The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, December 17, 1909, Image 4
CTIK C1TIZKX, FKXpAyt jpOvlTi 19 THE CITIZEN nnUilHBS KVSBY TTXEHMDAT AHD TKIDAT BT TBI cmzEf ruBusnino company. Catered as second-class matter, at ttaepoit offlce. Uonosdale. Pa. SDBSCIIIPTION $1.60 K.B.HARDENDERGH. - - PRESIDENT W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AND SKC'Y DIBKTOBS: 0. B. DOBrUKOKR. M. B. ALLRN. WILBOH. K. B. IIIEUKIUIHUU. TT. W. WOOD. FRIDAY, DEO. 17, 1000. Some (not all) of the people who complain about the proper bringing up of children, and who talk the most about home training, are those who have no children, and It Is evi dently a good thing that they haven't for a home without patience and charity, is a better place for a cat, a- canary or even a parrot than for a child with red blood. There are a great? many people surprised at the silence of the in tensified Independent and goody- goody Democratic newspapers of this State regarding the $32,000 bid (called election expenses) that Mr. Munson mado for a seat on the Su preme Court bench. If that gentle man had been a Republican, big head lines with plenty of black Ink would have been in evidence, to show up the audacity, rascality, ven ality, of an attempt by the gang to control the highest court of the state and overthrow justice, but as the $32,000 bidder belonged to their gang mum is the word. Pensions for Everybody. Washington, Dec. 16. "An old age home guard bill" was introduced in the house by Representative Wil son, of Pennsylvania. It provides that all persons over 65 years of age who have resided In the United States for twenty-five years and have been citizens for fifteen years not possess ing property exceeding $1,500 In value or with an income in excess of $240 a year may be enrolled to re ceive a pension of $120 a year, to be paid quarterly. Mr. Wilson Is a representative of organized labor. Hobson Argues for Big Navy. Washington, Dec. 15. "War Is In evitable," declared Congressman Richmond P. Hobson (Dem., Ala.), the hero of Santiago, in a speech on the "Philosophy of Naval Policy for the United States," delivered In the House to-day. "As things are going the United States will probably be In for defeat In the first stages of the conflict," he said. "Then it will have to prolong ,the war fop years, at fearful cost of lives and treasure to ijacbieve vjet ory." Hobson's plan to avert this calam ity Is to build six battleships a year. He says that that will make war less likely and If It does come It will insure speedy victory for Uncle Sam. '"Congress should authorize not less than four first class battleships," Hobson said. "England Is building 248,000 tons of warship displace ment, Germany 211,000 tons, France 164000 tons, Russia 153,000 and t.he United States only 103,000 tons, with Japan close behind with 93,000 tons. When these ships are completed the United States will yield second place among the naval powers to Germany and be within the tonnage of one ship ahead of France. Four battleships this year is the minimum that will retain tho United States In second place. "The standing armies and first re serves of the world ready for instant war service number over 32,000,000. They are just over the oceans from American shores and these oceans are no longer a barrier, but a means of transportation. If America de sires to continue to live unharmed she must control the water between our shores and those armies." He said the possession of valuable ter ritory is the first great cause of war and the United States should prepare to hold tho Panama zone and its helpless possessions in tho Pacific He spoke especially of Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, calling It "tho pivot of 'the world, the most vital spot in the history of the world." Control of that harbor meant control of the Pacific, he said. The navy should be strong enough to win, he declared, because "if a , war ended in defeat our people would never be satisfied and we would enter upon a period of glgan tic preparations to fight tho war over again at some future day." All modern wars, ho asserted, had been won by the nationB with super ior preparations for the contests and the United States should place itself In readiness by adding to the navy six dreadnaughts a year. Unbroken Chain of Misfortune. The beginning was September 8, 1907, automobile caught fire while on road; considerable damage; re covered insurance wmcn covered part of .loss. 1908 lost two cows, one worth $28 swallowed In some way, a darning needle, which pene trated the heart; needle" was ex tracted by owner; it was embedded about 1V inch In heart. Second cow worth $16 died with blood polBonlng; lost .600 small chickens ranging from one week to seven weeks old; put average price low as 16 cents each $90. On Sept. 24 th of samo year had destroyed by fire one automobile trortn $7,600; garage la which same was stored also destroyed, valued at over $300. 