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WKDXKSDAY, JANUAUY 5, 1010.
Look up nnd scan tlio sky for Hal
ley's comet. It you don't bcc It you
wIU at least have your thoughts
mounting skyward, and your mind
dwelling on the wonders of God
whom wc are Indebted to for all wo
have nnd for lots more wo could have
It wc wore In a proper receptive con
dition Ucfore you become a kicker, con
sider if yon cannot become something
better. Oue thing certain, if you can
do nothing good for a community
you tan make a great deal of trouble
by abusing those who do. Agitate
your liver, take a dose of ground
glass and remove the bile, cleanse
your conscience, cultivate faith In
your fellow men than go to work to
help somebody. Hut don't be a
kicker.
Sour or sweet; that's the question
my brother, and it's not a mean one,
either, for many of us would rather
take a dose of salts than walk with
your long-as-a-rall face. Your dys
peptic brnln, torpid conscience and
sour disposition make you anything
but agreeable company. ou are
called a christian, too. Well, may be
you are, but the fact is not believed
by many on earth. Possibly you con
sole yourself with the thought they
know it in heaven. 1 doubt it. Why
go through the world always in a
fog? You dishearten man, give oth
ers the blues, and impress all that
life is dark and dull of evil forbod
ings, but you should remember that
it Is only the way of the trangressor
Is hard.
A HULIi IX TIIK MIXISTKWAIi
CIIIXA SHOP.
At a meeting of the Ministerial
Association in Scranton, Dr. Hull of
the First Presbyterian church, said:
"The time has come when the church
should drop kid glove methods and
get down to business, and then
preachers should go out on the street
preaching the gospel to the crowd."
The Salvation Army has had a
monopoly of this business for the
reason that when they first began,
the clergy with good berths looked
upon the movement as not a very
genteel way of Introducing the Gos
pel of Jesus Christ to the people; it
lacked dignity, style and rather
lowered the tono of the exalted well
paid position of pastor.
Men who had spent years In col
lege, and had such an Intellectual
grip upon creeds, doctrines, confes
sions of faith, etc., that they were
able to keep the ordinary individual
so thoroughly muddled that he did
not know whether salvation was a
"will of the wisp " or something so
expensive that unless you could pay
pew rent In a church you were not
entitled to It, had doubts as to
whether it was profitable for people
who lack education, good clothes and
polished manners to have the Gospel
presented to them In plain language
.t by ordinary educated people, who
jfwero shy on nice, choice, well select
led sentimental expressions.
I But the Salvation Army, following
' the methods of the uneducated Gall
lee fishermen, have accomplished a
task in Christian work that churches
organized on the revised version plan
have failed to do.
The religion of Jesus Christ is a
religion for tho poor, as well as the
rich, but somehow tho masses aro
beginning to wonder if there is not
some mistake about such a view.
Tho bono and slnow of our dltles and
towns, who fill our shops and tend
our stores week days, feel out of
place on Sundays in our fashionable
city churches, with their finely up
holstered cushions, well padded back
rests, anrt pre-empted pews. Under
such conditions It Is not to be expect
ed that they can enjoy tho organ
music, tho millinery display and sing
ing by the choir, and aUwenty-mJuuto
discourse which has been padded so
as to last at least twice aa long.
Wo hope Dr. Bull's talk to tho
preachers of Scranton will inaugurate
a movement whereby tho plain peo
ple will hear upon tho street cornors
of Scranton such an exposition of tho
religion of lovo and companionship
of God, that thoy will be brought In
closo touch, soul, spirit and body
with the messago of salvation which
tho Saviour brought tho whole world.
Of nil persons wo meet, wo llko tho
rustler tho best, and wo can readily
forgivo tho few errors In his politics
or religion, for ho rustics. Ho en
courages and cnthtiBcs and hurries
along tho Blowgolng. Industrial
prosperity follows In his trnil and
mental development Is his. Ho goes
from strength to strength. Ho Is the
salt of tho enrth.
