THE CITIZEN rfoillBID BVBHT WZDRIDAY AJID f BIDA.T BT tub cmzn poBUsnora com pant. Entered as second-class matter, at tbe post offlce. Uonesdalo. Fa. BCBSCRIPTION 1.50 St. U. HARDENBKRUU. - - PRESIDENT W. W. WOOD. - - MAN AO Ell AND SECY directors: 9. H. BOBniNOKB. M. B. ALLEN. bkkut wimofl. k. b. nABDntiDinon. W. W. WOOD. FRIDAY. DEO. 31, 1000. Newspaper publishers are prohibit ed by law from sending their papers to subscribers who do not pay their gubscrlptlons In advance. The post offlce department permits a short time of grace for a subscriber to pay for his paper but It Is the safest way to keep track of the dates on the label and when the subscription ex pires to pay as promptly as possible. If this Is not done, the time of grace Is apt to slip by and then tho paper has to bo discontinued, provided tho law is compiled with, and no man wants to bo a law-bronkor. Don't wait for tho wagon whllo tho walking 1h good. Don't grlovo over split milk whllo shore's ono cow loft In tho pasture Don't toll tho world your troubles. Tou can't borrow ton dollars on Uiom. Don't let tho grass grow unOor your feet. Tho. cows can't got at It Jthere. Don't say tho world Is growing worse while you are doing nothing to make it better. Begin tho new year by buying a bow umbrella and a diary; then just make a note of tho one you keep the longest. What has become of the fellow who nsed to say, "We don't have any more old-fashioned winters because the gulf stream Is shifting?" Happy New Year! What a blessed phrase! Speak It from the heart, and then strive to make every one's New Year a happy year and yours will be happy, ludeed. In theory, the exchange of New Year calls and Christmas gifts is a beautiful custom. The holidays is a time when kindly feelings and unl Tersal good-will prompt a general manifestation of regard in the ex hange of calls and presents. It Is the friendship expressed in the fact (bat is valued. The cause and not the effect occasions the pleasure. All look forward to tho happy holiday times when each is gladdened, and, In turn, makes others glad by tokens f honest regard and friendly feeling. The world fairly beams with good heer. New Year's is a grand, an inspir ing occasion, for it is always saturat ed with hope. We are wont to scoff at and deride it as a day when men Bake good resolutions only to break them; when they turn over new leaves, as it is called, merely to turn them back again. They want, they hope to bo better, and but few of hem are so. They determine to ad vance, and if they do advance they Up back. Their failures are many, are continuous, and often excite laughter. But it is worthier to de termine and decline, to hope and be disappointed, than not to determine er hope at all. Determination and hope add to our content, or at least diminish our discontent, and they are born of New Year's. The great need of human life is content, never at tained, never attainable. And through New Year's wo are deluded into belief of Its possibility. There fore welcomo be New Year's, not for what it gives, but for what it prom taos to give. DEATHBED HKMAEEIAOE. Little Children Stand by In Wonder as Parents Are Reunited. Anderson, Ind Dec. 80. On wht fee believe to be her deathbed Mrs. feesia May Murdock was remarried to Jut former husband, John W. Mur Cock, by Justice of the Peace Kimber- Mrs, Murdock, who la twenty-nine frnnrs eld, secured a divorce about six fsreeka ago and almost Immediately kmmu t.V.n 111 if hn Kubnnd Mrs. Murdock consented to be Moulted to him. "I do this only ou ec tkcuat of our children. I do not want Mum to grow up to be told that their father and mother were divorced only a short time before the mother's death," ke aid, SSro small children, a boy of four fton ana a little girl two years old, Mm wonasrinjiy by the bedside as Wm official pronounced tbe words again ftltnsltilT VMt parents husband and ft' Swoar off, though your companions rail; You may succeed; but If you fail, 'Tls better' to resolve and fall ' Then never to resolve at all. A IHANJGFUIi, SONG. I'm thankful for tho summer with its blossoms an' Its bees, I'm thankful for tho winter with Its bluster and Us freeze, I'm such a thankful feller that I couldn't, if I'd try, Say whether I'm moro thankful for December or July, Of course there's disappointments, an' there's trouble, more or less But I'm so brlmmin' over with the sweets o' happiness I don't have time to worry o'er the bitter things, you see, For the Lord Jes keeps me busy be in' thankful's I can be. Roy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Weekly. Ring