VAGE a
TUB CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1011.
The Citizen' will publish
In each Issue of the week
one of the essays or declamations,
which formed part of the Com
mencement exercises of the
Honesdale High school for the
benefit of those who were unable
to be present at the exercises.
The following oration was deliver
ed by Martin Caufleld at the High
school commencement:
"American Heroes of Invention."
Friends and Fellow Students: In
the name ot the class of nineteen
hundred eleven I salute you with a
most cordial welcome to this the
thirty-sixth annual commencement of
the Honesdale High school.
As the people of the present time
enjoy the conveniences with which
they are surrounded in life, they
neither realize nor appreciate the
hardships and trials which confront
ed the early Inventors; yet every one
of these men by his untiring efforts
used his magnificent genius for the
public good. Such men as Franklin,
Howe, Edison, Fulton and Whitney
put vitality Into their work not slm
)ly for what they could get out of
it but because they felt it the duty
of every true man to aid his fellow
men. Some began their work with
a view of personal benefit and others
to render public Bervlce but they each
obtained the ultimate result con
tributing towards the comforts of life
and the advancement of civilization.
At times they faced starvation, serv
ed as objects of ridicule and suffered
from disappointment but the com
mon good was ever foremost in their
minds.
When we consider the opportuni
ties of the modern American boy,
we wonder at the accomplishments
of Benjamin Franklin who, denied
the advantages of liberal education,
forced early to seek his own liveli
hood and many hardships gave to
us many inventions which are still
in use. After he had earned a com
petence. Franklin retired from active
business but he still devoted his time
and genius for the good of mankind
in the pursuit of scientific experi
ments; in one of the latter, sending
up during a thunderstorm a kite
with a silk string he discovered that
lightning was merely a discharge of
electricity, whereupon he invented
the lightning rod.
What would be the condition of
the country to-day if it were neces
Bary to separate the cotton from its
seed without the aid of machinery?
The man who overcame this diffi
culty was Ell Whitney, who, while
visiting at the home of a Mrs. Greene
in Georgia, overheard a discussion on
this subject and resolved to improve
the existing methods of separation.
He shut himself up in a room provid
ed by Mrs. Greene and labored day
after day until the cotton gin had
been completed. But Whitney's suc
cess was short-lived for people com
ing from all parts of the state broke
into his workshop at night and car
ried off the machine, necessitating
the building of a new model before
the patent could be obtained. This
was finally accomplished and the
revolution in the cotton manufacture
caused by Its Introduction has con
tinued to this day.
Several years ago, when that float
ing palace, the steamship Lusltanla,
was launched, the event served as a
fitting culmination to the accom
plishments of Robert Fulton. But at
the time no one even thought of the
first successful voyage of the Cler
mont, the forerunner of all modern
liners. Previous to this occasion
Fulton's experiments with the steam
boat had been generally unsuccessful.
In his first, which he built and ex
perimented upon In France, failure
was due to the fact that the boiler
and machinery were too heavy for
the frail boat so that it suddenly
broke apart and went to the bottom
of the river on the eve of Its trial
trip. But the undaunted Fulton, In
company with Livingstone, returned
to this country and began another
series of experiments which resulted
In the construction of the Clermont.
Upon the completion of the boat ar
rangements were made and a day ap
pointed for the first public exhibi
tion, When the day arrived a jeer
ing crowd of unbelievers assembled
on the banks of the river and made
Fulton and his "folly" the object of
much ridicule; but the jeers were
changed to cheers and shouts of ad
miration as the boat steamed up the
river. On this occasion which has
become part of the history of our
country, Fulton was rewarded for his
years of toll and he lived years of
enjoyment In that single moment.
At the present time the hum of the
sewing machine Is a sound with
which every person In this country Is
acquainted, but this was as rich mu
sic in the ear of isuas Howe, wnen
after years of trial and scorn he pre
sented this labor-saving device to the
world. After ho had made four nia-
chines, Howe Journeyed to England
In order to Introduce his Invention
but after several years of failure he
returned to this country, entirely des
titute. He Immediately became In
volved In a number of expensive law
suits concerning his patent but his
rights were upheld by the courts anu
he was allowed to reap the benefits
of his labors.
