THE CITIZEN': rCBUSHZD STEBT WZDHC8DAY AltD FRIDAY T THE cmZEII PtTBUBHtltO COM PAKT. Rntcrcd as second-class matter, at the post office, lloncadale. Pa. K. B. HAIIDENBERGH. - - PKKSIDKNT W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SECY directors: c a. DoaruxoEB, M. B. ALLEff. E. B. HABDEK8EB0B. BXHBT WILSOlt. W. W. WOOD. SUBSCRIPTION: L50 A TKAB. IS ADVASCE WEDNSEDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900. INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER BIBLE STUDY CLUB. GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS, BIBLES, BOOKS. The International Newspaper Bible Study Club is for the purpose of pro moting, in an unfettered way among the masses, a wider study of the Bible, the basal truth of Christianity, and the prob lems which enter into every man's life. It is composed of all those who join a Local Club, and take up the simple course herein outlined, barring only ordained clergymen. All who have not oined are warmly invited to do so and o compete for the prizes. Persons may join the club at any time during the year, but must, of course, answer the 52 questions hereinafter ex plained, to qualify for the prir.es, and the back questions maybe obtained from this office. THE CITIZEN has secured the right to publish "the International Sunday School Lesson questions by Rev. Dr. Linscott, which have aroused so much interest elsewhere, and they will appear weekly. One of these questions each week is to be answered in writing, anil upon these answers the prizes are to be awarded. This paper is authorised to form a Local Newspaper Bible Study Club for its readers, and guarantees to all who join and fulfill the conditions, that every thing promised herein shall be faithfully carried out. CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST. 1. Each contestant, or his or her fam ily, must be a subscriber to this paper, in order to auahfv for membership in the International Newspaper Bible Study Club and this Local Club. 2. Each contestant in this Local Club, must answer eachof the written questions, for 52 consecutive weeks commencing forSunday, Jan. 3, 1909, and the answers must all be in the possession of this naiier within two weeks of the close of this period. 3. Each question must be answered separately, and the paper written on one Fide only. No answer must exceed two hundred words in length and maybe less, Each answer must have the name and address of the writer at the bottom of the answer. 4. The answers must be delivered to this office, and they will be collated at the close of the contest, and forwarded to headquarters for independent examina tion by competent examiners. The prizes will then be awarded ac cording to the highest number of marks, won by members of the International Newspaper Bible Study Club, and prizes which mav be awarded to members of this Local Club will be given out from this office. THE PRIZES. First Series A cold medal to each of the first live contestants. Second Series A silver medal to each of the five contestants. Third Series A Teacher's Bible, price $5.50, to each of the next five contest ants. Fourth Series The book "The Heart of Christianity," price $1.50, to each of the next thirty-five contestants. Each medal will be suitably engraved, giving the name of the winner, and tor what it is awarded, and in like manner each Bible and book will be inscribed. All who can write, and have ideas, are urged to take up these studies re' gardless of the degree of their cduca tion, as the papers are not valued from an educational or literary standpointbut from the point of view of the cogency of their reasoned ideas. AT THE LYRIC. Not many years ago, actors, actresses and all those who performed on the stage for their livelihood were eschewed by society in general. But with the fast growing, intelligent growing public, all this has been changed, until to-day, the ties which bring us all closer to gether and make the whole world kin are stronger than adamant. It is even more so in the relations between the stage and the people. Playgoers realize that much pleasure and knowledge can be gained from puro, wholesomedramos. The drama has advanced considerably during the last century and this fact has had much to do with the popularity of the theatre. But as Hamlet said "The play is the thing" and he wisely knew whereof he spoke. The days of unwhole some shows are past and any drama to be successful must be human as well as interesting. One play which can really boast of beine among the best of its kind is "The Volunteer Organist" which is to be produced at THE LYRIC Thursday xcd. its. it is pastoral in aunospnere, vet it tells a human, engrossing etonr. The characters are true to life and with every tear there.U a laugh. Sunshine ia blended with gloom said it teaches a moral which goes straight to the heart. One Hundredth Birthday ANNIVERSARY OF ABRAHAMUNCOLN Suitably Observed Under Direction of the Ladies Circle of the C. A. R. Addresses by A. T. Searle Rev. Dr. W. H. Swift and Homer Greene. APPROPRIATE MUSIC On Friday evening last, February 12th, the Court House was filled to over flowing with an audience which includ ed the veterans of the G. A. R. and Co. E, of the 13th Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, all full of a patriotism, and showing their love for the martyr ed President by outbursts of applause whenever his name or deeds we're men tioned. