THE CITIZEN, Fill DAY, AUGUST iiO, 1009. 'A TllAMP ABROAD.' Interesting Letter irom Sir. August J. Kclibcln. (Continued.) We understand that excavators for piers under a new bridge that Is being built on East Main street, had struck a strong flow of crude oil In the river bed at a depth of only 15 feet, and that 20 barrels were pumped out In a few hours. If this be true, it may become a source of revenue for the municipality. We could mention other items of interest in Los Angeles, but space will not per mit. Los Angeles is eighteen miles from the Pucillc. We spent a de lightful day, Monday, with the bal loon route trolley excursion, visiting the west beaches, US miles along the ocean, with stops at Redonda-by-the-Sea; Moonstone Beach, where we picked up some moonstones; Playa Del Itjey, where we had a good shore dinner, Venice, which has canals covered with gondolas; Ocean Park Bench, an ideal resort, and a real city on the strand; Santa Monica by the sea, finely located. Here we had a free view of the Great Camera Obscura, said to be the only one in California; and Port Los An geles, with its long pier. We then go inland to Sawtelle, and visit the National Soldiers' Home, where some 3000 old soldiers find comfort and rest. They have 700 acres of choice land, large buildings, and beautiful grounds. We pass through Cahuenga Valley, where a great many beans are raised. Our guide called our attention to a field of two thousand, and another field of three thousand acres, planted with beans, and said: "When you go home from this trip your friends can't say you don't know beans." We next pass through Hollywood with its old pepper tree avenues and beautiful homes, one of the prettiest suburbs near Los Angeles and the home of Paul De Longpie's and his art studio. We pass through prospect ave nue, sunset boulevard, along Echo and Elysian parks, the oil district, Old Sonoratown and we are again back to the city. In the evening, with Ford as our guide, we visited the Y. M. C. A. and Armory build ings, some of the principal streets and parks. On Tuesday with Hor ace Collum, as our guest, we visited the Cawston Ostrich Farm. A short ride from Los Angeles, on the elec tric cars brings us to the entrance. We pass through the salesroom whore some of the most beautiful plumes and boas we have ever heen, were displayed; passing through another door, ostriches are seen in the distance and present an imposing sight, with their big eyes, long necks and peculiar walk. The ostriches are confined in corrals, to separate the different Hocks and to keep them from stealing from visi tors. They will swallow almost anything, particularly that which sparkles. Our guide gave one an orange, it was swallowed whole. We could see the form of the orange going down the long neck. Oc casionally a bird becomes angry, and in that condition is dangerous. They can kick forward very hard. Mr. Cawston secured his original stock of fifty birds direct from Africa, some twenty-five years ago. There are liiO birds at present in this farm, while others are kept at La Habra, Cal. Most of the chicks are hatched in incubators and kept by themselves for a few days. We saw one that had just freed itself from the shell. As they grow they are transferred to different corrals, and after they grow to full size and are mated, they are given corrals by themselves, and named. The guide said, when they once mate, there is no divorce it is for life. They have one female bird that will not mate she Is called the "Old Maid." The male birds are very dark brown and usually sit upon the nests at night. The hen birds are gray in color, and sit on the nest during the day. When plucking time comes, a hood is placed over the head of the ostrich, the matured feathers are then selected not pulled out, but cut, leaving about an inch of quill, which after a time falls out. We continued our trip by trolley to Pasadena, which is about ten miles from Los Angeles, at the west end of the San Gabriel valley, and at the base of the Sierra Madra range. It is a city of beautiful homes, surrounded by splendid grounds. It has magnificent hotels, prominent among them being the Green and the Raymond; excellent school buildings, a public library of 24,000 volumes and lias n popula tion of more than 2"i,000. On a little farther is Altadena, with its stately homes embowered in ample grounds. This is as far as we had time to go. Wo should like to have continued our trip to Uubio, to have taken tho incllno to Echo Mountain where an observatory is located, trolley to Yo Alpino Tavern, and by burro to the top of Mount Lowe, but wo did not have the time. On our way back wo stopped at the Alli gator farm near East Lako Park, where we saw alligators of all sizes, from llttlo babies hardly tho size of a lizard, up to lingo mon sters 200 years old