THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1000.
IMPORTANT TELEPHONIC CASK.
Consolidated Company nnd Slate
licit Co. Hooked l'p, Again.
An action charging conspiracy
between the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania and the Slate
Belt Telphono Co. for the suppres
sion of competition, was begun on
the 16th Inst, before the Attorney
General at Harrlsburg. The Slate
Belt Telephone Company operates
in the counties of Northampton and
Alonroe with headquarters at Nazar
eth. Since 11)00 this company has
had a traffic contract with the Con
solidated Telephone Companies of
Pennsylvania, formerly with head
quarters at Allentown, and now
forming a part of the system of tho
American Union Telephone Company,
with headquarters at Harrlsburg.
Under the terms of this contract the
Consolidated Telephone Companies
of Pennsylvania carried the busi
ness of the Slate Belt Telephone
Company beyond the territory oper
ated by tho latter, giving the Slate
Belt subscribers long distance con
nection with all Independent points
In Pennsylvania and adjoining states.
On May 2t'th last the Slate Belt en
tered Into a secret agreement with
the Boll company under the terms
of which it contracted to deliver its
long distance business to the latter
corporation, thus becoming a Bell
sub-licensee company nnd, to all
Intents and purposes, a part of the
Bell system. The first intimation
of this transaction was obtained
when the Slate Belt Telephone Com
pany served notice on the Consoli
dated Telephone Companies of Penn
sylvania that on and after July 12,
1909, the contract existing between
these two corporations would be ter
minated. Immediately upon receipt
of this notice, a petition Hied with
the Attorney General of Pennsylvania
by the Consolidated Telephone Com
panies, charging a violation of the
anti-trust laws of the State of Penn
sylvania in that the making of a
connection beween the Slate Belt
and the Bell tended to destroy com
petition to the injury of the public.
The Attorney General's Department
notified the Slate Belt Telephone
Company to refrain from making
disconnection with the system of tho
Consolidated Telephone Companies
system and appointed a hearing for
July 14th. 1000. At this hearing
Deputy Attorney General Cunning
ham presided and it developed that,
notwithstanding the notice served
on the Slate Belt Telephone Com
pany, the hitter's connection with
tho Consolidated Telephone Com
panies had been cut; but the offi
cers of tho Slate Belt Telephone
Company agreed to immediately re
store connection, which was accord
ingly done, the line being restored
to service and patrous nnd subscrib
ers of Independent Telephone Com
panies in this region can still obtain
telephonic communication to North
ampton and Monroe counties as here
tofore. At the hearing Lyman D. Gilbert,
chief counsel for the Consolidated
Telephone Companies of Pennsylva
nia (American Union Telephone
Company) appeared for the petiton
er and briefs were ordered Hied
pending a Hnal adjudication of this
matter. The officers of the Consoli
dated Telephone Companies of Penn
sylvania have expressed their inten
tion of conserving the rights of the
public to continued competition.
The Slate Belt Telephone Company
built up its business as an Inde
pendent Telephone Company largely
upon the advantages which it enjoy
ed in having an outlet through the
Consolidated lines. As a result it
built up a business very largely in
excess of the business of the Bell
Telephone Company in the territory
in which it operates. It is this fact
that led the Bell Telephone Com
pany to offer favorable terms to In
duce the Slate Belt Telephone Com
pany to tie up with tho Bell lines.
A copy of the contract between tho
Slate Belt Telephone Company and
the Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania was filed with the At
torney General and is made a part
of the record.
Lawyers who have studied the
case aro agreed with Mr. Gilbert
that a combination such as the Bell
Company has attempted to effect
with the Slate Belt Telephone Com
pany is clearly a violation of the
laws of the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Gilbert in his arguments showed
that If the alleged conspiracy were
carried out, it would result in seri
ous Injury to the public. He argued
that It would be certain to bring
about a deterioration of the service,
higher rates, and arbitrary methods
such as prevailed before competition
In the telephone business became
an established fact. While the pres
ent proceeding is merely a prelimin
ary Investigation on the part of the
Attorney General, it has already had
Its results in that it has forced the
restoration and maintenance of com
petitive telephone service In the
Northampton-Monroe district.
About Wedding Flowers.
