streets. And they will come.
Garrett Berry, who was mur
dered In Scranton last week by
Amos Blakeslee, was formerly a
resident of Gallllee, this county. He
left, we understand, nn estate valued
at about $22,000.
The executive committee in
charge or arrangements for Old
Home Week feel quite encouraged.
On Wednesday it secured $C00 to
be added to tho amount already sub
scribed. It is hoped that the
amount will reach a total of at least
$1,800.
Regular services at the Metho
dist church next Sunday. The pas
tor will preach morning and even
ing. Miss Tydwell Jones, of Scran
ton, will sing nt the evening ser
vice and there will be special music
in the evening.
PERSONAL.
Mr. W. Hawkins, of Scranton,
wns a visitor in town, yesterday.
L. A. Helferch was a business
caller in Scranton on Wednesday.
Fred Xeary, of Scranton, was a
visitor in town this week.
Mr. David Berry, of Galilee, was
a visitor in town yesterday.
Miss Helen Ward has returned
home, after a visit in Wllkes-Barre.
Thomas Robinson, of Carbondale,
is spending a few days at his nome
at this place.
Mrs. G. T. Rodman and children,
of Hawley, arc the guests of Miss
Ella Sharpsteln.
Miss Mlgnon Green, of Wilkes
Barre, is the guest of Miss Marie
Ward, of Park street.
Robt. A. Jadwin and family, of
Carbondale, are guests of Hon. C.
C. Jadwin in this place.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Swingle, of
Jubilee, were pleasant callers at the
Citizen olllce yesterday.
Miss Anna Ward, of Buffalo, is
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Ward, of Park street.
Miss Mary Kelly will return to
Baltimore to-day, after a two
weeks' visit at the home of her par
ents. Miss Florence Cassidy, of Bay
onne, X. J., is tho guest of Miss
Lottie Ilussa, of South Church
street.
Misses Marion Penticost and
Grace Hughes, of Scranton, are
spending their vacation at Beach
Lake.
Miss Margaret Bernstein, of
Scranton, is visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Rowland, of
Ninth street.
Mrs. G. Campbell and daughters.
Marion and Lillian, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Sarah Robinson,
of Ridge street.
Thomas Finnerty lias returned,
after a six weeks' southern trip, in
the iteiest of the T. B. Clark Cut
Glass Company.
Miss Grace Patteiger has return
ed to her home in Wilkes-Barre,
after a visit with friends in this
place and Bethany.
Mrs. J. J. Finnerty and daughter,
Grace, have returned to their home
in Buffalo, after a three weeks' visit
with Honesdale relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Twitmyer,
of Wilmington, Del., who have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Betz, of
Church street, returned home to
day. The following young men from
this place are camping on the shores
of Elk Lake: Daniel Coleman, Neal
Hiller, George Foster, Frank Col-
well, Ray Brown, and Austin Lyons.
Funeral of .T. .1. Meighn.
The funeral of J. J. Meighn, who
died Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Briggs, was held
yesterday morning. A mass was
celebrated at St. John's Catholic
church, at 10 o'clock. The funeral
arrangement was in charge of the
Knights of Columbus, and A. O. H.
Interment was made in St. John's
Catholic cemetery. The remains
were at Brown's undertaking rooms,
the past few days, pending the ar
rival of relatives of the deceased.
It was learned the early part of the
week that Mr. Meighn had a son
employed by an express company
near Philadelphia, but no trace of
him could be found.
Harry Pullman Attempts Suicide.
Harry Pullman, president of the
National League of professional
baseball clubs shot himself in the
right temple at 9:30 o'clock on
Wednesday In his room at the New
York Athletic club in New York.
The bullet passed entirely through
his head from right to left cutting
out both eyes. There is very little
chance that he will recover.
Protection's Purade nnd Picnic.
Protection Fire company No. 3
will hold its annual parade and pic
nic at Bellevue Park on Thursday,
August Bth. The company will dis
pense with their annual parade, as
they propose to celebrate Fireman's
Day during Old Home Week.
Do your feet feel big and heavy?
Are your eyelids prone to close
Do you lean upon your rolltop?
Is it work to blow your nose
Is your daily labor irksome7
Is It toll to shave your mug
Would you rather sleep than not to?
Then you have tho lazy bug!
Wayno County's Affected Cows.
W.C. Norton, agent for the Penn
sylvania Live Stock Sanitary Board,
of Wayne county, made an invest!-,
gatlon Wednesday of the charges i
made in a letter from a Dundaff
resident to Mayor A. L. Sahm, of 1
Carbondale, Monday night. The
writer alleged that cows affected i
with tubercolosls were on a certain j
farm of Clifford which furnishes
part of the city's milk supply, that
several had died from the disease i
and others were dying, and that
one of the affected cattle was sold j
to a Dundaff butcher, recently, and
the carcass returned by the butcher,
because of the offensive odor of it.
