The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, June 26, 1912, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, PAGE SEVEW PRESIDENT'S ANCESTOR WHO "MADE HIS MARK." Firtl of the Ttrfts to Coma to Thii Country Signed With a Cross. That tho first of the Tafts to como to America was n blacksmith who In the latter years of his life hnil to mnlce "his mark" when signing n paper was developed during n visit of the four Republican congressmen from the Cum berland mountain region of Kentucky, Tennessee nnd Virginia to the While House with an appeal for n pardon for a I'lke county Kentucklan recently sentenced to servo flvo years lu the penitentiary for alleged obstruction of process In federal courts. The story was told by tho president himself wlien Representatives John W. Lnuglcy nnd Caleb Powers of tho mountain region of Kentucky, G. Has cum Slomp of tllg Stone Oap. Va., and Ulchard Waustln of Kentucky called with their appeal for executive clem enry for K II. Sallyer of rielllor, Pike county Snllyer Is ono of the promi nent citizens of the Cumberland moun tain country and a man of means. Recently one Compton and his wife were summoned to nppear before Judge McDowell at Hlg Stone Gap as witnesses In n nioonshining case. The Comptons had a dying child whom they did not want to leave. When they received the summons they consulted gallyer. lie thought of the doing child, nil vised them to stick by it, and they did, whereupon tho grand Jury at Big Stono Gap Indicted Sallyer, who lived in Kentucky, for obstructing tho process of the court As soon ns Sall yer hoard of the Indictment ho bridled his mare and rode through the moun tains to Virginia. To tho court ho strode and demnnded an immedlnte trial. He got it and was sentenced to five years, no then appealed to the president Sallyer's petition for clemency wus signed with his mark. 'When Presi dent Taft saw this he told the Cum berland mountain congressmen the only Republicans from these three states about his own ancestor, nenry Taft, about seven generations back, the first of the family to come to America. The president said this ancestor knew how to read and write, but had been a blacksmith all his life, nnd when up in the eighties tho tendons of his wrists were so stiff that he always made his mark in signing papers, one of which is now a valued heirloom of the Taft family. THE SCHOOL AND ITS PLAYGROUND Fostering, the Child's Natural Instinct For Play, ITS EDUCATIONAL VALUE, A Rrmarkable Development In Regard to School Grounds and Buildings Hac Taken Place In the Last Few Years. Economical Equipment The public schools aro of necessity the gathering pohit of much of a town's activity. There are several rea sons why this Is so. Among them nre Pie following: In the first place, even from a very early age. the schools for three fourths of the year have tho majority of the children up to the thirteenth or fourteenth year, nnd with the develop went of modern city life a feeling is growing that the schools should keep control for twelve months of the year and perhaps for n grenter number of hours each day. Second. Again, tho schools have grounds, buildings, equipment nnd, the most important of nil, teachers and leaders. It is significant that in lay ing out a playground system in any city tho school grounds furnish n roudy mndc basis. Inasmuch ns they aro In effective radius of every child in tho community. Third. There is n growing sentiment that the material expenditure repre sented in school grounds, buildings nnd equipment ought to be returning to the community a grenter dividend upon the investment than it is now do ing; henco we hnvo tho movement for tho wider use of school buildings and VALE IS TO HAVE A NEW $700,000 FIELD. STUDY INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Hygienic Congress Seeks Cure For Dreaded Disease. Infantile paralysis may come more nearly within the control of medical science as a result of the fifteenth in ternatlonal congress on hygiene and domography, which meets In Wash ington in September. The disease will be considered from all angles. Infantile paralysis lias spread ter ror in different communities in the United States and in Europe. About nil that is known now of infantile par- . nlysVs Is that it is due to somo micro