THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1000.
THE CITIZEN
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B. B, HARDENBERGH, - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND 8KCV
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W. W WOOD.
FIUDAY, NOV. 10, 1000.
A wise woman once said that there
were three follies of men that always
amused her. The first was climbing
trees to shake the fruit down, when.
If they would wait long enough, the
fruit would fall Itself; the second
was going to war to kill each other,
when If they only waited they would
die naturally; and the third was that
they should run after the women,
when If they did not do so the women
would bo sure to run after them.
Here are a few testimonials fpr
patent medicine men: "I have been
unable to walk without crutches for
many years, but after using your
liniment I ran for office." "I lost
my eyesight four years ago. I used
a bottle of your eyo wash and I saw
wood." "I have been dumb ever
since I was married, but the other
day, after taking your remedy, I
had a speaking likeness taken at the
photographers." "Some time ago I
lost the use of both .arms. Shortly
after buying a bottle of your nerve
tonic I struck a man for ten dollars."
"I had been deaf for many years, but
after using your ointment I heard
my aunt had died and loft me ?10,'
000."
MEHCANTILE CANCER.
Recently In an adjoining town, the
sheriff was offering the goods and ac
counts of a merchant for what he
could get. The accounts amounted
to 11600, and were sold for less than
59. Why? Because they belong to
that class of people who never pay
an honest debt, nor expect to pay
one If they can help it. The prime
cause of this state of things is the
credit system. As the cancer is to
humanity so is the credit system to
the business world. Politicians are
quarreling about "Protection" and
"Free Trade," but if the system of
"pay as you go" could be impressed
upon the people of this country, It
would be a vastly greater benefit
than either. The credit system caters
to the morbid desire of a certain
class of people who live beyond their
means. It gives them a chance to
get everything they want; not what
they really wants but what they think
they want. Then there is a class of
people who lack moral stamina.
They never pay a book account, but
may pay cash when they can't get
credit. These human parasites are
the cause of more real suffering than
anything else under our government,
excluding whisky. The economy of
nature, perfect as it is, lacks one
thing a jumping-off place.
THE TIME TO ADVERTISE.
There is nothing on earth so mys
teriously funny as a newspaper ad
vertisement. The prime, first, last
and all the time-, object of an adver
tlsement Is to draw custom. It is
not, was not and never will be de
signed for any other human purpose.
So the merchant waits till the busy
season comes and his store is so
full of custom that he can't get his
hat off, and then he rushes to the
-.newspapers and puts in his adver
usemeni. vvnen tne dull season
gets along and there is no trade and
ho wants to sell goods so bad he can't
pay his rent he takes out his adver
tisement. That is, some of them
do, but occasionally a level headed
merchant puts in a bigger one and
scoops In all the business while his
neighbors are making mortgages to
pay the gas bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything
In the store if you planted a cannon
oehlnd the door and that's the
time the advertisement Is sent out
on Its holy mission. It makes light
work for the advertisement, for a
chalk sign on the sidewalk could do
all that was needed and have a half
holiday six days in the week, but
who wants to favor an advertisement?
They are built to do hard work, and
Bhould be sent out in dull days when
a customer has to be knocked down
with bard facts and kicked Insensible
with bankrupt reductions and drag
ged in with lrreslstable slaughter of
prices before he will spend a cent.
Write this down where you'll fall
over It evory day. The time to draw
business ia when you want business,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend to already.
Under the changed Constitution
the term of election officers will bo
two years, that of assessors, con
stables, school directors, councilmen,
supervisors and of all city and county
officers will be four years, and that
of Justices of the peace, will be six
years. County officers elected In
1907 and 1909 will each serve four
years, but those elected in 1908 will
serve only three years.
Appointed Trust Officer.
Russell Dimmlck, Esq., a product
of Honesdale, Mayor of Dalton, and
a prominent member of the Lacka
wanna bar, was this week appointed
trust officer of the Lackawanna
Trust and Safe -Deposit - Company..
Up to this time there has been no of
ficer, of the institution with the title
of trust officer, but that branch of
the business has so rapidly increased
of late that this addition to the work
ing force has become absolutely
necessary. So soon as Mr. Dimmlck
can close up his general law business
he will devote his whole time and at
tention to the affairs of the Lacka
wanna. Ho is a lawyer of high stand
ing at the bar and In the community
and is especially well informed along
the legal lines which will be most
useful in the performance of his new
duties. It is the general opinion
that under the management of Mr.
Dimmlck tho trust business of the
Lackawanna will increase more rap
idly than ever before.
Huppy Condition of Uusincss.