1909 lost about 1000 small chicks ranging in ago and price as the 1908 lot, 1909 value $150. , On Dec. 11th lost one One, largo bay colt coming four years In spring, value $175; disease, pneumonia. The statements above are true facts to the best of my judgment. Several other minor losses not men tioned would crowd well on the upper end of one hundred dollars. I would like to ask If this is not nearly a record for tho length of time for a farmer. Death Lake, IIAHIUSBUIIG LETTER. ' December 13, 1 1909. It is likely that the next Legisla ture will be asked to amend the law as It applies to the filing of expense accounts by political parties and can didates. Some Democratic papers have directed attention to the amount exnended by the Republican State Committee, something less than seventy thousand dollars, which is not an unusual sum, as state ex penses go. The purpose in thus commenting in a public way on this matter was undoubtedly to draw at tention from the fact that the state ment of expenses filed by the Demo cratic Staie Committee was not a compliance with the requirements of the act, not by a long way. Their statement Is evasive and only partly true. They did not comply with the law, either in spirit or In the letter. The only reason tho papers were fil ed bv the official in charge was be cause the law does not provide a remedy or clothe the omciai wun discretionary powers. ComDared with the amount dis bursed by tho Republican State Com mittee, the sum paid out ay Mr. Munson, tho Democratic candidate for the Supreme Court, seems ex traordinary large. Mr. Munson spent upward of $32,000 while mak ing his campaign. This unusual ex- nense moved some of the real in dependent papers to remark that It probably was a good thing, that air. Munson was defeated, hinting tnat he had not risen to a proper concep tion of the dignity of the offlce for which he was a candidate. His op ponent, Judge Von Moschzlsker, snent less than one-tenth of this amount, and was elected. Defeat, In this case, came high. And yet our Democratic friends seem to have overlooked this millionaire's con tribution, while pointing to what the opposite party paid out. Governor Stuart has given no in dication of his Durnose In naming a successor to Judge Yon Moschzlsker, who will leave the Phlladeipma bench in January to take his place among the justices of the Supreme Court. The name of Attorney Gen eral M. Hampton Todd had been mentioned for the Dlace. but Mr. Todd declined to permit his name to be used.' If there is one thing more than another concerning which tho Governor exercises great care,, ijt Is in the appointment of judges to fill vacancies. He cannot be criticised for this. The bench ought always to be above adverse criticism. The Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission is looking around for a good man to serve as Secretary to that body, in place of Harry S. Cal vert, who resigned to serve as re ceiver of the Mercantile Trust Com pany of Pittsburg. The place pays S 4.0 00 a vear. That salary ought to attract some poor fellow to go after the job. state Treasurer Sheatz announcea last Saturday that he would draw on the banks having state money on deposit, for one million dollars, in order to have sufficient available funds to meet tho current expenses nf the state covernraent. The fund is carried in more institutions man ever before, and this has reduced tho amount usually carried in the active depositories, so that he can not secure enough by drawing on them. The amount in the general fund will dron to less than $5,000,- 000, which is the lowest It has been for several years. At one time dur ing the administration of Auditor General Hardenbersh it came within a few dollars of reaching $14,000,- 000, which was probably high water mark. Hundreds of people, from all parts of the United States, as well as from abroad, visit the beauti ful Capitol every week. The Ab hev nlc.tiires come In for a largo share of the admlnratlon, though the Senate and House chambers, the bu nreme Court room, the reception rooms nf tho Governor and of the Lieutenant Governor, are sources of surnrise and delight. The Barnard statuary groups are expected to ar rive in the SDrlntr. and these will add much to the beauty and attrac tiveness of the building. N. B. HAUSE. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR OA TARRII THAT CONTAIN ME IV CURY, as, mercury will surely destroy tile sense of smell and completely do range the whole system when enter lng It through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescriptions from reput able physicians, as tho damago 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. Testimonial free. Sold by Druggists. . Price 76c. per bottle. . Take, Hall's Family, PUIs;. for eon- Bupauos. , , THREE NATION INTERESTED. Monster Airship to Solvo . Pacific Coast Problem of Protection; PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11. While tho Pacific Blope and Washt ington, D. C, and Hawaii, and Alas ka, and various other spots where Undo Sam's folks dwell are fretting because tho Pacific fleet is not being Increased fast enough to protect the Western coast of the United States., and while reports and rumors of mys terious aerial battle fleets hovering over Toklo are disturbing tho Bleep of the heads of the leading powers, two young Portland inventors are quietly completing a monster aerial battleship which they believe will solve temporarily at least the Pacific Coast problem of protection. Whether they are right or not, will bo demonstrated within a very few weeks. Representatives of at least two nations have become tremend ously Interested in the coming de monstration. One of these nations Is the United States, another Is Russia, Japan is tho other. Tho United States 'Gov ernment has already sent an officer to inspect the ship and drawings, and data of the craft are now In the hands of the War Department. Russia has notified the builders that there is a $3,000,000 prize for any aerial craft that can carry a fighting crew and a battery of two lyddite or other long rang explosive guns. Just to what extent the Japanese government has interested Itself Is not definitely known. But within tho last few weeks three Japanese have been ejected from the big building where the ship is being built and the American Tool Works where the propellers and helicopters and engines are under way. One of the Japanese had drawings of the new propeller, an other had data regarding the con struction of the patent