organism too small to be detected with ' the most powerful microscope. Be-1 cause the microbe or parasite which i carries tho infection has never been Isolated physicians and health ofllcers have been almost powerless to pre vent tho spread of tho disease. Tho disease will be considered by scientists in the section of tho program of the forthcoming congress which will bo devoted to study of "hygienic mi crobiology nnd parasitology." Profes sor Theobald Smith, M. D., of Harvard University Medical school, will be president of the section, nnd tho vice presidents will bo Professor William n. Park, M. D., of the research labora tory, department of health, New York, nnd Professor Charles Stiles, Ph. D., of tho United States public health and marine hospital service. Papers will bo read by Dr. Netfcr of Paris, Dr. Francis nnrbltz of Chris tianla, SI. Levadlti of Paris, Dr. Karl Landstclner of Vienna, Dr. Simon Flcxncr of New York, Dr. Paul Romer of Marburg, Professor Alfred Petter sou of Stockholm and Dr. Philip A. E. Sheppard of Cambridge, Mass. QUEST OF THE RED EGG. Experimenters In England Trying to Develop a New Kind of Hen. The Cambridge School of Agriculture Is trying to make hens lay red eggs. There is nlwuys the best market for eggs which are of the richest red brown in color, and tho problem is to develop the right kind of hen. Tho Cambrldgo experimenters hope to produce n red egg laying hen of pro lific habit Just as they hnvo produced a strong rust resisting wheat of high yield by working on tho curious law of Mendel. Hens hnvo so far proved ad mirable examples of tho working of this law In respect of slnglo nnd dou ble combs and In respect of color they are perfectly obedient to tho proper scientific principle. They "behave" as they ought, to use the technical verb. "Why should not tho eggs bchavo as well as tho feathers and comb? Thero is also tho subsidiary question of food. It may bo possible to alter tho egg color by food ns well as by hert-dltnry influences. It has been done in tho cneo of canaries. If Cambrldgo achieves the poultry man's ider.1 of n hen that lays yearly 2C0 two ounce red eggs, no ono will then say that tho universities are not practical or even commercial! EMM, Plans Are Announced For Coliseum to Seat 60,000 Persons. Tho Yalo Alumni Weekly In a spe cial "coliseum number" gives the first deflnlto plans of Ynlo's now $700,000 athletic field nnd tho plan recommend ed for flnnnclng tho project. Tho graduate committee favors a coliseum or bowl-llku structure, but not entirely of concrete, ns built else where. This Is In the form of an em bankment of earth, faced upon con ".etc, upon which will be placed wood en seats. It Is planned to seat be tween fiO.OOO and 00,000 persons, with the opportunity to seat more If neces sity requires. The totnl cost, $700,000, Is apportioned as follows: Laud, $150,000; coliseum, $300,000; clubhouse, $100,000; now baseball stand on the present Yale Held, $.'jO,000, and the rest to Ihj employed In improving the grounds from time to time. Tho committee Is unanimous ns to the plan of flnnnclng. Certificates will bo Issued to carry no other privilege or dividend except the right for fifteen years to obtain tickets for tho impor tant games of each year nt tho regular price. A subscription for $1,000 or more cnrrles with it tho right to buy ten tickets to be located together. Two tickets can 1 procured for $100, the lowest certificate that will be Issued. Tho Yalo athletic authorities already have options on all the land for the now coliseum except :i golf course, and an option for It Is expected in the near future. FALL RESTORES MEMORY. Two Princes to Tour World. It Is stated in Berlin that tho Prince of Wales nnd Princo Albert will start on a world tour In tho spring of 1013. SCHOOL PLAYanOCXD IN A WESTEItN CITY grounds. Tills movement aims to make the school tho center not only of the educational life of tho community, but tho recreational, social, health and civic life as well. Fourth. Tlie educational value of play is a matter of very old knowledge, but its significance and power have been largely lot under our iresent system of Bchool courses of study. If it is true that play is tho law of the development of tho child, If it is true that his early years aro