4 rtCE CITIZEN, WEpNE8DA.Yj DECEMBER 1000. THE CITIZEN rVIUinED IVEBY WEDNESDAY AMD TBIDAT DT THE CITIZEN rtJBLISIIIHO COMPANY. Catered aa second-class matter, at the post nnicc. iionesaaie. fa. E. B.HARDENBERQH. - PRESIDENT W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SECY DinECTona: o. n. DonrLiNOEB. m. b. allen. BEKBT WILSON. E. B. UABDENBEB01I, W. W. WOOD. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1000, Make yourself happy by seeing the best la people and things about you You can fool udder peoples some of der time, but you can fool yourself all der time. A woman with a secret she must keep Is the most unhappy of mortals Dut sne does not remain so very long. One of the Judges behind that sweeping Standard Oil decision Is jurist named Hook. Another -w of hook-worm Mr. Rockefeller? The man who dyes his hair doesn fool any more people, submits the Philadelphia Record, than the man who whitewashed his 'conscience. Reform is the grandest thing in the world, when It is reform, but the professional reformers like Hearst of New York, Guffey of Pennsylvania Davis of Arkansas, Tillman of South Carolina and the fifty-seven varieties of professional crooks make reform almost obnoxious. The pure food law should be applied to'these un worthy fakers. They are a hindrance to real reform. People are blamed curious creat ures. When attending, a public en- tortatnment they all make a rush for the front seats, but when those same folks attend church the rush Is right the reverse, everybody crowd ing Into back seats until the empty pews are all between them and the preacher. It looks as If they are afraid to get salvation right off the bat, but would rather get it on the first or second bound. The farmer is the man who moves the world, we might say. If he would go out on a strike and refuse to raise a crop for a single year, it would un doubtedly produce a more disastrous effect than would result from a uni versal strike of all the other labor organisations combined. ' In fadthe could paralyze the world; yet there are many peoplowho' don't seem ttf know how much more our prosperity depends on the farmer than it does on the dude with the cane and waxed wustacne. "What is a dollar, anyhow?" The question is an easy one to answer. It Is: something a newspaper' man1 enjoys more in anticipation than in reality. It is the price of a day's work for some men and a single night's drink for others. It is what the wife frequently needs, but seldpm has. It is the power that makes or unmakes men. It is the hardest thing to get and the easiest thing to get rid of, known to mankind. It is a blessing In a small measure and a eurse in many instances. It is migh ty and scarce. No man ever had more than he wanted and no man ever will. A dollar is a snare and a delusion, and every one of us are chasing the delusion. Half the things wo groan ovor at night, will right themselves by to morrow night if let alone. We ardently wish that John J. Ingalls wns on earth again JuBt to seo what he would have said about Tillman refusing to cough up ten dollars for a dinner to the President. Alabama, In one of tho hottest contests ever known in that state, decided by a majority of 15,000 not to amend the state constitution and place the state in the Prohibi tion column. Feeling ran so high that flst-flghts were too numerous to keep account or. The State has a local option law. Only threo( possi bly four, counties in the State, had majorities for the amendment. William Jennings Bryan has come out flat-footed for Prohibition and will line up for Local Option and with the Anti-Saloon League. This means trouble for the liquor Inter ests, for all the temperance forces need to carry the war still further Into the camp of the enemy is an able leader. Bryan will fill the bill, and with a live Issue that appeals to every home, and to every good thinking voter, he will cause such a rattling of dry bones in the ranks of the older parties that will cause their leaders to sit up and think. Bryan, although handicapped in his previous campaigns with a lot of decayed policies and ideas, managed to keep the Republican party on the anxious seat until the votes were counted, may possibly be carried Into the Presidential chair by the wave of moral uplift that is now sweeping over this country and engulfing the saloons. FUEIi-SAVING DEVICE. Test Made by tho Lehigh Valley Rail road Company. One hundred and fifty locomotives of the Lehigh Valley Railroad have been equipped with a new fuel-saving device which is expected to prove of immense value to railroads throughout the country. Economy in fuel has been, for many years, one of the great problems for railroad offi cials, so that they will welcome this new device with unusual interest. On all -locomotives there are air brake pumps operated by steam, and it has been the practice to conduct the exhaust steam from the pumps to the "smoke box," to which the stack is attached, and there release It. The effect Is to create a draft on the Are. Since much of the work of the brake pumps 1b