The letter received by the mayor
has been turned over to Sanitary
Officer M. J. Gallagher, and he was
preparing to wire a report of the
charges to Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, of
Ardmore, health commissioner of the
state, when Agent Norton reported
to him that he Intended making a
complete investigation of the allega
tions. Until the report of this agent
is received nothing further will be
done in this case.
If the allegations are found ( to
have any foundation, stringent steps
will be taken immediately by the
agent to have the diseased cows
killed and the farm placed under a
strict quarantine for some time.
The letter has caused much of a
stir at Carbondale and people who
are patrons of the milkmen who re
ceive their supply from Dundaff
have quit getting milk from them
until the state authorities report on
the case.
llurglury In Duryca.
Burglars operated in Duryea
Wednesday night, getting away with
1,000 cigars, a number of razors
and many pairs of shoes, this loot
being secured from the general store
of Edsall & Clausen, located near
the Old Forge line, in the northern
part of the borough. They worked
without being detected, and got
away safely.
It is the belief of the authorities
that the burglars had a wagon with
which to carry away their plunder.
Twenty boxes of cigars and a num
ber of razors and pairs of shoes
could not very well be carried with
out the men being seen, unless there
was a wagon used, the authorities
say.
Has it Tackled You?
When the alarm clock bangs out
its unwelcome summons in the morn
ing, do you turn over and catch a
few more winks?
When your work is piled up in
front of you and you ought, in all
fairness to the boss, to be breaking
all eight-hour-a-day records, do
your wandering thoughts drift to
baseball fields and cool retreats
where the trout don't bite but the
mosquitoes do?
Would you rather lie in the ham
mock than mow the lawn?
in fact, would you rather loaf
than work, and do you feel like fall
ing asleep at the switch?
If so your case is plain. The diag
nosis is simple. The uncinariasis
has claimed you for its own. Catch
that uncinariasis? Rather like the
sound of that, but it is too hard to
spell, so henceforth it will be called
by the name the medical sharps in
the army have dubbed It the hook
worm, or to be more explicit and
show that there are no hard feel
ings, the "lazy bug."
List to the tidings from Washing
ton: "The hook worm, or 'lazy bug,'
as it has been shown to exist in the
southern states, according to in
vestigations of the physical condi
tion of army recruits, will form an
interesting chapter in the forthcom
ing report of the surgeon general of
the army, and probably will lead to
a widespread effort on the part of
boards of health in the southern
states to eradicate this disease,
which a few years ago was brought
prominently to the attention of the
world in connection with the Porto
Ricans.
"Following this investigation of
recruits it was discovered that un
cinariasis was a common disease
throughout the southern states. It
is estimated by army surgeons that
50 per cent, of the recruits in the
army to-day from the rural districts
of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Louisiana will show hook
worm Infection.
"It has been estimated that the
campaign waged by the army
against the hook worm In Porto
Rico resulted in the saving of more
than 5,000 lives annually. The sur
geon general may suggest the pos
sibility of instituting some cam
paign against the disease in the
south, but under present conditions
it is said but little can be done ex
cept through the agency of state
governments."
Now please go away and let us
sleep.
Olyphant Pollceinnn Kills Prisoner.
Wednesday, just as Chief of Po
lice Michael J. Hastings, of Oly
phant, fired a random shot to fright
en John Sherman, who had escaped
from tho officer's hands after he had
been placed under arrest, Sherman
leaped Into the air to clear a cellar
opening, and Intercepted the bullet.
The ball pierced the prisoner's
neck, and lodged In the base of the
brain. Sherman died Wednesday
night at 11:30 at the State hospital.
Sherman was twenty-three years
old, and lived In Jamison City, Co
lumbia county.
Iluve The Citizen in yonr home.
The Commissioners and the Com
panies. Representatives of the Hillside
Coal & iron Co., the Erie, the Penn
Coal Co., and the D. & H., met with
the commissioners on Tuesday to
make some agreement in the mat
ter of the appeals to court from the
triennial assessment of 1907. The
companies made a proposition to
the commissioners which was de
clined. The Commissioners then
made propositions which were taken
under consideration and the parties
will meet again next Wednesday.
Cause ot Unpcs in Chicks.
Prof. H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, Is daily in receipt of let
ters requesting information in re
gard to Insect pests and the diseases
of plant life. These letters come
to his office In Harrisburg from
every part of the state and are upon
many topics. It was not surprising,
therefore, that he received one in
reference to that common affliction
of poultry, known as gapes. The
correspondent asked for the best
relief for chicks suffering with
gapes, and wanted to know how to
prevent the trouble.
