MOGieieieieieie CENT A WORD COLUMN DlllIOIKIOtSIlieiSIOK WHY PAY RENT ? I luivo for sale n splen did llonesdale home new dwclllncnew barn nnd n large pardon, l'lcnsnntly locn'ed. Never offered before. Price. $2,m DOIUN, Tlio Ileal Kstate Man. WANTEP-Slx good Smoothers. , KEY STONE OUT GLASS COMPANY. Ltd.. of Hnwley, Pa. 40w2 FOH SALE CHEAP.-Some second-lmnd foot chicken wire. Inquire of Onirics L. llassett, van East tit. TO LET. for children, pony and enrt hold ing four. Terms, 60 cents for llrst liour-USc per hour nfter. C. A. Oortrlglit it bon. 40tH WANTED-SIx young men to learn the Telephone Jluslness. Must have high school education. Apply nt the ofllco tit the HELL TELEPHONE CO.. lloncsdnlc, Tuesday. May 25th, between the hours of 11 and 12. ml WANTED TO KENT A modern house of (i or 7 rooms, or a 0 room apartment. Address "House," Citizen Olllce. t2 llimiUK HUILDEHS' NOTICK-IUiIs for the construction of n stone arch bridge, laid in cement, over the Carley llrook a Mu'St llonesdale, will be received at the Co m Commissioners' olllce. lloncsdnlc. until lu a.m.. Tuesday. June 1st. 1WW, and opcnc(l o no hour later. Plans and speelllcatlons on llle at the Commissioners' olllce. -ww ROOMS TO RENT. Apply at llrcgsteln Brothers' Store. "' U RAMAN has somo splendid Native and Western horses for sale all lu excellent con Itlon at Allen House Harn. 25tf SPECIAL attention given to children at at Charlcsworth's Studio. 28 CLEVELAND Ray Horse, six years old. 11! hands and one-half Inch high, tine looking. UUUUS Itllll UUU-lJilll llllll lllHll, i.i.v sorel. right every way. Price. $223. 20 1)R. Noiim:, W'i ay mart. $50.00 REWARD. You can make even more than this on your goods by getting me to do your selling. Write for date. A. O. lllake. Auctioneer. Hethany. FOR SALE Ray house, on East Extension street. Large lot with ulxty feet front. M.fc.. Simons. AVoltf SCHOOL TBACHEHS If you have a few hours each day that you can spare from you work we will show you how to Increase your amlngs. Drawers llonesdale Pa. FARM of 1K2 acres tor sale, (iood house, a barn that will accommodate JO cows. 5horscs and 100 tons of hay. Farm well watered. New chicken house that will accommodate 200 chickens. Large silo. No better farm In Woyne county. Situated one-Half lnlle from village. IiKiulro at Tun Citizen olllce. LOCAL NEWS. William IIoll, of Knst Honesdale, met with a painful accident one day last week. Mr. Moll was thrown from ri load of hay and his hip was badly in jured f torn tin- fall. No bones were j broken. The National Klevntor it Machine Company has an order lot- forty-eight machines from a New York subway llrm. This means steady employment f jr a number of men for a lone; time. The Carbondale correspondent of tlie Scranton Truth says that a report is current in that city that a train between Carbondale and llonesdale is to be dis continued, reducing the service from three trains a day to two. Correspondents of The Citizen, and all others sending notices lor publication, are requested to write "evening" when they mean evening, and "eve" if they wish to designate the evening previous to the day mentioned. "Christmas eve" occurs oil the 24th of December, and "Christmas evening" on the 25th, and this distinction should always be ob served. Correspondents are also request ed to spell out the days of the week, the months, and all names in full. The marriage license fee for parties of full age is now $1. When parties under 21 years of age apply for a marriage license, it will be necessary to have consent of par ents, or guardian, when an addi tional fee of 50 cents will be charg ed for recording said consent, thus making the entire fee for minors, ?1.D0. The Susquehanna Transcript has revived the old story that the Erie is seriously considering a big new cut-off in Its line between Blnghamton and New York, some what similar to that for which sur veys are now being made by the Lackawanna between Nichols, N. Y., and Nicholson, Pa. The proposed Erie cutoff is from Susquehanna to Lackawaxen. This Involves the boring of a great tunnel through Gulf Summit mountain, west of this place. In the original construction of the road the engineers were ob- liged to go many miles out of their way to get around this mountain, making almost a semi-circle north, by way of Deposit. It Is said that a three mile