TJ1K CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1010. "THIS SUDDKX 8AWLOO" l'AYS. Frollt In Growing tlio Norway Poplar In the West, Western lumberman who have been looking for a tree that would set a movo on Itself and turn out lumber quickly are adopting tho view of the tree growers that tho desired variety has been found in tho Norway pop lar, known In the trado now as "the sudden sawlog." Tho Norway poplar promises to bo to tho North what the eucalyptus Is to tho South. Its rapidity of growth Is remark able. Two-year-old trees at tho ex periments station at York, Neb., are sixteen feet In height and threo in ches through nt the base, while In Minnesota and the Dakotas, where they have been experimented with for years, a fourteen-year-old treo will average 55 feet In height and 17 inches In diameter. They make good sawlogs at twelve and thirteen years. This Is due to the fact that, unllko many others, the tree does not waste Its energy In side limbs. It retains its size as it mounts upward and thus produces more lumber material than any other. It outgrows the cotton wood and the Cnrollna and Asiatic poplars, and in a succession of dry years will survive them all because it has a root system about twice as large. A vigorous tree must have a great deal of leaf surface. The Norway poplar, instead of a multitude of small leaves, has immense ones. On a healthy treo they will be found nearly n foot long from the end of the stem to the apex, and nine in ches broad. They wave like fans in the breeze. The trees until a few years ago have been rare, but the experiments have resulted so satisfactorily that in the West and Northwest they have been planted by thousands. They grow readily from cuttings and this makes It possible to multiply the supply rapidly. Tho Norway poplar never saw Norway. It gets Its name from the fact that It was found growing suc cessfully among the Norwegian set tlements of Minnesota. Investigation shows tliat about thirty years ago a .Minnesota man brought over a lot of poplars from Russia and Siberia. Most of them proved worthless, Jiut one of them brought from Siberia proved to be a very rapid grower. Cuttings from it were sent to various parts of the west, among them the Norwegian settlements. It was not until five years ago that the tree growers of Minnesota dis covered that it was the timber mak ing treo they had been looking for. From cuttings the size or a lead pen cil trees nine feet tall have been raised the same year they were planted and fence posts have been cut from four-year-old trees that meas ured 15 inches in circumference 3 feet from the ground. A recent demonstration in lumber raising with the Norway poplar, made before the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, was looked up on as remarkable. The demonstrator took a tree that he had grown on his farm and had it sawed into lumber. He exhibited a board sawed from a nine-year-old tree from which he had made 81 feet of 1 Inch boards, which, at 25 a thousand feet makes $2.02 a tree, while from a tree of the same variety fifteen years old he made 21 C feet of boards, making the value of the tree ?5.4 0. A twenty-year-old sawed up over 300 feet, or a little over ?8 for a tree. Planted on hundred dollar land even this Is regarded as a very profit able investment. If the trees are planted five feet apart In the row and the rows made ten feet apart it is posslbl eto get 800 trees on an acre. As a matter of fact they can and do grow thicker than that. Eight hundred nine-year-old trees at $2.02 n treo comes to $l,filG an acre, and 800 fifteen-year-old trees at $5.10 each to $4,320 an acre. Tho only difliculty Is that the average American wants to reap his harvest the same year he plants, and sitting down for twenty years for trees to grow into a forest and a fortune doe3 not appeal to the impatient. If a man to-day would take ten acres and plant it to the sudden saw log," says C. S. Harrison, a Nebraska expert, "In twenty years he could clean up nearly $50,000. The 8.000 cuttings necessary to make the start would cost about $175. Eliminating from the calculation e probable fact that If ho paid $100 acre now for his land Its increase alue alono with neighboring would care for the loss on his i jient due to no