out wild bolls, to tho wild sky, The Hying cloud, the frosty light: Tho year Is dying In tho night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him dlo King out tho old, ring In tho now, Ring, happy bolls, across tho snow; The yenr Is going, lot him go; Ring out tho fatso, ring In the true King out tho grlof Mint saps tho mind, For tlioao that horo wo soo no more: Ring out tho feud of rich and poor; Ring In redress to nil mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife Ring In tho pooler modes of life, With sweetur manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care, tho sin, The faithless coldness of the times: Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic Blander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold: Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace, Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand: Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the TRUTH that is to be. ALFRED TENNYSON. ZELAYA HAS MUCH GOLD. He Carries Three Valises Full of Cash to City of Mexico. City of Mexico, Dec. 30. On hla ar rival in this city Jose Santos Zelava, self styled "titular president" of Nica' ragua, found no Mexican officials to receive him. He was, however,, greet' ed by 200 Central Americans and Mer leans, who welcomed tbe deposed exec utive with cries of "Long lire Zelava!' "Long live Mexico!" and "Down with the Yankees!" Zelaya'a baggage included two va lises filled to their capacity with Amer ican gold and a third grip fairly burst ing with paper currency. Mexican officials state that Zelaya will remain here only a few days and will soon go to Belgium to live. He Is laid to have accumulated 86,000,000 in :ash. Brigadier General Edgerly Retired. Washington, Dec. 30. Brigadier Gen eral Winfleld S. Edgerly, U. 3. A., was placed on the retired list today for physical disability Incident to the mili tary service. Salmon's Rapid Growth. It is said that a twenty pound sal mon which was caught in Scotland not long ago had attached to one of its finds a small silver plate narked, "935B." Upon inquiry it was found that this label had been put on the fish by the Loch Lomond gg Im provement Association la December 1907, in a river feeding the lake. The records show that It then weighed ten pounds, and thus In tho space of eighteen months it had dou bled its weight Forest and Stream. The Revolver Habit. Will the time ever come when the revolver will have had its day in America and be relegated with the sword, the dagger and the bludgeon? Tbe revolver argument settles nothing but the contestants. It Is a perpetual non sequltur, as childish as It Is frightful, and as frightful as It Is childish. Minneapolis Journal, BEWARE OP OINTMKNTS FOH OA TAIIIIH THAT CONTAIN MBit OUHY, 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, ac the damage they will do Is ten fold to tho good you can possibly derive from them, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken In ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by T. J. Cheney A Co. Teatlison4S) free. ' Bold by Druggists. Price 7Bo. per bottle. take Hall's runlly pills let ed. StijHkH. INTERVIEW' WITH J. ANDREW WILT AT TOWANDA, PA. "The plmplo tost which candidates for enumerators' places' will undergo February 6 th docs not take away the supervisors' right under the census law to designate suitable persons for such positions;" said Supervisor of Census, J. Andrew Wilt, at his office to-day. "It is designed to aid the super visors in tho exercise of that dlscre tlon and to enable tho Census Dlrec tor Intelligently to ubo the power of approval of tho supervisors' designa tions conferred upon him by law. "It is very well understood that President Taft, Secretary Nagel, and Census Director Durand all hold the supervisors responsible for the enu meration. There is no doubt, there fore, that our first and most import ant 'duty Is the selection of honest, capable and active persons to make the count. "Tho Census will be taken, not by tho Census Bureau officers or tho supervisors, but by the enumerators. They are the ones who come in con tact with tho peoplo and get tho facts. Unless every single enumerator does his wholo and proper duty thcro can not bo a correct census. Thoro can not bo anything of greater scientific vuluo to this country than accurate stutlstlcs ns tho basis of a study of tho exlRtlng conditions regarding our population, ngrlculturo, uinnufact tires, and mines and quarries. "All parsons, unless specifically disqualified, are entitled to apply to tako tho test. Only thoso under 18 years