At a recent wedding the chosen
flowers were subjects of comment be
cause the sentiment attached to the
flowers used was not understood. All
flowers, or at least almost all, have
some sentimental significance. Flow
ers worn by tho bride, carried by
the bridesmaids and used decoratlve
ly throughout the house and church
are nearly always selected because
they represent some human quality,
such as purity, goodness, health,
true love, etc. The shower boquet
is often made up of an assortment
of flowers, and while shower bou
quets are no longer regarded as up-to-date,
when each flower really
stands for something, they cannot
fall to find favor. The marigold,
bleeding heart, lady slipper and
bouncing Bettte all found a place in
a shower bouquet thrown by a lit
tle southern birdie recently.
Cultivate the Orchard.
"The uuiig orcnard should be
cultivated," says State Zoologist
Surface, "but not with grain or
grass crops. Corn, potatoes, beans,
or other vegetables, well-cultivated,
are ideal for a young orchard. The
ground should be stirred every two
or three weeks until the middle of
August. In going through the or
chard with the harrow, care should
be taken not Injure, bruise, or
'bark' the trees. To avoid this the
horses ought to be muzzled and the
outside portions of traces and whlflle
trees padded."
In going through some young or
chards early in the season, for the
purpose of demonstrating pruning,
Prof. Surface found many cases of
trees which had been seriously
damaged through being grazed by
whlffietrees, or struck or bitten by
the horses. In going through the
orchard rub off all unnecessary
sprouts.
Shah Excommunicated.
The Mujtahids
Say duty bids
Each Moslem bold,
Or young or old.
Or near or far.
In Holy War
To smash the Shah
Of Persl-a.
Will he fight the Mujtahld .saints, et
nl;
Will he run from this bull ecumeni
cal ; I
Will the Shah play the role of Bluff ,
King Hal
Or of Henry who went to Can
ossa? This question hard.
Which here Is starred.
Most speedily
Must answered be
The Holy Men
Are asking when
The Monarch high
Will make reply
Will he fight the Mujtahld saints et ,
al; i
Will he run from this bull ecumenl-j
cal; !
Will the Shah play the role of Bluff i
King Hal,
Or of Henry who went to ,
Canossa?
Brooklyn Eagle. '
A Contrast.
Norwegians and Lapps, tho tallest
and the shortest peoples of tho world,
live side by side.
"A Little Bird Told Me."
The common saying, "A little bird
told mo," lias its origin in the Bible. :
In Eeelesiastes x, '20. we road. "Curse '
not the king, no not In thy thought, for ,
a bird of the air shall carry the voice, !
and that vhleh hath wings shall toll !
the matter. 1
Rod Hickory.
Well seasoned red hickory weighs
D'J.IJT pounds to the cubic foot.
The Dahlia.
One of the tales told of the dahlia is
that tho flower ornamented the royal
gardens of the leurial at Madrid for
several years before Spanish jealousy
would allow It to bo introduced Into
tho other countries of Europe.
Zulu Endurance.
Tho rate at which Zulus can travel
In an emergency is astonishing. Some
will cover as many as lifty miles In
six hours. Eight miles an hour is an
ordinary pace.
A Turtle That Eats Grass.
The Xerobates agassizii, the grass
eating turtle of tho Mojave desert, Is
said to bo tho only one of tho turtle
species which lives by grazing like a
horse or an ox. Xerobates digs a hole
lu tho sand to escape tho intense boat.
Is about ton inches in length when full
grown and weighs from six to eight
pounds.
Tho Churchyard Beetle.
In Sweden tho churchyard beetle U
regarded as a messenger of pestilence
and death, and its appearance always
excites violent alarm. A species close
ly allied is eaten by Egyptian women
with a view to acquiring plumpness.
Seek Their Color.
Divers In the clear waters of tho
tropical seas find that fish of different
colors when frightened do not all dart
in tho same direction, but that each
different kind takes shelter in that
portion of tb,o submarine growth near
est in color to that of the fish.
The Earliest Fan.
Perhaps the earliest fan In history
was mentioned In hieroglyphics de
ciphered by the Egyptologist, Lepslus.
In his researches he found this sen
tence referring to Osiris, "In his hand
ho held a fan."
Crop of Tea.