yearly returns niag In. It is tho best kind of ttnent. If wo say that at the in 1 of ten years his land has cost an $200 an aero and at tho end of twenty years $400 an acre, or $4,000 altogether, he will have standing thereon treos to the valuo, comput ing lumber at its prosont prlco of from $40,000 tq $50,000. "In fact lumber will be worth, more at tho end of that period, and his timber will bo all tho more val li able. The yearly expense of looking after tho trees will bo comparatively small, not much more than his taxes. The treo is not n freak, but a good, cteady grower." Tho quality of tho lumber Is first class for box material, and It takes on a good polish for Inside finish In buildings. The box material, Includ ing cases, packages nnd boxes, ac cording to competent authority, con stitutes GO per cent, of the wholo output of tho lumber Industry, and hardly any of this Is over utilized ngaln, save for fuel. Tho lumber of this tree is a clear white, it has a good clevago and Is not so gnarled as cottonwood. It can also be utilized for framing, sheeting nnd Bhlngles. If it Is raised only for fence posts and poles, It pays very well. Ne braska sends over n million dollars a year out of tho stato for fence posts. In six years one can raise 2, 000 posts of Norway poplars on nn acre and the next year tho sprouts will come up from the same ground nnd grow with tremendous vigor, bneked by tho powerful root system, and In n few years -another cutting can be made;. IMtOVH TO UK WITHOUT VALUE. A dispatch from New York says: When Cnnon Chase, of tho Christ Episcopal church, of Williamsburg, announced that his congregation had donated a bushel basket, heaping full of packages containing jewelry at Sunday's collection for tho church debt fund, his heart was filled with thanksgiving. To-dny he feels different. When the packages woro opened It A'as discovered that they contained a variety of worthless Junk ranging from pewter spoons to battered silver-plated cups. Instead of being worth $1,500, as was hoped, tho value of the collection does not exceed $100. GRANT IN THE SADDLE. Grant was at his best In the sad dle. The one real record that he made for himself at the academy, the one time that he excelled all his fel lows, was nt the linal mounted exer cises of his graduating class, when, riding a famous horse named York, he was called upon to clear the leap ing bar that the gruff old riding mas ter had placed higher than u man's head. lie dashed out from his place In the ranks, a smooth faced, slender young fellow on a powerful chestnut sorrel, and galloped down the oppo site side of the hall, turned and went directly at tho bar, the great horse increasing his pace as ho neared It, and then, as If he and his rider were one, rising and clearing it with a magnificent bound. The leap is still recorded at the academy as "Grant's upon York." St. Nicholas. THE WANDERINGS OF A SET OF FALSE TEETH. "Here, porter," excitedly called a flushed and benevolent looking old gentleman rrom a berth in the Pull man sleeper as the train neared tlio Boston station one Sunday morning. "Porter, I say, Where's that man who had the berth next to mine last night? He's gone off with my "For sure, you must be mistaken, sir; he was a gentleman, sir. He got off the train at Taunton, sir." "Got off the traini" shouted the old gentleman, although his shout was rather muffled and inarticulate, but the effort made him purple in the face. "Why, that man has got my teeth In his coat pocket. I leaned out of the berth last night and put them, as I supposed, into my pocket, but they're not there. What shall I do? I'm to preach a sermon in Boston this very morning, .and now I have lost my teeth, and that man I'll never be able to And him!" Two weeks later Mr. Shaw and his wife were starting for a concert in New York when he remembered that he might need his light overcoat and went back for it. On the car his hand touched something peculiar in the pocket of the coat and ho drew out a set or raise teeth. His excla mation was of horror, tlien he and his wife laughed. But their united efforts could not account for the ap pearance of those teeth in that pocket. "When did you last wear the coat?" asked the little wife. "On that trip to New Bedford, when you were there