The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, October 08, 1909, Image 4

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THE CITIZEN
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IITB CTTIZEW FORL18HINO COMPANY.
Entered as second-class matter, at the post
olllcc. llonesdale. l'a.
E. B.HAItDKNHKUUH. - - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AKD SKC'Y
directors:
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BBIRY wilbo.n. k. b. IIARDESBEROH.
w. w. wood.
SUBSCRIPTION
?1.B0 per year
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
Judge Robert Von Moschzisker, .
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Eric.
STATE TREASURER,
Jeremiah A. Stober,
of Lancaster.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
W. H. Bullock.
OLD SOLDIERS' CANDIDATE.
The old soldiers of Pennsylvania
heartily are supporting the Repub
lican ticket this year. They realize
that it is a good ticket and that it
ought to be elected. But there is
an especial reason for their loyalty
to the Republican party in this
campaign. One of the candidates
was selected from their ranks. J.
A. Stober has the respect and confi
dence of his comrades in the Grand
Army as he has of everybody who
knows him. In nominating him for
the important office of State Treas
urer, the Republican party gladly
recognized the men who fought for
the nation's life. At the Harris
burg convention Major M. H. Gherst,
former Department Commander of
the Grand Army, told the delegates
what the veterans of Pennsylvania
think of Mr. Stober.
"His name and reputation aro
synonyms of honor and integrity,"
said Major Gherst. "His record in
the past is the best guarantee of the
future. If elected to the great of
fice of State Treasurer, he will bring
to the discharge of its responsible
duties that same courage that im
pelled him to lay aside the pursuits
and avocations of a peaceful life in
the country's darkest "hour, put on
the uniform of his government, pre
pared to follow the fortunes of his
flag."
The veterans of Pennsylvania will
Agree that every syllable of that
statement is true. Mr. Stober will
have the earnest support of his com
rades and their sons, because he is
worthy of their support. The coun
try owes the soldiers of the Civil
War more than it can ever pay them,
a debt of gratitude. Through the
Republican party it has done much
in acknowledgment of this obliga
tion. The Republican Party in
Pennsylvania and in the nation is
the old soldiers' party. When the
veterans of Pennsylvania go to the
polls in November, they will perform
the agreeable duty of honoring one
of their own number, as well as vote
for a continuance of good govern
ment in this State.
Seven Wonders of the World and
Other Wonders.
1. The seven wonders of the
ancient times were:
The walls and hanging garden of
Babylon, about 2000 B. C.
The Pyramids of Egypt, built by
Cheops (1082 B. C.) and Cephren
(about 1032 B. C.)
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, be
gun 772 B. C. and completed 552
B. C.
Statue of Jupiter Olympius at
Ells, 435 B. C.
Mausoleum erected by Artemisia
In memory of her husband, King
Mausolus of Carta, 352 B. C.
Pharos or watch tower of Alex
andria, begun in 298 B. C. and com
pleted 283 B. C.
Colossus (a brass statue of
Apollo) at Rhodes, begun 292 B. C.
and completed 280 B. C.
2. The seven wonders of the Mid
dle Ages were:
The Coliseum at Rome, begun
about 72 A. D. and completed 80 A.
D.
The Catacombs of Alexandria.
The Great Wall of China.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, be
gun 1174, completed about themid
of the fourteenth century.
The Porcelain Tower of Nanking,
built 1411-1430 A. D.
The Mosque of St. Sophia at Con
stantinople, built 631-538 A. D.
The ruins of Stonebenge, age un
known. 3. The seven wonders of the
United States are:
Niagara Falls.
Yellowstone Park and its 8000
feet high plateau.
The Garden of the Gods in Colo
rado. The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
The Yosemite Valley in the Sierra
Nevada.
The giant trees of California, and
The Natural Bridge of Virginia.
Legal blanks at The Citizen office.
Tho Small Farm.
In tho course of a recent address
James J. Hill, tho master railroad
builder of America, is quoted as
saying:
"What we must come to in this
country is tho smaller farm with a
more intensive agriculture. We
support, In round numbers, 90,000,
000 people on 3,000,000 square
miles of land. We should be able to
support 150 per square mile as eas
ily aB 30, and then we should have
hut a fraction of the density of
population of Denmark, with 167 in
habitants per square mile; Holland,
with 448, or our own State of
Rhode Island with 407 in iy00."
Sevcnty-flvo Years Between Visits.