of ago and over 70, and thoso who have not become citizens of the United States, are barred. Other wise, all persons, regardless of 'sex and political affiliations, are eligible It Is left to my judgment whether it Is wise to appoint women in my dls trict. They can do the work, I have no doubt, especially in certain parts of tho district. There were a good many employed all over the country In the Twelfth Census. "The time for closing the consider ation of applications Is January 26 Those received after that date will have to be ignored. Applications should be addressed in writing to me at this office 'and not to the Census Director. I will send inquirers the necessary form and Instructions con cerning it. Afterward I will send those on the list, prior to the, test, a set of directions for filling out the test papers. This will enable every one to come well prepared. Nothing could be fairer or better calculated to insure a satisfactory applicant pass ing the test. "The test itself need not deter any one. Any person with common sense and a common school education can pass it. All it consists of is giving the candidates sample population and agricultural schedules, upon which are to be written in the proper columns the required details, .which are found in printed descriptions,', in narrative form, of typical families and farms supposed to be in a dis trict. There will be some instances requiring tho exercise of judgment to decide whether a given entry should he made under one column heading or another. You can see how simple and elementary it is. "The test will, be held all over the country and in every supervisor's dis trict February 5. There will be sev' eral places in each district for taking it. One place -would be insufficient. It would not hold all the candidates. As supervisor, I shall have the direc tion of all, and the test examination at each, no matter under what official agency it is held, will be that sole and simple one prescribed by the Census Bureau. "I am given until February 22 to rate the papers In a very simple way, and to gain an idea of the qualifica tions of those rated as having passed. Next I will forward the papers of the successful candidates, with my rec ommendations or designations, to the Census Director. He will, if satis fied that- suitable persons have been selected, give his consent to their appointment, and they will be com missioned. The middle or latter part of March should see everything set tled, and the selected and commis sioned enumerators will be sent more circulars and books of . instructions relative to the interpretation or meaning of the questions on the two schedules. "April 15th the Census Army will move forward in the enumeration. "Certainly the Federal Census-taking is as necessary and as honorable as jury duty, and, as all good and useful citizens do not hesitate 10 re spond to the call for such duty, I therefore ask the same high-grade citizenship to como forward and help me have the census taken accurate ly and expeditiously. "As President Taft has said, tho pay is not large but the work Is worth doing well, and some day wo shall all feel proud in the conscious ness that we had a part, however humblo, in taking this Census." Copt. Wilt's Address in Towanda, Pa. Champagne, It Is saM that when Sir JjMtraw Clark, Mr. Gladstone's nnrsleUn, rec ommended a patient to drink wtne, the latter expressed seat's eoryrise, saying he thought Sir Andrew was a temperasee doctor, to whlafc Sir An drew reeMed: "Oh, wise does some times kelp you to get tarewgk work; tor instance, I hare often twenty loo ter ta answer after dinner, and a plat of cluuByacne to a great sere." "In deed," sale the patient, "boos a pint of ,sisisagne 'really help yen te ne swer ne twenty mtersr ! nor said Mr Anfcrew, "but when. rVe aaid a pint etf ea'sstsognt, X deal ecre is rsp-'wtweher I answer then sriutr- csttt. THB NKW B1AMOND PtMJS. Oconee But Ptewttftrf fts See), Attteo. Prow the msnids cm4 ts teeooa s'ao stonea the new JtTiimwil Baton in Gorman govta Afrtea snlgfet very well bs sailed a Tom Tiddler's Gveaod, M7s the 'Wide World tf nflsfucno. The ..Simonee are Tory sanaM, bat nee e ccedtngly plentiful. They are found In the even ejeoert, whore nothing bnt sand, nmreUored by the slightest sign of brash or sarub, -i to be seen for vast distactees. The r-sn who search for the etoiwo ttoed Iats to say, they are all nattvee have Sen miles to go every morning from ".Amp. The searchers work on their hand -i knees, apparently regaraUeM of ho blinding sunshine, sifting the sur '.vo sand through