The prosperity of any community
or country is indicated, not alone by
the investments of the humble and
moderately well-to-do. We know,
perfectly well, that, when the labor
ing man, the artisan and tho mer
chant give out word and visible tok
en of being prosperous that it Is a
good sign and we never fall to re
joice thereat. There is nothing that
gives us more pleasure than to re
cord the fact that Thus and So have
bought a house and lot and have paid
for it; have enlarged their stores or
have branched out on new lines of
industry; It all shows that our peo
ple are laying up for themselves
treasures on earth that they have
earned, out of the sweat of their
brow. We pride ourselves on the
fact that, here In America, more
working men than can be found
elsewhere, the whole world over,
own their homes. Our workingmen
are thrifty, frugal, saving and indus
trious; they are the mainstay and tho
backbone of the nation, and we glad
ly yield to them our applause and
best wishes.
However, there is another indica
tion of prosperity In this country
that we must not fall to take Into
account, and we hereby take note of
it.
If the worklngman lis prosperous,
those he works for must also be
prosperous, else there will be no
such thing as prosperity and we
should be in sad case indeed.
Wo like to see the rich erowlne
richer because it inevitably means
that those who work for the rich
are also getting better off. In an
era of depression among those whom
we term as "the rich" there may also
be expected loss of work, lowered
wages and general shrinkage of em
ployment. When we see the wealthy
launching out In Investments and the
use of their money, then we may
look to see the laboring man also
prospering and profiting.
We are moved to thus express our
selves because it has Just come to
notice that more diamonds and other
precious stones were Imported into
New York during October than dur
ing any other Blngle month in the
history of the port. This informa
tion is given out by George Wana
maker, appraiser of the port.
The total appraised value of the
gemR imported in October was ?5,
132,189, compared with ?1, 988,689,
In October, last year. Two years
ago In the same month the precious
stone entries were valued at $2,041,
747. Last month's gem imports ex
ceeded those of last July when the
entries were appraised at $5,122,
957. The appraiser says that the
phenomenal importations of precious
stones are an indication of wide
spread prosperity in this country.
The report elves $85,272,859 ns
representing the total appraised value
oi an imported merchandise examin
ed last month. The total appraised
value for October, 1908, amounted
to $00,784439.09, the month of Oc
tober, 1909, showing an Increase of
approximately $24,500,000, exceed
ing tho figures of October, 1907, by
more than $17,000,000.
All this goes to show that those
who can afford to wear jowels and
travel about In automobiles are do
ing well and are on tho Increase.
This should be an Indication that tho
worker, tho man who works for
those thus able to travol and wear
Jewels, is being more and more em
ployed and getting better pay for
what he does.
At any rate, It is all an indication
of prosperity which we are glad to
take note of. If nrosnerltv affects the
employer, It also, of necessity, af-
rocts the employed.
Wo never see a rich man adding
to his riches but what wo think nf
his added capacity for giving em
ployment and better wages to those
whom ho has to employ to serve
him.
So all theso figures are nresnant
with hopeful (suggestions as to tho
futiirn. Tim Amfirlmn wnrklnsrmnn.
wo verily bolIeW was never better
off thnn tn.Anv and never hft.il hrln-ht.
er prospects for the future. Middle-
town ximes-f reset
Best Timo For Planting Trees.
"When Is the best timo of the
year. for. planting fruit trees like the
peach, apple and plum? If trees
are planted In the fall 1b it necessary
to hill them up over the bud?"
The above Information was re
quested of Prof. H. A. Surface, State
Zoollglst of Pennsylvania, by a man
residing in Franklin county, near the
Maryland lino, in a celebrated "fruit
belt." It is a sample of hundreds of
similar letters received within a few
weeks. The reply of Professor Sur
face was brlof and to the point, as
follows:
"I am well satisfied that apple,
pear and quince trees can be planted
In the fall with good advantage, and
I would prefer fall planting for such
kinds. However, in planting peach
and plum I' would as soon plant In
the spring, as early as the ground
can be put into proper order. Yet I
believe that fall planting of peach
and plum trees in your part of the
State and over the warmer portions
of Pennsylvania would be all right
and successful. It will be best to cut
them back well at planting, and I
think it would be advisable to
mound them up over the bud. If
they were so mounded they would
not be liable to be killed by every
severe winter freezing, and If they
were Injured, only the upper and
exposed part would be damaged, and
tho remainder could be left to grow
a new top, which it would do very
nicely. Cherry trees should be plant
ed early In the spring the earlier
the better."
The Lazy Worm.
