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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 0, 1011.
HAMMOND'S RECORD
Briefly speaking, John Hnys Ham
mond Is one of the ambulant and
amphibious wonders of the world,
being a whirling, whizzing wizard
concerning the earth and the things
under the earth, not to mention the
sea and the power of rolling waters.
In the matter of clinging to the face
of a slimy cliff in a search for gold,
he has done things that drew the
veil over the vaunted exploits of the
highly expert but very extinct ptero
dactyl; and Noah never catalogued
among his nnlmnls one four-footed
beast that had half of Hammond's
knowledge about how to make a
hnln In thp irrntiml
Consey. ently, In sending him as
epeciui Hiuuussiiaor u me corona-
i . t i r t r t-. i
nun ui iiiiig ueorge v oi Eingianu,
Prpfalrlpnf Tnff. whn Vina hnon Ma
close friend all his life, has set
down among, tne rogs ana rails or
uunuuu a Brum euuigcnce mean
ing a real man, fall of red blood and
Ttlno Hcrlifnlncr
Hammond's fame Is built on his
acnievements as a mining engineer,
hllf. In nrtfHMnn tn thin lino nf en
deavor, ho has used as his pawns
Dig pawns Dig waier-power sues, ir
rigation projects, oll-flelds, and
Rtrnot rjillwnvs. Rvp.rv Anv thnt hn
fnlla tn nnnefrnpfr nnrrw fftrwarH nf
complete a far-reaching piece ' of
worn, ne reures miseraDiy 10 Dea,
sighs in dark dejection, and sobs
himself to sleep but, it should be
stated, the Sand Man usually finds
mm wun a oroaci grin on ins race.
Czar Nicholas, Kaiser Wilhelm,
iind ntlinr nntpntnfps. Rnvprplrns. nrwl
princes have held his hand and
looKuu wun interest into ins steaay
gray eyes. Laborers in mines and
riltnhen Rnv hp Is irnnil fpllnw nml
tramps call him "buddy." He wore
urugans ana overalls ior years, anu
at unomer lime ne nounooucu wun
Cecil Rhodes and wound up by hav
Inir hlmsfilf Rpntpnppfl in ho linnir
ed by the Boers as a result of the
Jameson raid. On one occasion,
weakened and wracked by a mallg-
linnt fpvor hn prnwlod mnrnr mltao
through tho mountains of Honduras
anu was iinauy nurseu DacK to
hpalth hv ii kind nnflvp nnrl ctm
another of his feats was to explore
the region of King Solomon's mines,
making tho journey through a two-hundred-mile
desert so hot and dry
that t.hp nrlvntlnn lrlllnrl hla cola
companion. And nowadays, as he
counts nis millions ana maps out
new enterprises, the high financiers
of Wall Street frlak liisj nnMrota In
attempts to And out where he Car
ries hlH AlnHillna lnmn n onmn rtf1.
er magic Instrument that enables1"
mm to pun ore nis remarkable
stunts.
Only a fow months ago he went
to nussia anu u was reported that
hn wns nhnnf- in nnilorfolro thn gi
gantic project of fully developing
luu iuibm mineral weaun or siDeria
a report which he has as yet nel
ther afllrmnrl nnr ilonlorl
This recital shows the things he
has accomplished, but back of the
acnievements are two stories, more
human and more striking. One is
his personality, tho other his wife.
nuiinnonu nas a tremendous capac
ity for sustained and I
whether physical or mental; but he
is also a creat lovpr nf fun ann
therefore, a good "mixer" among
his lenows. Aitnougn hq has done
things which required marvelous
courage and has established a bril
liant career, ne is as modest as a
girl. Tho reason that tramps call
him "buddy" is that ho prefers,
rather than talk nTmnt hi
hear their life stories and to get
men- viewpoint or tne world. In
the language of the farm, ho has a
heart as blir ns .i mnin's nmi ho
gages in much philanthropy tho
wuu nmi is Buggea, ouscuro, secre
tive, and on the quiet, not the kind
that is put out with one hand while
the other clutches the telephone to
call up the newspaper reporters to
hear all about the good deeds.
As to the second story, Mrs. Ham
mond has accompanied him Into the
wilds of Mexico, where there wore
only mountains, Greasers, and rough
mining-camps; Into South Africa,
where she saved Ills' life when ho
was 111 and under sentence of death
on an unjust accusation; . and into
the mountains and mines of the Par
AVest of this country when ho was
starting out on the princely salary
of one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars a month. As a helpmeet, she
has been a glorious and glittering
success.