with the Iiaby. You know 1 went down for Sunday and came back by boat. By Jove! They must belong to Smith. The boat was so crowded I couldn't get a stateroom, and I met Smith and ho let me have a berth in his. Of course they must be Smith's, and 111 take them to his ofllco to-morrow." So the next day Mr. Shaw was In Mr. Smith's ofllce. "1 have come to return your teeth," Jokingly began Mr. Shaw. Then ho noticed that Mr. Smith seemed in no Immediate need of teeth, and he began to explain. "I found those In my overcoat pocket and thought mnybe you had put them there by mistake that night on the boat. Of course J know thoy didn't belong to you," went on Mr. Shaw, ombarrassed as he felt tho frost collecting In the conversational atmosphoro, "but I thought maybe they might bo Mrs. Smith's and you were taking them to bo fixed, or somothlng like thnt," ho stumbled along. "Nelthor Mrs, Smith nor myself wear false teeth, and wo never ox pect to," frigidly roplled the elderly man, and a friendship of a lifetime came to n freezing finish. Those teeth woro actlvo in all tho domestic Jlfo of the Shaws. For days they cut -through their most serious conversations, and chnttored and gnashed even in their dreams. Finally Mrs. Shaw suggested tho sleeper ns the posslblo solution, and offered to tnko the teeth over to tho ofllco at tho Grand Central Station, whore found articles woro held for ownership. Tho clork in charge gave a mtghtv sigh of relief as ho saw them, -'At Inst!" said he. "I havo had a letter every hiall for two weoks from some old minister In Boston, who 13 shut up in a hotel room until wo can find his teeth for him. Ho' 11 bo mighty glad to got them." nut tho congregation of the Bos ton church never know why tho cele brated Now York D. D., LL. D. failed to preach that Sunday morning. DlUOlNAIi HTUNT. Covelesklc llciiionst rates In n Strik ing Way Ills Wonderful Control Of the Hnll. Horo rs a story about Hnrry Cove leskl, tho Polish pitcher, who start ed his career with Lancaster. Tho stunt was pulled off during prnctico and Is vouched for by a number of tho "Reds." Several ot the Cincinnati stars were arguing ns tb who had the most control. "111 tell you what I'll do," said "Covey." "H two or you chaps will stand up In front of Tom Clarke with your heads a foot apart, I'll throw the ball into his hands be tween your heads six times run ning." Hnrry Gasper had conlldonco in Harry's accurato aim and ngreed to be one of the two to stnnd up and let "Covey" see how near ho could come without hitting him. Others were not so confident un til ".Mike" Konnick volunteered. So Gaspar and Konnick stood up over an imaginary plate, leaned forward until their foroheads were but a foot npart nnd "Covey" set himself to tho tnsk. Ho wound up for the throw and let the ball go. Gasper and Konnick didn't have to move, for the hall shot between th-Mr I heads as true as a well-aimed bullet. I Tlio other live balls went in the same ', place, and Gnsper and Konnick, In , spite of their confidence In the young i Pole, henved a sigh of relief when j the stunt was over. 'When 'Lincoln Sat For His Dust. When Vlnnle Beam, the sculptor, ' was a mere child still and her experi- enco in modeling consisted of a few j busts mid medallions she timidly ask- ed President Lincoln to permit her tc model his bust. "I don't know why I any one should want the picture oi statue of so homely a man," he an swered aud nt llrst declined to sit. But when Senator Nesmith told him that the western girl, "who was poor, but talented," would be disappointed If unable to secure this favor he turn ed quickly and said: "She Is poor, is she? Well, that is nothing against her. and I will sit for the model." During the sittings the great man would watch with much interest tho hands of the girl sculptor nt her work; but, speaking of him later, she said: "For the most part he was sad and silent, weighed upon by the stress of a nation in peril and his own recent personal loss of a beloved son. Ah, those were sad days at the White House! One day tho president's eyes wero full of tears as he turned from gazing out of the window, and he said to me, 'I am thinking of Willie. "-Designer. Curious Training Methods. Every baseball player seems to have his own system, and some of the