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Will H. Ilillcr, after which the chairman, Dr. Homer Greene, with one. of his characteristic talks, ex plained how the arrangements had been made for the celebration, giving the en tire credit to the Ladies of the G. A. R Circle, omitting the fact that practical ly the major part of the work had fallen lb Ins own lot. The Gettysburg address by Lincoln was declaimed by Reuben J. Brown, in a manner that showed he possessed un usual ability as an orator. The Musical Programme was most ex cellent, and every selection was well rendered, Frank Jenkins acting as lead er of the choruses. Mrs. Harry Rock well rendered a solo in a superb manner, which elicited loud applause. Mr. Jones and Mrs. Heft, the other soloists, cap lured the audience with the excellent rendering of their respective parts. The orchestra dispensed faultless music, while the Fife and Drum Corps stirred themar- tial spirit of the audience to the highest pitch. The chairman in his usual felic itous manner introduced A. T. Searle, who spoke as follows : In the picturesque and beautiful Har din county, Kentucky, now Larue coun ty, on Feb. 12th, 1809, was born the man of the century, our Abraham Lincoln. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a man of undoubted integrity but of im provident habits, yet beloved by all; his mother, Nancy Hanks,. ft slender, pale, sensitive woman, of heroic nature, of whom Mr. Lincoln always spoke with the greatest affection, and on one occasion, with tears in ins eyes sam, "All that I am or hope to be, 1 owe to my angel mother ; blessings on her meni- More has been written and said of Mr. Lincoln's character and of his fascina ting and wonderful career than of any American citizen, and every phase of his life, from his humble birth to that terrible night of April 14, 1805, is in structive and interesting. History, myth, gtory and song have already almost translated him to the realms of Heroes and given him attributes possessed by no mortal man. As Secretary Stanton said on that fatal morning when the great President drew his last breath, "He now belongs to the Ages." But Lincoln was a real, true, live man, and it is well for us to consider those characteristics of the man which we may emulate and hope to attain. It is Lincoln, the man, who, each day since his death, has won his way deeper and deeper into the hearts ot the Amer ican people. Books can be written upon his many manly attributes ; of his great love for each and every human being, For that reason, the black race has al ready crowned him, and to that race he is the very ideal of power and goodness, and his mcmorv will live in the hearts of those unfortunate people while they exist upon the earth. To the soldiers of the Rebellion, he will ever be an ideal man. Whenever victory was won in the fields, he never failed to give credit to the nicn behind the guns. When President, his thoughts, his hopes, his sympathies and his pray ers were always with the Boys in Blue His heart bled through those terrible years, and ueep lurrows came m ins face, which .was filled with inexpressible sympathy at the thought of the suffer tng which the war was causing. Books have been written upon his humble life and origin ; of the hired la' borer, the clerk, the surveyor, the cap tain, the legislator, the lawyer, the de bater, the orator, the politician, the statesman, the emancipator of a race the President and savior of the Republic Permit me to speak briefly of Lincoln as a lawyer. To judge him as such, wo must consider a few of his leading char acteristics as a man. He was an intensely religious man. He believed in God and that he was un der His control and guidance, and he had the utmost faith in the power and ultimate triumph of the right. Though so strong and powerful, he loved justice and never used his strength except to right a wrong or punish some evil. He was as tender-hearted as a woman, with sympathy towards all mankind. We see him going hack in Ids journey while on bis way to court end soiling bis clothe to get a poor pig oat of elough hole. In his whole treatment of mankind he had "malice toward none and charity for all." We see his honesty illustrated by ins walking several miles to rectify a mis take in making change and correct an underweight, unintentionally made in a half pound of tea. As a young man, he acquired the title of "HoncBt Abe." His aim was high ; he certainly "hitch ed his wagon to a star." On one occa sion, talking to a friend, he exclaimed, "Oh, how hard it is to die and not be able to leave the world any better for one's life in it!" His love of books, deep study and patient research were well known. He loved justice and hated deceit and a lie. He never loved money nor slaved to acquire it. Towards the latter part of his practice, he said, "I have my house and about eight thousand dollars, and when I get twenty thousand will have nnnnnli fnr nnv man " With such characteristics as a man, it. is not difficult to picture the lawyer. There was no place in his practice for bullying and bragging, nor the deceitful tricks of the pettifogger. He did not look upon the law as a series of sharp practices by which the doing of the right could be avoided, but as a princi ple of action and rule of conduct for the orderly, upright and just regulation of affairs. To the debtor who consulted him to devise a new way of paying old debts) lie turned' a deaf car. He never stirred up litigation. He was a weak lawyer when engaged by the weak