As the business man converses
with his associates by means of the
telephone, as the stock broker reads
his Quotation tape, as operators send
several messages over the same wire
by means of the quadruplex telegraph
system, how many of them think of
the untiring Edison? Although the
"Wizard of Monlo Park" has reaped
a fortune which would enable him
to retire for life, yet he has equipped
a laboratory at Menlo Park where he
has withdrawn from the haunts of
man In order to devote himself to
invention. In this workshop he has
lived for -weeks at a time, his meals,
when he took time to eat, being serr
ed there and the benches serving as
his bed, As a result of this persist
ence the confidence In his ability has
become so general, the world Is pre
pared to believe anything It may hear
of his discoveries.
In summarizing the lives and
deeds of these men It becomes evi
dent that they have demonstrated
these facts: That they have shared
the burdens of society with their fel
lowmen; that each worked more
nobly and generously than he realiz
ed at the moment; that every indus
trious and capable man makes life
more comfortable; and lastly, that
small opportunities in the hands of
large men always become great.
J. B. WALKER, SKYROCKET
OF WALL STREET, IS ILL
One Time Spectacular Financier I In
Grava Condition.
James Brandt Walker, whose career
In Wall street attracted wide attention
several years apo, Is critically 111 at a
summer resort la the Adlrondacks.
Mr. Walker's breakdown In health
began when ho strained a blood ves
sel in his brain In a moment of Intense
excitement whllo attending a baseball
game in Washington. Ho was treated
for this trouble and his recovery was
about complete when ho Is said to
have contracted tuberculosis.
Coming from Chicago fourteen years
ago, Mr. Walker began his career In
the New York financial district with n
small capital. Wituin a short time be
had made and lost a fortune. Then
he made up his mind to study the sci
entific side of speculation, and he did.
succeeding in gaining $5,000,000. This
was in tho summer of 1007, and rather
than risk the loss of a second fortune
he retired from Wall street
Ho Is tall, weighs 200 pounds, dresses
carefully and was considered one of
the handsomest men in the Stock Ex
change. He is a widower with uo
children nnd Is forty-three years old.
While trading in the stock market
Mr. Walker was always a consistent
bear. He first gained prominence ear
ly In 1907, when it became known that
he had made a fortune estimated at
from $2,000,000 to 53,000,000, sending
his orders from his villa at Lakcwood,
N. J. At the time of tho financial
flurry In March, 1007, he overstayed
his market, and prices rose so rapidly
that be was unable to cover his short
contracts and nearly all his profits
wore lost
He then turned to tho produce mar
ket and became a bull on wheat, send
ing It all the way from 75 cents to
more than $1 a bushel. He then re
turned to the stock market with his
new funds and sold consistently until
he retired.
UNIVERSAL RACES CONGRESS.
Unique Gathering to Be Held In Lon
don In July.
The first universal races congress Is
to be held nt the University of London
July 20-29. Every race and nation
will be represented by some of Its lead
ing men. Among the persons interest
ed in tho congress nro more than thir
ty presidents of parliaments, the ma
jority of the members of tho perma
nent court of arbitration and of the
delegates to the second Hague confer
ence, twelve British governors and
eight British premiers, more than for
ty colonial bishops, 130 professors of
international law, leading anthropolo
gists and sociologists, tho officers and
the majority of the council of the In
tcrparllamentry union and other dis
tinguished personages.
The object of tho congress will be to
discuss in the light of science and the
modern conscience the general rela
tions subsisting between tho peoples of
the west nnd those, of tho east, be
tween so called white and so called
colored peoples, with a view to en
couraging between them n fuller un
derstanding, tho most friendly feelings
and a heartier co-operation. Papers
will also bo read showing the special
contributions of each nation or raco to
tho world.
Book of Two Million Words.