or more. Wo re turned to Los Angeles and attended a play at tho opera house given by tho High School graduates, In tho evening wo mot a number of our son's gentlemen friends at a party given by Mrs. Barrlnger, In our honor. Wo spent an enjoyable Having neuvii huh read m mucli ii'ioi't Fanta Cataline Islnnd, Its natural beauty, Its coal rocks, its delightful climate and its wonderful marine gardens that could be seen through glass bottom boats, we de cided that was the place to go the next day. We left Los Angeles Wednesday morning on nn excursion (round trip $2.75) by trolley for San Pedro on the coast, and by steamer twenty-seven miles, on tho Pacific to Avalon Bay, the princi pal harbor of the island, and to , Avalon. As we were pulling up to 1 to watch the boys dive for coins 1 watched the numerous Hying fish . that were thrown from our boat into the water. Invariably they would get the coin before it sank two feet. We enjoyed the ocean ride and watching the numerous Hying fish as they would glide about three feet above the water, some to a 1 distance of five hundred feet, but I to be frank, we were very much disappointed witli Cataline Island. Here Is an Island, hilly and rough, 2 2 miles long and containing about 40,000 acres, with its hills brown and bare. No trees, no life, nothing green or attractive. The cause of It is, no rain falls from May f.o No vember. The town of Avalon, is composed principally of stores, res taurants, hotels and boarding houses, and nestling close to the shore of the bay; has some trees and shrub ery. So much for the natural beauty. We went to the seal rocks, but no seals were there. A little later we saw two in the bay. A glass-bottom boat took us for a quarter of a mile along the shore where we saw the marine gardens and a few gold and other fish, none over ten inches long. We returned to San Pedro and to Los Angeles. While we did not have time to go, we might say that south of San Pedro are a number of attractive resorts, first among them with a population of over 20,000 is Long Beach, the Atlantic City of the Pa cific; Coronado Beach, and San Diego with Its magnificent harbor. This will be an important port when the Panama Canal is completed. Thursday morning at S:30 o'clock, we left the Salt Lake station, over the Southern Pacific R. R. for an other day's sight-seeing trip. We pass through Pomona, with its golden-fruited groves of oranges; through Ontario with its groves of citrus fruit, and enter the wonder ful Riverside orange area, which, a little more than thirty years ago was a cactus-covered desert. Here at Riverside we were very much dis appointed in not meeting Mr. Wm. II. Horton, a former resident of Honesdalo and now the owner of nn extensive orange grove at River side. Mrs. Horton was Miss Anna ISassett, sister of Miss Lizzie, Charles and Herbert Ilassett of Honesdale. We had telephoned to Mr. Horton, tho evening before, from Los An geles, and invited him to take an automobile ride with us, as we would not have time to call on liim. Riverside lias some beautiful drives. Our ride took us out Vic toria avenue, along the crest of the foothills overlooking some ten thousand acres of orange groves, west on Adams street to the Sher man Institute where about six hun dred Indians are being instructed in the common industrial arts, by direction of tho United States Gov ernment. We proceed along the famous Mngnolia Avenue, a beautiful double drive bordered with pepper, palms, and a few Magnolia trees. In 1S74 the government sent to Riverside the first two seedless orange trees of the Washington navel variety. We saw one of these famous parent trees of the navel orange on Mag nolia avenue, and a few years ago Ex-President Roosevelt was sponsor for the removal of the other parent tree to the court of the Mission Inn Riverside. Both have iron rail fences around them. We pass along one of the canals of the Riverside Water Company, which has done so much in reclaiming this valley from a desert waste. The navel oranges had all been picked. Those remaining on the trees at this time, were the Valencias, the oranges with the seed. We sampled some from the tree. They were good. After seeing the most attractive por tions of the city, such as the pub lic free library, court house, some of the beautiful school buildings and churches, we stopped at the famous Glenwood Inn, one of Southern California's most noted hotels, built after the lines of the early missions, and furnished throughout in the quaint style of the old days and with its collection of old and his torical bells. After luncheon, once again tho steam cars are taken for San Bernardino, where we trans ferred to a trolley line, passing out from San Bernardino through tho main street, across a beautiful valley, with arrowhead mountain to our left, into and through the busi ness center of Redlands. Hero at Redlands a tally-ho took us for a two hours' drive through tho beau tiful and famous Canyon Crest Park, McKlnley drive and Smiley Heights. Mr. Siniloy has transformed a bare, brown hill Into a park of exquisite beauty and loveliness, patterned after the stylo of his largo estate and hotel at Lako Mohawk, Ulster county, N. Y. From Smiley Heights wo had a magnificent view of tho San Bernardino valley with its 27,000 acres of orango groves in full bearing, and its f,200 acres sot to oranges trees which have not yet reached tho bearing stago. Further in tho distanco wo could see Mount San Bernardino, nltitudo 10.G30; Mt. San Gorgonio, 11.4S5 feet high, and Y. F.