side. He had a genuine interest in the establish ment of justice between man and man. When his clients had deceived him, he forsook their case in the very midst of a trial. He was a remarkable advocate. No man in Illinois had such power before a jury as he. "He applied the principles of law to the transactions of men with great clearness and precision. He was a close reasoner. His mode of speaking was generally of a plain and unimpas sioned character, and yet he was the author of some of the most beautiful and eloquent passages in our language." Judge Breese, in speaking of Mr. Lin coln as a lawyer, said, "For my single self, I have for a quarter of a century regarded Mr. Lincoln as the finest law yer I ever knew, and of a professional bearing so high-toned and honorable as justly, and without derogating from the claims of others, entitled him to be pre sented to the profession as a model well worthy of the closest imitation." Judge Thomas Drummond of Chicago, representing the bar of that city, said, "I have no hesitation in saying that he was one of the ablest lawyers I have ver known." In addition, he said, no intelligent man who ever watched Mr. Lincoln through a hard-contested case at the bar, questioned his great ability." Judge Drummond's picture Of Mr. Lincoln at the bar, and his mode of speech and action is so graphic and so just that it deserves to be quoted : "With a voice by no means pleasant, and, indeed; when excited, in its shrill tones, sometimes almost disagreeable : without any of the personal graces of the orator ; without much in the outward man inaicating superiority oi intellect; without great quickness ot perception still, his mind was so vigorous, his com prehension so exact and clear, and his judgment so sure, that he easily mas tered the intricacies of his profession, and became one of the ablest reasoners and most impressive speakers at our bar. With a probity of character known to all, with an intuitive insight into the human heart, with a clearness of statement which was itself an argument, with un common power and felicity of illustra tion, often, it is true, of a plain and homely kind, and with that sincerity and earnestness of manner which carried conviction, he was, perhaps, one of the most successful iurv lawyers we have ever had in the country. He always tried a case fairly and honestly. He never intentionally misrepresented the evidence of a witness or the argument of an opponent. He met both squarely, and, if lie could not explain tne one or answer the other, substantially admitted it. He never misstated the law accord ing to his own intelligent view of it." It is well, on these occasions, for each person to take au inventory of his own character. And these occasions, with the opportunity for self-inspection and emulation of his virtues, will be of great good to all. His simplicity of character, honesty, truthfulness, and love of right, are all qualifications any may successfully strive to attain, and every struggling, well- meaning man can read of him and gain courage in his own battle in life. Hid character was one which will grow and will become the basis of an ideal man. It was so pure, and so unselfish, and so rich in its materials, that fine imagination will spring from it to blos som and bear fruit through all the cen turies. After appropriate music, Rev. Dr. W, H. Swift was introduced and spoke, in part, as follows : "Now he belongs to the Ages," said Secretary Stanton, when the end came and that great heart ceased to beat. The prophecy is finding its fulfillment to day, when, all over uie land, in every city and town and hamlet, almost, men and women and little children are think ing and talking together about the rug' ged; gentle, martyred President, who first saw the light one fcundred years ago to-day,, Not .only at . home is his name revered and honored and bis mem ory cberUbed and the story, of bis life again told and its lessons enforced by by those, who apeak tenderly the- name of Lincoln because thoy lovo him ; but wherever the love of liberty burns on thp altar of the heart, among" high or low, rich or poor; wherever the sun shines on human souls, this day ia a holy day, and the tones of the voice are softer and the heart beats faster and the Cyc is moistened and patriotic fervor runs high and the old songs thrill us and the flag he loved and stained with his own blood we press to our hearts, and give to the breezes, with higher, nobler, finer resolves wntten with our prayers, all through its ample folds. 'Tis true as one has said : "When God made Abra ham Lincoln He used a pattern never used before, and when the work was completed He broke the mould so that the world will never look upon his like again." For that hour He, who flings the stars to right and left with a lavish, omnipotent hand, called to a special work the Kentucky boy. "He who sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be." always has His man, with his grip on th(J ,,elm when the honr and minute hands on the dial of history point to the need. His clock that strikes the cen turies only, for all time has registered FEBRUARY 12th, 1809. Let us look for a moment at his en vironment in that homd in Hardin coun ty, Kentucky. 