A fifth revised and greatly enlarged
edition of "Dillon on Municipal Corpo
rations" is about to be published. It
was over forty-five years ago that, tho
author, then a judgo of tho supremo
court of Iowa, commenced tho prepa
ration of this authoritative treatise,
and tho work appeared In ono volume
In 1S72. Because of tho growth of the
law on the subject the new fifth edi
tion will appear In five volumes, con
taining 2,034,878 words. Judgo Dillon,
after serving as chief justice of tho
Iowa supremo court, Judgo of tho
United States circuit court, president
of the American Bar association and
professor in tho Columbia university
law school, is now a railroad attorney
In Now York city. Ho is seventy-nlue
years of age.
For years he kept us on the rack. ,
Now he Is lylns mute.
There Is not one to wish htm back
In Ufo"iio played tho flute,
Llpplncott's.
"I see," said Slaters, "that our old
friend Bllkius had a strong article in
ono of tho Boston papers tho other
day."
"Reully?" said Blnks Incredulously.
"I'd never havo believed that of old
Bilk. What was it?"
"A recipe for pickled onions," said
.Rlaters. Harper's Weekly.
As Usual.
"So your Shakespeare club is a great
success?"
"Yes. 'Wo have accumulated enough
flno3 for nonattendanco to take us all
to a musical comedy." Washington
Herald.
SNAPSHOTS AT
GELEuillTIES
John Pierpont Morgan, Finan
cier and Art Patron.
9 1911, by Am'erlcan Press Association.
John Pierpont Morgan of New York
and London, art patron, financier and
promoter of industrial combinations,
may appear as a witness before the
house committee Investigating the steel
trust. At present Mr. Morgan Is iu
Europe, whither ho went on an nrt
collecting expedition and incidentally
to see King G-eorgo of England crown
ed. He was specially invited by the
hlng to be present at Westminster, an
honor not shared by any other private
American citizen or unofficial visitor
from nny nation whatsoever.
John W. Gates, In his testimony be
fore the Stanley committee, said that
Mr. Morgan engineered the steel trust;
further, that he planned the coup by
which Tennessee Coal nnd Iron became
the property of the steel company.
Now Mr. Morgan is going before the
committee. It Is said, to tell his ver
sion. Mr. Morgan is now seventy-four
years old. but still vigorous nnd,een
of mind. He was born nt Hnrtford,
Conn.', nud educated at Boston and
Gottiugeu, Germany. He entered bank
ing business In 1857 nnd in 1871 be
came n member of Drexel, Morgan &
Co.. now J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., tho
leading prlvnte banking concern In
America.
The White House Mistress.
Since tho first year of Mrs. Taft's
occupancy of tho White House as Its
mistress she has not taken a large part
In Its public social functions. Her
health has been such that her physi
cians forbade needJess waste of en
ergy. William Howard Taft married nelen
nerron In Cincinnati on June 10, 18S0.
0 1911, by American Press Association.
MBS. HELEN TAFT.
The bride was a daughter of John W.
Herron, a Cincinnati buslucss man.
Mi's. Taft Is of medium height, of dig
nified carriage nud stately bearing.
Sho Is fond of literature and art and
Is a woman of fine culture.
Modesty Rebuked.
Bookor T, Washington, after a cer
tain brilliant and powerful oration,
was standing on the platform of a
railway station when a newsboy
strodo up to him.
"Here y'are, boss!" ho said. "Her
ald uxtyt Booker Washington's great
speech! On'y 2 cents!"
"Nonsoose, boy!" said tho noted
teacher. "That speech isn't worth n
cent"
"Ah, go on Jealous!" said tho boy
angrily, "What do you know about
it?"
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MRS. MARSTIN GETS ALIMONY
Wife of Atlantic City Hotel Man to
Receive $250 a Month.
New York, Juno 27. Almerln Mar
stln, ouo of the proprietors of. Young's
hotel in Atlantic City, is ordered to
pay. $250 n mouth alimony to his wife,
Mrs. Cecil Marstlu, pending her suit
for n divorce. Mrs. Marstln names as
one of tho corespondents Maud L. Kee
nan, who Is n. joint proprietor with
Marstln of the' hotel, nnd says that
Marstln gave Miss Ivccnnn a $5,000
pearl necklace.
