rmx orrnosN, pridav, nov. is, 1m. CORSET WEARERS SQUEEZED TIGHTER Garment or Near-Garment or Strait-jacket or Whatever It Is Will Not Have Laces Free ST3PPIN6 CUSTOM CAUSES ROW Women Argue That You Would not Buy a Pair of Shoes Without the Laces and They are a Part of the Corset. Philadelphia. "Is a corset without laces a complete garment?" Is a ques tion the solving of which has caused a bitter controversy between wholesala and retail dry goods merchants and the Corset Manufacturers' Associa tion. The manufacturers contend that It la. The wholesalers and retailers say that It Is not. Women customers declare that the contention is absurd. Their husbands wish that such wore, the case. And so the contention runs merrily on. It originated with the stopping of the supply of laces with corsets by the manufacturer when the follow ing resolution was adopted by the Corset Manufacturers' Association: "Resolved, That the use of corset lacings in the boxing of corsets be discontinued by all members of the association, and they be not furnish od gratis or sold below cost to any merchant, except that in cases where because of the peculiar construction of the corset lacing must of necessity be an integral part of the corset, such lacings may be permitted." When this was received by the cor net distributors a storm of protest arose and the manufacturers were in undated with letters voicing the indig nation of the retailers. "You would not buy a pair of shoes without the laces. They are an inte gral part of the shoe. It is the same with corsets. No woman will buy a corset unless the lacings are furnish ed," wrote one of the retailers. The manufacturers retorted in kind. It a man bought a shirt, they said, he did not expect collar buttons, a collar and a necktie to go with it, although the garment was not complete without thjse accessories. . Also, that when ho bought a pipe he did not expect the tobacconist to fill It with tobacco. Women had got into the habit of expecting too much, they contended, and It was time to call a halt With tho introduction of the now style cor set ten yards of lacing is required whereas with the former models three yards was sufficient to confine the most corpulent figure. This increase in the length of the lacing meant an additional outlay o from ?3,000 to ?5, 000 by each manufacturer. At a meeting of the association when the matter was discussed it was decidedly to drop the lace altogether, and Incidentally a saving of $300,000 a year was made by the corset manu facturers of this city. "We used to furnish a cheap luce costing fifty cents a gross," said George C. Balcheller, "but with the advent of the new straight front cor set it became necessary to supply a linen lace 10 yards long. The cos of 'this would make profit impossible on the cheaper grades of corsets. In the end the women who buy get the bene fit because they buy a good quality lace and are not In constant fear of having their corset lacing break. "Wo cannot afford to restore the laces without Increasing the price of the garment." It is upon the women that tho re tallers place their chief reliance to win the fight for the restoration of the laces. COERCION IS HUBBY'S RIGHT. Therefore He's to Blame If Wife Over- speeds Auto, Says Court. Boston. Although his wife, Marie Stanley, was driving, William J. Stan ley of Boston and New York, who was In her auto as It sped at thirty five miles an hour, was fined $20 in the Chelsea District Court by Judge Bosson. Mrs. Stanley, on the witness-stand admitted the car was going fast, but the Judge ordered her case dismissed "The presence of the husband in the car," he said, "renders his wife subject to his control and coercion, so that I a'ceept the plea of Mrs. Stan ley and Impose the fine on Mr. Stan ley." BACTERIA BUTTER NOW. Old and Inferior Brands Are Made to Equal the Fresh Product. Mlddletown, Conn. Bacteria that will turn old and inferior brands of butter into a product which tastes like the finest of June butter is the discov ery Professor H. W. Conn, of the bac teriology department at Wesleyan University, announces. This will help dairymen, as the pro duct will be healthful and extremely desirable. When Professor Conn an nounced several years ago that he had discovered bacteria that would lm prove butter, farmers laughed at him but now all are using the bacteria. County Fairs for Indians. Washington, D. C It la intended tt ihold a county fair annually on