their fingers. Moat i' them are old Kimberley boys and '.hay are very keen' on discovering ones. The district is hardly a para l sa for the white man, being notori--;un tor its frequent dust storms and ,'jirlflc heat. A Disappointed Bird-Lover. It Is never hard to Identify the -lilo and groom, and It Is correspond n;;'y difficult to refrain from a good-i-tured emtio at their expense. A Titer in the London Caronleto Ulus '.rues these truths thus: "We tried to keep the raUway-ear-'r,t to ourselves," said the girl who in appreciate a joke against herself, tin when on her honeymoon. "At jiruilngham the guard opsssed the '."r, and, in spite of Walter's seowis, '"rd a small girl into our eooapart ".icnt, making rather embrreelnx ipologtes. "She was a little girl ef sev ;a, and she sat on the edae ef tho scat and stared about her. " 'What Is the matter r scid Walter. "1 don't see the birds,' serfs fee sttall gtrL plaintively. " 'Birds What blrdsf aofced Walter. " 'When I came from the other train ymir guard said te my award, "Oh, shore her along with the lev birds."'" Krakato's New Drees. A anique opportunity te s&ndr na ture's processes In restoring the vego t.-.tlon ef a land swept clean by a great illt net or was afforded actor the tro- aisndous eruption of the vctause on tte little island of Knikntea sn 1833. All living organisms were destroyed. Ia H9t a number of plants had si rendy established themselves en the iirast&ted island, those in the Interior kM-ag remarkably differ sat freen those cm the coast, ferns especially pre- poaderattng. In 18T, further progress hnd been made, and in 1(98 the recent trees had advanced do fr m te ssako It evident that within shejr) fits the island wfll siskin be donsely fereeted. rt is heUeved that the first plants te .establish themselves on theblneted soil each as ferns, ak$e, meases, compenttae and grasses) were borne thither hy winds, and that eeoem cur rents were proeably the astesos con cerned In the importation ef seeds and traits. Tenth's CcenpastlesL An Bluslvs Menn. The opossum is good to eat., bwt net being dealt ia by any organised pro vision eosapany, Is senotlmee) hard to set. A tonrlst In Georgia, ssra a writer tn the Washington Times, stay ed crrernlght at the Fnlaee KeteL In a little linage, and expressed a deetre to tasts Georgia oppoaoum. Tho whole opossum, eeokod In genuine Oeergra style, with potatoes en the side was placed before him. "Two dollars extra for the pessstm," said tho landlord, when the guost came te settle. "It's an outrage!" said the "It's according to tbe way you took at it, stranger," said the landlord; "but it took me six nights' swamp- wading to catch that peasum. an' when I caught him I eaught the rheu matism with him." Port Ancient. One ef the most interesting and dis puted questions in American arche ology is that of the origin and ag of Fort Ancient, in Warren County, Ohio. The Btate of Ohio has recently purchased this site, which Is te be turned Into a publle park, If r. War ron K. Hoorehead believes that fort Ancient Is 800 or 800 years eld. He regards tbe more modern articles found in a grave In its vicinity as later Intrusions. He does not, however, re gard the Question of the age ef this most interesting structure as yet set tled, and says that many years of study and exploration will be required to clear np the mystery. Kleetrle Burgery. The electric surgical knife now be ing tested by Prof. Bier ef Berlin, baa for a handle a glass rod six Inches long Inclosing a conducting wire, and the blade Is probe-shaped and with out spark appears at the end of the probs wbsn a high-frequency current Is passing. This spark cuts soft tis sues mueh as; a hot knife sinks through butter, operating more quick ly than the ordinary scalpel, while It is claimed that healing must follow more rapidly than usual. Uors pro fuse bleeding than in ordinary opera tions is a disadvantage. Same Speri "Now that I have my moneplanv running smoothly," remarked th aerial erank, "I'd like to build a tnc tory and turn out individual wings b the hundred. Then I'd present th to every one free of charge." "Yen nrs getting generous ts days," eMtlnued his friend. "Oh, no. I ast pining tor sri.. (a w.ci fmm wtilBafrnv mraumM Im 'flu a t at n ajiUs a mlsnte whes thar' U ! I a I Pta fewaaaVeaa jftrits. J Wit AT 13 A LEO "WORTH? The cold-bloodcdnesa, tho heart hardening, marblelzlng Influence of our modern, strenuous, selfish civili sation which worships the dollar Is even influencing our' courts of Justice. Recently a verdict against