-.r: Autonlo, 10.0S0 feet n'invp pea level better known as "Old Baldy," with a little snow on Its summit. This view Is one of tne most entrancing and impressive of nny view we saw in Southern California, nnd it can only be ap preciated by a direct visit to the place which commands it. The public library, given to the city of Redlands by Mr. A. K. Smiley, is a beautiful mission building, set in a park named after Its donor. Red-! lands has a population of about 7,000 people, some fine school buildings, and beautiful homes. Its principal hotel is the Casa Loma. According to the report published i In the Los Angeles Examiner of June 2S, "the past week witnessed the passing of the 4,000 mark In orange shipments from the Red- lands distric t, the record last night i being 4,01 G cars. This is against 4,177 for the corresponding date of last season. Practically all varieties have been marketed ex cept Valencias." A car will hold about 400 boxes. We returned to Los Angeles over the same route we came by and felt that our day had been profitably and well spent. We make our final visit with our eon, Ford Rehbeln, and at 11:30 Thursday evening say good bye, and leave for the north via. the San Joaquin Valley route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Our next letter will tell of our visit at Denver, Colorado, and of our trip east. This will conclude our journey. AUGUST J. REHBEIN. Invitations to Old Home Week Celebration. They are printed and can be had at any drug store in Honesdale, by people who will use them as it is intended they should be used. Get some, and send them to your out-of-town friends. They will be pleased that you remember them, even if they cannot come. Prob ably they will come if they are in vited. Answers to Correspondents. There are many people who seem to think that a newspaper editor is a foolish institution. There are others who, evidently, are of the opinion that he is a lineal descend ant of the wise Solomon. The latter class plies us with queries, some of which we can answer, and most of which we can't. However, just now, we have a few in stock which we will tackle. No extra charge for these consultations. Laura asks: "Is it against the law to spit on Honesdale's side walks? If so, what is tho penalty?" We haven't a copy of the borough "laws" at hand, but we think it is. In most places the penalty is death or, if it isn't, it should be. Ezekiel "Is there any penalty prescribed by tho stattoos, if you swa'ar at yer mother-in-law?" None that we are aware of, yet we would advise you to think the matter carefully over beforehand, then perhaps you won't do it. What is your weight and general health? Mabel Is it true that Madame Besant is going to kill trusts by means of spirits?" She says so but we think, upon reflection, she will use other means. Many of the "spirits" are already controlled by the trusts. Uriah "I am CI years of age and a widower. I paid my neighbor, John Z., ?200, if he would give mo his youngest daughter, Milly, in marriage. He did, and now the young critter won't have me. What had I best do?" Now, really, that's sad. We should advise you, however, to for get, as soon as possible, that you were ever such a blamed old fool if you can. Perry "Jim Batt's hog dug un der the fence, into my garden. I set ray dog on him, and the durned swine chewed up the dog, so that he died. What can I do about It?" Buy the hog. He's evidently bet ter than your dog ever was. Herbert Yes, the planet Mars was named by the inhabitants there of. How could we ever have known Its name if they hadn't told us. Julia "Our dog Hero, was killed by stones thrown by five people. He bit one of the folks who shied the rocks. Do you think there is danger of hydrophobia?" We have no means of knowing, but wouldn't you have been mad, had you been in Hero's place? C0NAN D0YIE INDIGNANT. He Appeals Against Belgium's Misgov ernment of the Kongo State. London, Aug. 18. Sir Arthur Coiian Doylo bus written an eloquent protest to the Times on the mlsgovormuent of the Kongo Independent State. He urges the powers to convene n Kuropoan conference to deprive