Mrs. Marstln says her husband has
an Income of $50,000 a year and that
ho was in the habit of giving her a
$500 or $1,000 bill and telling her to go
out nnd buy something for herself.
She says he gives dinners to his
friends In Atlantic City that cost him
over $1,000 each. He offered her $10,
000 to get a divorce two years ago, but
she would not take it then, she said.
ALFONSO'S THRONE TOTTERS.
Republican Uprising, It Is Said, May
Tako Place at Any Time.
Purls, June 27. Private advices to
lelved here from Spain indicate that
the political situation Is threatening
In the extreme. It Is said that n Re
publican rising may take place nny
day.
It is added that much of the recent
news which has been sent out concern
ing a probable counter revolution In
Portugal actually applies to Spain.
The seizures of nrms which have boon
made nt different times was not by
the Portuguese, but by the Spanish.
and the nrms seized were consigned to
Republicans In Alfonso's kingdom.
Taft at New York State Fair.
Washington, June 27. President Taft
has promised to go to tho Now York
state fair at Syracuse In September.
He will attend the convention of tho
I. P. S. C. E. at Atlantic City on
Julv 7
Soft Toned Bells of China.
The natives of China use large bells
of their own make in many of their
temples nnd monasteries. Travelers
notice that all through Japan and Chi
na the tone of monastery and temple
bells Is very soft and smooth, due to
the superior quality of the material
used in their manufacture nnd to the
absence of Iron clappers, the result be
ing a marvelous softness of tone. The
bells nro never swung, being nlwnys
suspended in a fixed frame, and the
sound is produced by striking them on
the outer edge with n wooden mallet.
rhls makes the soft tones which are
so delightfully melodious.
When he has suffered honest woe
I dn not mtnri thn man nrVin ml.....
But I hate hlra who stubs his toe
Ana straightway eets a case of "peeves."
Detroit Free Press.
SILVER WEDDING ANNIVER
SARY GIFTS TO MR. AND
MRS. TAFT.
United States Senate Sliver
service costing $1,000.
House of Representatives
Thlrty-slx silver plates.
Philippine Party Two Gre
cian ewers and tray.
Yale Class of 1878 Sliver fern
dish..
Officers of the United Stntes
Ship Mayflower Silver platter.
Friends In Augusta, Ga.
Punch bowl and cups.
Commercial Club, Cincinnati
Silver roso bowL
Vice President and Mrs. Sher
manSilver vase.
State of Maryland Punch
bowl and ladle.
Governor Mann of Virginia
Set of vasos.
Gridiron Club Silver pitcher
and tray.
The Speaker and Mrs. Clark
American Beauty roses.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt Antlquo silver bowL
Senator Works of California
Ten boxes of oranges.
City of Charleston. S. a Sil
ver compote.
"John, the janitor's son whipped
Jimmy today."
"Well, that's no great calamity. Sup
pose Jimmy had whipped the Janitor's
son!" PlttBburg Post.
JT.GIVESJ'HE.BESLRESULTS.
nSSH? The SMITHSONIAN
CORRECT
Ik
. ExencisaNaEa.
FOR
SENATOR CUMMINS.
Who Promises to Offer Another
Amendment to Reciprocity Bill, (
0 1911, by American t-iess Association
Courtship Correspondence.
Postal cards.
Shoft notes,
Letters,
Special deliveries.
Night letters.
Telegrams,
Telephone.
AFTER THE WEDDING.
Telephone,
Telegrams,
Night letters,
Special deliveries.
Letters,
Short notes,
Shorter notes.
Postal cards, Life,
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or the
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK
vr
HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA.
At the close of business. June 7, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans nnd Discounts I 255,927 71
Overdrafts.secured and unsecured 1 13
U. S. llonds to secure circulation. 55,000 00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 2.800 00
llonds. securities, etc 1.278.2S6 81
Banking-house, turnlture and fix
tures 40.000 00
Due from National Banks (not
Reserve Agents) 3,025 83
Due from State and Private Banks
and Bankers. Trust Companies.
and Savings Banks 113 23
Due from approved reserve
agents 113.150 11
Checksand othercash Items.... 1.513 40
Notes of other National Banks-. 940 00
Fractional paper currency, nick
els nnd cents.... 200 71
Lawful Money Beserve In Bank.
via; SiipcIp H7.4S1 51)
Legal tender notes 9,515 00- 90.966 50
ifeaemptlon lunu wltu u. h.
