( BUTTER, BUTTER ! Who's Got the Butter Worthy of a Prize ? WILL WAYNE COUNTY TRY FOR IT? The Winners in the Pennsylvania lluttcr Contest for the Second Year The Object and Plan of the Annual Compe tition. The second year's Educational Butter Contest, conducted by .The Pennsylvania State College, was completed with the "February scor ing. .More interest was shown this year than last. Most of the con testants want the work continued and many new ones wish to take part next year. State College furnishes the press off the State with the following re p'ort and information as to the rules governing the contests. We call the attention of Wayne county creamery and farm butter makers to the fact that no time is to be lost if they wish to enter in the competition this year. , O. D. Jlott, of Edinburg, made the highest average score for the year and won the silver cup. Ten others who took part each time will share a pro rata fund. The follow ing sent each time and all have an excellent average, when we con sider the quality of the cream that some were obliged to take during the warm months: Cooley, L. H., Burlington, 92.66 Davis, D. H., Meshoppen, 30.66 Dean, V. R., Rushboro, 91.33 Gabler & Son, B. P., Greensboro 92.25 Marshall, W. D., Lyndell, 91.00 Matthews, A. H., New York, 91.41 Mott, O. D., Edinburg, 93.66 Nlerlng, Theo., Wapwallopen, 90.08 Reynolds, P. V., Mainesburg, 91.41 Saxton, H. W., Granville Summit 91.33 Wivel, E. C, Fulton House, 92.00 The plan of the test was for the college to send a live-pound tub and an entry blank to every butter maker and dairy farmer in the state who wanted to take part. The col lege furnished the tub and paid the express both ways on the package, the butter being sold to pay this expense. The contests were held the latter part of each alternate month, making six for the year. The butter was judged at the differ ent contests by the following: .Mr. P. H. Kleffer, manager of the butter department of Glide Bros., New York City; B. D. White, of the Dairy Division, Washington, D. C.j C. W. Fryhofer, federal but ter Inspector at New York City; C. W. Larsen and F. P. Knoll, of State College. The butter was scored, samples were taken for analysis, and the score together with the moisture content of the butter was sent" to each contestant. Each butter-maker was asked to iill out a blank giv ing the method used in making the sample. These blanks were careful ly examined and suggestions were sent each contestant. The object of the contest was to stimulate interest in butter-making, to improve the quality of Pennsyl vania butter and to serve as a means of studying the water con tent and overrun of our butter. Another contest open to cream ery and farm butter-makers will be hold this year under the same gen eral plan. The iirst of these tests will be April 29th. All wishing to take part should write H. E. Van Norman, State Gollege, at once for tub and entry blank. Don't fail to give both postoillce and express olllce. Mouto Carlo Girls. Lively musical comedy is the at traction at the Lyric for Tuesday, April 20, and the Monte Carlo Girls will supply tho bill. The or ganization is far from being u now one In the field, and has been, com ing to the largest cities under the same management for years. For this seasons' engagement tho com pany will present everything new nnd up-to-date. Tho girls (of which tho show Is mostly composed) aro pretty, tho costumes handsome, tho singing good, tho dancing line. There are 25 peoplo in the cast In cluding a number of high class vaudcxlllo specialties. For tho musical comedy lovers thoro aro two now up-to-date second acts, both of which glvo tho comedians plenty of opportunity for fun, which they taker full advnntago of. Tho girls havo lots of good gingery singing and dancing mini hers interspersed. Vmong thoso who will assist in keeping up tho fun aro: Golden and Collins, musical artists of merit; Mary Mnrtln, operatic soprano; Sarah Herbert; Sullivan nnd Burns, dainty sonbrettcB; Jack II. Suttor, tho man with tho volco; Murphy and Smith. This attraction is per sonally guaranteed by tho local manager to bo a good, clean show. Therefore, ladle3 are especially In vited to attend this performance. n is a well Unown fact that bacon cut thin, well cooked, brown, crisp and dry can be taken regularly nnd for a long time by thoso who find nil other fata intolerable. This makes It a valu nblo article for delicate children and others who aro weak and fastidious. Harper's Bazar. Tlio People n ml t tin tiiP. , In n lecture upon his chosen art, re cently delivered at Harvard, .Mr. Per cy MacKaye, u successful dramatist, pleaded for popular encouragement to the writers of plays. He held that the dramatist's true Incentive Is the public gathered In front of the foot lights or at least the multitude who may be reached throu'i a play. He would have the appreciative theater goers support the genius who enter tains them by "a slap on the back.." Mr. MacKaye seems to forget that the manager always takes toll on public appreciation at the box ofllcc. But n recent scathing editorial in Collier's Weekly poiuts out that the people