Tho disease, the laziness, lack of
ambition, anaemia, or whatever you
choose to call It which has for so
many years afflicted the people of the
South known as 'Crackers," or "Poor
Whites," as well as a great deal of
the indolence of the southern negro
is now laid to a disease bred In the
human system by a minute parasite
called the "hookworm," belonging to
the breed of worms known as uncin
arlnae. The worms breed In the
soil, and are fostered by pollution of
the soil. They either enter into the
human system by boring their way
through the skin or else by being
eaten with uncooked vegetables or
lnbibed with unwholesome drinking
water. Once Inside the body, these
little parasites fasten themselves on
the walls of the intestines, sucking
the blood and thus lowering the vi
tality and energy of the victim.
In some parts of the South there
are, as we have known a great many
years, large numbers of clay or dirt
eaters. It Is believed that these peo
ple have perpetuated the disease by
eating the small worms, with the
clay they have have consumed. Also
It is thought that the parasite has
gotten into the body from the habit
of so many of the poorer classes
the ,, South going barefooted, tb,e
worms burrowing their way into the
flesh of the feet; indeed one stage
of the malady Is known as "foot
itch" from the irritation caused to
the foot during the boring process
of the worms. It is noticeable too,
that the worms must have a hot or
semi-tropical climate to live In; cold
kills them at once. They never could
live in the northern states.
But, at any rate, this attributable
cause of southern anaemia has beeji
definltel ylocated by pathologists who
have made a study of the malady,
and It is proposed now to take up a
systematic fight against It. To help
carry on this warfare, John D. Rock
efeller has given the sum of a mil
lion dollars, which will be utilized
by a commission appointed to make
further investigations, suggest and
employ remedies and inculcate sani
tary and hygenic methods of life.
Soli pollution, which, In the first place
breeds the worms, will be stamped
out if possible.
The enconomlc loss entailed by the
presence of this morbid condition is
enormous. In the state of South
Carolina alone It is said that $30,
000,000 a year will not cover the
direct financial loss Induced by this
ailment, which devitalizes the adult
and produces an undeveloped and
puny progeny, whose mental weak
ness is about commensurate with its
physical lassitude. The disease is
common in tho cotton mills and other
factories of the South, but, of course,
It Is more prevalent among the farms
and plantations, with the .poorer
classes and farm laborers.
The commission proposes to invite
co-operation on the part of. southern
Boards of Health and also to inaugu
rate a campaign of education. It
will Insist that landlords and proprie
tors take every means available to
stop the pollution of the soil, and
that these who are at present af
fected, shall at once be treated by
known cheap and easily available
medicines. In this connection, it Is
stated that thymol (derived from
that common garden herb, thyme),
with Epsom Salts will kill the worms
and drive them out of the body. The
southerner at present resorts mostly
to alcohol and patent medicines hav
ing alcohol as a principal constituent.
Bishop Chandler, of Georgia, re
sents this proposition to, as he calls
It, "spend a million dollars to cure
the southern people of laziness," and
he querulously refers to Mr. Rocke
feller's donation as "a million-dollar
vermifuge fund." But his exagger
ated notions we are sure will not be
shared by the progressive and en
lightened Southron generally, who
on the contrary, will welcome any
thing designed to abolish this gener
al languor and, at the same time
build up tho South educationally, in
dustrially and financially, Middle
town Times-Press.
Advertise la the CIUmb.
Air as Fuel for Autos.
William Matrolis, of New Phila
delphia, Pa., claims to have invent
ed an automobile that runs without
fuel, generating Its power of propul
sion from the air while tho machine
is in motion. For three years Ma
trolls haB been working on the prob
lem behind closed doors, and an
nounced that he has perfected his
Invention. The car, he explains,
gathers its power from the air
through the application of new me
chanical principles. His invention,
he says, will revolutionize the auto
mobile Industry.
Football Reform.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has this
to say about transforming football
from a rough game to that of a real
mild, tame game:
"While West Point has given up
football for the remainder of the
season because of the fatal Injury to
a member of its team, the game will
bo resumed next year. Recent ac
cidents have given the football
critics renewed opportunity to de
nounce the game, but their argu
ments lack force. Of course foot
ball is not marbles and It Is not In
tended for weaklings, but under
proper management It has its value.
But It is evident that there is still
room for reform. A few years ago
an attempt was made to reduce and
develop open playing. The effort
failed. Yet every football expert
knows precisely how the mass forma
tions could be practically eliminated
by certain changes in the rule.