ever; Indian reservation. Horse racing will ba a feature, but betting will be dls-Wwvujed. FINOS HIS LOST BROTHER "Mother Worrying for You Six Ycaral" Cries U. 8. Offlolal Meeting Man In Bowery. New York, N. Y. 06 much like a bit from an old-fashioned melodrama was an incident In the Bowery that If the scene had been put on a stage the critics would have sneered. Judge Craln heard about it in General Ses sions later In the day when Joseph Miller and Abraham Wiener were ar raigned, charged with burglary. As Miller and Wiener, handcuffed to three detectives, were led into tho courtroom a well dressed man walked behind, looking sadly at Miller. When the prisoners were committed to tho Tombs the stranger wept. He was Miller's brother, a trusted official in the service of the United States Gov ernment. Years ago he and Joseph were boys together on a farm up State. Angered at a fancied Insult, Joseph ran away from homo, and un til this meeting had not been seen or heard of by his relatives. Detectives Duggan, Klnsler and O'Farroll arrested Miller and Wiener Just after midnight in a room at No. 405 East Eighth street. The two had been indicted by the Grand Jury on the charge that they had robbed the loft of a cloakmaker, Herman Schloss, at No. 37 East Twentieth street De tectives and prisoners, on the way to Police Headquarters, wore at Fourth street, and the Bowery when a stran ger, who had been eyeing Miller intent ly, walked up to him and slapped him on the back. "Hello, Joe," he shouted. "Where have you been for six. years? Father and mother are sick from worrying about you." Miller, who had stopped with a Jerk, turned away as if to ignore the questioner. Detective O'Farrell ask ed what the stranger wanted. "This is my brother," was the re ply. "I want him to come home." O'Farrell explained the situation. The grief-stricken brother followed the party to headquarters. There he was Informed that Millor and his com panion would be arraigned in General Sessions and he went thither In ad vance. After the hearing the good brother stepped up to the bad one and asked: "What can I tell mother and father?" The prisoner turned and said In a low voice: "Don't tell the folks you saw me. That's all." SUGGESTS SUICIDE MACHINE. But Preacher Explains He Is Quoting Disciple of Ibssn. Washington, D. C. "Drop a penny in the slot and get a ticket to the oth er world" might be the Inscription on a machine that iu Uigosletl by the Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie of Baltimore. Dr. Guthrie was talking on 'Calvin ism" at the closing session of the synod of Baltimore In the Metropoli tan Presbyterian Church. Coming at the close of a plea for a wholesome, enthusiastic Interest in life was the sentence: "Life has become so mean ingless and so useless to some that I advocate the, setting up of a suicide machine where oho can deposit a cent and be killed easily and respectably." Baltimore. Md. When the Wr-h- lngton dispatch reporting the Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie of this city as advo cating suicide machines In an address at the national capital was shown to him he said he had been misunder stood. "In attacking pessimism," said Dr, Guthrie, "I referred to Ibsen and said that Archer, his disciple, had seriously suggested suicide machines. I was showing how 'Calvanlsm' is tho anti dote for such pessimism as represent ed by Ibsen and Archer et al." "COME FLY WITH ME." Prof. Harrlgan Talks of the Aero plane as a Vehicle of Elopement. Orange, N. J. Prof. James G. Har rlgan of New York startled a gather ing of 100 officers and teachers of the North Orange Baptist Church Sunday school when he told them that the advent of the flying machine has add ed to the facilities for elopment. The professor devoted most of the evening to a review of the history of aviation, going back to the early days of the balloon. Winding up his speech with a cursory sketch of . what the present year had brought forth, he said: "And now we may look for real de velopments. To-day we see the lover calling on his girl in an automobile. That device helped elopements, but how infinitely greater are the future opportunities when a few brief turns of the propeller will carry the fugi tives out of sight in the night or tho clouds, leaving no trace behind!" LOVED WIFE; DISLIKED HER. Minister Makes This Explanation In Trial of His Suit. Boston, The. Rev.. William. A. Thurston gave some original com