the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, awarding, a poor girl f 8,500 for the loss of a leg in a railroad accident, was set aside by, a, Supreme Court justlco on the ground that the verdict failed to give duo weight to tho skill with which mechanical surgery now adapts artificial limbs. This Justice thinks that juries in rendering their verdict for damages in cases of mutilation, duo to the criminal negligence of public servico or other corporations, should take in to consideration tho great conveni ence and comfort of cork legs! In this instance, ho took the money away from this poor mutilated girl and returned it to the corporation. I wonder what this honorable gen tleman would be willing to take for ono of his legs, in case it was cut off in a railroad accident? If he got a verdict for $8,500 and a Supreme judge set it asldo because tho amount was too much, what would ho think about it? Now, as ovoryono knows, it Is much worse for a girl to lose a leg than for a man, for a mutilated man Is much bettor ablo to oarn a livelihood than a mutllatod woman, and Btnnds a much botter chanco In llfo In ovory way. Is 88,500 too much to compensate a girl for going through llfo thus mutilated? Is this compensation too high for a girl who is obliged to hob ble around on one leg all her life? Wo are certainly in need of lessons in kindness when a Supreme Court justice dares to give expression to such sentiments. First Aid. "If yen were called open to deal with a hysterical person," asked the examiner at the emergency elaoa. "what would you do?" "I'd amputate his funny-bone," said the student, with a turn for surgery and humor. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Honesdale Consolldat ed Light, Heat and Power Co. of Honesdale, Pa., for the election of directors and transaction of such other business ns may properly come before a stockholders' meeting will be held at the office of said company, Honesdale, Pa., on Monday, January 17, 1910, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock p. m. M. B. ALLEN, Secretary. APPRAISEMENTS. Notice is given that aDDraisement of SHOO to tho wirl- ws of the folluwlnc named decedents have been Hied In the Orphans' Court of Wayne cou'ify. "u win ve presrmea tor approval on Monday, January 17, 1909 viz : Matthew McKenna, Buckingham, Personal. A. W. Brown, Starrucca, Personal Fred Kennedy, Mt. Pleasant, Per sonal. Henry D. Cole, Clinton, Personal. M. J. HANLAN. Cleik. Honesdale. Dec. 30. 1909. Railway Sail Clerks Wanted. The Government Pays Railway Mall Clerks S800 to $1,200, And other " employees np to $2,500 annually, Uncle Sam UI hold spring exami nations throughout the country for Railway Mall Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Departmental Clerks and other Gov ernment Positions. Thousands of appointments will be made. Any man or woman over 18, in City or Coun try can get Instruction and free In formation by writing at once to the Bureau of Instruction, 565 Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. Y. 103eolly HENRY Z. RUSSELL. PRESIDENT. ANDREW THOMPSON VICE PRESIDENT. HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK. This Bonk 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 Tbe Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on tbe HONOR ROLL, front the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than equals Its capital stock. What Class 9 are YOU in 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 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 are slaves to the savers. It is tbe law of natnre. We want you to br a saver to open an account In our Savings Department and be independent. Oae Dollar will Start an Account. This Banfc wllf be pleased (6 recelvtVal! or m pTtlon ! YOUR banking buslacM. . I f 1 111 ' vim BKNJ. H. D1TTIUCH. Lessee t Manaeer. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, '10 THE CASH GIBJL COMPANY, Inc. Offer A COMPLETE SCENIC PRODUCTION A BROADWAY CAST THE CASH GIRL Headed by MAY WARD and a Company of 50 PEOPLE MOSTLY GIRLS Book by GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH Lyrics end Muslo by Gcoree WMcyer Prices: 50-75-1.00 and 1.50 jr KKAT HALK opens at tho Box Offlce at 9:00 a. tn., Tuesday Jan. 4th. Thanking you for the patron age during 1909, we endeavor to retain your good will by keeping up our old motto to sell the best merchandise a t the lowest price possible. "Wishing you all a Happy and prosperous New Year, we remain Yours truly, Katz Bros. EDWIN F.TORREY CA8IIIEB. ALBERT C.LINDSAY ASSISTANT CASUIEB
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