HIE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DEO. 15, 1000.
THE CITIZEN
tVBUBBtO EVZBT WIDNK8DAT AND miDAT BY
THE CITIZEN PUBLIBIimO COMPACT.
Entered as second-class matter, at the post
office, Honesdale. Pa,
E. B. HARDENBERQH. - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD, - MANAGER AND 8KCY
dibectorb:
0, . DOBfUHQEB, M. B. AlUS.
BXXBT WILBOW. E. B, 1IARDE5BEB0II,
W, W. WOOD.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1000.
Somebody haB figured out that the
average boy who is dependent upon
his parents for a livelihood until he
reaches the age of twenty-one years
costs them four thousand dollars.
On this basis of calculation a brood,
for Instance, of bIx boys would rep
resent an outlay of twenty-four
thousand dollars by the time they
get away from the home roost. The
question arises does it pay to raise
boys and are there no other crops
that would prove more profitable?
If a boy turns out to be a cigarette
fiend with a breath like a turkey
butzard and a laugh that would
make an untutored donkey feel per
fectly at hoiho in his society and
with an untrammoled and uncon
querable deslro to avoid work, it
1b safe to say that his parents might
have invested their four thousand
dollars at a much better advantage,
But if the boy grows up to manhood
with the lesson well learned that
wealth and success grow only on
bUBhes watered by the sweat of one's
brow, the parents have spent on
him, for he will be a source of in
rreaslnc nride and Joy to their
hearts, and when they grow old and
their hands tremble and their legs
wabblo and their step is slow and
faltering they have two strong arms
to lean upon and help them over
all the rough places that He In their
twilight path.
A STHANGE MALADY.
There is a wave of good nature
and a disposition to please people
travelling over this country at
very rapid rate. It has reached
Honesdale and Its effect upon the
younger generation can be very
readllv noted. The boys are all
voluntarily taking the care of the fur
nace oft of father's hands; the girls
are eagerly watching for father's
come-comlng and have his slippers
arid smoking Jacket (if he has one)
all' ready for him; mother never' had
so much help in doing her household
work as she has at this present time
in fact she begins to think that the
hired girl Is unnecessary. We
noticed more boys shovelling snow
off the sidewalks after the last snow
fall than we over did before. The
hired girls all remark that It's no
trouble to get the boys and girls up
and out of bed in the mornings. The
principal of our schools says the at
tendance at school Is excellent and
every scholar is very punctual
everyone is on time and there seems
to bo an unusual eagerness on the
Dart of the scholars to please the
teachers. The Sunday school at
tendance Is increasing by jumps
every Sunday school in town reports
new scholars, and old scholars are
coming very regularly. Some of the
older people have been affected by
this unusual disturbance of the' or
dinary routine of doing things. The
clerks in the stores are becoming
chesterfield like in their actions. The
ice man is thawing out and becom
ing like Sunny Jim. In the big cities
the janitors are asking tenants every
hour if the rooms are warm enough,
The elevator boys are saying no
hurry, Sir, we can wait for you." The
car conductors have forgotten their
"step lively," and have replaced It
with a cherry "good morning! be
careful you don't fall." The police
man at the busy street corners al
most carry the people across the
streets and if he is on your beat he
will try your door every hour of the
night to see that you are safe from
robbers and let you know it through
the hired girl. The ashmen are all
falling over themselves to go
down in the cellar and carry out
your ash can which you have been
lugging up the cellar steps all the
rest of the year. The letter carrier's
whistle has a new, sweet tune and he
Is a half hour ahead of time every
mornlngTand is sweating himself thin
to get your first mall to you be
fore going to business. The" cook is
turning out some of the nicest dishes
you have ever enjoyed, while the
-waiter where we lunch Is proving
that all this talk about the price of
living being higher is a fallacy, for he
Is serving double the quantity of the
-very best food at the Bame old price.
There ought to be a commission
appointed by Congress to ascertain
the cause of this sudden ebullition of
goodness, and If, possible nail It fast
o it cannot get away from us.
"It ain't what goes Into a mince
pie that makes It a mystery, but
what ye don't know goes Into It."
Take good care and bo thoughtful
of mother. She was careful and
thoughtful of you when you most
needed It.
A preacher came at a newspaper
man in this way: You editors do not
tell tho truth. If you did you could
not live; your newspapers would be
a failure. Tho editor replied: You
are right and the minister who will
at all times and under all circum
stances tell the whole truth about
his members, alivo or dead, will not
occupy his pulpit moro than one
Sunday and then he will find it
necessary to leave town in a hurry.