ments on the marital voyage he seeks to end. He is the minister who be came a stock broker because he says his wife's extravagance was too great for his salary. CharleB Thurston, his adopted brother, is named as co-respondent. "You loved her then??" was asked. "Well, yes, but I didn't like her." Couple Greet 23d Child. Wilkesbarre, Po. Mrs. Kate Val lone, of Plttston, presented to her husband their twenty-third child, a boy, who weighed sixteen pounds. There havo now been fifteen boys and eight girls, and of these ten boys and three girls are now alive. Vallone li fifty-one years old and his wife forty-seven. CAT LIKES SNAKES. Prefer Serpent Diet to Rodents, Milk or Meat. "St Patrick," a monster maltese cat which hunts and oats snakes, Is tho latest freak of nature In this vicinity. Ho belongs to Francis H. McGovern, roadmaster of Lower Oxford town ship, and won his name because, like the patron saint of Ireland, he has driven reptiles out of the neighbor hood. This cat lives almost exclusively on serpents. Rats and mice are never touched by this epicurean feline. Dur ing the past week he is known to have caught eleven snakes of various sizes and varieties, none of them poisonous. Ho has even caught and killed a four foot blacksnake, and Snaky Spring, which gained its name from the fact that it was Infested with watersnakes, has been cleaned out Oxford (Pa.) Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean. Roman Waterworks Still Used. The town committee of Szamosvar, Hungary, has decided to utilize the remains of the thousand year old wa ter mains and reservoirs which have remained since tho Romdn occupa tion. The water mains were discov ered by Professor Ornsteln, an arch aeologist who states that the great reservoir and the extensive canalB served as the water supply of a large late Roman military camp Congrl castrum. Tho great reservoir lies on a high hill near the town. The dirt which has collected in the basin and mains during many centuries has been removed, and now it is almost Incredible that they should be a thou sand years old. The medical officer of the town has declared the water basin and tho mains to be fit for use. American Stature Increasing. Measurements by scientists bring out the Interesting fact that the Amer ican college athlete of to-day is a much larger man than his father was, and is constantly growing. The aver age height of the Yale athlete to-day Is an inch and a half more than it was five years ago; he is 22 pounds heavier with three Inches more chest development and 42 cubic inches mor.e lung capacity; the aver ago height of the Yale athletes is now 5 feet 9.9 inches, and their weight ex actly 170.5 pounds. At an examina tion of Harvard athletes Prof. Sargent found that they were an Inch taller and from four to five pounds heavier than were the students of 80 years ago. Chicago News. Living Expenses In India. The increased co3t of living In In dia generally and in Calcutta particu larly, writes our correspondent Is se verely felt not only by European but also by Indians. House rent in -recent years has trebled and even quad rupled. Ten years ago a family of half a dozen persons could live in fair comfort for 200 a year, excluding extras. With nothing less than 500 can one live In the same way now. This is recognized by the government, and the salaries of subordinate offi cials have been revised. Domestic servants' wages have Increased enor mously. A good cook cannot be had for less than 40 a year, whereas half that sum was considered suffici ent ten years ago. Unfair Political Advantage. "Gerrymandering," In United States politics. Is an arrangement of polltl cal divisions in disregard of natural boundaries, as indicated by geography or position, so as to give one party an unfair political advantage. It is done sometimes by throwing the greatest possible number of hostile voters into a district which Is certain to be hos tile, sometimes by adding to a district where parties are equally divided some place in which the majority of friendly votes Is sufficient to turn the scale. Whetstones and Hones. The particular classes of stone used in sharpening edge tools, such as raz ors, knives, scythes, etc., are hard, compact, and so very sillcious that they readily wear down the hardest steel. They are varieties of slate, do- rived from agrlllaceous schists of the Paleozoic. These stones are found in Turkey, Bohemia, Persia, and the Hartz Mountains, in