tunnel through Gulf Summit mountain, costing about ?5, 000,000, would permit of build ing an almost straight line from Susquehanna to Lackawaxen, and eliminate some of the worst grades on the division. Tho voting contest in regard to whether the patrons of the Lyric Theatre would like to have "Sapho" produced in the near future, was decided on Saturday evening. On the counting of the votes It was found that about 800 wanted the play while only 63 were against it, so "Sapho" will bo played by the Gardner-Vincent Co. on two even ings only, Thursday and Saturday, May 27th and 29th, (no matinee). For the first throe dayB of next week another beautiful, romantic drama, entitled "Tho Lady of Lyons" will be the attraction. It Is claimed that this play Is oven stronger than "The Iron Master" which was so ably acted by the Gardner-Vincent Co. a few weeks ago. Next week being the last of tho engagement of this clever stock company here, tho Lyric will no doubt be crowded to tho doors nt each performance. The latest Information con cerning tho Hospital for the Crimi nal Insane at Farview is to the effect that notwithstanding the disappointment as to tho amount of the State appropriation, the force of men will bo Increased and the work pushed along as rapidly as possible. Despite the disagreeable weather since excavating started there Is evidence on the grounds that a considerable amount of work has been done. The top soil wherp tho first group of buildings will be erected has been moved to one side and will bo replaced as soon as the buildings are completed. A large amount of earth has been scooped out for the first building by a mammoth steam shovel which Is run by a capable engineer and Is being scattered on the ground along the rondwny In front of where the administration and main buildings will be located. Tho concrete forms 15 Inches in height which will be a foundation for the outer walls are about completed for the first two buildings and everything Is In shape for the concrete. The crushed stone and sand to be used for the concrete are already on thb ground and the water to be used is conveyed from a dam near the old picnic ground nt Farview. Every thing Is staked off ready for the excavation for the first group of four buildings to be erected. Spec ial care has been taken that the bricks, both for the inner and outer walls, the sand, crushed stone and all material to be used Is of the best quality obtainable. Dr. Fltz slmnions, who is the general super intendent for the state, is on the grounds every day, and takes much pains in showing visitors around, and explr.ltilnf,' tho plans of the various buildings. A large number of steel purlins arrived during the past week and are stored on the ground near one of the large utore rooms which the contractor has erected near tho Canaan station on the Honesdnle branch. A mechani cal engineer from Philadelphia is now on the grounds. At the Fifth Academic Decla mation contest at John C'rouse Col lege, Syracuse, N. Y., on Thursday evening of last week, there were thirteen participants, so thnt each of the ten who failed to secure one of the three prizes, may consider himself ns a victim on nccount of the unlucky number of competitors. The contestants were mainly from city high schools, the exceptions being entries from Home nnd 121 mlia Free Academy and tho Cazon ovla and Genesee Wesleyan Semi naries. Three of the speakers chose for their orations "Webster's Reply to Hnyne," two of these be ing Joseph Jacobs, of llonesdale and Raymond Bellamy, of Carbon dale, both of whom competed in the Dunmore contest. The Syra cuse honors were awarded to A. Howard Aaron, of the Binghamton H. S., whose selection was the "March of Attila"; Henry Milliman, of Cnzenovia Seminary, declaiming the "Eloquence of O'Connoll," and Stlddard More Stevens, Jr., of the Elmlra Free Academy, who gave a line rendering of "The Death of Robespierre." Indeed, in the judgment of many listeners, Mr. Stevens, who secured only the third prize, was well entitled to the first. Rated alphabetically, a competent and conscientious critic put three of the contestants in the "A" class; three in "B"; three in "C"; three in "D" and the thirteenth in "E." Although our champion failed to bring home the bndge of superior ity, it is gratifying to know that he ranked well in the "B" group, and was highly commended for his per formance. Ho was probably the youngest competitor, and was un fortunately the first on the pro gramme, circumstances which must naturally have placed him some what at a disadvantage. Moreover the fact should not he overlooked that, as a rule, tho contestants were all much older than the representa tive of the Honesdale High School, and most of them had had the bene fit of training In special schools of oratory. It is to the credit of young Jacobs that he is in no de gree cast down by his failure to bring home special honors; but feels that his experience has been great ly beneficial In that it placed before him new Ideals, and inspired in hlin a higher ambition and a fuller determination to achieve ultimate success. The remains of Miss Eliza C. Dim- mick, whose death was noted in our last issue, arrived in llonesdale Wednes day forenoon, and were at once con veyed to Glen Dyberry cemetery for in terment in the family plot of the late Attorney General Dimmick, her dis tinguished brother. Rev. W. B. Beach, o Green Ridge, and Rev. A. L. Whit taker, of Grace church, officiated at the burial service. Among others, the fol lowing relatives and friends from out-of-town attended the funeral: Russell Dimmick, of Scranton ; Rev. W. B. Beach, of Green Ridge ; Howard Chan ler, nndMrs. Arthur Chanler, of Orange, N. J. ; Mrs. Williams, of Hartford, Conn. ; Mrs, Francis Dimmick, Mrs. S. B. Price and Mrs. George Sanderson, of Scranton, and Miss Kittie Dorflinger, of White Mills. There is a largo mounted loon on exhibition at the Lake House, Ariel, )'a. George P. Fraint, of Scranton, put up tho specimen and it is n credit to him nnd his business. The loon was shot on the lake by one of the local marksman and ho feels proud of his bird. Speaker John F. Cox, while In Hnrrisburg on Tuesdny last named the memberships of several House commissions, and among others ap pointed the following committee to confer with tho authorities of other States about the Delaware river flsh laws: George Schad, Allegheny; Al bert Marvin, Pike, and Eugene E. Kinney, Monroe. A late report from Montlcello, N. Y., is to tho effect that there is great excitement among the farmers and property owners at Sackett lake over n discovery of a clay that burns as well as coal and abounds In great quantities. This clay, when dug up and allowed to dry out In tho sun, becomes porous and as hard as flint. A lighted match will ignite tho clay, and it burns until consumed. A specimen of the clay has been sent to Cornell university to bo analyzed. At Grace Episcopal church there will be a special service Sun day, May 23, at 7:30 p. m. for the admission of members Into tho Brotherhood of St. Andrew. All are Invited, particularly men. Thei address will be on the opportuni ties of men to help other men. Rev. A. L. Whittaker will preach at Indian Orchard on Sun day, May 23d, at 2:30 p. m., after which there will bo a communion service. On Friday, May 2S, the Lyric Theatre will be occupied by that New York success, "Polly of the Cir cus" with Miss Fay Wallace In the leading part. The story, ono full of human interest, deals with the fortunes of a young girl who be comes a circus rider and while the circus is playing In a small town Is thrown from her horse at the door of a local minister, who cares for her through her illness. The usual village gossip follows and much mis understanding occurs which, of course, rights itself in the end. The play has run successfully for one whole season at the Liberty Theatre and will bo given here for ono performance with the same de tail. PERSONAL. News reached here on Tuesday last that Mrs. Taft, the w ife of the President, had suffered a collapse after a strenuous day which included a slight operation on the throatof her youngest son. Under the advice of her physician, Dr. Delaney, a native of Canaan township, this coun ty, anil a brother of Attorney K. A. De laney, of Carbondale, the "lirst lady of the land" was kept perfectly quiet, nnd is improving so rapidly that she hopes to be able to entertain her guests at an al fresco tea to be given at the White House, this Friday evening. Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dimock, of Wnymart, to the marriage of their daughter, Lois Lucretia, to Roy Alfred Lee, of that place. The ceremony will be performed at the Wayniart M. E. church, at 11 A. M., Thursday next, May 27th. It will be followed by a reception at the home of the bride's parents. William J. Schoonover and wife, of Scranton, spent Sunday with the for mer's parents here. N. B. Schuman is spending a few days in Waymart. Mrs. M. J. Kelly and children, and Miss Alice McKenna, left to-day for Mt. Clemens, Michigan. They will visit their sister, Mrs.F. Duppius, w ho resides near that city. Mrs. Charles Patterson is spending a few days in Scranton. Rt. Rev. M. J. Hoban, of Scranton, left this week for Rome, to attend the golden jubilee of tho American College. During the absence of Bishop Hoban, Monsignor T. F. Coffey, of Carbondale, Vicar General of the Scranton Diocese, will be acting bishop. C. A. Enipry, cashier of.the Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, of Honesdale, and his brother, M. J. Emery, of the Scran ton People's Bank, are attending the annual meeting of Girard College, Phila delphia, which convened yesterday. The Ilarrisburg Telegraph says that Chief Clerk Hause, of the Auditor Gen eral's department, has been presented with a handsome cane. It came from Potter comity, being given by a personal friend. It is made entirely of glass. Mr. Hause is the very efficient Ilarrisburg correspondent of The Citizen, and we are pleased to notice this evidence of ap preciation of his personal as well as lit erary merits. Mrs. J. P. Kelly left on Thursday morning for a ten days' trip, which will include Baltimore, New York, and Phila delphia. Mrs. H. M. Crowell, of Newark, N. J., was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Hand, of Church street. Misses Bertha and Charlotte Lane have returned from a visit in Scranton. Hon. and Mrs. Bernard Reilly, of 1423 North Main street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Gertrude R., to Paul Fives. Miss Mary McAndrew, who haB been employed at tho Katz Underwear fac tory, returned to her home in Wilkes Barre on Wednesday. William Groves, of Scranton, was a visitor in town this week. Miss Emma Bono has returned to her home in Dunmore after a visit with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Callaway. Miss Grace Miller, of Scranton, is the guest of Miss Luverne Dunning. A. T. Searlo, Esq., nnd son, Charles P. Searle, returned to-day from a trout fishing trip to Bloom lug Grove, Pike county. Miss Sadie Fuerth Is spending n few days with friends in Scranton. Mrs. S. J. Katz, of Sixteenth street, left yesterday morning for New York City, where she will spend n fortnight visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuels. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Weston nre spending the week nt Atlantic City. Mrs. Virglnin Pinckney, of New York city, is spending a few days in town. John II. Torrey, of New York city, spent Sunday in llonesdale. Eugene Babbitt was a caller in Scran ton this week. Dr. George C. Butler is attending the forty-sixth annual meeting of the Susquehanna Dental Association now being held at Harvey's Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Box and daughter, Ethel, of Brooklyn, visited re latives in Honesdale this week. Miss Essie Kelly spent Thursday in Hnwley. The following teachers frbm the Texas township school visited the schools In Hawley on Thursday: Misses Essie Kelly, Mary .Murphy, Ida Havey, Ida Coleman, Mary Htggins, Julia Schlmmel, Bessie Dudley, Lillian Sweeney, and Millie Weaver. Isaac Katz, of New York city, Is spending a few days In town. Miss Anna Farrell, of Carbon dale, is assisting the operators nt the Bell Telephone exchange. Mrs. Holbort, of Syracuse, Is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. John Burcher, of North .Main street. William Saddler, who has been employed In Carbondale, has accept ed a position lu the "Little Hippo drome" in Scranton. A marriage license has been granted to Louis E. Blackman, of Palmyra, and Kathryn Bugasky, of Blooming Grove. Miss Mary Lohman, who has been visiting relatives in Port Jer vls, has returned to her home at this place. .Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fowler are spending a few days in Scranton. Austin Lynch, of Olyphant, was a business caller in town yesterday. Miss Sadie Fuerth Is visiting Mrs. William Boland of Scranton. On Saturday afternoon the high school base ball team will play the high school of Hawley, at Athletic Park. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. Some Special Advantages That Go With the Military Career. Education is a prominent feature of army life. Men who have not had the advantage of extensive schooling will find In the army facili ties for acquiring a good education. At all posts there are schools for the Instruction of enlisted men in gram mar, arithmetic, and other studies in volved In a common school educa tion. These schools are for the ben efit of enlisted men who have not had educational advantages, but at tendance Is optional. Thero is like wise at every post, a school for tho Instruction of non-commissioned of ficers. In addition there are several tech nical schools. At Fort Riley, Kan sas, thero is tho mounted service school, which includes the training school for non-commissioned officers, the training school for farriers and horseshaers, and that for bakers and cooks. At Rock Island, Illinois, there Is the training school for sad dlers; at Fort Monroe, Virginia, there Is the training school for mas ter gunners and Electrician Ser geants, where the men with intelli gence and a fair education may be come skilled electrical engineers. At various places In the United States and in the outlying posses sions there are schools for instruc tion of enlisted men for duty In the Hospital Corps. This course teaches how to care for the sick to dress wounds, compound medicines, and finally to become a skilled nurse or pharmacist. At Fort Wood, on Bedlow's Island, In New York Har bor, Is the school for the Signal Corps, where enlisted men become expert telegraphers and switchboard operators, and learn to construct and operate all sorts of electrical and other lines for the transmission of information. These schools are all free, and en able any Intelligent soldier to ac quire the education necessary to fill any position In the ranks of the army. At all posts and In many of the companies there are good libraries, where enlisted men are supplied free of cost with good books and cur rent literature. Excellent gymna siums with modern equipment offer special opportunities for physical de velopment. Athletics aro encour aged; contests and tournaments are arranged and prizes given for excel lence. At all headquarters of regi ments and of the Important coast ar tillery districts the presence of a band enables enlisted men to en gage in social recreation, such ns dances and concerts, beyond the reach of many of their friends and acquaintances In civil life. New vor!c Tin??- The Artist's Problem. "Why, man, your pictures will live!" "Yes; but how about met" HIS PATENT FLY-CATCHER. Victim Put Through Many 8tunt but Finally Commits Suicide. Dr. John H. Girdner, tho alienist of New York, was visiting an insane asylum. Ho met a man In tho hall. "Who are you?" asked Girdner. "Mo?" said the man. "Why I'm hero but I ain't crazy. Not on your life. All tho rest of them are crazy but not me. I'm an Inventor. I have got an inven tion that will make me so rich that John D. Rockefeller will look like a poor man beside me." "What is it?" asked Girdner. "A patent fly-catcher. Greatest thing in the world. Here, I'll show you how It works." The man too' a sheet of paper and drew a bird-cage. "That," ho said, "is a parrot's cage Just a common cage but you observe that on this side thero is t. door with a heavy Iron knob, and that there-Is anothor door on the other side, also with a heavy iron knob. Now, you see, you take this parrot's cage and put It on a pedestal fourteen feet high, the pedestal standing on a marble slab. Then I place a lader on this side, reaching up to onen door, and a lad der o the other side, leading to tho other door. This is how it works. Tho unsuspecting fly conies along and climbs up the ladder on this side. It openns the door b, means of the iron knob, walks through the cage and opens the door on the other side. Then It starts (.own the other ladder. That's where we catch him!" the in ventor continued excitedly. "That's whore tho Invention is. That's where I shall get m ymoney. You see, the fourth rung is missing in this second ladder, but the fly doesn't know it, and he falls on the marble slab and breaks hh i:ec.?.' No Snow, No Pry, for Zeb'a Sleigh. Wlnsted, Conn. -Zeb Holley. of Brushy Hill, : ear Woodbury, has boug'it n new sle'p'.i on the Instalment plan. Every time it snows he is to make a payment on it. There have been two snowfalls since he bought tho sleigh, costing $20, and as he pays only $1 for a snow storm he figures he will bo able to draw at least seven months' Interest on tho other fellow's money. Monkeys Apt Pupils at College. Washington. That a monkey can learn something new every day, al though tho only people with whom it comes in contact arc college proton sors, is said to have been demonstrat ed by the Department of Psychology in Georgo Washington University. 