concerned with motor development primarily and not with intellectual development, we grievously err in not making the great est possible uso of this natural Instinct of tho child known as play. Suggestions. First Space to play upon Is the first consideration. It was the common custom of school boards in former days to securo Just enough ground for the site of Uie building nnd a very small area of unoccupied ground around It Tho development of the play Idea has given rise to a new sen timent regarding grounds, so that there Is being set In many states a definite standard as to tho number of square feet of play space ier child that ought to Iaj provided around tho school building. This varies from thirty squaro foot per child In the large eastern and mlddlo western cities to a maximum of 100 squaro feet In tho northwest coast region. Second. Tho building should not be located in the center of tho plot of ground, but hi ono corner or well to ward tho edgo of ono on the other Bide, thus leaving ns much available Fpaco for play uud games as possible. Third. Tho school playground should Ikj fenced for tho purposo of management or protection of property nnd to guard against tho grounds be coming tho resort of undesirable ior sons. As to equipment, reduco It to a min imum. A sand court, n slide, some llttlo swings nnd building blocks for tho little children; swings, teeter board, Bllde, volley 111 and basketball court, tennis perhaps for tho girls, nnd swings, teeter boards, traveling tings, slides, horizontal bar, Jumping pit nnd ball outfits for tho boya make n iulrly good equipment. Lcrbert n Weir la American City. Brings Lost Colorado Doctor, Thought Dead, Homo Again. A fall resulting In concussion of the brnln Is resiwnsiblo for the return of Dr. W. J. Fairfield, formerly of Delta, Colo., to his family in Denver nfter an absence of two years. It was thought that Dr. Fairfield was dead, and all hopo of discovering him had been abandoned. The greater portion of his absence has tieen spent in Alaska, where ho wandered alwut aimlessly, unable to throw any light upon his Identity or tho locntlon of his home. Recently he suffered a fall which rendered him un conscious for days. As soon as Dr. Fairfield began to re vive his mind beenrne clear. He re membered his name and whore he lived and made arrangements to re turn to Colorado. Ills son, Golding Fairfield, an nttor ney, was In his office when his father entered. The father explained tho rea son of his two years' absence. About two years ago while suffering from 111 health the doctor went to tho Gunni son river to bathe. Ho remembers the extreme shock of the cold water, but knew nothing further until ho was aboard n steamer bound for Alaska. Ills relatives and friends believed that tho doctor was drowned and searched for his body for weeks. PATENT WON, BACK IN PRISON. Arizona Convict Succeeded at Wash ington and Will Complete Term. Roy J. Meyers, tho convict paroled from Florence penitentiary by Gover nor Hunt of Arizona to enable him to go to Washington to obtain patents on n machine for collecting electricity from tho atmosphere, returned to pris on to finish his term, which will expire In ten mouths. Ho said: "Tho patent ofllco experts laughed at mo when I reached Washington and laid my drawings before them. They told mo I would have to build a model and demonstrate my claims. There was llttlo tlino to spare, as I had only twenty days left of my leave, but in a fow days I was able to tako a crude model around to tho patent of fice to make a demonstration. "Tho absorber was hoisted on two short poles and made to work. There was no trouble after tliat. Tho offi cials, had seen the thing work and were forced to admit that I had something now. I might file my application with out delay. "I hopo to construct my first largo machino in Phoenix. I feel gratoful to Governor nunt and others for what they hnvo done for me.',' Meyers filed application for four pat ents, two for original devices and two for improvements on existing mechanisms. BLIND GIRL WINS HONORS. Takes Phi Beta Kappa Golden Key at Goucher College. To have been told by every profes sor snvo ono that she could not win a degree; to tako tho regulur college course, Including gymnasium work; to have stood always amoug tho