meth ods used are laughable, and few are of nny practicable value. One young catcher who Joined u National league club a few years ago brought five gal lons of irou, beef and wine In Jugs in his trunk to make him strong. Can non balls that weigh twenty-five pounds are used to roll over the abdo men. Iron rolling pins, special baud ages, a thousand kinds of rubbing oils and lotions, ranging from patent med icines to horse liniments and oil made by boiling down fishing worms, vibra tors of nil sizes and shapes, odd arm bakers to be superheated with electricity and rubber bands nre cm ployed. Hotel rooms are turned into gymnnslums, and one of the funniest sights of u year is to sit In a card game with half a dozen players swath ed like puffy mummies In blankets, sweaters and Uanncls until they look as If thoy wero starting on an arctic journey, American Magazine. Tho First Balloons. The chemical philosophers havo dis covered a body (which I have forgot ten, but will inquire) which dissolved by tin ucid emits a vapor lighter thau tho atmospherical air. This vapor 1 caught, among other uieaus, by tying a bladder compressed upon the bottle in which the dissolution Is performed. The vapor, rising, swells the bladder and (Ills it. The bladder Is then tied and removed and unothcr applied till as much of this light air is collected as Is wanted. Then a large spherical case Js made, and very large It must be. of the lightest matter that can bo found, secured by some method Ukn that of oiling silk against all passage of ulr. Into tli la are emptied all the bladders of light air, and if there lit light air enough It mount into the clouds upou the same principle us a bottle filled with water will sink in water, but a bottlo filled with ether will float. It rises till It comes to air of equal tenuity with Its own if wiud or wnter does not spoil it on tho way. Such, madam, Is an ulr "balloon. From Dr. Jolmson'H Letter, Sept. 22, 1783, to Mrs. Thrale. Two Smart Actors. In a popular historic drama tho ac tor who takes the part of Naiwleon Is required to read aloud a document of considerable length which is brought to him by General Berthlor. This, being written at length, Is seldom com mitted to memory. A short time ago, however, tho property master nt an English theater mlsluld tho document, and Napoleon, who was now to tho part, received instead a blank sheet of paper. For a moment ho was aghast; then, eager to escape from his pre dicament even at tho expenso of a follow nctor, ho handed the paper to General Berthlor, saying, "Bead it to me." Tho other actor wn not in the least confused. "Your majesty," ho said, handing it back, "I am only a poor soldier of fortune, and you must ox cuuo me, I do. not know hoyr'ib Jeoaf" i PRINCE TSAI TAO. Uncle of Chinese Emperor Sightseeing In New York. New York, May 3. Under nil the saffron banners and the sprawling dragons clawing nt red suns over the roofs of Chinatown today there was a tension of unrest and of speculation. It all had to do with that luncheon to be given to his Imperial highness Prince Tsnl Tao and the members of his staff nt the Tuxedo restaurant. 2 Duyers street, at noon tomorrow. Though purple banners inscribed with appropriate Ideographs of fealty and welcome flapped from On Leong territory on Mott street and green und maroon guidons of tlio Four Brothers, no less enthusiastic as to mottoes, adorned the telephone wires over Pell street, the unanimity of welcome ap plied only In respect to the august un cle of the Infant son of heaven and not to tho wclconiers. There Is a very del icate problem In the solving Just now, and In It there are elements of embar rassment which might be apparent even to tho Manchu chief of staff of the Chinese army when he sits down to meat with the subjects of his neph ew. On tho face of it, the proprieties of tomorrow's affair will all be met and passed without a hitch, for the ar rangement of the luncheon and the details of the reception of his highness have all been left In neutral bands. Ostensibly the Chinese Merchants' as sociation and the Chinese Empire Re form association are tho joint hosts. Each organization wished to do honor to tho prince In Its peculiar way, but when delegations from each went to the Hotel Plaza yesterday and con