He who knows not, nnd knows not
he knows not,
Ho Is n fool: shun him.
Ho who knows not, nnd knows he
knows not,
He Is simple: tench him.
He who knows, and knows not he
knows,
Ho is asleep: awaken him.
Ho who knows, and knows ho
knows,
He Is wise: fallow him.
Arabian Adage.
rem sciiooij thaciikks.
The most powerful agency lit
school management Is kindness.
Thore is no force on earth so potent
as love. When It has possession of
the human henrt It Is all prevailing
and overpowering, and especially If
brought to boar upon sympathetic
childhood and youth. Tho teacher
must rule by kindness, have a uni
formity of good will, earnest sym
pathy, and hearty generosity habi
tually exercised toward his pupils.
The teacher alone who loves his pu
pils has power to gain their love and
confidence, which should be their
chief reliance in school manngcinont.
An affectionate pupil will confide In
a teacher's Judgment, respect his au
thority and fear his displeasure. If
you show him by your personal at
tention and kindness that you are his
true friend, and that all your efforts
are designed to secure his best ood,
and make him believe it, you hold
him as by the power of enchantment,
having no need of physical force to
keep him in subjection. He is held
by another and higher law, which
Induces him to gratify your wishes
and seek the best good of the school.
But this kindness, which is an essen
tial element in every true system of
government, is not, and cannot be, a
substitute for authority or an ob
stacle to severity, when the good of
the individual or school demand!) It.
The teacher must cherish an abiding
lovo for his pupils, and that love Is
never more truly exercised than in
the Infliction of necessary punish
ment In the management of public
affairs.
riiAY UAlili.
"Two prominent clergymen were
looking at a baseball match years
ago, together with an immense as
semblage of men. One clergyman
said to the other, 'There's hardly a
woman here; why don't men come
out like this to the churches?' Be
fore his brother minister could reply,
a stranger from tho seat behind him
leaned over and tapped the minister
on the shoulder and said, 'Beg par
don for butting in, but the reason
men don't come to church is because
you don't play ball.' It was his way
of expressing the same sentiment. In
the Church there is nothing really
doing; a little religious sentiment
may be excited the young may be
instructed there are church soci
ables and receptions for those who
like that sort of thing. A college
president puts into the mouth of one
of his students tho student's objec
tion to tho ministerial office: ' Tho
minister seems to me like the man
who sits in tho grand-stand and ex
plains the game to the ladles.' When
the Church has a man's Job on Its
hands It may get a man's response.
Nothing appeals to our young men
more than fields which demand hard
labor and much sacrifice. Tho young
minister likes to see things grow un
der his hand; to take the ordinary
pastorato and maintain it at Its, ordi
nary efficiency and fulfil tho ordinary
round of duty palls upon many of
our most efficient ministers. They
too feel tho demand for a man's job.
The same sentiment runs through all
our American life, and men who have
only the routine for tho employment
of their energies, who have no great
problems to faco and no great diffi
culties to overcome are comparative
failures. All the appeals which ad
venture and war made In tho past
now go to this, that a man shall do a
man's Job."
YH KIHTOIl'S NKHDS.
It is reported, says an exchange,
that ono of our nowly married wom
en kneads brend with her gloves on.
Tho Incident may bo peculiar, but
there aro others. Tho editor of this
paper needs bread with his shoes on;
ho needs bread with his shirt on; ho
needs bread with his trousers on;
and unless some of tho delinquent
subscribers of this paper pay up be
fore long ho will need bread without
so much as anything on aim this Is
no Garden of Eden, cither, in tho
winter time.
Bravery and Cowardice.