Frank E. Seagrave, the astrono
mer whose calculations relative to
Halley's comet have attracted wide
spread attention, announces that
the comet In May 19, 1910, will
reach the same plane as the earth
in its orbit, and the tail of the comet
will sweep across this plane. Earth
and comet will meet on the same
plane, but not In the same path.
There will be 13,000,000 miles be
tween the two.
The fan of the comet's tall will
spread out, and for a short period
the earth will find itself swept by
"star dust" brought from many mil
lions of miles beyond the farthest
known comet.
"There need be no scare over the
approaching event," said Mr. Sea
grave. "The end of the earth will
not come. The nearest the comet
can come to the earth is 6,235,000
miles."
Since the recent return of Hal
ley's comet Professor Frost and Pro
fessor Sherburne W. Burnham have
been indefatigable in following Its
course. Burnham was the first to
obtain actual sight of the heavenly
body through the big forty-inch
telescope at the Yerkes observatory,
in Wisconsin.
SPEAKERS FOR FARM SCHOOLS.
Names of Different Speakers Who
Will Deliver Addresses.
At Harrisburg Saturday Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture A. L. Mar
tin announced the speakers for the
season of farmers' institute and
movable schools of agriculture which
will bo opened in the latter part of
November.
The state is divided into five sec
tions, each section consisting of a
number of counties. Wayne county
is in the fifth section along with
Monroe, Susquehanna, Pike, Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Lehigh, Carbon,
Bucks, Northampton, Montgomery,
Berks and Schuylkill. The speak
ers for this section are:
L. W. Lighty, of East Berlin; R.
F. Schwarz, of Analomink; William
H. Wolff, Elkton, Md.; Dr. J. H.
Funk, Boyertown; T. J. Philips, At
glen; B. Monroe Posten, Sheakley
ville; A. B. Ross, Schellsburg; Miss
Adaline C. Baker, Kennett Square;
Robert S. Seeds, Birmingham; Dr.
J. H. Funk, Boyertown; Prof. J. P.
Stewart, State College; Prof. Chas.
F. Shaw, State College; A. J. Kah
ler, Hughesville; S. Paul Woodman,
Rushland; F. H. Fassett, Meshop
pen; W. Theodore Wittman, Allen
town; H. M. Gooderham, Patton;
Miss Sara P. Thomas, Wayne; Prof.
T. I. Mairs, State College.
WORLD'S SERIES PLANS.
National Commission Fixes Dates
and Makes Rules.
All the rules heretofore adopted
by the National and the American
Leagues will apply to the coming
world's championship series, as well
as the detailed rules adopted by the
commission since these games have
been provided for.
The schedule providing for the se
ries between Pittsburg (National)
and Detroit (American) follows:
Friday, October 8, at Pittsburg;
Saturday, October 9, at Pittsburg;
Monday, October 11, at Detroit;
Tuesday, October 12, at Detroit;
Wednesday, October 13, at Pitts
burg; Thursday, October 14, at De
troit. "In case either one or both of the
games scheduled for Pittsburg on
Friday, October 8, or Saturday, Oc
tober 9, are not played on account
of rain or any other cause, then
such postponed game shall be played
after the Pittsburg club returns
from Detroit, provided, however,
that the Pittsburg club Bhall be re
quired to remain in the city of De
troit until the first two games
scheduled in either of those cities
shall be played.
"In case It becomes necessary to
play a seventh game, the city in
wnicn it is to be played will be de
termined by the commission, as is
provided for by Rule 6, and at the
time designated by supplemental
rule No. 4.
"In case 4 Innings of any
scheduled game are not played, tick
ets sold for such games will be good
for the day on which such nostnnn.
ed games shall be played, aB an
nounced in the public press.
"The following players will be eli
gible to participate in the games,
and none other:
"Pittsburg National League Club
ADDaticchlo, Absteln, Adams,
Brandon, Brrne. Camnitz. ninrir:
Frock, Gibson, Gyatt, Leach, Leev
er, Lelfleld, Maddox, Miller, Moore,
uuonnor, Phillippe, Powell, Simon,
Wagner. Willis. Wilson.
"Detroit American League Club
Beckendorf, Bush, Crawford, Cobb,
ueienanty, Donovan, Jennings,
Thomas Jones, David Jones, Killian,
Mclntyre. Morlaritv.
Stanage, Schmidt, Speer, Summers,
w metis, works.
Chain Yonr Dogs or You'll Get No
Mail.
As a protection to mall carriers,
the following regulation has been
adopted by tho Postofllce depart
ment. "Carriers are not required
to deliver mail at residences where
vicious dogs are permitted to run
at large. Persons keeping such
dogs must call at the poatofflcc.
