WEATHER FORECAST: Showers?. WEATHER FORECAST: Showers. READ THE CITIZEN SATE, SANK, SURE. READ THE CITIZEN SAFE, SANE, SUr, ' '. 1 68th YEAR. -NO. 66 HONESDALE, WAYNE 00., PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1911. PRICE 'JENTS Of I'll' ii''jii' THE HYGIENE OF SKATING Mr. Vernon Tells How to Benefit by the Sport HAS A HOSTON TERRIER WHO OAN SKATE A MILE IN J:!20. " Young people skate their heads of," declared Frank Vernon, who with his wife Lillian Vernon Is play-. Ing a return engagement at the Honesdale Roller Rink this week, to a Citizen man. " They skate for two hours and a half at a time. They ought to skate ten or twelve minutes at a time, and then sit down to rest. They would get more benefit out of It then, and It wouldn't tire them so much. " A child ought not to begin to skate until at the age of eight years. Then, they ought to be properly coached, so as not to overdo it. The main thing Is that a lot of children are left to skate too long at a time. " My first experience was at a rink in Canton, Ohio, when I was nine years old. I have been skating for twenty-two years. " I skated here 22 years ago at tho rink on the corner of Park street. I was only a kid in those days, a lit tle bit of a fellow. I came hero through Billy Boyes, of Port Jervls, one of the noted roller skaters of those days. " At that time I held the two and three-mile championships of the world. I was only a kid, but there wasn't any of the big fellows could get the best of me. I did the two mile In 5:58 and the three-mile In 7:5C at the Le Grande Rink In Cleve land, in 18SG. " " A good many people claim they can't learn to skate. Children should not skate .too young, as their muscles are weak1, and they overdo themselves, and show bad results. " The best thing for a beginner to do is first to keep the body as supple as possible. Roller-skating Is an en tirely different stroke than Ice skat ing, which is a side stroke. . " Roller-skating is a straight, walking stroke. If you start to walk on skates, just as you walk on the streets, you'll have the best re sults. " Many beginners throw them selves up rigid. If they'd fall in that position, they are more apt to break a limb than in a supple posi tion. After a beginner starts prop erly, ho will look more graceful than one who keeps himself In a rigid condition. " A number of the leading base ball stars like Hans Wagner, skate In winter to condition themselves for Spring work. " A child should always be guid ed awhile by an Instructor, so as to get the right motion, and the right carriage of the body. Boys think of racing the first thing, and thereby are apt to take a header. They oughtn't to wear low shoes as they weaken the ankles. ' I met my wife at a skating rink. That's how we happened to get acquainted," laughingly said Mr. Vernon, who admitted that rinks "were good "Courtln places." " She was at tho rink at her home town where I was giving as exhibition. She's a Southern girl. She has only been skating seventeen months. February 28, 1910, was the first time she over had on a pair of skates. Five days after that she appeared before the public, and to day is as good a skater as any "woman in the business. " We are teaching " Tlghe " to skate. Tighe is a Boston terrier. We had special skates made for "him, and boots made with wheels -lnch in diameter attached to each boot. It's a very difficult thing to teach a dog. He's broke In now so 'he'll skate twenty-five feet. Our object Is to use him In quarter and half-mile races. " Tlghe starts from tho scratch just like a person at the word "Go." He's just crazy to go. He has a record made at the Dyko Roller Rink, Batavla, N, V., of a half-mile in 1:26. He beat me about two feet there. "The Rink hero Is a 25-lap rink, that Is twenty-five laps to tho mile. I have skated over the United States, Canada and England. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mich igan are the four best skating states in the country. " On October 23, wo sail for Paris whero we open a four-weeks engage ment, November C. Then we go to Bremen, and play there for the same length of time. After that we play a few of the principal places In Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Russia." PAUPACK. Special to The Citizen.) PAUPACK, August 17. The Lakevllle charge of the M. E. church will have services at the places men tioned and at tho tirao given: Lake vllle, In the morning at 10, Sunday -jas aapiouojd Xq poMonoi 'joonos vice at 11 o'clock. Arlington, Sun day school at 2; preaching service at 3 o'clock. Paupack, Sunday school at 10 In tho morning and the preaching service In tho evening at 7:30. A