There are three crops of tea. Tho
first or spring crop la gathered about
April 20, the second or summer crop
about May 20 and tho third or "even
flower" crop about June 8a Tho bulk
of the yield Is moved to the seaports
promptly after gathering, and export
to tho United States and other coun
tries continues throughout the year.
Largest Tobacco Farm.
On tho largest tobacco farm tn the
world, a 250,000 aero affair near Am
sterdam, Ga., Is grown about a third of
all the Sumatra tobacco used for cigar
wrappers In the United States.
E
GRIME
Dr. William M. Richards of New
York Reforms You By Making
You See Straight
THE NEWEST FAD IN REFORMS
He Has Put Glasses on Hundreds of
Offenders with Good Results Ex
amines Eyes of Women In Night
Court and rinds an Odd Case.
New York City. Cain did not wear
glasses. If ho had ho might not have
killed Abel. A number of other catas
trophes might have boon averted by
the timely application of a pair of
spectacles. If you want to reform a
criminal clap a pair of glasses on him,
for the chances are that defecth'e
physical vision has Impaired his moral
views. Such Is the theory of Dr. Wil
liam M. Richards, and ho hopes in
side of a year to bo able to back his
theory with statistics.
In compiling his stat.stlcs and In the
search for subjects Dr. Richards has
visited the District Attorney's office,
several police courts, tne Elmlra Re
formatory, the Magdalen Home and
various other institutions. At the El
mlra Reformatory he found that most
of tho boys were suffering from ab
normal vision, that In the majority of
cases poor eyesight had led to truan
cy, truancy to bad companionship and
that to crime.
At the Magadalcn Home he fitted
glasses to twenty Inmates, and every
one of these, he said, found work on
getting out and kept It. One girl In
particular had .lever been able to keep
a job more than a few days. She was
considered stupid and lazy. Since
leaving the home two months ago
wearing a pair of glasses she has
been steadily employed by a firm of
wholesalers and is still working there.
At the time he examined her she was
unable to make out the largest type
on tho test card at a distance of four
feet.
Dr. Richards is now trying his
scheme on some 203 second offenders,
burglars, holdup men and grafters of
various degrees, and he hopes that If
they do not lose their glasses they will
be desirable citizens by the time they
emerge from seclusion. Most of the
glasses are provided by the Shaarath
Israel, which is much interested In
tho work.
Dr. Richards visited Magistrate Bar
low in the night court and examined
tho eyes of some of the women prison
ers. The result showed, he said, that
many of the women brought In had
something the matter with their eye
sight, and it was entirely possible that
il their vision were restored to the
normal they themselves would be able
to lead a normal life. As the prison
ers were arraigned ho scanned each
closely. When (Joogoo Nellie, a wom
an from the East Side, with rather
prominent eyes, came up the doctor
could not restrain his enthusiasm.
"Look at her! Look at her!" he ex
claimed delightedly. "She's as blind
as a bat! She can't see a thing!"
Dr. Richards led tho bewildered and
somewhat fearful Nellie into the ex
amination room.
"Do you like to road?" he asked her
abruptly.
Gcogoo was nonplussed. Never be
fore in all her long police experience
had anything like this happened to
her. Not knowing what fatal conse
quences might follow a reckless an
swer she muttered something inaudl
bly while her foot traced nervous cir
cles on the floor.
"What kind of books do you read?"
persisted the doctor; "history, bio
graphy, fiction what?"
Nellie was In a quandary. Should
she give the preference to biography
or history? Fiction was out of the
question. There was a disparaging
curl to the doctor's lips as he said
"fiction" that warned her to steer
clear of It. But If she said historical
or bio bio whatever It was, why, he
might ask her what books she had
read. She resolved to take a safe
middle course and avoid the snare.
"I don't care much about readln',"
she admitted finally, "an" I don't get
time to read much outside of the
newspapers," and then in a brilliant
attempt to escape from the cross-examination
she added: "Jennie out
there reads moro'n I do. She's a great
reader, Jennie Is. Why, you don't
hardly ever see Jennie but what she's
got a book under her arm."
The doctor refused the bait so craft
ily offered, however, and proceeded to
a few simple tests which convinced
him that Googoo's eyes were a prime
factor In her waywardness.