Bel gium of a trust so dreadfully abused nnd to make other iiiTiinuoniouts for the proper government of the Kongo and redress or revenge the wrongs in flicted upon Its people. President Spares Captain Selvert. Washington, Aug, IS. In the case of Captain Hornmn A. Selvert, Ninth cav alry, charged with embezzlement and sentenced by court martial to bo dis missed the service and to pay a Hue of $1,000. the president has commuted the sentence to a reduction of twenty-live flies in rank, Three tars For Bank Cashier. Curtilage, X. C, Aug. IS, George A. Klinlmll, defaulting cashier of tho Southern Pines Citizens' Banking and Trust company, pleaded guilty In court fwro lo embezzlement and falsifying ho. Its nuil wis sentenced lo tho poni touiinrv f. r three years. WRECKED ill FOC. Schooner Lost; Crew Res cued by Life Savers. ONE SWEPT FROM RAFT TO DIE Thrilling Scenes Witnessed by Cheering Hotel Quests at long Beach While Wind and Waves Are High. New York, Aug. IS. Long Island life savers after a six hours' battle added another victory against the sea' to their longHlst of remarkable rescues when they brought safely to land the captain and crew of the three masted schooner Arlington of Boston, which went ashore In the driving rain and fog off Long Beach, on the south shore of Long Island. One member of the crew, Madden Plorson, ii Swede, put off from the schooner on a raft, with the hope of reaching shore with a line, was swept out to sea by the tide and perished. It was at first reported that Plerson had been picked up live miles to the south of Uockawuy Beach, but this was not borne out. The rescue from the schooner was witnessed by cheering guests of the Nassau hotel at Long Beach and by hundreds of cottagers. And, strangely, the hotel was indirectly responsible for the vessel's plight, for Captain Ira Small after having lost his bearings mistook the glimmering lights In the structure for those of a liner in mid ocean nnd Mius misled ran aground. The schooner, heavily laden with an thracite, bound from this port for Mayport, Flu., struck a sand bar 300 yards off shore. Pounded by a thirty foot sea while a terrific easterly gale was blowing, she began to sink imme diately. Boats and life preserver went with the first crash, and the tall masts, which bent to the gale and appeared likely to go down at any moment, seemed an unsafe shelter to the cap tain, lie nnd tho crow accordingly climbed out on the slender bowsprit, where they were discovered an hour later by the beach patrol. The life savers of the Lmg Beach and I'. hit Lookout stations worked frantically, but in vain, trying to shoot a line to the seven men who were clinging desperately to the rocking bowsprit. The high seas and the wind made this impossible, but persever ance won the day. After six futile attempts they suc ceeded in getting a surf boat through the breakers to the lee of the wreck. Then, while four of the life savers tug ged at the oars to keep the surf boat in position, a line was thrown to the men on tho bowsprit and all seven were swung to safety below. The aged cook of the schooner, however, was unable to oJlmb from his posi tion and had to be pushed overboard after a line had been tied about his body. Five minutes after the rescue had been accomplished the ship's masts fell with a great crash, and one of them dropped heavily across the bow sprit which the sailors had just left. The Arlington, according to Captain Small, will be at total loss. SPAIN SEEKING PEACE. Report In Melilla That She Is Nego tiating Withrthe Moors. Melilla. Aug. 18. It is reported here that Spain has opened peace negotia tions with the Moors. General Mari na, not wishing to assume tho respon sibility of the projected Spanish ad vance, has asked to be recalled on ac count of ill health. Advices from I'enon de la Gomera say that the Moors again have cut the telegraph wires and have isolated the Spanish garrison there. i The bombarding at Penon do la j Gomera is constant, and there have boon many casualties among tho I Moors. Tlie Kabyles are mobilizing near Alliuceinas preparatory to march- j ing on Melilla. Captured Mocrish Contraband. I Couta, Morocco, Aug. 18. Spanish gunboats captured a Moorish bark j with contraband on board off Polnte des Pecheurs. Moors on the boac' i fired on the Spanish vessels, but there were no casualties. KILLS DAUGHTER AND SELF. Farmer's Six-year-old Son a Witness to Double Tragedy. Norwood, Out., Aug. IS. Thomas vYilloughby, a farmer living about two miles from here, shot bis twelve-year-old daughter dead with a charge of buckshot in tho woodshed. Ho then washed ami dressed the body, carried It lo the house and placed It on a couch. Ho then ended his own life with pnl ton. Tho only witness of the tragedy tvas a six-year-old boy. $2,500 Reward For Girl's Sloyer. Itochoster, N. Y Aug. IS. The re ward for the apprehension of the mur derer of Miss Anna Schumacher, the seventoen-yeitr-old girl who mot her death at Holy Sopulehor. cemetery, has boon Increased from !r(iO to SL'.oOO liy Sheriff Willis K. Gillette. Weather Probabilities. T'v.