Visit of the Y. M. C. A. Camp, Brooklyn, Is expected, If the weather Is fine and the colored chef of the camp will sing some special solos. The pastor, Rev. H. T. Pur klss, will give an address upon "Building A House," and we hope to soe a good congregation. Every body Is most cordially Invited to all and each of these services. Fl COMES TO GLORIOUS Thousands of Hands are Shaken by Candidates MANV FREAKS OX EXHIBITION; SMALLEST ANIMAL ON EARTH, ETC. The Forty-Ninth annual exhibition of the Wayne county politicians, which came to a close Thursday evening, was a handshaking suc cess. Although the crowds fell several thousand short of the record- break ing attendances of last year, the stock of cattle was up to the stand ard and as for the crop of candi dates well, that exceeded all form er years. Some Idea of the number of peo ple who passed through the gates may be gathered from the fact that early Wednesday afternoon, nothing could be bought to drink on the grounds, not a soft drink, no not even an Ice cream cone. "It's aw fully dry," remarked a Sterling man to an up-county farmer. "Dryer' than Maine," answered his bucolic friend. One man was arrested Wednes day afternoon by a State policeman and County Detective N. B. Spencer, charged with being drunk and dis orderly. That was the only dis turbance that occurred during the entire period of the Fair. The fertilizer booth was the mecca for hundreds of interested farmers. Hero It might be learned why fer tilizers was better thaa manure. Manure contains ammonia and a lit tle phosporlc acid, while the in gredients of bone fertilizer ane am monia, phosphoric acid and potash. Plants need potash. "Are you going up to the Fair?" was asked a political aspirant at noon Wednesday. " I haven't fully made up my mind. I think I saw "more people that were really worth while yester day morning down town than I did up on the Fair grounds." He was almost alone In his opin ion, however, for most of the can didates spent Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on the Fair grounds, greeting friends, and getting acquainted. The " Midway " was next to the races, tho greatest attraction on the grounds. "Hurrah, hurrah. Every time you knock the nigger on the head you get a ten-cent cigar!" out of tho box "three for five," the barker should have added, judging from the one given the reporter to smoke. " Now five cents passes you in to see this smallest animal in tho world," shouted Sailor Fog Horn Ballyhoo. "Now If it isn't as I say you needn't pay a cent." Hero he came up to a farmer and Invited him to "step right in and see the small est horso on earth. Let him pay of his free will, if he's satisfied." The farmer enters the canvass tent, sees " 'Duchy " who stands but eighteen inches high and weighs but twenty-five pounds, Is six months three weeks and three days old. He Is properly Impressed, and comes out delighted. "See I proved to you I didn't fake you. Pay the cashier." And the farmer cheerfully digs up from tho recesses of his trousers pockets a hard-earned nickel, gives It to the barkre's assistant, and passes on to the next concession. " No use wiping your nose on your sleeve when you can get seven handkerchiefs for a quarter," purr ed another "ballyhoo." "I couldn't wait any longer," said a hay-fevered farmer who bought them. "Say, they're great!" " Would you see the little lady handle all kinds of reptiles?" yelled In stentorian tones an ex-Coney Ib land barker. " I handle all kinds of reptiles. I pick them up in tho woods. Now hurry if you want to see something." And the way they poured the dimes Into the cashier's tray made that Individual almost die from apoplexy. THIRTY SHOWS M'gr. Dittrich Says Seas on will open here Sept. 9 "THE CHORUS LADY" WILL START THE THEATRICAL SEASON OX THAT DATE. " The theatrical season will open, probably, September 9," said B. H. Dittrich, manager of the Lyric Theatre, to a Citizen man. "Tho Chorus Lady" Is one of the first and principal attractions for the season. It Is booked for September 9. It Is Rose Stahl's great success for the past Ave or six years. She won't bo seen in It hore, though. " About thirty attractions are booked at the present time. " Baby Mine," by the author of " Polly of the Circus," one of the great suc cesses In New York last season, will be 'here September 27. " Hal Johnson, -who Btarred in END HAS BOOKED TWO DEMOCRATS IN HOLLISTERVILLE 'Squire E. B. Hollister has Tried to Convert Them in Vain HAS BEEN A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOi; OVER 30 YEARS. " I have been Justice of the Peace for over fifty years," said "Squire E. B. Hollister, Hollistervllle, wl came to town, Wednesday, to attend the Wayne County Fair. 