Prof. Surface replied that "Gapes
in little chickens are caused by the
eating of earth-worms. There are
parasites in the earth-worms which
find their way into the windpipe of
the chickens and lodge there, where
they take the form of little red
worms. The best preventive is to
keep the chickens from the surface
of the ground; or use salt or strong
salt water on the soil, so as to kill
the earth-worms; or strew strong
lime or something of the kind on
the ground, so that the chicks will
not get hold of the worms to eat
them.
"After the chicks have been at
tacked with gapes, however, you
can dislodge the worms by making
a very small loop in a twisted horse
hair, draw out the tongue of the
chick slightly, insert the horse hair
loop in the windpipe opening, which
will be seen between the forks at
the base of the tongue, and, twisting
the hair around, withdraw it. The
worms are likely to be found with
in the loop, or some of them will
have been thus removed, and the
operation can be repeated.
"Another remedy is to dip the
tip of a soft feather into kerosene
and insert it in the windpipe open
ing to dislodge and kill the worms.
Such treatment, although severe,
is better than letting the worms re
main undisturbed, to severely an
noy the fowls and even kill them.
"Mixing turpentine or other sub
stances in the food of the young
poultry has not proven satisfactory
as a remedy for gapes."
Jt Wns a Grand Idea.
An angular man, whose chief
characteristics were a wild eye and
a rusty frock coat, entered, we are
told, the olllce of a prominent local
investment concern. Through some
11 like on the part of the office boy
he gained admittance to the private
office of the president.
"I wish to present an idea," the
visitor said without parley, that will
revolutionize the great dairy indus
try of this country."
"What is it?" asked the financier,
but even as he spoke he touched the
button on his desk marked "alarm."
"You are doubtless aware that
down on the Amazon there is a tree
whose sap consists of a fine grade of
milk."
"I have heard of that nature fak
ing tree," said the financier.
"Well, my idea is to transplant
this milk tree from the peaceful val
ley of the Amazon up to the south
ern coast of America, where hurri
canes and cyclones continually shake
the tree."
"What then?"
"This churning would produce a
fine grade of butter! Now, the Na
tional Churn company (Incorporat
ed), capitalized at 55,000,000"
Just then the clerks rushed In and
led the discoverer away.
State Zoological Bulletin Ant Hills
in Grass Plots.
The Superintendent of a cemetery
in Pottsvllle wrote to the Pennsyl
vania State College in regard to the
trouble that was being experienced
by some of the lot holders in that
cemetery through ants building hills
on the lots and destroying the grass.
The letter was referred to Prof.
Surface, State Zoologist, Harris
burg, who gave the following infor
mation: "You can get rid of these pests
with certainty, and very easily, by
making holes in the ant hills to a
depth of a foot or a foot and one
half, and pouring in a liquid known
as carbon bisufide or bisulfide of
carbon. Use about one-half teacup
ful of this to each hill, making the
holes two or three feet apart, in ac
cordance with the size of the ant
hill and the porosity of the ground.
For a heavy clay soil, they must be
nearer, but for a light, sandy soil,
they can be nearly three feet apart.
These holes can be made with a
sharpened stick. A broom handle,
pointed at the end, will answer the
purpose. After the liquid has been
poured in, close the holes with earth,
and also keep the mound covered
with a wet blanket for nn hour or
two. The carbon bisulfide will not
injure vegetation, but it wil Iklll the
ants."
A Bore.
"So he's a bore! Does he tell old
Jokes?"
"Oh, worse than that. He tells orig
inal ones." New York Life.
' Tired Girls' Suicide Club.
A club composed of disheartened
Cleveland factory employes, advocat
ing suicide as the only means with
in their reach of attaining the peace
of mind they crave, and to escape
the torments of their daily grind,
Is believed to exist there.
This fact was advanced by the
parents of Miss Rebecca Bosechek,
eighteen years old, who was found
dead In Gordon Park Tuesday. Af
ter clearing every circumstance sur
rounding her death this is the only
theory evolved.
In addition to this the relatives
believe another girl, a companion
of Miss Bosechek, will end her life
within the next few days. The
mother of the second girl says she
overheard her daughter and Miss
Bosechek planning to kill them
selves. According to those who know of
the habits of Miss Bosechek, the
club consisted of six girls, four
young men and a man and his wife.
Most of them are employed in cloak
factories.
After the death of Miss Boeschek
became known several young men
and women called at the Bosechek
home to obtain books and newspa
per clippings which the girl had In
her room and which she would not
let her parents see. The girl is
known to have met with these young
people at meetings held at various
places. They are known to have
read morbid literature and discuss
ed death as the only relief for their
woes.
Advertised Letters.