'Twas a log cabin in which be first saw the light. A one room, log cabin, with one window, one door and a fire place. His father could neither read nor write except to "scrawl his signature ;" poor, shiftless a man with no force was he, and in such a home as that was born a man of force incarnate the man we love to honor be cause he rose above his environment and compelled his very poverty to min ister to his greatness of soul. There was in that home a mother as well as a fath er, and here as in countless other homes we find that the secret of the after-Lin coln was the guiding hand, the sacrific ing love, the pravers of the devoted Christian mother. She could read but not write, and she was his teacher. So indelibly did she in that home of pov erty impress herself upon her greater son, that although she laid down the cares and burdens of the earthly life when the boy was but nine years of ace. he not only mourned her loss but in later years said : "All that I am and all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother !" One year schooling, all told, the boy had. After a hard day's work, he would stretch himself on the dirt floor in front of the old-fashioned fire place and spreading the ashes thin, would with a hickory stick for a pencil solve problems. And yet this man with such an environment became a master, ave. a past master in the use of the English language. But poor as ne was, he had a magnify cent library. One shelf held the books and there were live of them "Esop's Fables," Pilgrim's Progress," "A Life of Washington," "Burns's Poems," and the "Bible." And that Bible, as well as the other books, he knew by, heart, And 'tis this man, with such a start life, whom to-day we are honoring, in whose memory the flags float, and who draws from the strings of the universal heart the sweetest music. This is the man of whom the historian Motley wrote: "He went through life bearing the load of a people's sorrow with smiling face. As long as he lived he was the guiding star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little chil dren cried in the streets." 'Twas of this man the London Spectator, in an article on Cromwell said: "there is no other name in the long and splendid history of our race, unless it be that of Lincoln, which can claim more respect for wisdom, for true patriotism, for dutifulness in its highest sense." Just listen to his own words: "When we read about men, great men, we somehow imagine that they were born great, and had little to do with their own development." 'Twas not so with Lin coin. "Some men are born great; Mr. Lincoln achieved greatness. "I never went to school more than six months in my life : but I can eay this that among my earliest recollections, 1 remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me m a way I could not 'understand. I can remember going to my little bed room, after hearing the neighbors talk of an evening with my father, and spend ing no small part of the night walking up and down, and trying to make out what was the exact meaning of some, to me, dark sayings. I could not sleep, although I tried to, when I got on such a hunt for an idea, until I had caught it; and when I thought I had got it, I was not satisfied until I had repeated it over and over ; until I had put it in language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am-never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till! have grasped it." Tbink.of this child, who was father to the man, demonstrating every proposi tion till be let in daylight. We could well afford to stop right here, for the one lesson the young may learn from this career, which was also a mission, is this: No obstacles, no mountains of difficulty that oppose our progress, can stand in the way of the boy of Indomi table will, who is determined to succeed. He who masters himself, and roasters circumstances, will some day wear the crown. Hindrances are only challenges to the best that is in ns, and, if we win it,- we can win ont-and touch the goal; Just one though!, now", in connection with- his political life. It was openly said, when ho declared, "A house divid ed against itself cannot stand ; I believe this government cannot endure perma nently half slave and half free ; I do not expect the Union to be dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided," it was openly said that he -threw away all chance of being elected United States Senator from Illinois, simply because he stood for great principles, and in the end, though temporarily defeated, saw those principles triumph. It must not be supposed for one mo ment that Mr. Lincoln was as uncouth, as lacking in all refinement as some seem to think. That is our inheritance Jrom the cartoonists of his time, and the men who hated him. Indeed we must remember that there were rivals for the Presidency in his own Cabinet, who had little patience with him; independent men ; that there were great newspapers opposed to his policies, so that Mr. Lin coln at one time said in his droll way : I seem to have very little influence with this administration." He was a gentleman who observed the proprieties, free lance though he was, and no slave to the rules of polite society. Yet Ed ward Evcret, the polished gentleman, statesman and orator, to whom Harvard pointed with pride, said: "I recognize in the President a full measure of the qualities which entitle him to the per sonal respect of the people. On the only social occasion on which I ever had the honor to be in his company, at Gottys burg, h sat at the table of my friend David Willis, by the side of several dis tinguished persons, foreigners and Ameri cans, and in gentlemanly appearance. manners and conversation, he was