'Squire Hollister Is undoubtedly the oldest Justice of the Peace In tho state of Pennsylvania. The ven erable custodian of the peace Is a remarkably well-preserved man for his years. On January 8, 1912, he will celebrate the eighty-fifth anni versary of his birth. The 'Squire has been a stockhold er of the Fair Association ever since It was organized, forty-nine years ago. " I haven't been here for three years," he confessed to the reporter. " I am going up there this after noon to see the people. " The crops are fine in Salem township. All but the potatoes and apples. They are failing on account of the drought. " I bet I've got more pensions than any other man In the State. I got 570 applications on my books." " Who is going to be the next Judge?" was inquired. "The man that gets the most . votes," laughingly replied the 1 ICn.il.. " That cane Is over a hundred years old," he continued, exhibiting a buckhorn handle cane to the news paperman. " The stick is made of curled maple that grew where the Court House stood In Bethany. I struck a dog with it several years ago, and split it the whole length. I am going to hand it down to the next generation. You couldn't buy it for love nor money." " Have tho candidates been down your way yet?" was asked. " We haven't seen any of them yet, but we want to see them," he answered. " There are 270 voters In Salem township. " Hollistervllle Is a little village composed of about probably 200 people. There are -only about 25 voters. We've got three churches. " There are only two Democrats right In the village. I have been trying to convert them for years. " I've always been a Republican. I cast my first vote for Governor Johnson. " Nobody has any exhibits at the Fair from Hollistervllle this year. I came up here about ten years ago and I brought a gallon of the nicest, smoothest, lightest maple syrup you ever saw. There was only one other maple syrup exhibitor there. An old lady from Bethany had some as black as a hat. The Judges gave her the prize because she was an old lady, and had always got the prize. I haven't exhibited since. " I play all kinds of games. I like backgammon," declared tho 'Squire as he and Prof. Cornell made arrangements to play a game at the hotel in the evening after the Fair was over. There was only ono exhibit at the Fair from Hollistervllle this year, and that one wasn't an exhibit. The Hollistervllle Creamery Co. brought down a load of people In their G0 horse power auto truck and did a landofllce business In conveying peo ple to and from the Fair grounds at twenty-five cents per "convey!" "The Arrival of Kitty," will be seen sometime this season in a new play, called " The Girl Who Wasn't." " Negotiations are being made for " Forty-Five Minutes from Broad way," one of the big musical suc cesses. " The Newlyweds and the. Baby," are on for November 30. "Madame X" -will be hero some time during tho season. "On December 25, Christmas Day, tho " Dixie Chorus," composed of eight colored gentlemen, will be here. " The Gambler " will also be one of the principal attractions this sea son. " I have been manager of the Ly ric going on four years. Before that I put on amateur performances, like tho Amity Indoor Circus, etc. " Some managers of troupes come here and try to tell us how to run our house. " Wo have about forty-five regu lar employees during the theatrical season, viz: Orchestra, ushers, stage hands and boys. Jos. A. Bodlo, Jr., Is the leader of the orchestra. John Carroll has been manager of the stage hands since the house opened. " Wo haven't had a bad show, morally speaking, In tho house. I'd ring down on thorn. I did cancel a number of such shows. " Nick Spencer looks after the policing of the theatre. Uniformed firomen are at every performance. Tho fire exits are all working and the fans too. " Wo have added Bome moro fans this Summer, making It quite com fortable In -warm weather." CARD OF THANICS. S. H. Lee and family deslro to ex tend their thanks to their many friends for their kind thoughtfulness and sympathy during their recent bereavement PROGRESS OF The fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, completed a few months moro than two years of President Taft's term and It Is a fitting point, from which to look back and briefly sum up what the present Administration has accomplished. Because of our constantly in creasing population and the tremen dous advance in all industrial activ ity, more important duties and larg er problems have come to President Taft and his Cabinet than to any predecessor. They have each and all been met with