Perhaps the Committee on Rules
will take this matter up in earnest
during the winter. Certainly the
football-loving public would be bet
ter pleased if long runs, swiftly
passed balls and scientific evolutions
could In a considerable measure re
place tho line bucking that cannot
readily be followed by the eye and is
the source of most of the danger.
PREACHING IS A LOST ART.
Critic Lays Decline of Churches to
tho Fact that Pastors Do Not
Meet the Real Issues of Life.
The narrow-minded, out-of-date
preacher Is the real and direct and
Immediate cause of more "freethlnk
lng," skepticism agnosticism than
any other factor In to-day's life,
writes a correspondent In The De
lineator for December. Preaching
seems to have become a lost art.
Droning has taken its place. I sup
pose I've been to church thirty times
in the past year, and the only ser
mon I've had the patience to hear
out from beginning to end was a
" Talk" given by Miss Jane Addams
on settlement work. That was real
ized Christianity, not idealized slush.
Now I am not more Critical than
the fellow beings with whom I as
sociate, nine-tenths of whom, would
probably bear witness to his truth
that the reason why, church-going
is dying out is because' the ministers
do not make the right effort to nold
and interest their congregations.
We want the vital, living, every
day truth from the pulpit. We want
to know how to meet the tempta
tions that face us during the week.
We want to know how to live NOW;
and how to die when our time comes.
We want preachers who will help us
work out our own salvation, and
not wooden images who have had
no experience of life and who are
satisfied to shout out a few galvan
ized commonplaces at our heads
every Sunday and sit down satisfied
In their studies all the rest of the
week, imagining they have done their
duty by us.
Bonks and Banks.
Don't take your money out of the
bank and bury It. Skunks or squir
rels or dogs will dig It up and de
stroy it. Don't put it in your stock
ings because you can put your stock
ings to better use by wearing them.
Don't wrap it up in an old newspa
per or an old rag and hide It in
some corner, because the rats will
surely get hold of it and destroy
it. The house is no place for your
money anyway. Burglars get It
and carry it off and then you lament
your foolishness in taking it out
of the bank. If you want to invest
money let it stay in the bank if it
is there. All this drawing money
out of the bank and hoarding It con
tracts the currency and produces
a stringency in tho money-market.
The times may be tho best Imagin
able and all tho wise legislation
conceivable adopted, yet a panicky,
feeling can be suddenly started by
a concert of action on tho part of
tho people In withdrawing their de
posits from the bank.
Tho money in tho banks does not
belong to tho banks. It Is the peo
ple's money. It is put in the banks
for convenience and safety. The
banks use it and the business men
borrow It. The great share of the
business of the country Is dono with
borrowed money. If the people
withdraw their money the banks
can't make loans, and the business
men, unable to borrow, go by the
board, and this condition of things
continued any great length of time
produces a panic, and then those
who havo drawn their money out
of the banks, and in reality produc
cd tho panic, will find they are the
first to suffer.
If you havo any money you are
not using put It In the bank.
CASTOR I A
lor In&ata a&d Children.
Ik m Y Hif I Afyiji iMgbt
Sears the
ftgaatwvof
Tho Horses' Floa.
An attractive placard, headed with
a picture of four horses and the
words "Please be kind to us We
work hard for you," Is being circu
lated in Cincinnati by the Ohio Hu
mane Society. It reads as follows:
PLEASE give us water often.
PLEASE give us a moment's rest on
tho way up tho hill.
PLEASE do not overload us. Wo
are doing our best.
PLEASE don't use the whip, 'it Is
seldom necessary.
PLEASE remember that we will re
spond to a word as quickly as to
a blow.
PLEASE look out for our health and
don't work us when we are sick.
PLEASE see that we are properly
shod.
PLEASE be sure that we have
enough to eat and that we are fed
regularly.
PLEASE keep us In such good con
dition that you'll be proud to
drive us.
PLEASE see that the harness fits
and does not chafe sore or tender
spots.
PLEASE remember that two weeks'
vacation each year will make us
more serviceable and valuable.
REMEMBER WE WORK HARD
FOR YOU.
NOVEL POTATO PEELER USED.
Electric Machine at Normal School
Turns Out Uushcl of Potato
Peeled in Short Time.
The East Stroudsburg State Nor
mal School has placed In the school
an electric potato peeler which is a
thing that Is not commonly seen in
this vicinity. The first experiment
with the peeler, Wednesday even
ing, made evident the fact that they
could peel five bushels of potatoes
In eight minutes.
Tho machine is of the circular
shape and holds a bushel of pota
toes. The sides and bottom are lin
ed with carborundum which is melt
ed In. the metal of the peeler. The
machine with its circular disc on
the bottom revolves at a high rate
of speed and the centrifugal force
makes the peeling of the potatoes
possible.