Cowardice is often Ignorance Aro
any men brave, morp ready to tako
their lives in their hands, to recnon
death as one of tho daily encounters,
than the deep-sea fishermen? Ytt a
group of these men, brought to Lon
don by ono of their missionaries, hove
been seen too terrified to cross the
street. The pollco had to stop tho
traffic to allow them to cross. The
quick, quarrelsome, fearless Cockneys
who laughed at them how would they
feel la a freezing storm In tho North
Sea? A spider may terrify tho most
courageous women and a V. C, shr'nk
from a cat, 'Every hero' has bis weak
ness, and we may'hellove every cow
ard has a point where he' comes to
bay and will fight the world.
lionitiniii: accidhnt to iikau-
TIKUD WOMAN NHW YKAIt'8
HVH.
Now York, Jan. 1. Swathed In
bandages, Mrs. Charles 12. Ellis, who
was burned almost to death before
hundreds of merrymaking guests
celebrntlng New Year's at tho Cafo
Martin, Inst night, Is lying nt tho
New York hospital In a stupor, under
tho Inlluenco of powerful drugs ad
ministered to quiet her pain.
Neck and shoulders, face and
hands were scorched nlmost to n crisp
by tho llamcs which formed a pillar
about tho screaming woman In a
balcony of tho great cafe, while ter
rified guests rushed to hor aid or
fled In panic from tho room. Physi
cians and nurses aro today exerting
every effort to save hor life.
Her beauty Is gone and If she
leaves the hospital It will be for hor
own home, never again to join such
assemblages as that in which Hhe
moved nt tho time of tho accident,
which put tho stamp of tragedy on
one feature of Now York's great
New Year's colohratlon. Physicians
who aro attending hor declare that
her condition is sorlous, but not
worse than when sho was carried in a
fainting condition tc tho hospital.
Lights were out In the Cafe Mar
tin nt midnight, while hundreds of
men and women, seated about the
tables In tho main cafe, balcony and
In tho hall room, lifted delicate
glasses to pledge the now year In
champagne. As they drank In the
darkness a woman's scream rang
through tho room, and In a moment
a pillar of llamo flashed In a corner
of tho balcony and the diners saw a
woman burning. Throughout tno
room other women screamed and
fainted. Men rushed toward the
swaying light In tho corner, but as
they did so It wavered again, rolling
prostrate behind a table. Dress coats
were torn off and thrown about the
woman.
On the lower floors many rushed
for the exists. Women were carried
out and hurried Into cabs anything
to get away. Men fought and clam
ored at the cloak room.
Meanwhile, nerved to frenzy by
hor pain, Mrs. Ellis swayed to her
feet while the flames caught again
at the flimsy gown and enveloped
head, neck and shoulders. Before
any ono could reach her she dashed
to a window nnd fell with head and
shoulders through tho glass. There
a policeman reached her, smothered
the flames with his coat and the dress
coats which men on all sides threw
to him and carried her into the cor
ridor, where a hurried call was sent
to a hospital where she was taken.
Lights had been turned on In the
big cafe a minute after the tragedy,
but none of the diners remained.
POSTAGE STAMP GUM.
Every time a person licks a United
States postage stamp he gets a taste
of sweet potato. The gum with which
tho stamps are backed is made from
thct succulent vegetable because Un
cle Sam's lieutenants consider It the
most harmless preparation of the
sort. All of the gum used on Ameri
can postage stamps Is mixed by the
government at tho bureau of en
graving and printing, where the
stamps are made. It is spread on
the sheets after the stamps have been
printed. The gum, in a liquid form,
is forced up through pipes from the
basement, where it Is made. These
pipes lead to a series of machines
consisting of rollers, between which
tho sheets of stamps aro fed, one
at a time. A continuous fine stream
of the liquid gum falls upon one of
these rollers. The sheet with Its wot
coating of sweet potato mucilage
passes from tho rollers Into a long
horizontal lluo filled with hot air.
When it emerges at the other end of
the flue the gum Is dry. Now York
Telegram.
FUANIv JEHMYX, OK SCUAXTOX,
DEAD.
Frank H. Jermyn, of Scranton, Pa.,
was -struck by a street car New
Year's morning while crossing In
San Francisco, and his Injuries aro
believed to be fatal.