done when the locomotive 1b at a standstill, or going down grade, this means that fuel is consumed uselessly. The new arrangement is simply to carry the exhaust steam pipe outside, Instead of inside, the smoke stack. The piping is carried forward in the usual manner, then upward around the smoke box, and is clamped against the stack. A 4 -Inch pipe, 15 Inches long, Is used to muffle the sound. The arrangement is particularly economical in locomotives which have two air pumps, because the ex haust from two pumps creates prac tically a continuous draft on the fire, when the engine 1b standing or drifting, and necessitates a constant replenishing of the fuel. Actual tests made by the Lehigh Valley show that the company is saving about 1,000 pounds of coal per engine on the descent of the grade from Qlen Summit to Penn Haven Junction, Pa., a distance of 26 miles. In addition to the 150 loco motives already equipped others are being equipped as they pass through the shops. That the ignorant and tho foolish may be Instructed In the understand ing of wisdom. Whoso glveth ear, to him these words be as riches; To him that heedeth them not, to the same shall come emptiness forever. Thus speaketh he, giving couhsol unto his son. Be not thou puffed up with thy lqarnlng; honour the wise, neither withhold thou honour from the sim ple. The gates of art are closed unto n.one; whose entereth threat though he seeketh perfection, yet shall he not find it. But the words of wisdom are hid, even as the emerald Is hid in the earth, and adamant in the rock, which the slave dlggeth up. Yield unto him whose strength Is more than thine who falleth' upon thee In anger, be not thou Inflamed, neither lay thy hands upon hlmso shalt thou escape calamity. Ho is forward, it shall not profit thee to contend against him; be con tained, and when he rageth against thee, oppose him not; so in the end shalt thou prevail over him. If one rail against thee, and flout thee, answer him not again, but be as one who cannot he moved; even so shalt thou overcome him. For the bystanders Bhall declare that he who, being provoked, holdeth his tongue, is greater than he who pro voketh; and thou shalt be honoured of those who have understanding. THE ORIGIN OF COFFEE. Advertised for a Wife. Up in Towanda a man named Fred Springer, an attache of the Hotel Kinney of that place, advertised for a wife; one who could sew, and cook and bake, and save money. Since he sent the advertisement to the papers he has become the busiest man in the busy village of Towanda, for up to yesterday he had received 787 letters, 200 telephone calls and he answered the letters and the telephone him self. Sayre appears to be the town with the greatest number of comely maiaens wno are anxious to secure a real live man, one they can love, cnerisn and obey. Following is a sample from one of the anxious ones: "Freddie, Dear: "Thank you for your picture and for your lovely letter. I think that you are too sweet for anything. After dbting on your photo, I hasten to say vuai i woum. iain qpnsioer jt, a, pleas ure to bake your pancakes and send the washing out. With love in advance, "CONSTANCE." Sayre, Pa., Nov. 20. Come and help the -boys pay for their uniforms by your presence at the ball of the Maple City F. & D. C. at Alert Hall, December 3rd. 3t The new winter Ladles' Waists at Menner & Co. are the late models made of silk, lawn and fancy waist- ings. A peculiar condition of affairs exists In Scranton. The Democratic organ The Scranton Times has started in its columns a crusade against the saloons by the way of the "Ladies' Entrance." It pictures in its vivid way the evils that are enacted In the hack rooms of Scran ton's saloonB. Mayor Van Bergen, who was elected on the Republican ticket, comes out with a wishy-washy letter- in which he claims that the motive of The Times Is not to sup press the evils it mentions, but to reflect discredit upon his administra tion, and endeavors to Impress tho people that it is a political move. Everybody knows this and good thinking people all agree that it is a good move, for If political animosity can' bo turned in the direction of .helping to stamp out the curse which The Times claims exist, it will accom plish infinitely, more good than politi cal combinations do when they elect men who are morally and intellectu ally unfit to hold office of trust and responsibility. Mayor Van Bergen it fitted by his past business experi ence to ascertain whether The Times Is printing the truth or Is making "ono grand bluff" about these things and If he does not get busy and fol low up the clues that The Times Is giving him, and suppress or curtail these evils, It will look as if Scran ton has a Mayor who Is afflicted with t moral currature of the spine. Fanners' Week at State College. Hundreds of the progressive farm ers of Pennsylvania spend one week of the winter at their State School of Agriculture and Experiment Station. The time is known as "Farmers' Week" and this year It begins Mon day, December 27th, and closes Sat urday, January 