Trpnsnrpr. npp rpnt. nf simu
lation) 2.750 00
Due from U. S. Treasurer 1.000 00
Total $1,851,800 79
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid In $ 150.000 00
Surplus fund 150.000 00
undivided nronts. less expenses
and taxes nald 80.851 51
National Bank notes outstanding 51.500 00
Due to other National Bank 410 28
Due to state and 1'rlvate Banks
and Bankers 1.310 47
individual ueposits subject to
check $1,390,187
Demand certificates of
deposit 22,445 00
Certified checks 5a 00
Cashier's checks out
standing 2.003 02-$ 1.114.695 50
Bonds borrowed None
Notes and bills rediscounted None
liins payable, including certin
cates of deboslt for monev bor
rowed None
Liabilities otuer man tnose above
stated None
Total $1,851.800 79
State of Pennsylvania, County ol Wayne, ss.
I, II. Z. Russell. President of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that the
aDove statement is true to ine nest oi my
Kiiowieuge turn oeuei.
II. Z. Russell, President,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
luin any oi june. mi.
R. A. SMITH, N. P.
Correct attest:
11. T. Menner, )
Andrew Thompson. -Directors.
J, C. BlRDSALL J 16W4
A. O. BLAKE
AUCTIONEER & CATTLE DEALER
YOU WILL MAKE MONEY
BY HAVING ME
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Attorncys-ot-Lnw.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY A COUNBELOR-AT-LAVi .
Office adjacent to Post Office In Dlmmlck
offlpp, Honesdale. Pa.
M. H. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COUN8ELOn.AT.LAW.
Office over post office. All legal business
promptly attended to. Honesdale, Pa.
I7 O. MUMFORD,
ll. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Offlpp T.lhorttr Hull hnlldinu ntinmllAlhj
Post Office. Honesdale. Pa.
HOJIER GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office over Relf's store. Honesdale Pa.
CHARLES A. McOARTY,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- IT-LAW.
Sbeclal and nrnmnt attention pIvpii tn th
collection of claims. Office over .Relf's , new
siore tionesaaie. ra.
P. KIMBLE,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office over the tost office Honesdale. Pa.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office in the Court House, Honesdale
Pa.
PETER H. ILOPF,
ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Office Second floor old Savings RriV
building, Honesdale. Pa.
QEARLE & SALMON,
O ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS-AT-LAW,
umces lateiv occupied by judge Searle
ri HESTER A. GARRATT,:
J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office adjacent to Post Office, Honesdale, P
Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Savings Rank titilM.
Ing. Honesdale. Pa.
TvR. 0. R. BRADY,
JJ DENTIST. HONESDALE. PA.
Office Hours-8 a. m. to 6 p.m.
Any evening by appointment.
Citizens' phone. 33. Residence, No. 88-X'
Physicians.
PB. PETERSON, M. D.
. 1120 MAIN STREET, HONESDALE, PA.
Eye and Ear a specialty. The fitting of glass
es given careful attention.
Certified Nurse,
MRS. C. M. BONESTEEL,
GLEN EYRE, TIKE CO., PA.,
Certified Nurse,? P. S, N.
Telcphone-Glen Eyre. 17mo4
Livery.
LIVERY. t red. G. Rickard has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Church street to Whitney's Stont?
Barn
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in your family you of course call
a reliable physician. Don't stop
at that; have his prescriptions
put up at a reliable pharmacy,
even if it is a little farther from
your home than some other store.
You can And no more reliable
store than ours. It would be im
possible for more care to be taken
in the selection of drugs, etc, or
in the compounding. Proserin
tions brought here, either night
or day, will bo promptly and
accurately compounded by a
competent registered pharmacist
and the prices will be most rea
sonable, O. T. CHAMBERS,
PHARMACIST,
Opp.D. it II. Station, Honesdale. Pa,
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