Mr. Jermyn, with a number of
friends, started across tho street and
Mr. Jermyn was caught by a car and
hurled a number of feet. lie was
picked up and hurried to tho Fair
mount hotel; where ho has made his
homo for tho past three or four
years.
Ho was unconscious when his
friends reached him and has not yet
regained consciousness.
Two cars, going In opposite direc
tions, were running on tho street
when Mr. Jermyn nnd his friends
nttempted to cross. Mr. Jermyn got
past ono and failed to see tho other
in time and was struck.
Mr. Jermyn Is a wldowor and has
a daughter studying music In Ber
lin. LATER Frank 11. Jermyn, who
waB struck by a street car In San
Francisco early New Year's morning,
died at tho Emergency hospital there
at 4 o'clock Monday morning. Word
to that effect was received In Scran
ton by tho family In tho following
telegram from Charles A. Coato, a
friend of the family, who has been at
tho bcdsldo of tho Injured man slnco
the accident occurred.
San Francisco, Jan. 3, 1910.
Georgo Jermyn, Scranton, Pa.
Frank passed away at 4 o'clock this
morning. Undertakers Gray Bros,
havo charge of body. Advlso mo
quick.
CIIAHLES A. COATE.
Bad Memory.
"It muBt bo nlco to be a hero," re
marked the quiet man "It 1b for a
minute," replied Senator Badger.
"Arter that tho hero wonders at tho
world's bad memory." Milwaukee
Sentinel.
IN MKMOIMAM.
Sarah Olver Trovcrton, widow of
Chas. P. Trcverton, departed this llfo
on Dec. 20, 1909, nt tho homo of her
daughter, Mrs. H. B. Davey, Beach
Lake, Pa.
Sho was born In England nnd was
the seventh child of John nnd Sarah
(Aunger) Olver, coming with hor
parents to this country about Bovcn-ty-nlno
years ago. In 1843 sho was
married to Charles Phillips Trevor
ton .and has lived In tho vicinity of
Beach Lake ever since.
Of her eleven children, seven sur
vive to mourn their loss, viz: Mrs.
Emcllno T. Lnthrop, Dr. C. W. nnd
W. 11. nnd Miss Elizabeth of Scran
ton; George F. of Pcckvlllo; Mrs.
Mary C. Davey and Mrs. Minnie M.
Crosby of this place. Of tho four
children wnltlng for mother, Amos
died in 18C0 and ltebeccn In 18C2,
each aged about four years; Sarah
M.. wife of Amos Olver died In 1893
I and Lavlnia T. In 189B. Mr. Trover
j ton died during the big blizzard In
I February, 1S93.
j 'Grandma," as she was known by
j many, became a member of thb M.
H. church while In her tondor years,
I and remained faithful until her Sav
ior called her higher. Sho wns a
I woman of groat mildness and sweet
ness of disposition, nlways mindful
and devoted to the interests of hor
family, especially to her invalid
daughtor Elizabeth, for whoso com
fort she Inbored until tho Infirmities
of ago compelled her to desist.
During the last six years she has
been with-hor daughtor, Mrs. H. B.
Davey, whose loving devotion has
made tho care of her n real pleasure,
where somo would have thought It a
burden.
The funeral was held on Thursday,
Dec. 23d, In the M. E. church: her
pastor, Itev. John A. Tuthlll, assisted
by Bev. S. V. McVey of the F. M.
church, conducting the tervico.
She was borne to her last resting
place by her sons and sons-in-law
and burled beside her husband In
Lakevlew cemetery overlooking the
beautiful sheet of water known as
Beach Lake.
"Blessed are the pure In heart for
they shall see God."
THE COUNTRY PASTOK.
Xi Mutter What Fuitli He Represents
It Ik nil the Same.