ferred with tho secretaries of' the prince they learned thnt Tsal Tao's timo would be so limited here In Now York that If ho was to meet any Chi nese in a formal function It would hare to be on one occasion only. There fore a quick decision was made to unite the two festivities planned, and Wednesday's luncheon was arranged aud approved by the prince. TAFT LAUDS KNOX. President, In Speech, Declares Secre tary of Stato "O. K." Pittsburg, May 3. Any one In this town who had an Ideu that Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox was not iu accord with the administration and might resign must have been sur prised Inst night if he heard what President Taft had to say about that cabinet officer and the department of state at the Grant birthday dinner of the Americus club. The president praised Mr. Knox without stint and told why he did so. He pointed with pride to the fact thnt while we have had under his adminis tration our first tariff law with a maxi mum and minimum provision, the state department has got us Into no tariff wars at all. He thought that the note of Mr. Knox to Zclaya, former dictator of Nicaragua, was a line bit of diplo matic workmanship, nnd he scored those who decried the mixture of diplo macy and trade as "dollar diplomacy." RUTH BRYAN WEDS TODAY. Taking No Chances on Divorced Hus band Making Trouble. Lincoln, Neb., May 3. ltuth Bryan Leavltt und Lieutenant Owen of tho Eugllsh army will be married today nt the I fry u n home, Falrvlew. The hour of the ceremony, who will perform it und all other details aro carefully guarded by the family, Inquiries meet ing with the reply that they prefer not to givo out the Information In advance. While nobody believes that Leavltt will make good his threat to come and attempt to stop tho wedding, it Is pre sumed from tho secrecy, maintained that no chances will be taken of his finding out anything In advance to guide his actions. HUGHES CONFIRMED. Benate Approves His Nomination For Supreme Court Bench. Washington, Muy 3. The senate in oxecutlvo session confirmed the nomi nation of Governor Charles E. Hughes of Now York as associate Justice of the supremo court, to succeed Justice Brewer. Tho protest ngalnst confirmation by tho American Antitrust league was Ig nored. Standard Oil Barred, Washington, .May 3. The supremo court today affirmed tho Judgment of (ho Tennessee supremo court cancel ing tho permit of tho Standard Oil Company of Kentucky to do business In Tennessee because it violated tho Tonnf!aoa antitrust law. PASS DEBT LIMIT BILL. Senate and Assembly Rush Through ' Enabling Measure. Albany, May 3. The senate and as sembly have passed tho Now York debt limit bill wit li a rush, and now It goes to .Mayor Gaynor for his approval. It will make available for tiew sub ways at once about $17,000,000. The hill was ngreed upou only after suc cessive conferences on Friday last. Deal direct With 7ie Stickler llrnmlt Fitrnltnro Co. anil save tho dealer's profit. Only $7., 95 For this Inrtrc and hniitl -o-u" Touch In fancy broowlcd Velour. Th i njlenilld Couch Is 75 Incr-es Ionic 57 I j :hos wide, Flvo rows wide ual ilwp In "Una. Con struction tniiiraiitcHl, OI tempered springs nit metal fnsttned w'llch Insures excellent weHrlntfqualitla. Kprf nit ediro. Frame. In iroldn Oali. richly curved '.'law focHOeMtro. This style of hand-made Couch would easily rctr.il in stores tomtit, to $12.00. Carefully packed and shipped freight charges prepaid for $7.95. Send TO-DAY for our factory price catalogue of Furniture, and be well posted on Furniture styles. FREE. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. THE NOBBY LONG COATS - - AT - - r k Co.'s Stores Are Suitable for Real Stylish Wear Tooth Savers Wo have tlio sort of tooth brushes that are made to thoroughly cleanse and, save the teeth, They ure tlio kind that clrnn teeth wilbou eavliiL' Your mouth full of bristles. We. recommend those rostliiL' 25 cents or more, as we ran cuarnnteo them nnd will re place, free, nny that show defects of manu facture within three months. O. T. CHAHBER5. PHARflACIST. Opp. 1). & tl. Station. tlONP.SU ALE. PA JOSEPH N. WELCH Fire Insurance The OLDEST Fire Insurance 1 Agency in Wayne County. Ofllce: Second floor Maeonia build ing, over 0. 