have no chance to approve of the playwright's work and that the genius for whom Mr. MacKaye pleads must llrst suit the whim or the greed of the manager. There is no freedom in the theater, says the editor, because the head of the "booking trust" dic tates what the playgolug public shall see. A citizen cannot choose u play to sec as he chooses the magazine or newspaper to read. The stage sprang from the people to meet a human want. It must get back to the old plane before dramatist and public can work out its destiny face to face. If the proposed Lincoln highway from Washington to Gettysburg could be made an object lesson in gm d roads building, the cost would 1. worth while for that feature nlonc. When the hall of the house of repre sentatives is fixed over hundreds of congressmen will be "reseated" with out the trouble and expense of ap pealing to their constituents. If Uncle Sam keeps peace In Central America merely by doing n little pick eting he'll be in line for a big peace contract when those new battleships are finished. If the bills already introduced in congress are disposed of before ad journment, tills will be a record special session for length and for business cleaned up. Mr. Wu Ting Fang thinks that "Dixie" is not peace music. Ho prob ably heard it on a phonograph and felt like fighting the machine. Thanks are due to Admiral Sperry for telling us that it was a war cruise, not a junket. We shall not let war worry us any more. Gatuu dam is not likely to gain as much prominence in the. American language as Yuba dam. Tho Mystery of Lost Children. There was nothing extravagant in the terror which the AVhltla kidnaping generated iu the minds of parents. Instances are frequently coming to light where young men and women who were stolen from home twenty or thirty years ago are restored to friends. The Charlie Ross abduction mystery remains unsolved. There is at least one person now living who has long believed that ho is Charlie Ross. Several who entertained sim ilar belief have died. Ross, the father, devoted over twen i ty years to the scorch for his son and I expended an immense sum in tho vain quest. A ransom of $20,000 was asked by the abductors, and it is generally believed that the child died suddenly before his keepers offered to nego tiate. During his long search for his boy Mr. Ross followed up many false , clews,' and it is probable that for years to come there will bo claims made by i men whose parentage and early career , nrc a mystery, to themselves nnd to , their present associates. 1 Tlie government is encouraging tho growtli of basket willow in this coun try, which will keep foreign stock out, because the homo product will be su porlor. May the tariff tlnkorers -allow this infant industry to fight It out ou that basis. I Perhaps the surest way to find tin i poles and the cheapest in the end would bo to tunnel to tho center of 1 tho earth, find the axis and follow It , to Its north and south points. i Along nbout the time baseball teams i get warmed up we may look for the I sudden adjournment of congress, re j vision or no revision. It might bo a good move for the czar to Import 11!),000 Japs to swlug the Mrch iu the 110,000 schoolhouses Russia is building. Probably tho euro iu that beo sting treatment for rheumatism comes from what tho stung do rather than what the sting docs. 1 That phonographic combination safo j lock will keep many a mau awako nights for awhtlo holding on to tho tight word. If tho African lions aro shy Rooso tclt can reflect that ho recently had lionizing enough for a whole regiment of hunters. At least four countries would like to put In a word on "what shall be done with" ex-President Castro. Woman Features in this Column: Mrs. Morse Aids Husband Magazine For Blind People Woman's Rights In Sweden Mrs. Charles W. Morse, wife of the New York banker whoso fortune has been dissipated in the lengthy and ex pensive legal proceedings incident to his conviction and sentence to fifteen years' imprisonment, from which lie took an appeal, on which he is now waiting for the decision of the appel late court, has disposed of many of her jewels in order to procure money which will be devoted to whatever ex pense may grow out of further legal proceedings against Mr. Morse. Mrs. Morse has also announced that the home of her husband in a fashionable part of Fifth avenue, In New York, will lie disposed of. All personal prop erty iu connection with the home will also be sold to the cud that Mr. Morse una. cnAnt,ES w. morse. may have the best legal assistance that can be obtained. Before her husband became involved in ids present difficulties Mrs. Morse was surrounded by all that wealth could command. A year ago she had seven servants. Now she has one. Not only have her jewels been sold, but she has disposed of her sables, sil ver, china, paintings and many arti cles of household furniture. In one Instance she sold a pin that cost over .?4,000 for .ft.noo to meet the bill of a stenographer, which amounted to more than .