The Farmer Was Mr. Right.
The other day a merchant saw a
farmer receiving goods at the station
from a mall order house. The goods
were in his line and the same had
been carried in his store for years.
He approached the farmer and said:
"I could have sold you every article
you have there for less money than
you paid the Chicago house and
saved you the freight besides."
"Then why on earth didn't you say
so," answered the farmer. "I have
taken the local papers for years, and
have never seen a line about your
selling these goods. The Chicago
house sent advertising matter to
me, asking for my trade, and they
got it." Exchange.
Closing Acts in Baseball Drama.
The National base ball commission
have issued the schedules and plans
for the post series games to be play
ed between the New York National
league club and the Boston Ameri
can league club and also between
the Chicago National league club and
the Chicago American league club.
The same rules that govern in the
world's championship series are to
apply excepting that the division of
the gate recepts which matter is to
determined by the two club presi
dents themselves. The usual prices
of admission during the regular sea
son will be charged. The National
commission will bo represented dur
ing the New York-Boston contests
by Frank C. Bancroft, of Cincinnati,
assisted by Fred M. Knowles, of
New York, and Hugh McBreen. The
Chicago contest will have as com
mission representatives E. S. Barn
ord, of Cleveland, with Charles G.
Williams and Charles A. Fredericks
as assistants. The umpires in the
New York-Boston games will be
Rlgler and Emsile, of the National
league, and T. M. Connolly and J. .1.
Egan, American league. Emsile
and Egan to act as substitutes. For
the Chicago contests Henry O'Day
nnd S. J. Kane, National league, and
John F. Sheridan and Frank Perrlne,
American league. Kane and Per
rlne will be substitutes. The games
will commence at 2 o'clock. The
schedule for the New York-Boston:
Friday, October S, New York; Sat
urday, October 9, New York; Mon
day, October 11, Boston; Tuesday,
October 12, Boston; Wednesday,
October 13, New York; Thursday,
October 14, Boston.
For Chicago: Friday, October 8,
National League park; Saturday,
October 9, American League park;
Sunday, October 10, National league
park; Monday, October It, Ameri
can League park; Tuesday, October
12, National League park; Wednes
day, October 13, American League
park.
Seeing Morgan.
Idlers in the financial district have
discovered a new interest in life.
They exhibit it every afternoon,
about four o'clock. It Is to stand
in front of the office of J. P. Morgan
& Co. and wait for the financier to
come out, enter his steel clad auto
mobile and be driven away.
Mr. Morgan resumed his daily vis
its to his office recently. Since then
it has been his habit to reach the
banking house of which he is the
head early every afternoon and re
main until about four o'clock. A
few moments before his departing
time his automobile, which is a large
machine painted red, with a limou
sine body, backs up to the curb and
awaits Mr. Morgan's coming.
Instantly the vehicle is identified
by some Idler, who pauses, lights a
cigarette and starts in to wait and
get a glimpse of the noted financier.
He is joined by another, then an
other, and then a few stenograph
ers, who have escaped from their
offices early, also stop and chew their
gum while they wait. A few mes
senger boys out with rush telegrams
add their presence to the rapidly
growing crowd, and soon there is a
group that almost attains to the
dignity of a mob.
At length the crowd is rewarded.
Mr. Morgan appears at the door.
gazes in a surprised sort of a way
over the crowd, then hurries to his
machine and is rapidly carried
away. Then the crowd disperses to
meet again on the following day.
CLOCKS BANISHED.
Interfere With Thoughts on Eter
nity.
"No more clocks for Methodist
Episcopal churches in Ohio. They
are a nuisance. They keep the
minds of people and pastors in a
stew for more than two hours each
Sunday. Therefore, no more clocks."
This, in effect, is tho substance o'f
a1 resolution passed at 'the confer
ence of. Ohio Methodist ministers
at Jackson. It was prompted by
ana passed for Bishop B. Neeley,
wno is attending the conference,
Bishop Neely Is a Philadelphia man.
but has been stationed for many
years at Buenos Ayres, in South'
America. He told the ministers
they never would know what "quiet
blessedness" Is until they get rid of
tho clocks In their churches."
"People are always turning around
to see what time it is, and the speak'
er naturally follows their eyes and
sees what time it is," said BishoD
Neeley. "Therefore, I have put
them out of places where I speak,
ana una it a relief."
September Rainfall at Dybcrry.