courage and un swerving devotion to the best Inter ests of the whole country. It has fallen to the lot of Presi dent Taft to make an unusual num ber of appointments to the Supreme Court and these appointments alone will give great lustre to his adminis tration. His judicial training and experience, hs calm and falrminded judgment met with great approval In the selection of Lurton, Hughes, Van Devanter and Lamar as Asso ciate Justices, while his appointment of Justice White to the Chief Jus ticeship proved his fidelity to the highest Interests of the Nation with out regard to section or party or his tory, having in mind only experience and fitness. In the superb handling of the Mexican Situation the President showed splendid skill as well as judgment, making every preparation for action If necessary, coupled with restraint from undue Interference or breach of neutrality and avoid ance of any International complica tions or excuse for hostility. Again In the matter of Reciprocity with Canada, although a large por tion of his party disagreed with him, yet believing it to be for the best good of all sections and classes, the President persisted In Its considera tion till It was passed by both houses and received his signature. But of greater Import than all else Is the advance toward World's Peace brought about by the Arbitra tion treaties already signed or under consideration. The successful nego tiation of these treaties places Pres ident Taft on a high pedestal and has earned him tho approval and gratitude of not only his own peo ple but of all civilization. Hand in hand with President Taft in harmonious work for the advance ment of the Republic and people, every Cabinet officer has exerted himsUf to. the utmost In bringing about In his department Increased efficiency with tho greatest economy possible without Injury to the ser vice. State Department, While the work of the Department Of State Is necessarily of a nature that cannot be exploited, yet the re sults under the tactful guidance of Secretary Knox have been beneficial in the extreme. The Consular Ser vice has been improved and foreign relations have been enhanced, while a share of the success attending the Arbitration treaties and the solution of the Mexican and other problems, must go to its credit. The Innovation of the maximum and minimum tariff provisions In the Payne law compelled negotiations of great complexity and yet in a rea sonable time after the enactment of that law, negotiations were opened and completed with all foreign gov ernments affected, with the result that all Instances of undue tariff dis crimination against the United States has been swept away and we stand to-day on a substantial equal ity of treatment from every compet ing nation. Under this administra tion and under the skill of Secretary Knox, the American State Depart ment has placed our nation In the front rank as regards every diploma tic endeavor and every International negotiation, and It can be added had averted three wars with Latin-American countries. Treasury Department. While the receipts and expendi tures of the Government depend on tho operation of tho Tariff, yot it seems proper to state them In con nection with the work of the Treas ury Department. During tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1909, tho ex cess of ordinary expenditures over ordinary receipts amounted to $58, 734,955. During the fiscal year end ing Juno 30, 1910, the first full fiscal year under tho present administra tion, the excess of ordinary receipts over expenditures amounted to $15, 806,324 while during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, the surplus was $47,240, 4GG. Of tho work properly and directly to tho credit of the Treasury De partment under Secretary McVeagh, It can be said, that not only has there been Increased ofilciency in every branch, but economics exceed ing $2,000,000 in savings In tho management of the Department. Among the improvements result ing In substantial savings can bo mentioned the change in size of In ternal revenue stamps, and improve ment in shipping; the numbering, sealing and separating of United States notes, gold and silver certi ficates In one operation Instead of several; the readjustments at the New Orleans and Philadelphia mints and changes 4n connection with transportation and cancellation of currency, Improvements at the Bur eau of Engraving and Printing, the changes in forms and elimination of unnecessary printing and binding as well as Improved methods of admin istration In the Revenue Cutter Ser vice, Life Saving Service and the abandonment of old and unnecessary Quarantine Stations. THE