engines and another was "just snooping around." E. P. Prebble and J. J. Rekar are tho two men who have for months been working In secret to build an aerial battleship that can sail for days without alighting, without need lng to take on more fuel, without coming In rang of earth guns and that can travel at a rate of speed that will make headway against any wind. Only when the Japanese spies became active did even Portland people realize what was being done In the big "agricultural building out at the fair grounds. The Prebble-Rekar ship now near- ing completion is 204 feet long and 35 feet wide amldshlp the biggest craft, outside the Zeppelin yet built type now under construction In the and the only one of the Zeppelin United States. It is driven and pull ed by a double set of propellers, two In the rear and two forward. It has gliders, on the aeroplane principle, on each side, designed to allow the ship to soar for miles without the use of its engines. Vertically through its center are set three hell copters working on the principle of the old water screw of Archimedes, which serve to raise to Its buoyancy and dirlglblllty without the neces sity of momentum imparted by the driving screws. Without its machinery, the bg craft is Just a baloon, of 11 compart ments, kept In the wind by Its rud der, capable of soaring and gliding by the manipulation of its heiicop ters and big planes. The frame is built of spruce and is much lighter than any yet construct' ed. The engines are of a secret com position nearly as light as aluminum and as tough as the hardest nickel steel. They are driven not by gaso line, but by a chemical gas wnich Is also used to inflate the balloor In midair If necessary. The propellers are of a new type that experts as sert allow no escape of air. Two German experts visiting tho coast recently spent a day in inspec tion of the ship and when they were through said that so far as theory went the ship was ahead of the best that Zeppelin had produced. "Fly? Of course it will fly? says Prebble. I am not an airship man. I am a backer of long chances and never lost one yet. The ship Is lighter than air. it has to go up. The en glnes certainly will turn the pro pellers, so It has to go ahead. If we went to come down probably we won't have much trouble. That has never been a serious problem, though picking the soft spots has sometimes bothered some man birds. Anyway I will put $60,000 In this ship. My diamonds and my homo and everything else I can raise money on are going Into cloth and metal and wire, and I am as sure that wo are going to make the best flight yet made in this country as I am, that I will bo the worst busted airship crank In the world If we don't fly." Tho first trial flight will probably be made within six weeks. It is pro posed to make a flight under war conditions abovo the aera of ground batteries, and to drop winged bombs In tho heart of Portland and of tho State capital, Salem, 50 miles dis tant, to show Just how much value present fortifications would be to tho coast If an aerial fleet came this way. Elevating Influence of Base Ball. Baseball, the most popular of American games, was recently Intro duced in Cuba. At Havana, where the first game was played, twenty thousand people watched the sport and enjoyed it. This large number seems all the more remarkable be cause a bullfight had been adverts ed to take place simultaneously with the ball game but had to be aban doned for lack of patronage. Let us hope that the disreputable and degrading, bullfight may find its permanent 'successor in American .baseball. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE DON'TS; THEY MAY HELP YOU D ON'T think that you aro too poor to keep Christmas, You can't be so poor as all that. Don't spend so much on Christmas that you can't get even with the butcher and grocer until March. Don't give presents that are a pleasure for ten minutes and a bur den and a worry for ten years. Don't, young women, buy neckties for your men folks; don't encourage them in being bigger guys than neces sary. Don't give a drum to the children of your enemy who works nights. A watchman's rattle is just as good, and It Is cheaper. Don't give your wife something she doesn't care for just because you want It yourself. This "don'ts" works the other way just as well. Don't forget that a basket of fruit or a box of flowers 1b just as nice a present in many cases as something that will Just last a good deal Ion- Don't try to find the price marks on tho gifts you receive. If the gifts are worth having they moan some thing above dollars and cents. Don't forget tho Bob Cratchlta and the Tiny Tims that is, unless you are unregenerato Old Scrooge, in which case forgetfulness can be ex plained. Don't put off everything to the last, because you had better for the joy of your friends glvo nothing than wear yourself out, and be as cross as two sticks when the blessed day comes. Don't waste any of your pity on the long haired youths who lie at the bottom of the heap in football scrim mages. You will need all your pity for yourself In the rush at the holl day counter. Don't check off each gift you re ceive against each present that you gave and calculate- whether you made or lost. Christmas is not the time to be any smaller or meaner than you can help. Don't oppress children who are satiated to sadness with toys already by giving them more. There are other ways of making them happy, or if there are not It is because they are spoiled with many pleasures and are the most pitiful beings alive. In that case let them try doing some thing for poor children, who are blessed in powers of 'enjoyment, and see if the capacity won't prove catch irig. Don't neglect, if you aro a woman, to