Styrla, in the United States, Spain, Peru and Si beria. One of the best American Btones for hones comes from Arkan- Caught Three Tons of Moths. An electric light trap to end the caterpillar plague by destroying the brown nun moths that lay the eggs from which the caterpillars are hatch' ed has been devised and placed in suc cessful operation at Llttau, Germany. The trap consists of two large and powerful reflectors placed over a deep receptacle Into which the moths are drawn by exhaust fans. The first night three tons of moths were caught The World's Coal Production. The coal production of the world in 1907 was 1,209,200 short tons, of which amount the United States fur nished 480,400,000 tons, Groat Britain 300,000,000 tons and Germany 226,- 800,000 tons. Keep Record of Trees. There are 85,840 trees in Paris and each tree has its lot number, ago, his tory and condition recorded In the books at the City Hall. The appro priation for this department is $90,- 000 a year. Run Inrfuatrv Safe. The great earthquake which de stroyed sixty villages and cities in Persia, says a Kansas City paper, will hardly affect the Oriental rag indus try oi New aagiaaa. RAILWAY SIGNAL 8CHO0L8. Apprentices Take Three Year Course In Block Signals. The Pennsylvania Railroad has es tablished signal schools on the di visions of its line oast of Pittsburg to train men for the signal service of the system. This is duo, says the Bookkeeper, to the rapid growth of block signaling which is In use along these lines. There are some 12,408 signals east of Pittsburg, covering 2,385 miles of road. Tho railroad has appointed six sig nal apprentices who will be trained as engineers to direct and plan signal Installations. Apprentices in these schools will serve a three years' course. The first year will be given to mechanical work with the repair and construction gangs, the second year will find them in the office of the supervisor of signals, and the third year will be devoted to outside work on electric and electro-pneumatic ap pliances. Missionaries of the 8udan. 'Missionaries wherever they work have many difficulties to encounter and many hardships to contend with, but I doubt if there is any part of the earth where tho missionary has a harder time than In the Sndan," said Dr. A. C. Hudson of Los Angeles, who spent several months in that country. 'Despite the effort of tho Govern ment to stamp them out cannibalistic practices are still prevalent In the Sudan. The Government Is adopting strong measures to punish those re sponsible for such inhuman practices. 'The worship of their ancestors. witchcraft and the employment of witch doctors and fetich worship are among the obstacles that confront the missionary, but notwithstanding these and other difficulties the work of evangelization is producing encourag ing results, and In Africa to-day there ore more than 3,600,000 Christians." He Couldn't Lose It. All flushed and breathless, the well- dressed young man picked up the hat he had been chasing down the street and leaned against a lamp-post to rest Another, also breathing heavily, came running up and took the hat out of his hand. "I'm much obliged," he said. "For what?" "This is my hat" "Where's mine, then?" "Hanging behind you at the end of the string." Then for the first time the young man remembered his hat-guard. Suc cess Magazine. One of Those Foolish Questions. A certain man, of rather a waggish disposition, contends that his wife has no imagination. A writer in the Philadelphia Publlp Ledger tells why he thinks so. At dinner one night he chanced to mention a tragic circum stance which he had read in the even ing paper on the way homo. It seemed that a passenger on a transatlantic steamer had fallen over board in mid-ocean, and had never been seen again. "Was he drowned?" asked his wife. "Oh, no," answered the husband, but he sprained his ankle, I believe. Paper from the Okra Stem. From extended experiments that have recently been made at Macon Ga., It has been found that a fine grade of paper can be made from pulp prepared from the okra stem, and a plant for making paper from this source Is likely to be erected In that city at an early date. Okra is easily grown in the southern states, and could be produced in large quantities as a papermaking plant. The plant Is an herb belonging to the mallow family, genus hibiscus. Its botanical name is hibiscus esculentus. Limited Monarchy. A limited monarchy is one