0, Jadwin's drug store, Honesdale. leu ritOFESSIONAli CAKDS. Attorncvs-nt-Low. H WILSON, . ATTORNEY tr COUNSEf.OR-AT-LAW. ..Office. .Masonic livildlnc, second floor IloncMla.e. l'n. H. LEE, I 1 ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Ofllce over post ofllce-. All IckhI business promptly attended to. Honesdale. Pa. EC. MUMFOKI), ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW Oillre Liberty Hnll Imlldlnt. opposite the Post Office. Honesdale. l'a. HO.MEH GREENE. ATTORNEY COUN8EI.OR-AT-LAW. OtlUc over Hell's store. Honesdale Pa. 0L. ItUWLAND, . ATTORNEY A COCNF.t.OR-AT-l.AW Ofllce ver Post Dlllie. hum sdalc. Pa pIIARLES A. McCAIf'lY, J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-T-1.AW. Special and utOmpt attention given tothe collection of claims. Office icr lleif's new store. Honesdale. I'ai TA P. K1.MI1I.E, D . ATTORNEY A COUNSKf.OR-AT-LAW OfUceovcr the post otllce Honesdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTORNEY .t COINSEI.OR-AT-I.AW, OHict! in the Court Hi me, Honesdale Pa. PETER H. ILOFF, ATTORNEY A c:orNf-F.1.01t-AT-t.AW . Otllce Second floor old Savlncs i!i k bulldine. Honesdale. Pa C1EARLE & SALMON, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-l.AW Olllces.latclv occupied by Judge Scarle. Dentists. TvR. E. T. BROWN, AJ DENTIST. Office First floor, old Savings Jfank bulld I112, Honesdale. Pa. Dr. C. It. P,HAI)Y. Dknti6t. Honesdale. Pa. OiTicKHouns-8 m. to p. ra Any cvcnins by appointment. Citizens' phone. 33. Residence. No. fcG-X Physicians. DR. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, PA. Ofllce and residence 101U Court street telephones. Ofllce Hours SCO to 4:0U and 6 00 os:ou. D.iu Livery. LIVERY. r red. G. Ricknrd has re moved his livery establishment from corner Church street to Whitney's Stone Barn ALL CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75yl NOTICE OF INCORPORATION Notice is hereby given that an application will bo made to the Gov ernor of the Stato of Pennsylvania on the 23d day of May, 1910 by John J. Brown, Valentino Bliss, W, J. Davis, John J. Holland, F. W. Wol lerton, E. J. Lynott, A. G. Ruther ford and others, under the Act of As sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to provide for the Incorporation and government of street railway com panies In this Commonwealth," ap proved May 14, A. D. 18SD, and the supplements and amendments there to, for a charter for and intended corporation to be called "Tho Scran toti and Lake Ariel Railway Com pany." Said proposed corporation is organized for the purpose of build ing, constructing and operating a street railway over tho following; streets, highways and bridges as fol lows, namely: Beginning nt the di viding line between Roaring Brook township and the Borough of Mos cow, in Lackawanna county, where .Main street crosses said line; thence along Main street in said borough to tho intersection of Market street; tlienco along Market street to the In tersection of Willow street; thence along Willow street to the Intersec tion of Brook street; thenco along Brook streot to tho borough and Madison township Hue; thenco from tho Borough of Moscow lino along tho public road known as tho Bear Brook road, leading from .Moscow to Holllstorville, to tho count lino (also known as tho lino between Madison nnd Salem townships) ; thenco from Madison township lino at tho WUcos place, along tho public road, known as tho road loading from Mndlson vlllo, to Holirstorvillo; tlienco from HolllstervUlo to Moors Corners to Hamlluton; thenco from Hnmllnton along tho North nnd South Turnpike to Lake township line; thonco from line dividing Salem und Lako town ships along the public road leading to Lake Ariel in Lako township, known ns tho road loading from Hamllntoii to Lako Ariel to Brown's Corners In the vlllnge of Ariel, Lako township, Wayne county; thenco re turning by tho snmo routo to tho placo of beginning, with tho neces sary turnouts, sidings and switches, forming n complote circuit, and for theso purposos to have, possess und enjoy all tho rights, benoflts and privileges of said Act of Assembly and its supplements. O'BRIEN & KELLY, A. G. RUTHERFORD, 33col3. Solicitors. A. O. BLAKE, AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALER You will make money by bavins; mc. Jhkllphonk 9-u Bethany, Pa.