The following addressed letters
remain unclaimed for in the Hones
dale postoffice: Mr. Ferri, Mrs. .las.
Gallagher, Mrs. J. D. Keesler, Bet
tie Lee, Mrs. .Margaret Rlchart,
Mrs. Louise Smitzer, Mrs. Annie
Taylor.
Bowling Contest.
A bowling team from this place
went to Beach Lake Uednesday
evening and was defeated by a
bowling team, composed of summer
boarders. The games were rolled
at Ives' bowling alleys. After the
contest the local team was enter
tained by the Beach Lake team.
The score of tho game follows:
BEACH LAKE.
Payne 14G 14C
Kimble 1G4 1G4
LaGrange 13S 155
Jay 101 US
Schegel 1G9 194
77S 777
HONESDALE.
Hartman lilt! 133
Finerty 155 101
Tolley 135 140
Bunnell 114
Deemer 132
Rettew 123 14S
600
ill
He Hns Our Vote.
The Stroudsburg Jeffersonian,
without the quiver of an eyelid,
flings this upon the unsuspecting
public:
Several days ago, Albert Seese,
who conducts tho farm of John T.
Palmer in Smlthfield township, dis
covered a hen sitting on the bough
of a tree about twenty feet above
the ground where she had laid her
eggs and hatched out a brood of
chicks. They all thrived well and
were perhaps a week old when dis
covered in their novel nest.
When it comes to balloting for
the editor who "never told a He,"
let us vote for this Jeffersonian
democrat.
.JOB WORK AT THE CITIZEN.
MID-SUMMER
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Saratoga Springs and Lake George
The Deleware & Hudson Co. has arranged a low rate
12-DAY VACATION TRIP
SATURDAY, JULY 31st
Adults, $5.00 Children, $2.50
Tickets good going on special and regular trains July 31st. leavine
Wilkes-Barre. Scranton. Carbondale. I
12:15 A. M. 1:00 A. M. 1:50 A. M.
7:10 A. M. 7:55 A. M. 8:40 A. M.
3:00 P. M. 3:50 P. M. 4:35 P. M.
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includes a trip through Lake George 80 miles of the most beautiful
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602 &604 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR
Poultry ,(Egs, Butter, Lambs, Calves and Livestock.
AppIesJIn Season
A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMER.
Old Phone 088 II New Phono 1123
555 5 School Children Enrolled In
Wayno County.
There are B55B school children
between the ages of 6 and 16 en
rolled in Wayne county for the year
1909, of whom 2794 are boys and
27G1 are girls. The reports of tho
registration assessors are as fol
lows: District ' Male Female
Berlin 123 107
Bethany 13 12
Buckingham 89 80
Canaan 27 32
South Canaan 110 107
Cherry Ridge 73 74
Clinton 102 130
Damascus 204 19G
Dreher C2 58
Dyberry G4 56
Hawley 189 180
Honesdale 195 204
Lake 121 146
Lebanon 47 45
Lehigh 42 52
Manchester 94 84
Mount Pleasant 150 146
Oregon 41 32
Palmyra 77 55
Paupack 34 34
Preston 14u 137
Prompton 23 22
Salem 103 106
Scott 78 74
Seelyville, Ind 45 54
Starrucca 35 39
Sterling 57 59
Texas 309 296
White Mills, Ind 110 100
Waymart 37 39
2794 2761
Carbondale Hurglary.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed
B. Fowler, of Robinson avenue,
was burglarized during their stay at
Lake Idlewild. They returned
home Monday afternoon and discov
ered that during their absence they
have been relieved of many things
by a supposed band of juvenile
thieves. Chief Bell is new working
on the case.
The intruders ransacked tho
house from the cellar to the garret.
Everything of any value was taken.
They gained an entrance by prying
open a side window with a jimmy.
On the first floor tho dining room
and parlor resembled a store room
after a rummage sale. The burglars
got silverware, two small banks con
taining a sum of money, two gold
rings, several valuable trophies and
other things in the jewelry line,
some of which although of ordi
nary value could not be purchased
they being life treasures.
A Pica.
At the season's hats I shall not rail,
Nor call them grotesque nor
strange;
My optimism shall still prevail,
Next season tlte styles may
change.
I do not mind fifteen yards of lace,
Twelve feathers, and one big
wreath;
But, oh, 1 dread to see the face
That perhaps may lie hid be
neath! I've seen brave hats of a noble size,
That rested on shoulders square;
And I hoped the wearer had roguish
eyes,
And curly golden hair.
And when I looked well, never
mind that!
But this boon I would fain be
seech: Pray, Fashion, ordain that tho
peach-basket hat
Shall only be worn by a peach!
Carlyn Wells, in Harper s Weekly.
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