1st. Over one hund red lectures are given by State Col lege scientists, experts from various parts of the state, and some of the most noted agricultural authorities of other states. Five sections of work nre running nearly every period throughout the week. Ono section Is devoted to soils, farm crops and farm management; another deals with practical problems in animal nusoanury; another Is devoted to horticulture; a fourth section deals with the problems of the dairyman and creamerymnn; a fifth section deals in part with domestic science In the evening the various sections come together for addresses by gen tiemen of national reputation. The evening program for this winter pro vides for illustrated lectures' by Pro fessor W. J. Splllman, of Washing ton,. Professor C. G. Williams, of Ohio, Mr. B. D. White, of Washing ton, Professor R. L. Watts, of State College, and others. One evening will be devoted largely to an address by D. Ward King, the road expert, Other persons of note appear on the evening programs. All lectures are free. Reduced fares to State College for warmers- week have been granted by all railroads in the Trunk Line Association. The rate is two cents per mile in each direction from points in Pennsylvania. Tickets will be sold to Lemont, or Bellefonte; or Wil- Ilamsport. The reduction is an open one and It will not be necessary to secure orders for tickets. Simply ask your railway agent for tickets at the reduced rate.' The program for Farmer?' Week Is now ready. Send a postal card to Alva Agee, State College, Pa., for a copy. It will give you information concerning the lectures to be given each day of Farmers' Week. The fur-lined and storm collar coats at Menner' & CoWare Just the thing for comfortable wear In ex treme weather. A Dervish DIscovcrecT Uses of the Plant and Berry Centuries Ajro As to the history of coffee, the legend runs that it was first found growing wild in Arabia, says a writ er in success. Hadji Omar, a der vish, discovered it In 1285, 624 years ago. He was dying of hunger in the wilderness, when finding some Bmall round berries, he tried to eat them, but they were bitter. Ho tried roast ing them, and these he finally steep ed in some water held in the hollow of his hand, and found the decoction as refreshing as if he had partaken of solid food. He hurried back to Mocha, from which he had been banr ished, and, inviting the wise men to partake of his discovery, they were so wen pieasea witn it that they made mm a saint. The story is told that coffee was Introduced into the West Indies in 1723 by Chirac, a French physician the name' of 'Do Clleux, a captain of infantry, on his way to Martinique.' .a single plant. The sea voyage was a1 stormy one, the vessel was driven out of her course, and drinking wa ter became so scarce that it was dis tributed in rations. De Clieux with an affection for his coffee plant, di vided his portion of water with -it and succeeded in bringing it to Mar tinique, although weak, and not in a hopeless condition. There he. planted it in his garden, protected it with a fence of thorns, and watch ed it daily until eventually he had pounds of coffee beans, which he distributed among the Inhabitants of the island to be planted by them. From Martinique coffee trees in turn were sent to Santo Domingo, Guada loupe and other neighboring islands. The coffee tree is an evenrreen shrub, growing in its natural state to a height of fourteen to eighteen feet. It is usually kept trimmed. however, for convenience in picking the berries, which grow along the branches close to the leaves and re semble in shape and color ordlnarv cherries. The tree cannot be Rrown above the frost line, neither can it be grown in the tropics. The most successful climate for production is tnat found at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. Anything much above this is In danger of frost, which is fatal to tho tree, and when coffee is grown much below this it reaulres artificial shade, which materially In creases the cost of production and does not produce ns marketable ber ries. The Oldest Hook in tho World. The oldest book in the world is a papyrus scroll now preserved in the National Library at Paris, says the Japan Register and Messenger. The scroll is very old; it was written about the year B. C. 2500 about 4410 years ago! Yet the scroll It self Is only a copy of a much older treatise, and Is said to date from tho year B. C. 3400 or thereabouts about 5310 years ago, truly an old book, and one which shows that civ ilization and culture Is by no means a new thing' in the world. The book is Called the precepts of Ptah-Hotep, an Egyptian Viceroy, and son of one of the ancient kings of Egypt. It is said to bave been written by Its author late In life, as. a book of guidance for his sons. In, style it is very like the Proverbs of Solomon; indeed it is very difficult to suppose that King Solomon, who was a great scholar, and had many affinities with Egypt, was unacquaint ed with the book when ho was com piling the collection of old sayings