The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, October 06, 1909, Image 4
HIE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1000. THE CITIZEN PUBLISHED EVK11Y WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BY TI1E CITIZEN rUDLIBIHNO COMPANYi Entered as scccmil-clnss mutter, nt the post olllce. llonesdnle. l'n. E. B. HAHDKN11KKGII, - - 1MIESMKNT W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SKO'Y DIItECTOHS: 0. H. DOBFLINdER. M. H. AIXEN. HENRY WILSON. C II. IIARDENDERQII. W. W. WOOD. SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 0, 11)01). REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT . Jnclgo Robert Von Moschzlskcr, of Philadelphia. AUDITOR GENERAL, A. E. SISSON, of Eric. STATE TREASURER, Jeremiah A. Stober, of Lancaster. JURY COMMISSIONER, W. H. BuUock. Believe In yourself; believe In everybody; believe In all that has existence. Do your best under every circum stance, and believe that every cir cumstance will give Us best to you. This Bryan and Bailey verbal scrap reminds one of Barnum & Bailey when they were amusing and fooling the people. If Peary and Cook continue to hold back the proofs of their discovery of the North Pole, the public will recommend that they bo given the third degree by the police. Uncle Sam's receipt for cleaning brass: One quart of common nitric acid, to one-half quart of sulphuric acid. Keep mixture in a stone Jar, . having a pailful of fresh water and a box full of sawdust. Don't croak. Leave that to frogs In stagnant pools. A few croakers though are necessary in every com munity to measure the rate of pro gress at which live men are advanc ing. The religious crank is up in arms because President Taft preached in the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City. He took a text from Proverbs and expounded a practical, common sense Christian talk. Bryan is again going to rock the Democratic boat as soon as all the presidential possibilities get aboard. He'll spill them all out and straddle the keel himself and then float around to another defeat. One of the secrets of success in character or attainment Is to ac quire the ability to practice persist ently those principles of thought and action on which they are founded, after the zest of newness is past, and repetition has made their performance common place and trival. The amendments which are to be voted on this next election meet the approval of every one excepting the professional politician, his chief ob jection is that there will be one less election each year and less oppor tunity for him to get his work in. These amendments will save the State at least half a million dollars and this of itself is justification enough for adopting them. Robert Ingersoll held strange views on religion and immortality, but that he had a fine mind is at tested by the following expression, which may well be repeated often and again: "Make home the loafing place and playground of your chil dren and ten chances to one the feet that have tracked your floors with mud will not leave their footprints along the paths of vice and crime, and the sweet faces of your boys that have been such joy to you in their childhood will not adorn the rogues gallery; the little hand that has so often been preased to your lips will not push tho chips across the gambler's table; the chubby arms of your daughters, that have so of ten entwined your neck, will not be employed to embrace a street rowdy and the Hps not Tressed to those befouled with obscene language nor the wine that leads to shame." Wright for Governor? Former Congressman C. P. Wright of Susquehanna, .is being mentioned in some of the papers of northeast ern Pennsylvania, as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. This Mr. Wright is the same Mr. Wright mentioned in the application of C. P. Wright and others to the Public Service Commission to give electric and power Bervice to Port Jervis. Port Jervia Gazette. Vnluo of Discovery. Rear Admiral Melvlllo speaking of the discovery concerning the North Pole says: "For one thing it will put an end to the Arctic fad. The only use to which tho discov ery could bo put would bo scientific. If tho exact point of the north polo has been located it would bo possible to send a party of scientists there, and by erecting a pendulum and measuring its movements, and later removing the same pendulum to the equator for similar measurement there, the exact weight of the earth could bo computed. The attraction of the earth to heavenly bodies and vice versa would also be thereby determined." The Contest for Mayor of New York City Is Now On. The nomination of Otto T. Ban nnrd by the Republicans of New York for mayor and that of William J. Gaynor by the Democrats promise a hot light up to the very day of the November election. Mr. Bannard Is the fusion nominee, the commit tee of one hundred and the Citizens' Union indorsing him. Judge Gay nor also has more than the Tam many nomination behind him, for he Is also the candidate of tho poli tical body known as the Municipal Democracy. Mr. Bannard has been active in the councils of tho Repub lican party for years, but has never held any office except member of the school board. He is prominent in financial circles and Is a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt and President Taft. Judge Gaynor is a member of the Supreme court, which corre sponds to circuit and district courts in many of the states. Tidings of Prosperity. Homestead, Pa., Sept. 28. Tid ings of prosperity came from the mill section when it was announced that tho chests of sliver and gold brought out from Pittsburg banks contained the largest pay roll known in tho mills of tho United States Steel corporation and the Carnegie mills since prior to tho panic, two yeurs ago. To-day's pay amounted to over ?2G0,000. State Aid for Townships. If an act passed by tho last Gen eral Assembly and approved by the Governor on May 13, 1909, receives the attention it should, the average county road in Pennsylvania will be a very creditable thoroughfare after this year. The law, which makes many important changes in the administration of township af fairs, provides that road taxes be paid in cash, unless otherwise order ed by a majority vote at a municipal election, and that the State will