The press and the pulpit go hand In
hand with whitewash brushes and
pleasant words magnifying little vir
tues into big ones. The pulpit, the
pen, and the grave stone are the
great salnt-maklng triumvirate.
And the great minister went away
looking very thoughtful while thd
editor turned to his work, and told
of the unsurpasslng beauty of the
bride, while in fact she was as home
ly as a mud fence.
Having oniy an editor pro tem
holding down tho chair that belongs
to a real live editor Is tho reason
why there Is no original or copied
criticism of the President's mes
sage, In The Citizen. As an indi
vidual we have read It and It strikes
us as being a pretty good sermon to
Congress, facts that we know are
facts are clearly stated and recom
mendations having a bearing upon
our future course are all that could
be expected, when wo take Into con
sideration that the message is ad
dressed particularly to a body
which have quite a number of
statesman of the New Thought var
iety. We have also read quite a
number of "EpiBtles to tho Com
mon People" regarding tho mes
sage which have been ejected from
the brain of people who are running
newspapers; many of whom way
down in the cellar of their best
thoughts believe they could run this
country Just as well and a little
better than the man whom tho peo
ple selected. .These people are too
bashful to make a direct announce
ment of this kind, so we have to
read between the lines to discover
what .an awful lot of waste states
manship and parboiled ability is
running to waste, in spite of the ef
forts of our government along the
line of conservation of its natural
resources. Some of the Democratic
editors of this state, judging by the
diarrhoea of words, and thinness of
their ideas they have emitted in
finding 'fault with the message, evi
dently have taken mentally tho re
sults of the late election in a laxa
tive sense. Wo would willingly
,cough up the $10 that Ben. Tillman
went shy on at the Taft dinner to
have the "Man In Africa's" opinion
of the message boiled down to ten
words at a dollar a word.
C. LaRue Munson, Democra
tic candidate for Justice of the
Supreme Court, filed his ac
count of expenses during the
campaign, showing that ho ex
pended f32.308.7G. Of this
sum $25,400 was given to tho
Non-Partisan Committee of tho
Lycoming Bar Association,
which waged a campaign in
his interest throughout the
State, and $6000 to the Dem
ocratic State Committee.
This unusual strong financial ef
fort to secure a seat on the Supreme
Court bench is an awful shock to
that portion of the Democratic par
ty who use tooth brushes, hide their
front names under the shadow of a
nicer middle cognomen, and who
have a lisp In their speech, caused
by their talking about political re
form, corrupt practices, and the use
of money In politics by the other fel
low. A man was lately arrested In
Wllkes-Barre for selling bad eggs,
and ho ate ten of them to prove his
Innocence. The ordinary Demo
cratic candidate will practice every
thing he condemns, If he thinks by
so doing he haB a show to be elect
ed. No wonder the decayed poli
cies of the party have become so
nauseating to Bryan that he takes
up Prohibition as an Issue which
he knows has less friends In the
Democratic party than any other.
ENEMIES.
Go straight on and don't mtnd
them. If they get In your way walk
around regardless of their spite. A
man who has no enemies is seldom
good for anything; he Is made of
that kind of material which Is so
eaBlly worked that every one has,
a hand In It. A sterling character is
one who thinks for himself, and
speaks what he thinks; he is al
ways sure to have enemies. They
are as necessary to him as fresh air;,
they keep him alive and active. Live
dqwn prejudice by right doing. it
you stop to dispute, ypu do "but as
they desire, and open the way for
moro abuse. Let the poor fellqws
talk, there will be a reaction if you
perform but your duty, and the
sparks, which if you do not blow
will go out of themselves, and those
once alienated will flock to you and
acknowledge their error.
Somebody is advocating Bryan
for a seat on the bench. There are
others who advocate that he go
way back and sit down on a Dench.
OBITUARY.
James M. Garty died at his home
in Corning, N. Y on Saturday, aged
thirty-one years. Deceased was born
at White Mills, Pa but lived most
of his life in Corning. He Is sur
vlved by his wife and one child, by
his mother and three sisters. The
funeral was held from St. Mary's
church, Corning.
Henry Cowling, aged 70 yearB,
died at the home of Charles Bogart
at Hoadleys on Sunday, after a ling
ering Illness. Mr. Cowling was not
known to have any near relatives
surviving. Tho funeral was held
from tho Hoadley M. E. church on
Tuesday, December 14, at 11 o'clock.
Burial made in the Darling ceme
tery, Cherry Ridge.
