The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, October 29, 1909, Image 2
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1000. A PEN8IONED PONY. Life of Ease For 28-Ycar-Old Trick Circus Horse. New York can boast or many pam pered pets, but down at Garden City there is one living In luxurious ease, the guest for life of a big hotel, with a Japanese valet to o.are for him, oven though he has not registered Blnco his arrival. This is Tom. the first trick pony of the now extinct Barnum & Bailey Circus, which at the uae of twenty eight years Is living as the guest ot the Garden City Hotel, pensioned for life by Robert Stlckney. The aged pony, according to Brook lyn Life, has not only n sumptuous box stall but a Japanese valet as well, who dally lends the uniintl out for its exercise, during which It is the re cipient of gifts and attention from a large circle of boy and girl friends. While advanced years have brought stiffness, the pony still attempts a few of Its old time tricks. Cipher Dispatches. The result of the Presidential elec tion of 1876 was long In doubt, and depended upon the electoral votes of four States South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Oregon. This entire number was needed by Mr. Hayes, the Republican candidate, while only one vote was necessary to secure the elec tion of Mr. Tllden. the Democratic candidate. While awaiting the result, many dispatches la cipher passed be tween Tildon and his friends relative to the States in dispute. They were translated and printed by a New York newspaper in 1877. and suggested at tempted bribery. The charges were investigated by a committee of Con gress, which declared that Mr. Tllden v".s not implicated in the affair. On October IS, 1878, Mr. Tllden published a card in which he publicly disclaimed knowledge of the dispatches. Blanks In the Matrimonial Lottery. "Cooking." said May Irwin, "Is a cure for nervous prostration. This euro is cheaper than a European trip. It commends Itself better to husbands, too. "For my part I like the kind of Woman who proferB the cooking to the travel cure. Deliver me from the kind of woman who is too big for her job. "Up near Irwin Island l know one ot these objectionable women. Her husband was going fishing the other day. He said bitterly: " 'My fishing trousars haven't a single button on them!' "'How fortunate," laid his wife. Now If you're drowned it will be so easy to identify your body, won't It, dear?' "'No,' the husband roared. 'For all the other chaps in the crowd are married, too!"' Oysters In Neck of Bottle. Thomas A. Barrett, of Pine street, has a curiosity in the form of an oys ter shell which grew Inside the neck of a broken bottle, the latter remain ing around the centre of the shell, which accommodated Itself to the un usual shape, while the ends continued to grow, fan shaped. He came upon it about six inches under the surface of the sand while clamming, the oys ter being alive at the time. The thin side of the shell has since been broken off, leaving the thick side in its original shape. The glass which forms the band around it was appar ently the neck of a pint flask. Inside of which the oyster grew perfectly round, the shell pressing so closely to the glass that It Is immovable. Prov idence Journal. The "Black Rice." It Is difficult to estimate how many of the Chinese have acquired the use of opium. Various estimates, accord ing to E. W. Thwlng, secretary of the International Reform Bureau, claim that a moderate figure would be be tween 10 and 20 per cent, of the malo population for 2 1-2 to 5 per cent, of the total population. It is said that in some places 80 per cent, of the adult males use opium, and at least one-tenth of the women. Before the present anti-opium campaign begun there were over a thousand registered opium dons in the city of Koo Chow alone. The Chinese often call opium the "black rice." ANDREWS SOUNDS NOTE OF WARNING Republicans Told of Danger 01 Over-Confidence. DEMOCRATS ON STILL HUNT Ing election. Next year we must elect Governor Stuart's successor and othei state ofllclals, a new legislature that will elect Senator Oliver's successor, and a congressional delegation. A re duced majority in November would not only bo a backward step; It would encourage tho Democracy and inspire it with hope ot success in 1910. "Tho Republican party in Pennsyl vania has never been in better con dition than it is today. But, as'l have said, it is necessary that every Re publican do his duty on Nov. 2." What She Did with the Scum. rate clerk in tho Sarta Fo gen eral offices in Topeka. Kan., recently bru-ight a brldo from oan Francisco. SI.