Hammond's career can bo divided
roughly into three periods the first
in this country, Mexico, and South
and Central America; the second in
South Africa from 1893 to 1000
the third In tho United States from
1900 until tho present time. As a
result of his labors, ho owns mines
In this country, Mexico, and South
Africa; water-power sites in the
United States and Mexico, and in
the land made famous by Diaz the
biggest irrigation project in tho
world. Two of his ventures "on the
side" were to buy, electrify, and sell
the street-car lines of Capo Town
and Mexico City.
During tho Mexican period, ho
spent a night with a notorious ban
dit who, with his sons, made a prac
tice of picking off miners carrying
ore. Hammond had his wagon full
of valuable ore and did not know
the character of his host. The fol
lowing morning the old robber and
his sons, after showing Hammond
that each of them could put a rifle
bullet through a whiskey-cork at a
range of more than a hundred
yards, let him go on his way un
molested and unrobbed.
He is proud of tho fact that ho
never "takes a filer" in Wall Street
and that the money ho has made
came out of the ground and big pro
jects. The one possession that ho
guards with great care is his collec
tion of autographed photographs of
famous men and intimate friends.
Tho walls of his library in Wash
ington aro covered with such pict
ures of tho sovereigns, statesmen,
engineers, and tramps ho has
known.
The President has often tried to
make him accept public office, but he
has steadfastly refused, turning
down a place in the cabinet and sev
eral big foreign missions. He ac
cepted tho special ambassadorship
IU IUU tUlUUUUUU UUIJI UUtUUDIj Ul 1 IB
temporary naturo, his chief busi
ness being the bridling of rivers, the
melting of metal, and the making of
fun for his friends. .Tames Hay,
Jr., In June Cosmopolitan.
O'Connell's Wohderful Oratory.
Daniel O'Conucll, the Irish orator,
spoke in Covcnt Garden, London, many
years ago, and John Coleman, 1111 old
English actor, pictured htm us fol
lows: "The uudlence huug spellbound
on the words of the great orator. Ills
resonant and magnificent voice, flavor
ed with its rich Hibernian accent,
held both soul nnd scu.se captive. As
for me, my Celtic blood took Are, my
heart throbbed with passionate Indig
nation or melted luto tears as 1;
dwelt iilKm the wrongs of my beloved
country. Never, surely, was such .
bom orator! Stern men cried o'.e
moment nud laughed the nest. Strain b
to say, they never laughed in the
wrong place, though once at least lie
afforded them u unique opportunity.
As bo approached the end of his ora
tion, carried away by his theme, he
took his wig off (a brown 'jazey") put
it in hla hat and mopped his beauti
ful bald brow with a great flaming
crimson bandanna. The action ap
peared so natural and appropriate
that no one seemed to think it absurd
or even incongruous."
Couldn't Hurt His Brain.
Strickland W. Glllllan says that Sam
Jones and "Sunshine Hawks" of Bal
timore, the revivalists, were invited
to the home of a good brother and sis
ter in tho church. At tho dinner table
it transpired that the sister had had
a sinister purpose In Issuing the In
vitation, for she said: "Mr. Jones, I
wish you'd tell my husband that smok
ing is injurious to him. I know It is,
but he won't bellevo it I wish you'd
tell him, and it might have some In
fluence over him."
"No, sister," said Jones, who was
himself an inveterate smoker, "I can't
tell him that. Smoking injures only
the human brain. And be hasn't any
brain to Injure, or he wouldn't have
married you. Now, sister, I came hero
to eat that is what I was invited for
not to lecture. So if you'll carve that
turkey, give me a piece of the white
meat and Hawks a leg we'll be all
right." And that husband's gratitude
lives yet.
Defining a Boundary Line.
In 1847 Itufus Choate appeared in
behalf of parties whose rights were
affected by tho boundary line between
Massachusetts and Itbodo Island, thus
described in the agreement:
"Beginning," etc., "thence to an an
gle on the easterly side of Watuppa
pond, theueo across said pond to the
two rocks on the westerly side of said
pond and near thereto, thence wester
ly to the buttonwood tree in the vil
lage of Full Itlvcr."
In his argument, commenting on the
boundary, Mr. Chouto thus referred to
this part of the description: "A bound
ary lino between two sovereign states
described by a couple of stones near
n pond and a buttonwood sapling in a
village! The commissioners might as
well have defined it ns starting from
a blue jay, thence to a swarm of bees
In hiving time and Uience to COO foxes
with flrebrnnd.s tied to their tails."
Minneapolis Journal.
When Parasols Began.
Parasols when they first came into
use must have been cumbersome.