which bears his name. The subjoin? ed extract will glvo an Idea of the character of the book. Here beginneth tho book of the wise sayings of the Lord Prefect Ptah-Hotep, tho first-born, the son of the King, the well-beloved of the Lord: A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE, The wolf on the national doorstep seems more real to Mr. James J. Hill than to the rest of us, while the vis ion of hostile battleships menacing our coasts is more real to the rest of the country than to him. We are spending hundreds of millions yearly ror past wars and present defense and very little for ammunition against the wolf. "The armed fleets of an enemy approaching our har bors," Mr. Hill declares, "would be no more alarming than the relentless advance of a day when we shall have neither sufficient food nor the means to purchase it for our population.' Mr. Hill is perhaps the best author ity on the great wheat regions of the Northwest, and his article is publish ed in The World's Work (Novem ber), whose editor is a member of the Country Life Commission, so these words come with considerable weight. This appeal for the stopping or agricultural waste is looked upon by the Springfield Republican as " good economic gospel," while the New York Tribune regards it as "one of the most timely and pertinent ufr terances which have been made on . i . . . . nio wiiuio buujuci. oi we conservation of our natural, resources." Mr. Hill's .conclusions are based upon a oareful suiuy oi statistics as well as a thorough personal knowledge of the great wheat-DroducInc section. H first reminds us that our national prosperity ana nil our varied .actlvl ties are after all founded upon "the agricultural growth of the nation and must continue to depend upon it. our agricultural population, though comparing favorably with any in the world, must, however, ''be taught to honor its occupation and to make the occupation worthy of honor." This result can be brought about only by instruction in modern scientific agricultural and in farm economy and management. As a means to such an extension of our educational system Mr. Hill suggests: "If I could have my way. I should build a couple of warships a year less. Perhaps one would do. I would take that ?5,000,000 or $6, 000,000 a year and start at least 1,- uuu agricultural schools in the Unit ed States at 15,000 a year each, in the shape of model farms. This model farm would be simply a tract of land conforming in size, soli treat ment, crop selection and rotation. and methods of cultivation to mod ern agricultural methods. Its pur pose would be to furnish to all its neighborhood a working model for common Instruction. Cultivatine. perhaps, from forty to sixty acres, it could exhibit on that area the ad vantages of thorough tillage which the small farm makes possi ble; of seed specially chosen and tested by experiment at agricultural college farms; of proper fertilization, stock-raising, alternation of crops, and the whole scientific and improv ed system of cultivation, seeding, harvesting, and marketing. The farmers of a county could see, must see, as they passed its borders how tneir dally labors might bring in creased and Improved results. The example could not fail to Impress it self upon an industry becoming each year more conscious of its defects and its needs. As fast as It was fol lowed, it would improve farm con ditions, make this a form of enter prise more attractive to the young and the intelligent, and add enor mously to tho volume of farm pro ducts which constitutes our enduring national wealth. "Results reached by this arrange ment would have the conclusiveness of a demonstration in science. Every crop that could be or ought to be raised should be experimented with, not at some distant spot seldom visited, but' right at home on the farm. I would bring the model farm into every agricultural county; and if any farmer was in doubt, ho could visit it, see with his own eyes, and And out what he ought to have done and what he could do next time. It would do for the farming population what the technical school does for the Intending artisan, and the schools of special training for those who enter tho professions. Side by side with the common school it would work for intelligence, for progress, for the welfare of the country In a moral aa well as a material aspect." Mr. Hill then, proceeds to explain his fears for tho future, i He esti mates that "by about the middle of tho present century, or in loss than fifty years," the population of the United States will be 200,'000,000'. At the Bame time, according to, our present standard or living and ad vance in population, and taking Into consideration the rising price of wneat ana the limited "possible In crease of wheat production by in creasing acreage," he figures that each, year we will come short of feed- (1.1. I .. . 