Sylvester Woodmansee was found
dead In bed at his home at Lake
Como on Thursday morning. The
news came as a great shock to his
many friends for he appeared to be
in excellent health. Mr. Wood
mansee was 65 years of age and
was one of Wayne County's most
prominent citizens. He enlisted in
the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteers
In September, 1861, and was dis
charged by order of the surgeon on
August 14, 1862. He was in busi
ness at Lake Como for many years
About two years ago his son died in
the west, leaving a wife and chil
dren. ' Mr. Woodmansee immedl
ately went west and brought them
to Lake Como and established
home which he enjoyed to the ut
most, not having bad a home of his
own for some years. He looked
forward to many pleasant years
with his grandchildren. He was
prominent member of I. O. O. F. and
was a school director of Preston
township.
On Sunday night at a quarter before
eleven o'clock, at her home on East
street, there passed away from this
life to Paradise the soul of Sarah
'Elizabeth Cooper, beloved wife ot
Benjamin Gardner, aged sixty-seven
years, eleven months and twenty
two days. She was a woman of
splendid Christian character genu
ine and wholesome in her home,
where she was the very best sort of
a wife and mother; in tho church,
where Bhe was very active; and in
the community, where, because of
her genial nature and equable tem
per, she had hosts of friends. The
end of her earthly life was like the
sunset which closes a long summer's
day. The clouds of her noon-day
sky had been only those caused by
the prolonged illness and death of
her children. But i few weeks be
fore her death her life of Christian
kindliness toward all mankind was
crowned by the presence in her home
of those who had shared with her the
beautiful home-life never marred by
bitterness, but only by sorrow; and
of hundreds of her friends from far
and near, who had gathered to show
their esteem and affection for a man
and a woman who that day had com
pleted a term of fifty years of true
marriage. And then came an ill
ness of little suffering which passed
quietly Into sleep, as the colors of
tho sky fade into the silent dark
ness. For such a Bky there will be
a dawn but never again a sunset.
Besides her husband there are left
to mourn her death her sons, Wes
ley, President and Treasurer of the
Finch Manufacturing Co. of Scran
ton, and Paul W., Manager of the
Eureka Specialty Company, and
four sisters, 1 Mrs. Steinbeck and
Mrs. Houck, who have been constant
ly with her in her laBt illness, and
Mrs. Augusta Slckler and Mrs. vV.
Dean Sampson, of Tunkhannock. The
funeral service will be held at her
late residence on Wednesday after
noon at two o'cock and in the family
plot in Glen Dyberry, where the In
terment will take place. Tho Rector
of Grace church, Rev. Albert L. Whlt
taker will officiate.
Game Protectors' Exciting Time.
Port Jervls, Dec. 9. Game protec
tors Farley, Vann and Farnham, who
have been enforcing the laws on
fishing In the Delaware river under
the direction of division chief Legge
of BInghamton, have removed or
caused to be removed from the river
over fifty eel racks and other Illegal
fish traps and have collected over
$50 In fines.
One gang In particular bothered
the protectors greatly. The protec
tors succeeded in arresting one of
the members of the gang. After the
man was placed under arrest ho ask
ed permission to secure a bonds
man. He was allowed a few minu
tes liberty and took advantage of
the opportunity to bolt for freedom,
The escaped prisoner hastened to
the home of the gang In the moun
tains a short distance from the river
with three officers in hot pursuit.
They began a Bearch of somo shacks
where mombera of the gang lived
and things looked so threatening
that they expected to bear guns pop
ping erery minute.
The officers finally found the man
they wanted hiding In a bed, put
the handcuffs on him and started
off with him. By that time other
members of the gang had gath'erod,
with the evident intention to rescue
the prisoner and made Borne moves
in that direction, but a conspicuous
show of firearms by the officers held
them in check.
The officers made their way with
their prisoner to a Btnall country
hotel and there a desperate attempt
to release the prisoner was started,
but the officers' nabbed two more
men of the gang and finally succeed
ed In landing all three in jail.
Dunmoro's New Bank.
A movement to establish a new
bank is on foot in Dunmore. There
is no question but that the institu
tion, will be ready for the transaction
of business within a few months, al
though the details of the scheme are
kept silent.
The capital stock will be $100,
000. It will be distributed as far as
possible, among the residents of
Dunmore borough. M. J. Murray,
the coal operator, will be chosen as
the first president of the bank. The
directors will Include several of the
borough's most prominent business
men.