first In her class and dually to havo captured a golden Phi Beta Kuppa key, tho sym bol of scholarly work, is tho record of Miss Mary Melvln, who has Just re ceived her degree from Goucher col lege, Maryland. Miss Melvln has boon blind slnco she was six years old. Miss Melvln has plans. "Ono whole year I shall have to myself," sho said, "Just rending nnd doing what I please. Then I shall do graduate work in eco nomics and sociology, probably at Johns Hopkins. Then," sho ndm.ttcd shyly, "I am golug to try to write." Miss Mclvlu is an advocnto of votes for women. Sho has been engaged by two leagues, tho Just Government louguo and tho Equnl Suffrago league, to inako open air addresses during tho rummer. Sale Continues for 15 Days Spring and Summer CLOTHING at SACRIFICE PRICE There will be 15 More Days of Salo Bregstein Bros. Great Remodeling Sale of everything on hand at ridiculously low prices. Hats, Underwear., Shirts, Collars-, Trunks, Dress Suit Cases, Hand Bags, in fact everything imaginable"No reservation. Sale Is not yet over Take advantage ot the low prices that prevail on our entire stock tor twenty days more, see our large display posters tor prices. Bargains too numerous to mention. Don't miSS thiS BIG SALE. Going to remodel store Yon could not get these iinhcar d of bargains if wo were not going to remodel our store. Owing to our increasing business more room is needed. The lnrgo stock of goods wo always carry nt this time of year must lie sold out. Do you realize what an opportunity this is to get stylish, seasonable clothing nt nftcrscn son prices? YOU CAN RELY ON THE GOODS WE SELL "Once a Customer, Always a Customer," applies particularly to the reputation we have established --- we have been in business in Honesdale 20 Years. Begin now and you will always come here. BREGSTEIN BROS., 3E3Ccxxos do,l. GET THESE VIoney-makin Farm WITH r3EiEr: LJ TTnr 1 Of) you can set now not only the Farm 1 UI p.UU JOURNAL for FOUR full years, but also n g Secrets Jg Journal JKg Is this cock properly heldt Poultry Secrets" tells how to carry toutts, and many other your choice of any one of the famous booklets, Money-making Secrets," which other people have bought by the hundred thousand. Just note what the information given in one of these booklets, "The Million Egg-Farm," did for Robert Liddle, a clerk of Scranton, Pa. In May, 1910, Robert bought 2300 day-old chicks. He spent just one "s tar more important. week studying the methods now given in this book, his only preparation for the business. Result this ' greenhorn" raised 95 per cent, of all his chicks, and 1350 of them were pullets. ("Poultry Secrets" tells you this secret.) In less than seven months he was getting 425 eggs daily, and selling them at 58 cents a dozen. His feed cost averaged $-1.00 a day, leaving him OVER $17.00 A DAY PROFIT, and this before all his pullets had begun laying. Isn't "Money-making Secrets" a good name for such booklets? Read what people say of the other booklets, and of the Farm Journal itself: "I find your Egg-Book worth untold dollars," says Roy Ciianey, Illinois. "What it tells would take a becinner years to learn' "I am much pleased with the Butter Book," writes F. J. 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TURKEY SECRETS, the latest authority on turkey-raising, discloses fully the methods of Horace Vose, the famous Khodc Island "turkev-man," who supplies the wonderful Thanksgiving turkeys for the White House. It tells how to mate, to set eegs, to hatch, to feed and care for the young, to prevent sickness, to fatten, and how to make a turkey ranch 1'AY Ml 0 CLERIC'S NOTICE NO. 2173 IN BANKRUPTCY. In tho District Court of tho United States for tho (Mlddlo District of Pennsylvania. JJurton Lewis Holbort, Honesdale, of Wayno county, Pa., a bankrupt under tuo Act of Congress of July 1, 1S98, having applied for a full dlschargo from all debts provable against his ostato undor said Act. notice Is horoby glvon to all known creditors nnd other person? In Inter est, to appear boforo tho said court at Scranton in said District, on tho 25th day of Juno, 1312, at 10 o'clock In tho forenoon, to show causo, If any they havo, -why tho prayer of tho said petitioner should not bo granted. 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