Henri Estlonne, writing In 157S.
speaks of a parasol as capable gener
ally of sheltering four persons from
the sun. And when thoy diminished
in circumference tho material still re
mained of the heaviest. Red velvet
parasols, with heavy gold fringes,
wore carried by ladles of fashion in
the days of Louis XIV. At that time
it was possible whou crossing a bridge
iu Purls to hire u parasol at one end
and deposit it at tho other, tho charge
for tho accommodation being a sou.
Under tho regency fashion went to
tho other extreme. Mon's parasols
folded into the shape of a three cor
nered hat and could thus be carried
elegantly under tho arm. Ladles' par
asols were hinged, so that they could
sup into the pocket, for ladles had
pockets then. London Spectator.
Longest Indian Word.
The longest Indian word on record
Is the following, that was printed in an
Indian Blblo in 1001:
WutappesI ttukqussunnoohw o h t u u k-
quoh.
It signifies "kneeling down to him."
When the Rev. Cotton Mather, primi
tive Boston's Puritan pastor, first saw
this consolidated phrase It prompted
him to Jestingly observe that tho
words or tho language must have been
growing ever sinco tho disncrslon at
Babel. Now York Telegram.
Proved Himself Great.
With n sigh she laid down tho maca-
zino article upon Daniel O'Conucll.
'Tiio uay of great men," sho said, "is
gone forever."
"But the day of beautiful women Is
not," ho responded.
She smiled and blushed. "I was onlv
Joking," sho explained hurriedly.
western unnsuan Advocate,
Too Late.
A irood many men discover whsn ton
late 'that UlOV mads n trrnt rnlRtlrn
In life by not remaining at Bchool a
year or two longer than they did.
Rochester nernld.
Pig Iron.
It takes 4,221 pounds of ore, 2,310
pounds of coke, which means about
0,000 pounds of coal and 1,147 pounds
of limestone, a total of over four tons
of ore, coal and limestone, to make a
ton of pig iron.
rnn Tiir ocut nnr&i
run line umLUncNi
Lament of the Poppy Doll.
I'm only a poppy dolly.
And, alas, I've had my day,
For the little Rlrl that made me
Has gone away to play!
She went Into the garden
And chose me. a poppy red.
Eyes, nose and mnuth she pricked
Right In my poppy head.
She folded back my petals
With a sash ot grass bright green.
With twigs she made my arms,
Tho stralghtcst ever seen.
A little bell-llko flower
Made me a pretty hat,
A nasturtium leaf my sunshade.
Would you have thought of thatT
And now that she has left me
1 ui sure that 1 won't last
If you should see her anywhere
Tell her I'm fading fast
Youth's Compnnlon.
Commercial Traveler.
This Is one of tho convenient games
which can bo played on the spur of
tho moment and requires no materials,
not even the usual pencil and paper.
Tho players being seated In a circle a
leader la chosen, who, beginning nny
Where in the circle, asks questions
which must bo answered alphabetical
ly; that Is, the first person's words
Bbould nil begin with "a," the second
with "b," and so on. For example:
Leader: "Ladies and gentlemen, we
will suppose that you aro all commer
cial travelers about to start on a Jour
ney to any part of the world you may
prefer on business. Will you each
kindly tell me where you aro going
and for what purpose, naming your
destinations and errands alphabetical
ly?" "Where are you going, No. ?"
Answer: "To Annapolis."
"What will you do there?" '
"Advertise aeroplanes."
"I am going to Baltimore," says the
next "What will you do there?" asks
tho leader. "Boost Burnett's Burnish
er brightens boilers."
Each person is asked in turn by tho
leader where he's going and what to
do there?
0. goes to Chicago to catch Colum
bian coins.
D. to Damascus to dress dancing
dervishes.
B. to England to enjoy every Eng
lish entertainment
P. to Florida to find a fortune in fly
paper. G. to Guatemala to grow guavas.
H. to Harrisburg to harass hypocrit
ical humbugs.
1. to India to Inspect improved idols.
J. to Jersey to Jump on Jays.
And so on to the end of the alphabet
Watch Boys of Norway.
It is quite a common sight to see
boys watching cattle to keep them
from straying, but a watch boy whose
duty it is to keep a lookout for a school
of fish would indeed bo an oddity1 in
this country. In Norway small boys
elt in sentry boxes built on stilts and
watch for fish, a custom prevailing In
nearly all of the towns along the coast,
especially where fishing is depended
upon ns a moans of livelihood. A lit
tle sentry box is made of wood and
perched high on a post. Hero tho lad
sits, gazing across tho sea, using his
keen eyes for the benefit of the fisher
men, who aro depending upon him to
give the alarm when a school of fish
appears. When tlio signal is given the
fishermen, who usually work on thoii
farms when there are no schools of
fish nbout, thiow the huge nets over
their shoulders and hurry off to their
boats.