Among the men who are actively
engaged in getting the plans on a
firm base are: Michael O'Connor, one
of the proprietors of tho Arrow cafo,
and a well known real estate opera
tor; F. O. Magargeo, of tho firm of
Mcgargee brothers, and James
O'Horo, teller at the Union National
Bank.
An application for a charter will
be forwarded to Harrlsburg this
week, it is expected.
Murray and Mackey Comedy Co.
That " the play's the thing" has
never been denied. Good plays are
,the key note to success of the com
pany, and In the repertoire an
nounced, Mr. John J. Murray, Gen
eral Manager of the Murray and
Mackey attractions, which began a
week's engagement at the Lyric,
starting Monday evening, is to be
found a list of comedies and dramas
which are far above the ordinary
traveling repertoire and stock, com
panies. The opening play Monday
evening was "Why He Divorced
Her," written by Will C. Murray,
and it is the first time that this play
has been seen at popular prices.
During the week the company will
present some of the following plays:
"The Girl from Arizona," "The De
vil," "The Parson and the Convict,"
"Thelma," "The Daughter of the
South," "Lena Rivers," and a beau
tiful production of "The Two Or
phans." All the plays are carefully
i staged and costumed. Souvenirs
will be presented to the ladles at
Wednesday's matinee.
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR OA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MER
CURY, as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when enter
ing It through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
"THE TRAVELING SALESMAN."
A Well-Known Play to be played in
Honesdale on Monday, Dec. 27.
"The Traveling Salesman," by
James Forbes, author of "The Chorus
Lady," will bo, seen In this place at
the Lyric Theatro on Monday, Dec.
27th. Aside from tho fine acting
the play affords pleasurable thought
to the theatre-going public, by rea
son of Its originality and life-like
characters and types and not since
the palmy days of Charles Hoyt has
a comedy enjoyed greater success
than this James Forbes offering.
Crowded houses have been the rule
since the first night of its opening
this season, and the public is flock
ing to Bee It In such numbers that
It will undoubtedly repeat Its New
York, Boston and Chicago success
In this place. Mr. Forbes, the au
thor, has given a humorous exposi
tion of the characteristic of the mod
ern drummer. It Is a story true to
life and between tho hundreds of
laughs that this play contains, are
bits of pathos to add variety to a
most interesting performance. Bob
Blake, the jolly, philosophical
"knight of the road" who impetu
ously prejudices his position by com
ing to tho rescue of a young girl who
is about to lose her property, is the
sort of a character that the public
loves and admires, and his hearty
laugh and uniform good nature have
created for him a warm circle of
friends wherever he has appeared.
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let Infants and Children.
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Signature of
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can be sees at Charles BasteU's,
COURT NOTES.
Regular monthly argument court
was held Monday morning at 10
o'clock, Judge A. T, Searlo presid
ing. W. A. Gaylord was appointed a di
rector ot the Honesdale-Texaa Poor
District in place of O. L. Rowland,
whose term of office expires the sec
ond Monday of January next.
Subpoena was awarded to I. R.
Hurd, Ubellant, vs. Loyal L. Hurd,
respondent, both of Honesdale, for
libel in divorce. The respondent is
charged with having wilfully and
maliciously deserted the libelant,
and absented himself from her habi
tation without reasonable cause, for
more tha'n a year past. Mrs. Hurd
resides on Dyberry boulevard, near
the Hartung bridge.
In the matter of inquest on .the
bodies of W. Bruce Keeny and an
unknown child, rule was granted on
the county commissioners to show
cause why the bill of costs should not
be paid in both Instances.
William J. Ferber and Jonas Katz
were appointed auditors to audit the
accounts of the poor district of Tex
as township and tho borough of
Honesdale.
In the Brune divorce suit of Eva
J. Brune vs. Joseph J. Brune, both
of Honesdale, an Issue for jury trial
withdrawn granted and O. L. Row
land was appointed to take evidence
In the proceedings.
In the matter of order to make
trial list of January term, ordered
and filed.
Herman Hnrmea was appointed
auditor to audit the accounts of the
prothonotary and register and re
corder. In the divorce proceedings of Jas.
H. Barlnger, Ubellant, vs. Llllle
Baringer, respondent, M. E. Simons
was appointed master.
IN Comb, Brush and Mirror Sets
and all other toilet articles we have
an endless vnrlety. SOMMER, The
Jeweler.
HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
PRESIDENT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
VICE PRESIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized In December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, I8G4.
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 9
are YOU in s
The world has always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, thone who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant.
It is the savers who have huilt the houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the ships and all tho 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 YOUR banking business.
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