- had never kept house and knew ln.t llttlo about things in the kitchen. A mw mornings ago she got after the milkman. "What is the matter of your milk?" said sho with great vehemence. "I don't know," ho replied. "What di you find wrong with It?" "Well," said she, "every morning it is covered with a naaty slimy, .vol low scum." "And what do you do with the s -n?" "Why, I skim it off, of course, and throw it in tho garbage." Doubtful Devotion. A certain small boy who lives in a historic town along the Hudson, views the Decoration Day doings there with mingled emotions. When the profes sions of school children go to iho cemetery with their wreaths and gar lands ho has been known to weep with chagrin because his family boasts no grave of "their very own" to trim. Last year he reserved his tears till bedtime, when he sniffed back the threatened flood to kiss his mother good-night. "Never mind, ma ma," he sobbed on her shoulder, 'I'll rwait as patiently as I can. I'd ntver put flowers on yours and dnddy's feraves, anyway, than on any ono Seeking Complimentary Votes Foi Nominee For Supreme Bench ano Banking Upon a Small Poll by Ma Jority Party. Special Correspondence. Philadelphia. Oct. 2G. Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair man of the Republican state commit tee, today sounded a note of warning to tho Republicans of Pennsylvania. Ho made it clear that he expects every Republican voter in this state to do his duty on Nov. 2. With election day only about one week off tho state chairman Insists that there must he a lining up of the Republican forces In every county If the Republican ticket is to be elected, as it ought to be, by an overwhelming majority. Since early In September Chairman Andrews, from tho head quarters of the Republican state com mittee in this city, ha been directing an aggressive campaign. Not that the Republican ticket is In danger; it is not. But many Republicans of Penn sylvania frequently tnko Republican success for granted and make no espe cial effort to go to the polls. It was this danger of over-confidence that Colonel Andrews had In mind to day. "Pennsylvania Is the banner Repub lican state; we have the votes, and to poll the right kind of majority It Is only necessary for the voters to cast their ballots," said the chairman. ".Many Republicans In an off-year like this, when there Is no particular ex citement, proceed upon tho theory that the rest of tho party will vote and thus Insure the election of tho ticket. Now it Is an aclom of warfare that an army must constantly be on guard. I want to warn Iho Republicans of this state against the 'last card' In politics. They should see that Democratic ef fort does not threaten Republican suc cess. "Tho Republican party has a splen did ticket. A better one has never been offered tho people of Pennsylva nia. A. E. Slsson and J. A. Stober are able and experienced men; they have records that commend them to the people, and they are public spirited citizens. They will contribute their full share to a continuance of good government in this commonwealth. The Judicial Canvass. "Judge Robert von Moschzlskor will make a groat supreme court justice. He has a splendid record as a com mon pleas pudge; he is known to the lawyers of the . state as one of the ablest members of tho Pennsylvania bar, and he has the confidence of all of the people. Not a syllable has been uttered against him since his nomination. His qualifications for the supreme bench are conceded by every body. Ho ought to bo elected by a tremendous majority. His Democratic opponent, Mr. Munson, Is presenting this state with a spectacle It has never before witnessed. He Is the only can didate for a high judicial office, who, in his eagerness for election, has so far overlooked tho proprieties as to make a personal and compromising campaign for votes. Ho Is now on a campaign tour, meeting the voters and making what are nothing more nor loss than ordinary stump speeches. In Willlamsport he maintains a large lit erary bureau, which has sent out thousands of documents and letters, in which he asks the voters to sup port him as a non-partisan candidate. He has adopted the endless chain sys tem of letter writing and by this means hopes to reach every voter In tho state. The old-fashioned Idea that judi cial office should seek tho man and not the man seek tho office manifestly has no place In the Democratic candidate's plan of politics. I do not bollovo many Republicans will entertain for a mo ment tho proposition that they vote I for a Democratic candidate for the su- preme court. "Mr. Munson's conduct In tho cam paign Illustrates his conception of tho dignity of the highest judicial tribunal in this commonwealth. Judge von Moschzlsker has taken no part what ever In tho campaign. He has asked no ono to voto for him. Ho will take his scat on the supremo bench with out having violated Its sacred tradi tions. National and State Issues. "As I have repeatedly said, the elections in Pennsylvania this year aro of national importance. A failure of the Republicans of tho Keystone Stato to score a handsome majority would be accepted by tho low tariff revision ists of tho middle west as evidence that our people aro not particularly In terested In tho protective system. "A reduced majority will furnish an Impetus to agitation for a lowering of tho tariff rates. Pennsylvania is sat isfied with tho new tariff law because It is bringing prosperity. It should be the first state to record its indorse ment of that legislation. "Thor.e Is another and very sound reason why the Republicans of the Keystone State should poll an unpre cedented off-year majority at the com- CHEAP POLITICS IN JUDICIAL FIGHT Democratic Aspirant For Su preme Bench Condemned. CAMPAIGN TRICKS