pay each township for the improvement of its roads 50 per cent, of the amount of cash road taxes collected, not exceeding, however, ?20 for each mile of township road. Pro vision is further made that within six months after the passage of this act that is, before November 13 the supervisors of each township shall have measured the number of miles of road in their respective townships and shall have made their reports to the highway department. In this way the State has made a liberal offer to assist sparsely set tled townships that are burdened with a considerable road mileage that they could not afford in the past to keep In good condition, says the Easton Free Press. With this state aid, however, there can be no ex cuse in the future for ill-kept town ship roads, for the offer of the State is liberal to those townships where roads are more numerous than tax payers and in the case of the small but thickly populated townships the individual tax burden necessary to keep the roads in good repair is in significant. Burning of tho Old Grow Homestead On Saturday nicht. Sent. 25. near 12 o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Graham, who owns and occupies the old Grow homestead about a quarter of a mile north and who were on their wav home from Nicholson, discovered Are in the woodshed connected with the old Fred Grow home and gave the alarm. Mrs. W. P. Kellogg, a daughter of the late Frederick Grow, and her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Benedict, were In the house at the time. Mr. Kellogg was away. The inmates of the house escaped and about one-half of the contents were removed. There being no fire protection In the place the citizens could only stand by and see the valu able property go up in smoke. The loss is about ?10,000. The property was insured for ?E,000, 13,000 on building and ?2,000 on contents. Black & Stephens had the insurance. The building was one of the most elegant In finish and furnishing in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and was the homo of tho Honorable Galusha A. Grow, of national fame, for many years, and In which ho died about two years ago. Glenwood has had quite a num ber of big fires in its history, in cluding the tannery which burned twice, the large hotel which for many years was a popular summer resort, and the large mills which the Grows operated there. Also the large iron works which Charles W. Conrad conducted. With the exception of the mills and the hotel none were rebuilt, and the ho tel was let to rot down with the small exception of tho present Grange hall. Glenwood was once a very flourish ing town but the coming of the iron horse cast it aside and it is going to decay. Nicholson Examiner. Mrs. Gcorgo Marsh Dead. Mrs. George Marsh passed away at her home on West street Monday night last. Deceased was sixty-five years of age. Mrs. Marsh was born In New York City but lived In Wayne county a number of years, most of the time residing in Dyberry. She has been suffering from cancer of the stomach for some time and tho past six weeks her condition became critical. Besides her husband, she Is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. Fred Mann, of Scranton; Mrs. Klrt Brooks, Honesdalc; Miss Lizzie, at home; Enos, of Dyberry; Mrs. Warren Miller, of Oregon, and Fred and William, of Honesdalo; also three brothers, B. F. Dunn, of Scranton; F. H. Dunn and Jules D. Dunn of Dyberry. The funeral will be held Friday morning at ten o'clock with services at the house, Rev. A. C. Olver officiating. Inter ment will be made In East Dyberry cemetery. Death of a Nonagenarian. Mrs. Harriet S. Tuthill, aged 93 years and 11 months, died at the home of her son George, on Maple Avenue, Hawley, at 8:40 o'clock Tuesday morning, Sept. 28. The severe shock caused by a fall down a flight of stairs leading from the first to the second floor of her srin's home on Tuesday, Sept. 14, jiist two weeks before she died was the cause of death. Just how the accident occurred Is not known as she never recovered sufficiently after ths mis hap to give an Intelligent explana tion of how it happened. Up until the time of this accident Mrs. Tut hill enjoyed remarkably good health for one of her advanced years, and she retained all her faculties to a marked degree. Deceased was held In high esteem by all who knew her and has resided in Hawley or Its Immediate vicinity for over half a century. She was born in Sussex county, N. J., Oct. 29, 1815, and in 1834 left that place with her hus band for Honesdale. They passed through Hawley enroute to Hones dale and at that time the country hereabouts was a vast wilderness, and there was only one building on the site of the present borough and that was located at the Eddy. Mr. and Mrs. Tuthill came to Hawley from Honesdale In 1857 and she has since resided in this place or Its immediate vicinity. Deceased is survived by six children: Floyd Tut hill, of New York City; George, of Hawley; Mrs. Frances Shannon, of Palantlne Bridge, N. Y.; Mrs. Alva Hanners, of Baoba; Horace, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. S. Y. Ferguson, of Menands, N. Y.; also twenty-six grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren. The funeral was held from the home of her son George on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were con ducted by Rev. W. S. Peterson of the Presbyterian church. Interment was made in Walnut Grove ceme tery. Hawley Times. THE AMENDMENTS. They Are Published Each Week in The Citizen. The importance of the coming November election will be better understood by the voter when he is made to realize that in addition to the regular state and county tickets to be voted for, there are also ten proposed amendments to the state constitution upon which he Is invit ed to pass judgment. Some of these amendments are of great Import ance and should receive the careful attention of the voters. They have been thus outlined: "The first amendment provides that where a vacancy occurs, two months before a general election In November, In an office that Is filled by appointment by the governor, the office shall be filled at that election. At present If the vacancy occurs three months before election it is so filled. "The second amendment fixes the terms of tho auditor general and the state