"Now come around and eee me," he
said as he finished, "and you'll soon
be able to read as well as Jennto and
bo able to get steady employment and
keep off the street as weH."
"Sure," said Nelie, slowly and with
out eagerness.
Several more were examined and
promised to come and be saved from
their eyes.
As for Googoo Nell, the policeman
failed to make out a case osalnst her
and she was discharged.
Dog Runs Itself to Death.
Wilkea-Barre, Pa. On Nescopock
Mountain the body of Henry Savldje's
valuable foxhound, which had chaced
a fox for three days and then died of
exhaustion, after killing the tat, has
been found. Its baying waa heard for
three days, and then ceased. Ooa ptv
SPECS AS A CUR
FO
"SEATLESS GOWN" TO SAVE
Empire Style Makes Wearers Cripples
and Coquettes, Says Grand
Master of Tailors.
Boston, Mass. The tight-fitting Em
pire go-vn must go. That was the flat
Issued by Samuel Paull, of New York,
grand master of the United Tailors'
Association of America, In an address
at the convention of men who try.
If Mr. Paul! has his way, most of
the Parisian fashions will go, along
with the Empire own which he ridi
culed unsparingly. The "Seatless
gown" he said, would prove the salva
tion of womankind.
He declared the Empire gown made
cripples and coquettes of women. In
his respect, he said. It was a fair type
of all the other Paris fashions which
has furnished American women tho
unspeakable sheath gown and the
equally ridiculous pantaloon dress.
"A fashionable woman, weariug an
Empire gown, is bound to acquire a
hoochcc-koochce walk," he declared.
"Women who aro trying to excel their
friends in style In order to make the
Empire more effective, walk with
straight knees. Some women have
practiced this walk until they become
experts at It.
"If a woman wants to sit down In an
Empire gown she either must unbut
ton tho buttons from the knees down
nnd display the petticoat or she must
get the help of throe men to place her
in a sitting posture. She Is unable,
with the tight-fitting Empire that hubs
the hips so closely, to do it herself."
After scoring the sheath and the
pantaloon gowns, Mr. Paull declared
that It required "audacity and impu
dence to supply such styles to Ameri
can women."
Then he praised the hlpless gown,
the gown that is trained loose over
the hips, and then described the "seat
less gown," as he called It.
"I would suggest," said he, "that
we create another gown to be called
the Seatless gown. This style is to
be made in suits as well as princesses,
with straight lines from the shoulders
down, loose fitting, but at the same
time neat and becoming. It would
also be in every respect comfortable
to wear and walk In, ana I am con
fident that a style of this kind will
appeal to the American women."
DO YOU KNOW KIM?
r
Portrait of the Only Man In America
Who Hasn't Invented a Flying-Machine.
P. S. He Will Invent
One Next eek.
RULES FOR HER LIVING.
Suing Capitalist, Rich Wife Says She
Had to P;y Board.
Atlanta, Ga. Charging that he pre
sented to her a remarkable set of
rules to govern their lives, the penal
ty for violation of any one of them
being one hundred kisses, Mrs. Emma
Neal Douglas sued her husband, E.
Lee Douglas, a lawyer and capitalist,
for divorce. She is the daughter ot
the late President Neal, of the Neal
Band, and Is worth over $200,000,
while her husband's wealth Is esti
mated to be $300,000.
Mrs. Douglas charges that her hus
band made her pay extra for having
meals sent to her room when sick;
that he quarrelled with her when she
ate what he considered too many po
tatoes; that he objected to giving ser
vants anything but bread; that she
had to have his permission to have
guests, and had to pay their expenses;
that she had to pay board; that he
refused to buy theatre tickets, but
went when she bought them; that he
always searched out with "miserly
care" such little items as shoe shines,
and that when she was sick and need
ed a heavier coat he refused to give
her her own money with which to buy
one.
When they went to hotels she says
her husband refused to tip waiters
and porters, and she had to perform
this service. She alleges that her
health has been completely broken
down by this treatment
WHY FRENCHMEN GO MAD.
Romance a Very Small Factor Money
Losses and Drink Lead.
Paris. The authorities of the De
partment of the Seine have published
statistics of the 4,000 Insane persons
who came under their care last year.