1UB menu uuuiiug minions by a shortage of 400,000,000 bushels of wheat. Moreover, even now the growth of wheat production no lon ger keeps pace with the growth of our population, and we must there fore "provide from some source for an annual deficit of more than 35,- uuu.uuu nusneis." To quote further: "I have stated the national prob lem in terms of wheat for the sake of clearness; its solution admits of similar statement The average wheat yield per acre in the United States in 1907 was 14 bushels. The average for the last ten years is 13.88. That is, in 1907 it required 45,211,000 acres to produce the 634, 087,000 bushels that we raised. It is a disgraceful record. . . . Sup pose that the United States produc ed 28 bushels, or double Its present Bhowlng. That would be nothing ex traordinary in view of what Euro pean couhtrles have done with in ferior soils and less favorable cli mates. It would have added 634, 000,000 bushels tb our product last year. "Here we perceive an answer to the question that the future asks. Here we see how the 200,000,000 people of about the year 1950 are to be fed. Here we see where the money will come from for our national support. It must be earned by and paid to the farmers of this country. But that implies a kind of agriculture differ ing greatly from that which now prevails. . . . "We can not feed our future pop ulation with our present methods. We must improve; and years of sci entific investigation and practical ex perience have demonstrated how it may be done." HENRY Z. RUSSELL, PRESIDENT. ANDREW THOMPSON VICE PRESIDENT. The Model Subscriber. Gopd morning,, sir; Mr. Editor, how are tho folks to-day? I owe you for next, year's paper, and I thought I'd come in and pay. And Jones 1b go in' to tako it, and this is his money here, I shut down lendln' it to him fand then coaxed him to try it a year. And here Is a few little items that happened last week out our way; I thought they'd look good for the pa per and so I Just Jotted 'em down. And hero Is a basket of apples my wife picked expressly for you; and here is a pumpkin from Jennie she thought she must send something, too. You're doing the politics bully, aB all of our family agree; but keep your old goose quill a-flappln' and give bad men a good one for me. And now you are chuck full of busi ness, and I won't be takln' your time; I've things of my own I must tend to good day, sir, I believe I will climb." The editor sat on his hard bottom chair, and brought down his fist with a thump, "God bless that sturdy farmer," he muttered, "he's a regular ole trump." And It's thus with our noble profession, and thus It will ever be still, there are some who appreciate its labor, and somo who perhaps never will. But In the great time that is coming, when Ga briel's trumpet shall sound, and they who have labored and rested, shall como from tho quivering ground, when they who have striven and suf fered to teach and ennoble the race, shall march at tho head of the col umn, each one in his God given place, as they march through tha gates of the golden city with proud victorious tread, the country editor and his devil will travel not far from the head. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hava Always Bought Bears the Signature of A new line of Red Fur Muffs, Collars, and Neck pieces at Menner & Co. 94tO EDWIN F.TORREY CASniER. ALBERT C. LINDSAY ASSISTANT CASHIER 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 8OO OO The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HONOR ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more thon equals Its capital stock. What Class 9 are YOU in 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 have built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's advancement and happiness. The spenders nre 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 YOUR banking business. DnCPCTCIM DDAC mmmtstiffittrnmimmt mmaamiwuimiwum DlvLUolLin Dlwo. ti mm THE LEADING CLOTHIERS AND GENT'S FURNISHERS KNOX HATS the best in the market. ON ACCOUNT OF ".SSiJiK- the mild weather we are over stocked with a large line of Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats, which we are compelled to cut prices on. All of our stock must go as we do not Intend to carry any goods over. IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY AND SAVE MONEY. Remember we handle nothing but the best made clothes in the county. SUITS. For young men or old we can pleaso you well for wo have suits here made by Strauso Bros, and David Addler, the best makers In tho world in so wide a range of patterns and sizes that every taste, everybody can bo fitted perfectly. OVERCOATS. As with onr salts, so it is with onr overcoat garments hero for young and old made by Strauso Bros, and David Addler to suit tho exacting requirements of the best dressed men in the world. Romember we have a full line of the Best Gent's Furnishing Goods in the market. Men's Hats and Caps, Bhirts, Collars, Underwear, Pajamas, Trunks, and Dress Suit Oases, Hand Bags and the best Bain Coats to be found. Children's Suits $1 up to $7 DCMCUDCD TUP HI iPP Children's Over- IILITlL.inUUIjnU fLHUL ceatsI.50tO7 BREGSTEIR BROS. niMMiin;Hiimiwwmwt
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