A Drummer.
Perhaps you havo heard or the com
poser and musician Haydn. When
Haydn was a schoolbov he was n crnnt
drummer and was always chosen when
processions were in progress. As he
was much too small to carry a drum
and beat it. his favorite instrument
was mounted on tho bock of an equal
ly small hunchback, who marched In
front of Haydn. It is not'strango that
In all the band the drummer Is the one
that attracts tho greatest attention and
the crowd Is nlways thickest around
him. Tho whole crowd must have
been around Haydn when he marched
through the streets with his hunch
back carrier in front of him beating
the drum with tho same fervor with
which ho later composed his great ora
tories. Hard to Learn.
The Japanese language is claimed to
bo tho hardest to learn of all lan
guages. Even the Japanese And it dif
ficult, and several American army offi
cers have acknowledged that they
found it impossible to master it It
takes tho Japanese child seven years
to learn tho essential parts of tho al
phabet and ono must become familiar
with 214 signs to learn the simple part
of the language alone. Tho 214 signs
servo as the English Initial letters in
our alphabet To be ablo to read any
of the higher class Japaneso newspa
pers one must bo tho master of from
2,500 to 3,000 single letters conveying
a thought
Conundrums.
Where can happiness always be
found? In tho dictionary.
Why ore tho people of Ireland like
a carpet? Because they aro kept
down by tar (tacks).
Why aro bachelors bad gramma
rians? Because when asked to conju
gate they invariably decline.
Why is a coachman like a lover?
Because bo always desires to be re
membered by his fare.
What table has no legs to stand. on7
The multiplication table.
At what ago should you marry? At
tho parsonage.
Why aro these conundrums like
monkeys? Becauso they aro farfetch
Ad nnd full of nonsense.
qo advertise likewise.
tizr
Get such a reputation?
t, his r
earth,
In every tribe and nation.
Ho has a buzzer for his biz
And buzzes while he's busy.
His etoro Is surely a bcohlve.
He's busy till he's dizzy.
J
How did that llttlo yaller hen
Get to that runs so high?
Was sho borne there by an airship,
Or did sho just up fly7
Sho cackled, then she laid an egg
And cackled awful after.
To let folks know about that egg
She almost raised a rafter.
Thus If you havo a thing that's good
And wish tho folks to buy It
You'll surely never do the stunt
If you sit and keep quiet.
If that old hen didn't advertise
Her eggs would just get rotten.
She'd get the ax right In the neck
And quick would be forgotten.
C. M. BARNIT55.
KURIOS FROM KORRE8PONDENTS
Q. I havo a Plymouth Rock ben hero
that Is laying eggs with a pinkish
white. She has already laid three in
twenty-four days, nnd I should Uko to
have your opinion as to the cause. A.
Tho fat around your hen's egg ma
chine impedes the work of the muscles
as they push tho egg along, and they
consequently bleed. Sometimes only
a tiny clot appears la tho egg; again,
the blood mixes with tho albumen, nnd
you have that pinkish white.
Q. Please state where there is a
market for duck eggs, how they com
pare in price with hen's eggs and what
color of shell Is popular. A. Duck
eggs find their best market in the city,
where the white popular shelled eggs
sell at a higher price than chicken eggs
to the Hebrew element
Q. What do you think of fish scrap
as meat for breeders and chicks? What
is it made of? A. It Is very good if
fresh. It is made of ground codfish
heads.
Q. I exhibited Pekln ducks last win
ter at two shows, entering tho same
two birds at both. Ono duck was
creamy white and the other white, but
otherwise they were alike In weight,
shape and style. At the first show the
creamy bird won first, the other sec
ond. At tho second show it was the
reverse. Which Judge was right? A.
If both ducks were allko in other re
spects the first Judge was right, as the
Standard calls for "creamy white."
Q. I notice quite a number of poul
trymen recommend tobacco dust for
body lice on poultry. Is it,pver fed to
fowls for Intestinal worms? A. We
never heard of its use for such pur
pose except in case of sheep, where It
Is fed to kill the stomach worm. A
sure remedy for worms In poultry is
a handful of onk wood ashes to every
two quarts of mash twice a week.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
In a gang of six chicken thieves
captured at Marietta, Pa., was a wom
an who dressed the fowls and sold
them at market Rather fowl work
for a fair female.
When eggs aro allowed to accumu
late In tho nest they not only are
broken and start egg eating, but they
encourage the bens to bo broody. If
eggs aro removed as they are laid a
turkey will lay as high as seventy in
a season.