-ottled: moderate north winds. HISS TO HIT Friends Persuade Aviator Not to Fly Until Sunday. DAMAGED AEROPLANE REPAIRED Three French Experts In Wright and Bleriot Machines Make Successful Tours of the Field at Rheims. Bhelnis, Aug. 18. Leaning heavily on a cane and suffering from a bruise on his right leg sustalued when ills aeroplane fell during a practice spin, Glenn II. C'urtlss, the American avia tor, superintended the repairs to his damaged machine and had the satis faction of seeing it entirely restored and ready for flight. Mr. Curtlss is eager to start imme diately with the trials, but his friends are endeavoring to dissuade him from taking any chances, declaring that he Is likely to augment his injury, which would entirely disable hlra and pre vent his participation in the races, which begin next Sunday. Mr. Curtlss reluctantly acquiesced to the entreaties of his physicians and friends nnd made no attempt to fly. Mr. Curtlss describes the accident as being primarily duo to a leak in the gasoline tank, which caused the motor to stop. After this cross currents of air forced him heavily to the ground. The eagerness of Mr. Curtlss to re sume his tuning up trips was all the greater when he saw a number of the French entrants for the aviation week races perfecting themselves in practice flights. Three thousand spectators were at the aerodrome to witness the flights. M. Tissandler in a Wright machine Hew for throe minutes and was fol lowed Immediately by M. Lofevre, also in a Wright biplane, who rose In the air without the use of a derrick and spun around the field for twelve min utes. Tills performance was greeted with rounds of cheers from the specta tors. M. Delngrango with a Bleriot monoplane also succeeded in making a brief flight after having made a false start. The average altitude reached by tho aeroplanlsts in thcirj tests here was between ton and twenty motors. Mr. Curtlss in an interview said that the contest for the international cup will bo most keen, but that ho lias every confidence of his ability to win it. He lias decided to participate in all the events on the program. The American aviator lias abandon ed the house he rented In the village of Betlieny in favor of sleeping quar ters back of the shed In which his aeroplane is kept. He Is loud in his praise of the arrangements for aviatlc week. "Everything hero npprirs to have boon studied out on a Iar::o and gener ous scab1." said Mr. Curtlss. "It Is dif ficult to believe tint this Inure wooden city Is only a temporary affair." I General Booth Gives Up Auto Trip. London, Aug. IS. General Booth of tho Salvation Army, who started on July L'4 in an automobile for a rell i gious crusade In the provinces, lias 1 been compelled to return to London ' on account of an eve trouble. I Dull Best Then. "One needs a pretty sharp point to bore with, doesn't he?" ' "Yes, unless It's on a Joke." Pick-Me-TJp. NEW SUMMER ITSisilverware atMENNER&CO'S Stores! Menner & Co's Store. PROFESSIONAL. CARDS. Attorncvs-nt-Low. TJ WILSON, : jll. ATTnuvr .t rftrvmMnt'.tT.i iw I Olllce. Masonic bondlnc, tccondj floor IloliesdlUO. I'll. 'WM. LV.R, 1 A'lTOllNKY A COfNSKI.OR-AT-LAW. Oilier over post olllce. All legal business i promptly attended to. JioiieMlule, l'u. EC. Ml'MFOKI), ATTOHNKY A CorXSRLOlt-AT-LAW Olllce Liberty Hull biilidhiK, opposite the Post Utllcc, lloiiesdulo. l'u. OMEl! UliKENK, ATTOHNKY A C(M'SEl,OH-AT-LAW. 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Office First floor, old Savings Hank build ing, Honesdale, l'a. Dr. (.'. li. 1JUADY. Dentist. Honesdale, Pa. Office Hocns-S a. m. to 5 p. in. KAny evening by appointment. Citizens' phone. 33 liesldence. No. flr-X' Physicians. TT tt n fiWMtT Vfi I U HONESDALE, OA. Olllce and residence 101U Court street telephones. Olllce Hours L':00 to i:W and liUUtoNUU.il. Ill JOSEPH N. WELCH The OLDEST Fire Insurance Agency in Wayne County. Oflice: Second floor Masonic Build ing, over C. C. .lad win's drug store, Honesdale. For New Late Novelties -IN JEWELRY WATCHES Try SPENCER, The Jeweler "Guaranteed articles only sold." If you don't insure with us, we both lose. ITTIHGER & General Insurance White Mills Pa. Olio of the best e.iulppcd farms In Wayne county- -ituatcd about time miles from llOllL'MUtlC, Tfr Over f 5,000.00 has lieen ox i I'cniled wltli n ihr lust live years in buililinss. tools and Improvements, r J" I nnf which 73 acre ID J HuIB J win bo fcoiit n of which "3 acres nro food hard- easoimbly. A Bargain. --I''orfurther3pnrtieulnrs en quire of W. W. WOOD, "Citizen" office e Hi M FOB SEE !