lay in a stock of some simple things like handkerchiefs and sachet bags for unexpected emergen cies if you like to meet various peo ple with a reasonable token. Don't set your own happiness up as, the chief thing to be looked out for at 'Christmas time. Try to make other people happy and forget your self, then you will be surprised to see how really happy ydu are. Don't give a book to a man with a big library or a picture to the man who makes a specialty of the fine arts unless you know pretty well what he wants. Ten to one he'd rather do the buying of such things for himself. Don't write your name or any body else's on cards if you send them. No one can keep a lot of such truck, and it is often highly conveni ent just to send them on their trav els to carry Christmas greeting to other people. And why not? Buf falo Express. Christinas Packages In the Mail. The approaching holiday season brings to mind that if it is important to do Christmas shopping early it Is equally Important to see that gifts to be sent by mail are sent at such a time that they will not be delayed in the congestion of tho numerous packages usually mailed two or three days prior to Christmas. While extra clerks are employed on the mall trains to handle the Increased amount ofmall yet this augmented force cannot promptly handle the Immense accumulation when it is suddenly dumped in tho postofflce. If you desire good service, see that your packages are securely wrapped anu tied, and that the full postage Is paid thereon, that tho name and address of the party to whom it Is sent is plainly written thereon in ink, and also your own name and address preceded by the word "from." If the package Is mailed one week or ten days before the 25th, you can be sure that It will be handled promptly and reach Its des tination in good time. Unexpected Assistance. A woman physical scientist who, unfortunately, was rather stout, was one night lecturing on physical cul ture, and, in describing to her audi ence the beauty of a symmetrical figure, went on to say that the prop er proportions of the body should be as follows: "Twice round my finger, once round my wrist; twico round my wrist, once round my neck; twice round my neck, once round my waist." Voice from the back "Twice round your' waist, mum, once round Hyde Park." Belfast Northern Whig. CASTOR I A lor Is&at and GMldm. fti KM Ym Kfttt Atwiyt tag!! San the ftutweof Controlling One's Temper. It Is about time that people under stood the difference between losing one's tompor and controlling the pas sions that lead to an exhibition of undue, excitement Ofton and often has this sentence been uttered to children when they have become wrought up to tho highest tension: "Don't lose your temper." It is not losing ono's temper at all when he allow his anger or rage to get the better of him. On the contrary, he permits It to gain and keep the mas tery when he mantfosts any quality that Is not in keeping with his high er nature. The girl or boy who can keep calm and unruffled under try ing circumstances is sure to come out the victor. Controlling the tem per consists simply in guiding tho thoughts Into the right channel, not allowing them for one Instant to get the better of one's judgment and reason, and It can be acquired by young and old without much diffi culty. May Hook Snckcrs Through tho Ice. A great deal of trouble was occa sioned in this section last year owing to the fact that fishermen who had hooked suckers under the Ice were liable to be hailed before a Justice and fined. However, thoro is now a remedy made for this situation. Representa tive Eugono Kinney, had an amend ment to the regular "fishing bill" adopted by tho Legislature, so that It Is now lawful to hook suckers from underneath tho ice in any Btream, in cluding trout streams. The hooking may be done with a line containing nor more than three hooks or a burr hook may be used. In explanation of tho burr hook It may be said that this Is an appliance on the end of a pole which contains three hooks. Each pole dare not contain any more than three hooka or the parties violating the law In this respect, will be amen able to It and subject to a fine. HENRY Z. RUSSELL, ritEBIDENT. ANDREW THOMPSON VICE riiESIDENT. 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; ftolders, $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 are YOU in The world has always been diy'dedin'to' iwo classes those who have saved, thoBO who have spent the'thVifty-and the extravagant. s 'I '.'tin )(-':! It is the savers who have built1 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 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. amumtumtmnmmnmtutttm BROWN'S That Means Furniture LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE GOODS AT PARLOR SUITS . TAB ELS MORRIS CHAIRS FANCY ROCKERS LADIES' DESKS MUSIC CABINETS SPLENDID LEATHER ROCKERS Good Substantial Christmas Presents ; A BIG ASSORTMENT CALL AND SEE.WHATftWE HAVE Both Phones CIMBS TO SWEM BY 101 AT I No matter what you pay for a box of cigars select ed from our . 125 BRANDS every one a leader, you get the best that can be had for the money. A particular smoker ap preciates nothing more than a box of GOOD CI GARS. Our brands are selected from the best sellers this world over and ore second to none In Quality and Variety. Imported, Clear Hava na, Porto Rlcan & Domes tic from 48 cts. for a box of 12, to $5.25 for a box of 25. Nothing fancy Just Good Cigars. F. w. sWerholz THE CIGAR MAN 041 Main Street. OUR six foot show case full of Ladies' and Gent's Gold and Gold Filled Watches. Three hundred dif ferent designs to select from. SOMMER, The Jeweler. EDWIN F. TORRE Y CASHIER. ALBERT C. LINDSAY ASSISTANT CASHIER ? utmrnamiutmuat I