$2,000, because Mrs. Morse had promised that part of the bill should be paid on a certain day. Since Mr. Morse's incarceration his wife has been unremitting to him in such attentions as she is permitted to offer. One of these attentions is that of furnish ing her husband his meals from the outside. In taking the step siio has Mrs. Morse has of course given up all social affairs, and she says she hps done nothing which nny wife should not do when her husband is in trouble. A Magazine For the Blind. Mrs. William Zlegler of Now York city is the owner and publisher of a magazine devoted to the interests of tho blind. The publication has been in existence for two years. It goes free each month to every blind per son In the United States and Canada who can read any of tho two types In which It is printed. Mrs. Zlegler main tains her magazine entirely at her own cost, which is about $20,000 a year. Eight blind girls aro employed, among others, in the assembling of the sheets of tho magazine after they have been printed. The printing is done ou moistened paper from brass plates, and tho proofreading of these plates Is done entirely by blind people. Not long ago prizes were offered for the best three stories that could bo writ ten by any of the magazine's blind readers. Two of these stories were won by New England blind people. Tho magazine expects shortly to open a literary bureau through which will be examined all articles sent in by blind peoplo, returning such as are unavailable and attempting to find a sale for tho same in the magazines of the day for better stories. Many of tho blind in this country after 'they have road their magazines send thorn to tho blind In the English speaking countries of Europe. Women In Sweden. Long before there was any woman's rights agitation women were voting In Sweden. They havo had a vote hi church matters, school suffrage and the municipal vote slnco tho seven teenth century. In 1802 these privi leges were formally ratified Into law. In lflOS women were made eligible to municipal office. Tho universal 'suf frage measure enacted into law Feb. Ill' secured virtlng rights to all Inhab itants over twenty-four years of age, but previous to lis adoption tho wo men of Sweden were already voting on equal terms with their brothers for all offices except members of the second chamber of th6 riksdag. Women serve on school boards, boards of guardians of tho poor and parochial boards. They aro admitted to the postol service nnd ore appointed postmasters and head clerks at tho same salaries as men. In tho railway service, which in Sweden Is controlled by tho state, women havo been employed slnco 1800 In the con trolling offlce, ticket department, etc. They also act as clerks In tho tele graph service of thb government nnd nro almost exclusively employed In tho telephono service, MAROIA WILLIS CAMPBELL. Cofarabus Day. Tho action of tho New York legisla ture In establishing a new legal holi day on Oct. 12 in honor of Columbus is severely criticised outside of the state as making a bad precedent. The example is likely to be followed by other states where the Italian element Is strong, The Italians in this coun try have been in the habit of celebrat ing Sept. 20 in memory of the entry of national troops into Rome. Columbus day will be an American holiday, and with the co-operation of the natives the sons of Italy living here may eventually give greater prominence to Oct. 12 than to the September date. Should the example of New York bo extensively followed it may bo well for Americans to direct tho celebra tions and keep American Ideals to the front. Other nationalities in the new world are equally inclined with us to honor the memory of Columbus. If the movement to commemorate Oct. 12 shall become national, or nearly so, International co-operation could be in vited, to the end that the homage will be offered to Columbus, the discoverer, rather than CJplumbus, the Italian. Perhaps royalty favors flying ma chines In the hope of having an air line of escape from bomb throwers. Those separate cars for women struck New York a bit too lato to be nicknamed "Merry Widow" cars. ' Kidnaping is one infant Industry which no party of the people will ever offer to protect. But "Dixie" has enough life in it to even make a peace Inquest go some. THE CITIZEN rangements for A FIVE MILE FOOT RACE AFTER THE MARATHON PLAN WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON Decoy- 31 5 Handsome Gold and Silver Medals will.be A'warded the Winners ! g: ENTRANCE FREE To all competitors living In the county, exclusive of professionals: entries tube Hindu at any time prior to .May KUth. ALL CONTESTANTS will be re iiuired to submit to a physical examin ation by competent physicians, to Insure proper endurance condition for race. FURTHER DETAILS includlnsin. Ftructlons for proper training, will ap pear In succeeilfnz issues of Tiik Citizen- CITIZEN'S 5 MILE RACE How to Train. For all who may contemplate entering this race, the following suggestions are important: Long walks and slow jogging should always be given a course of training for distant running. Whenever a difficulty in breathing is felt, the athlete should walk until his powers of respiration have recovered. He should never