TO REACT PENSION EXPERIMENT. Interesting Plan Being Tried by a Mercantile Concern. A large mercantile company, which has branches in nine of our cities, has put Into effect an employo'a old age pension system, which Is an interest ing experiment. To this the employes themselves contribute nothing, but all are ellglblo at sixty years ot age If they have served tho company for 20 years. Provision, too, is made for those who, at any age, are incapaci tated for work after 20 years of ser vice. Tho amount of a pension is based upon the salary of an employe. The salary llgured on is the aver- ago salary during the live years pte- cedlng retirement, and tho pension amounts to one per cent, of this, mul tiplied by the number of years of scr- Ice. Thus, a man whoso salary is $2,000 a year, upon retiring after 25 years' service, will receive a pension of $500. Tho smallest pension paid Is 300, the largest ?1,000; so that the system strongly favors those who have received small or moderate sal aries and who, unable to save as they have gone along, have looked forward to old ngo with consternation. World's Work. Unprecedented and Undignified Course of Candidate For Highest Court In the Commonwealth Severely Criti cised. Special Correspondence. Harrlsburg, Oct. 26. Tho visit here last week ot C. La Rue Munson, the Democratic nominee for tho supreme bench, on his cam paigning tour or tho stato, gave mem bers of the bar and others an oppor tunity of verifying the reports regard ing Mr. Munson's political methods and his utter disregard of tho proprieties and complete lack of appreciation of the dignity of tho office to which he aspires. No candidate for ward constable could do moro than has been dally ex hibited by this aspirant for a seat In the highest court of the common wealth. Upon his visit here Mr. Munson made his headquarters at one of the hotels. He evidently expected a num ber of tho Republican members of the bar to at least call upon him. but In this he was sorely disappointed. His coming had been heralded In advance nnd every effort possible was made by Democratic politicians who aro engi neering the canvass for Mr. Munson to persuade Republican members of the legal profession to "pay their respects" to the gentleman from Willlamsport. Republicans Wideawake. But Republicans were not caught napping. They did not give the Demo cratic candidate an opportunity to ex ploit his "non-partisan" campaign game, and they left him alone with his Democratic contingent, which was but a corporal's guard. An enormous sum of money Is being spent to promote Mr. Munson's candi dacy. Whore It Is coming from Republi cans can only surmise. The fact that Mr. Munson has among his clients a number of powerful cor porations has been accentuated since he started out on his hunt for votes, and tho mails have been flooded with tons of expensive campaign Uteraturo exploiting hl3 candidacy and attacking his Republican opponent. Misleading post cards give a map of Pennsylvania, so marked as to create the Impression that tho incumbents on tho supreme bench come from but a small section of tho state, have been circulated by the thousands. If upon these very maps lines are drawn from north to south It will be shown that the state will be blocked off so that every section will have a representa tive on the supremo court. Cheap Game to Catch Votes. Justices of the supreme court are not representatives of counties or dls trlcts. Each justice represents tho whole state, and local lines havo noth Ing to do with it. It would be just as reasonable and just as correct to argue that a mucl larger portion of the commonwealth has no representation In the executive branch of tho state government. There Is but ono governor, and of necesslt he resides In ono of tho slxty-nlno counties. Shall it then bo argued that tho other sixty-nlglit counties have no representation In the office of tho gov emor? The friends of Mr. Munson ought to call in those campaign docu ments. They may do him harm by giv Inc tho Impression that ho Is makln his canvars on the platform tf local repreesntation In the supreme court This would bo both illegal and lllog leal. But nttempts to catch votes by such tactics simply emphnslzos tho undlgu fled and puerile character of the can vass being made by Mr. Munson and his political associates. In tho selection of men for tho su premo bench geographical consldor atlons are of minor momont. Men of judicial temperament, of knowledge of the law, of known char acter and Integrity and of keen appre elation of the dignity of tho high of fice and of Its grave and serious re sponslblltles aro wanted by tho peo ple Judge Robert von Moschzlsker, the Republican nominee, is Just such a man. As a loyal and patriotic citizen, as an able lawyer and as a tried and ca pable Judge, ho has shown his fitness for tho honorable position for which he has been named. His attitude in absolutely holding aloof from the political campaign has been the subject of favorable comment upon every hand, when contrasted with the political campaigning of his opponent Few Women Vote Who Have Right. There are 005,906 women In Eng land and Wales qualified to vote for members of county councils; 