Wat- Department. Under Secretaries Dickinson and Stimson, the War Department, dur ing the administration of President Taft, has been more efficient and at the same time more economical than ever before In Its history. In fact, this has largely been brought about through the present Commission on Economy and tho efficient and hearty co-operation of the various branches of the Department with tho Secre taries and suggestions of the Presi dent himself. Progress has been shown in the construction of sea coast defences, In the organization of the land forces Into a mobile army In the preparations for war in the 'improvement in clothing, tentage and equipment, In the treatment of diseases, in the matter of subslst ance, In the work of the signal corps, In 'the method of instruction for the organized militia, In the Quartermas ter's Department and In the many forms of Improved business methods adopted under this administration. The work on the Panama Canal has gone on in the most satisfactory manner. Some 75,000,000 cubic yards of material have been exca vated since President Taft took the oath of office. So great has been the progress of the work that already plans are being made for the open ing of the Canal by 1915 if not sooner. Department of Justice. During President Taft's adminis tration under tho direction of Attor ney General Wickersham, the De partment of Justice has begun and completed more prosecutions than during the same period of any pre vious administration. The legal victories already obtained In the dis solution of many of the so-called trusts places the present administra tion far In advance of any other and proves that the Interests of the peo ple are being cared for to the fullest extent covered by the statutes. Mil lions of dollars have been recovered for tho Government and millions more obtained In judgments In the United States courts. In spite of this activity and actual accomplishment on the part of the Department of Justice the cost of ad ministering the Department has not materially increased. l'ostofllco Department. For some thirty years the expendi tures In the Postofflce Department have exceeded tho revenue and the deficit for the fiscal year 1909 was moro than seventeen and a half mil lions of dollars. Under the efficient management of Postmaster General Hitchcock, this deficit was reduced in 1910 to $5,849,000 while for the fiscal year 1911, so well managed has been the Department that not only has the annual deficit been en tirely wiped out but the operations of the year will show a surplus in excess of $3,000,000. This has been accomplished without detriment to the efficiency of the service. Another pronounced feature of the operations of tho Postofflce Depart ment under the present administra tion has been the marked decrease In the fraudulent use of tho malls, millions of dollars being saved to the people through the successful prose cutions which have taken place un der the watchfulness of the Post master General and his Inspectors. The agitation for an Increase of the .postage on second class matter has resulted In a Commission being ap pointed by the President, which is now considering this complicated question and the result of its deliber ations will undoubtedly bring about a readjustment satisfactory to all concerned. The establishment of postal savings banks has proved a great success wherever tried and the system will be extended as rapidly as possible. It seems safe to predict that In the near future letter postage will be reduced to ono cent on first class mall and that the extension of the Rural Free Delivery system will go on until evry portion of the country secures satisfactory mall service. Deportment of the Interior. While this Department has been burdened with many perplexing prob lems It has gone on under Secretaries Balllnger and Fisher putting into practice many economics and re forms and bringing about the suc cessful investigation of cases satis factory results to the Government and the parties immediately con cerned. Proceedings are now pend ing which will result In tho restora tion to. the public domain of many thousands of acres of coal lands as well as the conservation of our nat ural resources to an extent hereto fore unthought of. The work of tho Patent Ofilce, of the Bureau of Education, of the Gen eral Land Office and in fact every branch of this Department of tho Government, shows not only a great er measure of efficiency under Presi dent Taft than over before but with most satisfying results from an eco nomical standpoint. Department of Agriculture. For years tho American Depart ment of Agriculture has been rated as by