1909, five days, and trace six
days, 3.06 inches; 1908 two days,
and trace two days, 2.61 Inches;
1903, least recorded, .62 Inch; 1902
most recorded, 8.41 Inches; average
40 years, 3.18 inches. Thirteen
days were clear, eleven fair, and six
cloudy; average 58 per cent, of sun
shine, 20 per cent, less than last
year. Prevailing winds northwest.
Temperature, September, 1909
Highest, 14th, 89 degrees; highest,
25th, 1908, 90 degrees; lowest, 29
29 degrees; lowest, 30th, 1908, 28
degrees; lowest recorded, 25th,
1S90, 22d, 23d, 1904, 25 degrees;
greatest dally range, 8d, 46 degs.;
least dally range, 15th, two degs.;
average dally range, 25.6 degrees;
warmest day 14th, mean 71 degs.;
coldest day, 27th, mean, 49.5 degs.;
mean for month, 58.2 degrees; mean
for month, 1908, 62 degrees; warm
est September, 1881, mean 66.9
degrees; coldest September, 1871,
mean, 52.5 degrees; September av
erage, 43 years, 59 degrees. Four
days 80 to 89 degrees; total for the
summer 51 days, 80 to 94 degrees
of highest temperatures.
White frost on low places 3d, 4th,
19th and 29th, killing many tender
plants 29th, but not much on hills.
Forests and most fields were green
till October 1st, when leaves were
beginning to fall, and some trees
with parts of others were getting
sun colored, with their beautiful,
but often short-lived autumn tints,
in some places pretty as summer
flowers. Apples in some of best or
chards have improved very much
within a few weeks, some trees
showing full crops of good fruit.
THEODORE DAY.
Dyberry, Pa., Oct. 1, 1909.
MEN OF UNIQUE CALLINGS.
Only One Mender of Wooden In
dians in Jev York.
In New York there are men who
work at occupations in which no one
else is engaged. Their callings are
unique in the strict sense of the
word. Each nerson so emnlnvpil
enjoys the distinction of making his
living in a pursuit followed by no
one but himself.
One of them Is an old man who
repairs the few remaining cigar
store Indians in use by old-fashioned
dealers in side streets. At one
time he owned a wood carver's shop
where these figures were turned out
in large numbers. He also did a
thriving business in making eccles
iastical figures for churches and
carved figureheads for the prows of
ships. Part of his work consisted
in carying decorations for circus
wagons. At one time he had 120
men working for several months on
designs to fill a contract with a
celebrated showman.
This man. who is nrobablv the Inst
of tho old time wood carvers mak
ing a specialty of effigies for tobac
conists, churches and yacht owners,
can still be seen in his Brooklyn
shop rounding out fifty years of ex
pert workmanship, but he has not
carved a wooden figure for ten years
or more. He only repairs images
made by himself or others years ago
which find their way back to his
bench for an overhauling. The rea
son for the falling off of this occu
pation is that to-day such figures
are all cast in metal.
Then there is an artist employed
by Brooklyn's only manufacturer of
comic valentines. For twenty years
he has put in all his time drawing
the grotesque caricatures received
by thousands on February 14tU
from friends who do not lose the
opportunity to remind them of their
frailitles and defects. In the em
ploy of the same firm is a versifier
whose vitriolic lampoons appear un
der the pictures drawn by other men
and help them to make the record
ing angel work overtime on St. Val
entine's day. These two are kept
busy the year round and have the
field to themselves. .
In a certain New York publishing
house a man sits at his desk from
9 in the morning until 5 In the
afternoon piecing together sets of
three dime novels for the purpose
of making one continuous story for
publication in book form. Not alone
is he the only man in New York who
works at this peculiar form of lit
erary endeavor, but probably ho is
Is the only man In the world earn
ing a living this way.
In another publishing house is a
man who does nothng but make
legible the handwriting of a corps
of regular authors on Its staff.
These men for fifteen years have
been contributing a weekly story
for boys measuring about forty
thousand words, and either cannot
or will not learn to ubo a typewrit
er. Such a enormous output meanB
rapid writing even on a machine,
and the great speed required to get
so much out on time by long hand
results in bad copy.
The compositors were obliged to
work slowly and it became a ques
tion of getting new typesetters or
new authors. The latter course
would hardly do, as authors with
desirable sustaining powers and
dynamic force cannot be picked up
on every literary buBh, and there
was no use of firing the long'suffer
ing compositors. Therefore tho
publishers hit upon the scheme of
having a man familiar with the
scrawl of these high pressure word
slingers go over each manuscript to
round out incomplete o'b, defective
t's and perform other necessary sur
gical operations in chirography to
keep the compositors from throwing
a fit at every other word.