The column giving causes deals a
blow at romance, as "the loss of a
beloved person" occurs only seventeen
times. Love Is responsible for only
three cases of insanity and remorse
for one case.
Money losses and drink were the
chief agents.
Long Hair Hides Brand.
London, Marshall Hall, K. C at
the arsenal dinner of the Playgoers'
Club at the Hotel Cecil, referred to
an early statute under which actors
found wandering were lltblo to be
branded through the right ear, and
said that that was the reason so many
members of the theatrical profession
still wore their hair long. They want
ed to conceal that particular decora
tlon.
H. C. HAND, President.
W. B. HOLMES, Vice Pres.
We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY
of this Hank.
-fTTHI-
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
HONE SD ALE, PA.,
HAS A CAPITAL OF - - - $100,000.00
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF - 355,000.00
MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 455,000.00
EVERY DOLLAR of which must be lost before anv depositor can loseal'hwY
It has conducted a growing and successful business" for over 35 years, serving
an increasing number of customers with lldelitv and satisfaction.
Its cash funds are protected bv MODERN "STEEL VAULTS.
All ot thce things, cnnplert with re
by the CAKKITL PKWSO.WU. Al
Hunk's njfijli-sliy n notably nble Hoar
V,,,',.5,t sl"l'18KMKSAl''KTY which
Total Assets,
DEPOSITS MAY
-D1RECTORS-
II, C. HAND.
A. T.SK.YKI.E.
T. H. C'LAKK
CHAS..T.
ii.j.coNUKi:.
W 1 SUYD.Y.M.
Ten Cents
Daily
TEN CENTS SAVED every Jday will, in lifty years,
grow to 59,504.
TWENTY CENTS SAVED daily would iu lifty years
amount to $19,006.
The way to accumulate money is to save small sums system
atically.and with regularity.
At 3 per cent, compound interest money doubles itself in 'J."
years and Hi4 days.
At tl per cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 327
days.
If vou would save 50 cents a dav, in 50 years you would have
$47,520.
If you would save $1.00 a dav, at the end of 50 years you
I would have $95,042.
Begin NOW a
Savings Account
at the
THREE PER CENT. INTEREST PAID.
Money loaned to nil Wayne countcans furnlsh
ins sood security. Notes discounted. First
mortgage on nnl estate taken. Safest unit cheap
est way to send money to foreign countries Is by
drafts, to be had at this hank.
HOUSEHOLD HANKS I'KKK.
Telephone Announcement
This company is preparing to do extensive construction
work in the
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the
system
Patronize the Independent Telephone Company
which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any
other service without conferring with our
Contract Department Tel. No. 300.
CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA.
Foster Building.
DO NOT FAIL TO READ THE FOLLOWING
ANNOUNCEMENT :
If you desire to buy pure whiskey, look at the cud of the barrel before
making your purchase. There you will find the date of inspection which
is a sure guaranty as to age. AH straight whiskeys are inspected by
Government oflicials, and taxed according to proof. Blended and coin
pound whiskeys aro made from straight whiskeys.
PAUL E. McGRANAGHAN,
Wholesale Dealer In
WINES and LIQUORS, 557 Main St., Honesdale, Pa.,
has a large quantity of the best Straight Whiskeys for sale at his estab
lishment. Also Blended Whiskeys, Foreign and Domestic Wines,
and bottled Beer by the case or dozen.
The Era of New Mixed Paints !
This year opens witn a deluge of new 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. Their compounds, being new and heavily advertised,
may find a sale with tne unwary.
THE ONLY PLACE IN HONESDALE
AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE
Is JADWIN'S
There are reasons for the pre-eminence of CHILTON PAINTS'
1st No one can mix a better 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.
CITIZEN PRINT COUNTS
First, Last and All the time for the Best
H. S. SALMON, Cashier
W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashier
I rnnirvntlvp innnnpi'iiipiit. Instirpit
ATTKXTION constantly sivon the
VI nl it lllrnntitf a noonrna tlwtttntf.ttia
U the prime essential of a' good
$2,733,000.00
HE MADE BY MAIL. TBS
SMITH.
W. 15. IIOI.MR3
1M KI.MHI.K
11. S. SALMON
Honesdale Dime Bank
CHILTON'S MIXED PAINTS
PHARMACY.
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