far the best of any nation. Under Secretary Wilson the activities of this Department have assumed enormous and most Important pro portions resulting la immense ad vantages to the rural classes In the way of suggestive, experimental and statistical information; In fact, It Is almost Impossible to briefly summar ize the work of this great department of the Government in its various (Continued on Page Four.) 1 DAM AT Honesdale Horses Show Up Well in Trotting Events RACES FOR THURSDAY DECLAR ED OFF; ONE MAN LOCKED IN STALL. The racing at the fair grounds Tuesday afternoon was the attrac tion of the day. In the 2.18 class the race between May Girl, owned by Clark & Patterson, and Bonessa, Daniel Gibson's fast stepper, was very interesting. It was as nice a race as has been witnessed and it required four heats to win the race. In the first race the 2.40 class there were five entries. Brownie Wilkes, owned by Robert MacMul len, Olyphant, won the race, secur ing first money. Second money was won by Bill Dorado, owned by Jud son iBunnell, Clarks Summit, and third money by Lady Chimes, John Murray, Forest City. Star Actuary and Antoinette, owned respectfully by George Sherwood, Jormyn, and Lewis Howell, Unlondale, got fourth money, It being divided evenly be tween them. Tho results of the first race. Purse $200: Brownie Wilkes, b. m., Robt. MacMullen, Oly phant f 1 1 1 Bill Dorado, bl. m., Judson Bunnell, Clarks -Summit. 3 2 2 Lady Chimes, b. m John Murray, Forest City 2 4 5 Star Actuary, b. h., George Sherwood, Jermyn 5 3 4 Antoinette, gray m., Lewis Howell, Unlondale 4 5 3 Time: 2.3G, 2.35, 2.37. SECOND RACE 2.18 CLASS. Bonessa, br. m., Daniel Gib son, Unlondale 2 1 1 1 May Girl, b. m., Clark & Patterson, .Honesdale ... 1 2 2 3 Brighton, ch. g., George Sherwood, Jermyn 3 3 3 2 Time: 2.21, 2.21, 2.24. Two Honesdale horses won first money and one second money at Wednesday's races. Although the Interest was not quito as keen as Tuesday's trotting, tho horses in the 2.23 and 2.15 classes attracted the attention of a number of lovers of that sport. Town Directly and Win nie Lou cnrrlod three straight heats In two rates. Tho 2.23 class, purse $200, trotting and pacing, hnd four entries. Tho summary;. iv Winnie Lou, b. m " &,; Clark & Patterson, "L Honesdale 1 i l Flossie Bell, s. m H. H. Howard, Scranton 2 2 2 Antoinette, g. m Winnie Hlne, Orson 333 Lady Chimes, b. m., J. Murray, Forest City .... 444 Time: 2.29, 2.29, 2.30. 2.15 CLASS PURSE $200. ) Town Directly, b. h., Clark- : V' & Patterson, Honesdale.. Ill Ralph Burns, b. s., Clark & Patterson, Honesdale.. 2 2 2 Dan Actuary, b. h M. Sher wood, Jermyn 3 33 Time: 2.29, 2.28, 2.23. After the last heat of the 2.15 race, Starter Gorman, Scranton, an nounced from the grandstand that the races for Thursday had been de clared off; that the vaudeville and other attractions would bo In oper ation but there would be no races. Wednesday was the largest day at the fair, It being estimated that there were 5,000 people upon the ground. Everybody had a good time Wed nesday. One of the features to de tract from the pleasures of the day was a pugilistic encounter between two patrons of the fair who were feeling pretty good. One of the par ty was locked In a box stall, which served as a prison for the disorder ly man. C. D. Fortnam was awarded tho following prizes on his fine herd of Holsteln cattle: First premium on herd, first on yearling bull, first on full-age cow for milk, first and sec ond on two-year-old heifer, second on three-year-old heifer, first on yearling heifer, first on grade two-year-old heifer. Others to receive prizes on blooded cattle wore: A. W. Eno, E. W. Gammell, Charles Blake and Edward Kinsman. THREE FAITHFUL SUPPORTERS. A representative of the Citizen was In conversation with three faithful supporters of the fair. The three gentlemen, Oscar E. Miller, Oregon, A. W. Eno, Seelyvllle, and Thomas Bellamy, Carbondnlo, but formerly of Honesdale. Mr. Eno said he has been a regular attend ant to the fair for 49 years. Fifty years ago ho helped bring a herd of cattle to the fair and with the ex ception of ono year has attended regularly every annual exhibit. Thomas Bellamy and Oscar Miller both claim that 1911 is tho 49th time they havo been to the fair, nev er having missed an exhibit since the Wayne Agricultural society was founded G2 years ago. C. D. Fortnam has a fine herd of four-year-old registered cow that tips the scales at 1470 pounds and an 18-month old registered bull that weighs 1100. Mr. Fortnam Is very proud of his cattle and he has one of the finest herds In Wayne coun ty. Mr. Fortnam breeds nothing but first class stock. IG R