The only girl operator of wireless
telegraphy In New York and possi
bly In the world at present sits on
the roof of a Fifth avenue hotel in
a little office sending messages
through tho air to ships at sea. She
is only 21 and her employers say
she Is superior to many men tele
graphers. While the majority of
the messages coming and going
through her hands are commercial,
some are of a tender nature. Some
of these are addressed to her, as
she Is reported to have a wireless
romance. Her fiance is said to be
an operator on one of tho big steam
ers, and when his ship gets within
talking distance, greetings are ex
changed between, them.
Two coopers make a specialty of
packing money for shipment for New
York banks, and have no competi
tors. For twenty years these men
have been putting gold and silver
coin in ensks for their customers to
send abroad. They also pack preci
ous metal in three gallon kegs for
the Sub-Treasury every time it wants
to ship money to interior polntB.
During the twenty years the two
coopers have handled something
like 12,000,000,000, and in a single
year have made shipments for their
clients amounting to $200,000,000.
Probably no other two men in New
York have ever packed so much
money to be sent away in kegs and
casks as if the coin were just ordi
nary shipments of pickles or break
fast food.
The Weber Stock Co. at the
Lyric Theatre next week.
For these
and
when it Is too early to start a fire in your stove
or furnace, our PERFECT OIL HEATER is ust
the thing.
There is no smoke nor odor from the PERFECT
OIL HEATER. It will heat a large room in a
short time, and can be carried from room to
room without the slightest danger.
The PERFECT OIL HEATER has a brass fount
holding one gallon, and is equipped with an in
dicator which shows the exact amount of oil in
the fount.
We guarantee it to
can be bought.
Take one home and try it; if It is not the best oil
heater YOU EVER HAD, YOU RETURN IT.
O. n. SPETTIGUE.
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The need of heavier garments is as insistent as we are about hurry
ing you male folks here. We know what a great store this Is; know
how well prepared we are to save you. That's why we say with all the
confidence in the world, "Come Here."
HIGH ART AND COLLEGIAN
Suits and Overcoats are ready in all tho striking patterns for the
present season. Styles for the young man styles for the older. All
In all, it's a grand gathering of clothes you should wear 910 to 920.
Hats
If your price is 91.50, we'll show
the Prominent; if you'll pay $2.00,
Gold Bond is the hat for you. Then
comes the Knox at $3.00. Variety
a plenty.
Furnishings
There are a great many places to
buy fixings, but there's always one
Bregstein Brothers, h;;7p..
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS
Delaware & Hudson R. It.
Trains leave at 6:56 a. m., and
12:25 and 4:30 p. m.
Sundays at 11:06 a. m. and 7:16
p. m.
TralnB arrive at 9:65 a. m., 3:16-
and 7:31 p. m.
Sundays at 10:15 a. m. and 6:60-
p. m.
Erie R. R.
Trains leave at 8:25 a. m. and
2:48 p. m.
Sundays at 2:48 p. m.
Trains arrive at 1:40 and 8:08-
p. m.
Saturdays, arrives at 3:45 and.
leaves at 7:10.
Sundays at 7:02 p. m.
APPRAISEMENTS. Notice is given
that appraisement of $300 to tho wid
dows of the following named decedents have
been filed In tho Orphans' Court of Warns
county, nnd will be presented for approval
on Monday. October 25. 11)09-vlt:
Abraham Tyler. Damascus: Personal.
Georec W. Lord, Manchester: Personal.
John 11. Thompson, Hawley : Personal.
Wallace 11 nice Keener, Preston: Heal.
A. K. Wheeler. Lake : Heal. ,
Samuel II. Bryant. Waymart: Personal.
M.J. HANLAN, Clerk,
llonesdale. Oct. 4. 1939.
A. O. BLAKE,
AUCTIONEER.
You will make money
by having roe.
Iuell phone 9-u Bethany, Pa.
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chilly days
nights,
I
be the best oil heater that
We want you here
today !
Rather a pointed request
but we're saying it by right
of superior knowledge on
the subject of FALL AND
WINTER CLOTHING.
best place. It's here. Tho Eclipse
shirt, 91.00 to 92.00. Ever wear
the Just Right Glove, 91.00 to 92.00
and tho Corliss Coon colIarsT In
quarter sizes, 2 for 25c.
Underwear
We feature the Australian natu
ral wool underwear at 91.00 per
garment; also Setsnug Union Suits
for men at 91.00 to 92.00 per suit.