These machines are commonly
used in large hotels of the leading
cities of the country and it makes
a convenience and needed improve
ment at this school, as well. The
potatoes come from the peeler In
perect shape
Legal blanks at Tho Citizen office.
VV. B. HOLMES, President.
A. T. SEARLE, Vice Pkes.
We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE 'SECURITY
oj this Bank.
WAYNE COUNTY
HONESDALE, PA.,
HAS A CAPITAL OP - - - $100,000.00
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OP - 394,000.00
MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 494,000.00
EVERY DOLLAR of which must be lost before any depositor can lose a PENNY.
It has conducted a growing and successful business for over 35 years, serving
an increasing number of customers with fideelity and satisfaction.
Its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS.
All of these things, coupled with conservative management. Insured
by tho OAKKFUL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly given the
Bank's affairs by a notably able Board of Directors assures the patrons
of that SUPREME SAFETY which is theiprlme essential of a good
Bank.
Total Assets, - - - $2,886,000.00
66T DEPOSITS MAY
-DIRECTORS
CHAS.J. SMITH,
H.J. CONGER.
W F. 8UYDAM.
W. B. HOLMES
A. T. SEARLE,
T.B. CLARK.
HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
PRESIDENT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICE PRESIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 1864.
Since its organization It has paid In Dividends
to its Stock holders,
$1,905,800.00
The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than
equals Its capital stock. '
What Class 0
are YOU in I
The world has always been divided into two, classes those who have
saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who havo built tho houses, the mills, tho bridges, the
railroads, the shins and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. We
want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department
and be independent.
One Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUJR banking business.
AVonderful Medium.
Madame Palladln, who haB. con
tused the most noted scientists of
the old world, and whoso manifes
tations have withstood every test,
Is ndw in New York City, and tho
men who have been selected to test
tho genuineness of her manifesta
tions number eighteen of America's
ablest and most learned men, and
among them are Professor William
James, Dr. Jastrow, Professor of
Abnormal Psychology at Wisconsin
University; Dr. G. Stanley Hall, of
Clark University; Professor Hugo
Munsterberg, of Harvard University;
Dr. Norton Prince and Dr. Charles
A. Dana, of New York City.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
HOHESDALE, WATHB CO., PA..
' at the close of business, Nov. 6, 1809.
RESOURCES
Reserve fund $
Cash, specie and notes, H8.810 SO
Legal securities 43,000 00
Duo from approved re
serve agents ,.118,341 6I-212.1K! 14
Nickels, cents and fractional cur
rency 143 61
Checks and cash Items 2,(B9 65
Due from Banks and Trust Co's.not
reserve agents 15.093 03
Bills discounted not due. $334,115 52
Hills discounted, time
loans with collateral... 44,035 00
Loans on call with col
lateral 104,625 75
Loans on call upon one
name 4,650 00 '
Loans on call upon two or
more names 68,726 75
Loans secured by bond
and mortgage 21,300 677,353 02
Investment securities owned ex
clusive of reserve bonds, viz:
Stocks, Bonds, etc., l,P15Jj72 21
Mortgages unci Judg
ments ot record.... 227,379 77 2,0IM51 88
Olllce nulldlng and Lot 27,000 00
Other Ileal Estate 6,000 00
Furniture and Fixtures 2,000 00
Overdrafts 217 60
Miscellaneous Assets 400 00
$2,886,340 83
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock, paid m 100,000 00
Surplus Fund 310,000 00
Undivided Profits, less expenses
and taxes paid 84,143 35
Deposits subject to check $100,912 81
Timo certificates ot de
posit 3,238 78
Saving Fund Deposit. 2,190,823 16
Cashier's check outst'g 271 29-2355,246 04
Due to Commonwealth 25,000 00
Due to banks and Trust Cos. not re
servo agents 11,891 54
Dividends unpaid 60 00
$2,886,310 93
State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss:
I, H. Scott Salmon, Cashier of tho above
named Company, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true, to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
(Signed) .H. S. SALMON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to.before me this 13th.
day of Nov. 1909.
(Signed) ROBERT A. SMITH. N, P.
Notarial Seal I
Correct Attest:
V. B. Holmes, 1
F. P. Kimble, Directors.
H. J. Conger. J
II. S. SALMON, Cashieb
W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashieb.
SAVINGS BANK
BE MADE BY MAIL.
V. P. KIMBLE
II. S. SALMON
EDWIN F. TORRE Y
CASHIEB.
ALBERT C, LINDSAY
ASSISTANT CASHIER