in which the power and prerogatives of the sovereign are limited by constitution al provisions or by custom recognized as law. The British empire is gov erned by a limited monarchy. A lim ited monarchy differs from an abso lute monarchy In that in the latter case the will of the monarch is abso lute and the sovereign Is limited by no constitutional barriers or regula tions. Bering Sea Volcanic Islands. The Bogoslofs are a group of three small volcanic islands in the southern part of Bering sea, and 37 miles north west of the island of Unalaska. One of these islands, Castle Rock, has been known since 1796; Fire Island has been known since 1883, while the third one, Perry island, rose from the sea about the time of the San Fran cisco earthquake, in 1906. According to a letter to Science, this island has now sunk. Meaning of Twins. The Standard Dictionary defines a twin as "one of two young produced at a birth; said of human beings and of beasts, and used mostly in the plural." It will thus be seen that "twins" means a pair that Is two and a "pair of twins" would mean four. One Worthless Without the Other. "Experience," said Uncle Eben, "may be a good teacher, but she's liable to make folks spend a heap o' valuable time stayln' after school, learnln' the rudiments of common sense." France Grows Its Own Wheat. Within the last two decades there have been only two years when the wheat crop of France did not cover tat borne msmm. W. B. HOLMES, Piuesident. A. T. SEARLE, Vice Pees. We want you to understand tlio reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY of this Bank. WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, 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 bo ost ii nas conauciea a growing ana successtui ousiness lor over HO years, serving an increasing number of customers with fldeelity and satisfaction. Its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All of these things, coupled with conservative management. Insured by the CAREFUL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly given the B.aJlk ? SR&A&Z S S0Jt?S!(R&ble Board of Directors assures the patrons of that SUPREME SAFETY which is the .prime essential of a good Hank. Total Assets, 86T DEPOSITS MAY -DIRECTORS CHAS.J. SMITH. H.J. CONGER. W F. SUYDAk. W. n. HOJME8 A. T. SEARLE. T.B. CLARK. Ten Cents Daily TEN CENTS SAVED grow to $9,504. TWENTY CENTS SAVED daily would in fifty years amount to $19,006. The way to accumulate money is to savelsmall sumsjsystem atically and with regularity. At 3 per cent, compound luterest'money doubles itself, in 25 years and 164 days. At 6 per cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 327 days. If you would save 50 cents a day, in 50 years you would have $47,520 If you would save $1.00 a day, at the end of 50 years yon would have $95,042. Begin NOW a Savings Account at the THREE PEE CENT. INTEREST PAIBJ Money loaned to all Wayne counteans furnish ing good security. Notes discounted. First nior tgage on renl estate taken. Safest and cheap en w av to send money to foreign countries Is by drafts, to be bad at this bank. 9 HOUSEHOLD The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 80 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per- fj , Bonal supervision since its infancy. VZft S-eUotUli. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good" are bufc Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Expcrlenco against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotio substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Toothing Troubles, cure3 Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS 9 Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THI CKNTAUN COMPANY, TT MUM NAT BTNttT, NEW TONR CfTT. The Era of New Mixed Paints ! This year openj with 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 the unwary. THE ONIiYPIiAOEINUONESDALEpiiJI TftU'Q UlVXn DIINTC AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE " ufllL I UW O If! I A ELL) T AIR lt is JADWIN'S PHARMACY. There are reasons for tho pre-eminence of OHILTON PAINTS: let 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. i 4th Those who have used it are perfectly satisfied with it, an4 reoommead its use to others. H. S. SALMON, Cashier W. J. WARD, Abs't Oashikr before any dopositor can lose a PENNY. $2,733,000.00 BE MADE BY MAIL. P.P. KIMBLE H. S. SALMON every day will, in fifty years, Honesdale Dime Bank BANKS FREE. Signature of