2G5.8G2 women to 4Vote for county borough councils, and 137,324 women are quali fied to vote for non-county borough councils These totals have just been completed and they are being used as an argument against the suffragists. Thoy provide a strong argument, too, for the women who exerclso their franchise privilege form only a trifling fraction of tho total. These qualified oters show the Indifference which It Is charged the average woman woa'.d how were she to have an unresisted ballot. There are many boroughs in England in which the women might wield tho balance of power, but they exert no influence as they do not go to the polls. This is the first time the noses of the women voters in Eng land have been counted, and the com pleted lists, contrasted with the scat tering votes nctually cast, mean one of the hardest blows the suffragist cause has received since it became a live issue several years ago. May Soon Breathe Again. We are living In an era of expan sion in more ways than one. For in stance, now, from some indefinite source (you never can tell where to lay the blame, or eke tho credit for such things), comes the news that the dlrectoiro gown is to yield even the scant space It occupies, and to pass from sight to memory. In .ts place our sidewalks and street car seats aro to bo crowded with more voluminous skirts. The inhabitants of these costumes, freed from fash- Ion's policy of repression, will like wise expand to more normal condl Hons nnd comfortable sighs. Indian apolis News. Tuberculous Children. In tho cities of New York and Boston there are, according to special com missions which recently Investigated the subject, over 30,000 children In theso two cities alone that have tu berculosis. On the basis of these and other investigations it is estimated by certain authorities that there are nearly 1,000,000 school children in the United States to-day who will prob ably die of tuberculosis before they havo reached tho age of IS. This would mean that the public is paying annually about $7,500,000 for tho edu cation of children who will die before thoy reach tho age of IS. Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, and 'which has boon i In nso for over 80 years, has homo tho Bignatnro of ' . - and haa been mado under his por- Sv jCt777s Sonal supervision Blnco its Infancy. uzsyji 4CtCAM Allow no ono to dccolvo you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" aro bufc Experiments that triflo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. 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"Ma wants two pounds of butter ex actly like what you sent us last. If It ain't exactly like thot sho won't take It," said the small hoy. The grocer turned to his numerous customers and remarked blandly: "Some people In my business don't like particular customers, but I do. It's my delight to serve them what they want. I will attend to you in a moment, llttlo boy." "Be sure to get the same kind," said the boy. "A lot of pa's relations is visiting at our house and inn doesn't' want 'em to comn again." --Tit-Illts. EVERY DOLLAR of which must be ost before any dopositor can lose a PENNY. It has conducted a growing nnd successful business for over i$5 years, serving an increasing number of customers with iidcelity and satisfaction. Its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All of these things, coupled with conservative management, insured by the CAKKFUL l'KltSONAL ATTENTION constantly Riven the names iuinirs nyn noiaoiyame isouru 01 Directors assures tne patrons ot that SUI'IIEMK SAFETY which Is the .prime essential of a good Kank. Total Assets, $2,733ooo.oo V. 1!. HOI,MI A. T. SHAH r.E, T.Ii. OLA UK tesT DEPOSITS MAY BE MADE BY MAIL. DIRECTORS CIIAS.J. SMITH, II. J.CONIiKK, V K. SUYDA.M. v. i kimblk II. S. SALMON Daily Law of Attraction. Tho attractions of men to women and women to men aro full of tho most perplexing inconsistencies and contradictions imaginable. It is, for instance a physical law that magne tism is not simple attraction of ono thing for another, but tho dlfferonco of two opposing forces of attraction and repulsion, of which the former is tho greater. The samo law holds in relation to tho attract Ion of men and women for each other, in which, as a rule, tho masculine is tho superior force. T. P.'s Weekly. London. TEN CENTS SAVED every day will, in fifty years, grow to $0,504. TWENTY CENTS SAVED daily would in fifty years amount to $19,006. Tho way to accumulate money is to save small sums system atically and with regularity. At .'(per cent, compound interest money doubles itself in 23 years and HH days. At 0 pur cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 1127 days. If you would save 50 cents a day, in 50 years you would have $47,520. If von would save $1.00 a day, at, the end of 50 years you would havo $95,042. Makes a Living, as Pawning Agent. A woman who appeared in a Lon don police court tho other day was de scribed as a "pawning agent." She makes her living by pawning things for her neighbors, who pay her a com mission becnuso thoy believe sho can securo larger loans than they could. Good Knowledge for Divers. 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