the peer of any man at the table." Awkward he was. He had little time for the superficial, but was always the gentleman, because his great heart beat true to the highest ideals. He had the gentleness of a woman, the heart of a child, and, during the civil war, 'the furrows deepened on the care-worn face 'Twas a heavy burden he bore, a burden lightened for a moment as the flashes of wit and humor lighted up that heavenly, beautiful face, beautiful because of the wondrous eyes through which the great soul shone. I never think of Lincoln, Lincoln the big hearted, warmhearted, tenderheart ed Lincoln ; stopping when on a press' ing errand, with the cares of State oi his mind, to replace abird that had fallen from its nest; finding rest by looking into the eyes of the children who loved him so ; putting his great hoart under the burdened heart of some lonely sol dier boy's mother, as he wrote his sym pathy in tears of blood, but that the whole history of that awful Civil War passes before me. Hastily we tramp over hundreds of battlefields. Now we are at Gettysburg ; here is Cemetery Hill; there is Missionary Ridge ; yonder Culp's Hill; now we stand on big Round Top ; now across the wheat field, through the Peach Orchard we go into 'the Devil's Den ; then make our stand at the Bloody Angle and together hold back the forces of Pickett, as, flushed with anticipated victory, they make thatsplendid charge ; now we listen to the groans of the dy ing and look in the pale faces of the dead ; now we listen to the agonized prayers of mothers in their far off moun tain homes ; now we are with Sherman in his march to the sea ; now with Sheri den as he changes rout to victory ; now with Hayes, as he makes his famous charge across the swamp at Winchester and saves the day ; now with Garfield at Chattanooga as the stripes of a Major HENKY Z. RUSSELL, PRESIDENT. ANDUEW THOMPSON VICE PRE6IDENT. HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK. This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized In December, 1864. Since its organization It has paid In Dividends to its Stockholders, $1,905,800.00 The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR 1 ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than equals Its capital stock. What Class are YOU in The world has always been divided into two classes those who have saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant. It is the savers who have built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's advancement and happiness. The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. We want you to be a saver to open an .account in our Savings Department and be independent. One Dollar will Start an Account. This Bank wlllie pleased to receive all, or a portion. of YOUR banking business; General mark his daring; now wMb Grant as ho fights it out on this line.' 'iC it takes all summer." till the sword of Lee is offered him and returned. But, beat of all, Lookout Mountain above the clouds. We catch a glimpse, aye, a prophetic vision oi what it means, yes, and is to mean, in tho history of our be loved land for all time to come, as the gaunt form -of tho greatest of them all offers himself a sacrifice for his country. What does it all mean ? We arc only beginning to enter into its fullness of meaning. We are entering on the reign of tho Common People from whom Lincoln came; who were so dear to him ; from whom, through his words and life, the chains are being struck. The common people are at last coming to their own. 'Tis manhood that .is crown ed in the story of Lincoln 1 Manhood 1 Ten thousand thrones and crowns could add not one additional ray of luster to that star that shines in the blue of the national firmament. He who stands for principle ; he who believes in eternal right; he whose heart beats true in patriotic fervor toward all the flag stands for ; he who embodies in his life the square deal, will win the crown and im mortality. Worn by the weight of years or in the full flush of life may you go, but die you cannot. No, no! He lives and will forever live, wearing the crown of immortality placed on his brow by the thoughtful love of a grateful people. No, nol "Now he belongs to the Ages I" At the conclusion of Dr. Swift's re marks the choir of sixty voices rendered "Marching Through Georgia," after which chairman Homer Greene spoke in his usual felicitous and impressive manner, making interesting reference to to his serial story now running in The Youth's Companion, which is based largely on incidents in the life of the martyred president. His remarks were enlivened by some pat anecdotes, which kept his hearers in the best of humor. Previous to the introduction of Mr. Searle as the- first speaker of the even ing Mr. Greene read a large number of letters and telegrams from distinguished persons expressing their regrets that they were unable to be present. The closing musical number was "America"' in the singing of which the entire audi ence joined.. ATTENTION I I will be at the 80th anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyter ian church of Honesdale, which will be celebrated Feb. 22d Monday next, in the chapel. This is the annual Martha Washington Turkey Dinner. A Square Deal and a Square Meal All for 50c. First table at 5:30. CITIZEN JOB PRINT means STYLE, QUALITY, and PROMPTNESS. Try it. EDWIN V. TORRKV, CA8UIEK. ALBERT C. LINDSAY. ASSISTANT CAR1IIEII. ? 1
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