sit or stand around uncovered, but as soon ns his work is done, cover up warmly until an opportunity to be rubbed down is given him, and then dry, warm clothes should follow. While running, the athlete should stop just as Foon as lie feels a pain in his side, or the front part of his lower 'leg be comes sore. The diet should be simple, sleep abun dant. Omit tobacco, all alcoholic liquors, tea, coffee, pickles, pastry, dumplings and the like. The time to start to prepare for the run is now. Do not wait, but pitch in and get the winter's stiffness out of the muscles. PRIZE ESSAYS. The approaching completion of tlio High School buildings will Foon neccs Mtnlo the grading; and arrangement of tho Fchnol property grounds. No one is more interested iu having this work properly dono than tho pupils who nro to ufo them, anil no landscape gardener should attempt tho task without con Hulling them. In order to stimulate BiiggcFtion on this point Tin: Umznx offeis tho scholars of the Public School two prizes of $1.00 eacli for tho best two essays on "Tho licit Way to Arrange tho N'ew School llouso Orouiuls," tlio competition to close April 17th. Tlio ar ticles, which must not exceed four nun dreil worth iu length, nro not to bo signed, but the name of the, writer must bo written on a separate slip, anil en closed in an envelope with the CEsay. Tlio contributions will bunumberetl and Eiibmitteil to competent Judges who will decide ou their respective merits, Tlio winning essays witli tho names of the authors will appear in tho llrst number of The Citizen following tho award. CITIZEN JOB PRINT mrtins STYLE, QUALITY, and PROMPTNESS. Try it. I N T E R N A T I O N A L Is known by the way it makes you look-thc dlstinctioeness which it gives youthat well dressed air, which speaks Volumes when success and social worth are a fador Don't you know that the man who wears an SUIT has always a good chance to become "The Man of the Hour" in his vicinity. THE GOODS THE STYLES THE FIT THE FINISH THE PRICES all together make that harmonious whole which has made the name "INTERNA. TIONAL the stand ard for high class made to measure taU loring. T A I L O R I N G Don't waste money experimenting, when this magnificent, reliable, line is now on view at L. A. HELFERICH ESfSffiffiffi. HONESDALE. PA. B P I Still Take Over '.'7.000 lbs. of No. We The Oliver Sulky The No. -10 Is the popular Flat Land Plow. We also keep In stock the No. E. 19. 20 and EH Iron Ileum. Nearly L',000 sold In Wayne county. The following .Sub-Anents keep stock of Plows unit ltepairs on hand: .1. H. Tilfsiny. Pleasant Mount; V. It. Shatter. Varden, Pa.: S. Woodmans.ee. Lake Count ; II. X. Farley, Eiiulnunk ; A. J. Abrahams, (inlilee: I' rank C. lirown. Hondleys: O. W. Shatter, (ieorsietowu : Seth liortree. Storllutr : C V. Kellani. Ledsfeilale; V. E. Corey; Greeiitown, and Watts'sJIonesdale and Ilitwley stores. Honesdale and! r P A II A M WA TTQ I Honesdale and Hawley Stores) w All A III W Al li3Hawley Stores Sash. Doors. HllniR Front Sasli Doors. Sewer Pipe and liullders,' Hardware of KVKltY Description. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS : iVA-ifeTili'&ifl)??! inir .Machines. Iron, (travel and Tarred Uootlm;. ISarb Wire, Woven Fence Wire, Poultry Nutting, Lime and Cement. Estimates given ou short uotlcu for HOT AIR and STEAM HEAT. PLUMBING in all its branches. WantedSummer Board. lty thousands of llrooklyn people. Can you take a few ? ir vit. list your house in the Mid tOKLYN DAILY EACil.E I'UEK INFORMATION Ill'ISHAU, for which purpose a printed blank will lie sent. The service of the Inform ation Uurrau COSTS YOU NOTHING. Tim llrooklyn Eagle Is the bet adver tMns medium In the wurltl, It carries more resort advei tl.-enients than any New York paper. It stands PliE-EMI-NENTI.V at the bead. Write for listing blank and Advertising Kate Caul, Address information;bureau, Brooklyn daily eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mention the paper Iu which you see (Ids adw n I tomcat. he Era of New This year open.3 wirn n delugo of now mixed paints. A con dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to got some kind . i i.i i...i nmrmnMio invuii OL a l!ii.u inwiiii iiutu wotiui PAINTS. Their compounds, may unu a saiewiiu ino unwary. "TuSiiStHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY. There aro reasons for tho mo-eminence of OHILTON PAINTS; 1st No one can mix abettor mixed paint. 2d Tlio painters declare that it works easily and has won derful covering qualities. 3d- Chilton stands back of it, and will agree to repaint, at his own expense, every surface painted with Chilton Paint that proves dofectivo. 4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it, and recommend its use to others. the Lead ! Plows and ltepairs received In March. UHW, THIS C'L'T SHOWS THE 56 SIDE HILL. also have Xo, 7, a size smaller. Plow Cannot be Beat ! BICYCLES and Sundries. An adverti.-emcnt In the Eagle eo-ts little, but bring large re-lilts. leo.m-e the EAOLi: INFORMATION lIUIiHAU N constantly helping the advert hers. Mixed Paints ! buiimum. iu ijj ui q mi-iuu being now a and heavily advertised,