treasurer at four years each At the present time the state treas urer's term is two years and the auditor general's three years. The state treasurer and auditor general elected this year shall each serve three years and after that be elected for four years. "The third amendment changes the term of justices of the peace and of aldermen from five to six years. "The fourth amendment applies only to Philadelphia and fixes the term of magistrates from five to six years. "The fifth amendment changes the general election from annual to biennial, all to be held in the even numbered years. "The sixth amendment does away with all spring elections, abolishing them entirely, and all municipal elections will be held in November in odd numbered years. "The seventh amendment pro vides that election boards shall be elected biennially instead of an nually, "The eighth amendment provides that elections of state officers shall be held on a general election day, except when in either case, special elections may be required to fill un expired terms. "The ninth amendment changes the terms of all county offices to four years. "The tenth amendment fixes the terms of county commissioners and county auditors at four years, evi dently classifying them in the coun ty officers coming under the ninth amendment." Hold Up. A Tyler Hill man was held up at Hanklns one night last week by two robbers. He fired four shots at them and escaped with his life and property. One Bhot took effect and caused the holdup to groan with pain. The next morning an exami nation was made of the premises and blood was found on the ground. Another noticeable thing was the footprints. One Bhoe left tho print of a horse shoe, and thereby also hangs a tale. Two or three days before some one entered tho Italian shack at that place nnd exchanged shoes. One of the Italian's shoes had a horseshoe on the heel. The man who stole the shoes evidently Is the man who held up the Tyler Hill man. Anicrcan Achievements. An American invented the steam ship. An American invented the tele graph. An American invented the tele phone. An American invented the electric light. An American invented tho reaper. An American invented the sewing machine. An American laid wires under the sea. An American opened Japan. An American explored Africa. It just had to be an American who first reached the Pole. Syra cuse Post-Standard. Governor Johnson's Surgeons. Rochester, Minn., where Gover nor Johnson struggled In vain for life at the hospital of the Drs. Mayo, had less than 7,000 Inhabitants In the year 1900. It is about 60 miles south of St. Paul and In ordinary speech, a physician or surgeon lo cated lri such a place would be called a "country doctor." Possibly many persons in tho East have wondered why the Governor should have gone to such a small town for his operation, nnd It may be worth while to enlighten them. Hero Is a case Illustrating the fact that It Is not necessary for talented sur geons to locate In large cities If they are great enough to draw pati ents to them, no matter now far they may be from the centers of population. The Drs. Mayo, William and Charles H., brothers, stand very high in their profession. The elder has the degree LL. D. from the Univer sity of Toronto and the University of Maryland, and A. M. from the University of Michigan, and F. R. C. S. (Edinburg). He has always been the president of the American Medical association. The younger has an A. M. from Northwest Uni versity and has been president of the Minnesota State Medical associa tion. This is doing very well for "country doctors," who have never practised except in their little home town of Rochester, Minn. They established their own hos pital and to-day they draw patients from a radius of 1,000 miles. A Baltimore surgeon of excellent standing, who visited the Mayo es tablished a few years ago, is quoted as saying concerning them: "One of the reasons of their great success in keeping themselves al ways up-to-date Is that they al ways have from their earliest college days made It a point to spend three months of every year abroad or traveling In this country, visiting the principal, medical centers to get new ideas and keep themselves thoroughly up to the times. In this way, while they have no medical school attached to their hospital, they constantly review the work of others and so stimulate their own efforts. They always have 15 or 20 surgeons attending their operations to witness their work, and to these they extend the most courteous treatment. These men have com pletely swept away the common Idea that a medical man with great tal ents has the best field for them in a large city, and they remain in Rochester by preference. The rea son of this preference, as explained by one of these men, is that they be lieve they can do more and better work when relieved from all the obligations and consultations which would be required of them In a big city, to say nothing of the social du ties which would be Incumbent upon them. As It is now, they begin their operating at 8:30 in the morn ing and continue this until about 12 o'clock or later, and the afternoon Is devoted to lookng over the results of examinations made of patients by their assistants. When the day's work Is over they can go home and go to bed, and be fresh and ready for the next day's work. And they certainly do an enormous amount of work, enough to kill the best of surgeons In a large city, their average being about 10 major operations a day, and they often only stop for lack of beds in which to place the patients after opera tions." , , The Drs. Mayo are the sons of Dr. William W. Mayo, an English surgeon who served in the United States army and who settled in Rochester after his retirement from army life. These facts are of suffi cient Interest to place in the record' of Governor Johnson's case, since they demonstrate that the Gover nor of Minnesota had the very best of professional attendance and care, notwithstanding that a small and remote community has been the place where he went for treatment. Springfield Republican. Legal blanks at Tho Citizen office. A New York man was fined $2 the other day for calling a telephone girl a "Dutch Mutt," with several blank-te-blank trimmings. 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