Refrigerator eecs from Austmli
frozen so hard that a London dealer
tnrew one at his ofllco wall and made
a hole In tho plaster, but did not crack
tho shell. A lawyer, astonished, took
three home to surprise his wife. Ho
banged them down on the table whero
sho and her fashionablv dmsspil
friends wero playing cards, when oh,
horrors! every egg busted. They had
thawed.
With a corn crop of 3,125,713,000
uusueis tno green duck crop will ex
ceed all records. There is now one
medical quack to every 800 of tho pop
ulation, and our college incubators aro
still turning tho fresli green product
out at a fearful rate.
In March a California incubator
manufacturer was runnlnir his fnrtnrv
day nud night nnd was yet back
j.ouu in oraers, nna tho day was once
when there was not nn incubator In
this country. Today over 300,000 are
sold annually. Take that, pessimist.
To Our friends who got rattled over
that reclnrocltv trentv for fonr if
would flood this country with fresh
eggs wo just rise long enough to re
mark that Cannda's siirnlna oiin fm-
a whole year would supply Now York
city ror just ono day. Eggs for nog
aren't included.
When an egg Is broken in a setting
mo smear not only imperils tho hutch
ability of tho daubed eggs, but also
makes tho shells rough, so that there
is friction when tho hen turns her eggs
and thus more breakage. Such eggs
Bbould bo washed In warm water and
at onco bo returned to tho hen.
If old eggs hatch at all they hatch
lato and gtvo poor chicks. As incuba
tor chicks should not bo fed tho first
day, theso late chicks get their first
meal too soon or tho early chicks from
tho fresh eggs get theirs too late.
Never bo fresh yourself, but always
set all fresh eggs for success.
When you give a chick feed as soon
as it comes from tho shell you overtax
Its digestive system, nnd that la gen
erally its finish. Give tho chick a day
to assimilate tho yolk and then feed
little, but often.
To win a market for flno eggs and
poultry theso days la easy, but to
win back confidence after Imposing on
a customer Is seldom accomplished.
Tho fellow that sticks to business and
tho Golden Rulo Is never branded as a
knave or fool.
HUMOROUS QUIPS
Loyalty.
Ho may be fix kinds of a liar,
He may be ten kinds of a fool,
He may be a wicked high flier
Beyond any reason or rule.
There may be a shadow above him
Of ruin and wob that impend,
And I may not respect, but I love him
Because well, because he's my friend.
I know he has faults by the billion,
But his faults aro a portion of him.
I know that hl9 record's vermilion
He's far from a sweet seraphim
But he's always been square with yours
truly,
All ready to give or to lend,
And. though he Is wild and unruly,
1 like him because he's my friend.
I knock him, 1 know, but I do It
The same to his face as away.
And It other folks knock well, they rue It
And wish they'd bad nothing to say.
1 nvvcr make diagrams of him,
No maps of his soul have I penned, 1
For I don't analyzo, I just love him
Because well, because he's my friend.
Berton Braley In Puck.
! She Took No Chances.
"I know what's passing in your
mind," suddenly said the maiden as
tho habitually silent caller stared at
her. "1 know, too, why you are call
ing here night after night, appropriat
ing my time to your self and keeping
other nice young men away. You
won't mo to marry you, don't you?"
"I I do!" gasped tho young man.
"I thought so. Very well; I will."
Ladles' Home Journal.
Not the Same.
"I don't believe there la anything In
that talk nbout Harlow being hard
up," said Little Blnks. "Why, he's
just blossomed forth with a footman
on his motor."
"Footman?" echoed Jlnklnson deri
sively. "Footman Is good! That Isn't
a footman It's a deputy sheriff In
charge of tho car." Harper's Weekly.
Speeding Some.
Two men were out speeding up Con
necticut way In a high powered car.
"What cemetery is this we are pass
ing through?" asked tho guest
"Cemetery?" repeated the driver.
"This isn't n cemetery. Those white
stones you see are mlleposts." San
Francisco Chronicle.
Danger Not So Imminent.
"Why. Tommy," exclaimed the Sun
day school teacher," don't you say
your prayers every night before you
go to bed?"
"Not any more," replied Tommy.
"1 uster when 1 slept In a folding bed,
though." Philadelphia Record.
Woolgathering.
"For one's wits to go woolgather
ing" Is an allusion to a pitiful Indus
try sometimes seen in older countries.
In parts of France, Germany mid
Spain very old people are sometimes
employed in gathering wool from
bushes iu sheep pastures, whero it has
been plucked from the fleece as the
animals pass too close to the branches.
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