13:: poriiueiits have been conducted upoii twenty monkeys, and interesHMg ri'.rti aro being urranged for publi -atlnn. The Era of New Mixed Paints ! This year opuns wim .'i diluge of now mixed paints. A con dition brought about by our enterprising dealers to get some kind of a mixed paint that would supplant CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS. Theii compounds, being new and heavily advertised, may find a sale wills the unwary. ZSS2r CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS Is JADWIN'S PHARMACY. There are reasons for the pre eminence of CHILTON PAINTS 1st No one can mix abetter mixed paint. 2d The 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 defective. 4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it, and recommend its use to others. During the Month of May we will offer Ladies Tailor Made Suits at a Great Reduction England's Old Age Pensions. The four government departments responsible for the work of the old ago pensions act the Postofflce, Lo cal Government Board, Inland Reve nue and Treasury are working at high preasuro preparing for half a million applications for pensions which may be made on and after Oc tober 1. Every postmaster and postmistress will within a few days receive full nrlntml instrucHnnq nn tn tholr now tiuties. In every postofflce, notices of the conditions of application will be posted. These instructions and notices are drafted. The excisemen who are to be pen sion officers are nominated. They are, as a rule, the most experienced in the service. They have received a private and confidential book of in structions as to testing the accuracy of statements made on the applica tion forms. Numerous applications havo been already made at the postoffices, both personally and by lotter, for informa tion regarding pensions. As stated, full information will be posted In all offices In a few days. Upward of 24,000 postoffices will be weekly pay ing stations; for them 75,000 books of Instructions and over 100,000 bills of directions for the public will be Is sued, while 1,000,000 books of week ly pension forms are being printed. It is estimated by an Inland reve nue official that at least 32,000 per sons in the public service, apart from the district committee, are engaged in connection with the working of tho new act. . The Burled Cities. Pompeii was burled in ashes, and was easily disinterred, while Hercu laneum received the full force of the crimson lava, which hardened rapid ly to the consistency of marble, and must be quarried la order to reach the city beneath. Owing to this dif ficulty only a small amount of ex cavating has been done as com pared with that which has taken place at Pompeii. In addition an other town sprang up on the lava about Herculnneum, which would have been endangered by the under mining necessary to exploration with pick and shovel. The Highest Quality of Babies. , Washington. Mrs. Belva A. Lock wood says that when Prof. Max G. ! Schlapp told the Colony Club, of New York, that woman suffrage would lead 1 to race suicide, ho must have had ' wheels in his head. "Suffrage menns no babies?" she said. "On the contrary, it means tho highest quality of babies." And in connection therewith a sale of Ladies' Shirt Waists at marked down prices. Wash Goods Ginghams, Cliambrays, Percales, Dress Linens, Galateas, Swan Silk, Popko Cords, Shantung and Kipko Silks. Fabrics in which colors and designs are woven and perfectly fast colors. Gents Furnishings Summer Underwear Nowhere else in town will y( hid the assortment we carry. Men's Shirts, Best 50c. Percaleand Madras in all sizes for this sale 30c. $1.00 and $1.25 Quality allJS'new goods handsome patterns and all sizes during tiiis sale 80c. KATZ BROS.