An exchange thus truthfully speaks
our sentiments of the Country Pas
tor: "He is to be seen in all the out
lying country districts; and at this
season the happiest of the year, he
Is the busiest and most delightfully
consequential personage In any rural
community. No matter what creed
of tho Christian faith he represents
it Is all the same; his bearing is high,
his face alight with the sweet respon
sibility that is upon him. On the
street he has a knowing look for the
expectant children, a confidential
whispered word for his communi
cants; a repressed excitement is per
ceptible in his manner that at times
threatens the barriers of clerical dig
nity. For this is his annual period
of triumph; he Is the appointed mes
senger of The Master, and he swells
with a sense of the loftiness of his
mission.
"This country clergymen Is paid at
the rate of?10or$20a week for tho
goodly work he does. Sometimes, in
addition, the shelter of a parsonage
is granted him. And then, besides,
benevolent members of the congrega
tion drive up at times with a bag of
flour, a pound or two of coffee, a
yard or so of sausage. Moreover, a
spasm of generosity may seize the
Mite Society or Sewing Circle and a
"surprise" party ensue after tho pas
tor has been forewarned a dozen
times.
"This means that from fifty to n
hundred well-meaning men and wo
men gather, laughing gayly, into the
parsonage, each ono bearing a pack
age. It sounds well, but most of the
gifts are of a perishable quality
boiled ham and roast chicken, pies
and doughnuts designed to bo eaten
on the spot. And they are eaten
then and there; and whllo the par
son's larder has not been apprecia
bly replenished his open-handed and
genial congregation has enjoyed an
evening picnic. Tho pastor's wife is
busy for two days thoreafter "clean
ing up," and all of value she rescues
from tho wreckage Is a pound of but
ter and a pair of slippers.
".Meanwhile, tho country parson
goes on marrying (for nothing or a
dollar or two), baptizing (for noth
ing), burying (for nothing) these
good folk; and they think him hand
somely remunerated. Ho is, but not
by them. His rownrd comes from a
sour co hidden often from their eyes.
And just now Is tho time when
superannuation may bo impending,
porhaps that ho receives his spirit
ual wages from on high and treads
the lanes blithely and with tho brisk
step of authority. Ho may bo poor
In pocket, this country pastor, hut
tho heart and soul of him are opu
lent." HOW'S THIS?
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars
Reward for any caso of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, tho undersigned, havo known
F. J. Cheney for tho last 1G years,
nnd bollevo him perfectly honorablo
In all business transactions nnd fi
nancially ablo to carry out any ob
ligations niado by his firm.
Waldlng, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale DruggUts, Tolodo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon tho
blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. Testimonials sent freo.
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Drugg8ts
Tako nail's Family Pills for constipation.
ANCIENT METHOD OF HEALING.
Lnylnjr on of Hands is Ono of the
Oldest Prescriptions Known to
Men of Medicine.
For countless ages among barbaric,
pagan and Christian peoples tho be
lief was current that Individuals dis
eased and "curtailed of their fair
proportions" could bo healed by
"touch," by tho "breath," by words
and prayer, by the wearing of nmu
lcts nnd talismans, by "charms" of
every conceivable and Inconceivable
kind. These superstitions, under
vnrlous aliases," are remarkably In
evldcnco even in the advanced civi
lization of our day. Tho healing of
tho sick by the application of hands
Is of vnst antiquity. It Is to be found
In tho records and tho practices of
tho early Egyptians and Jews, tho
Assyrians and Indians. Ono of tho
earliest recorded exiuuplcs Is to bo
found in tho Old Testament. Wo are
told that Ellsha brought to life a
"dead" child by stretching himself
three times upon the child and call
ing aloud to God.
Readers of history are acquainted
with the supposed healing powers of
tho kingly "touch "
It was bolioved for a long time that
living together and breathing upon a
sickly person would produce salutary
ns well as harmful effects. Young
children and. virgins wore supposed
to havo the power to "cure" by
breathing upon tho patient and
sprinkling him with tiieir own blood.
This method of "cure" Is mentioned
by Galen, Pliny and Virgil. History
tells us that tho great Barbarossa,
when dying, was advised by his Jew
ish doctor to have young, robust
boys placed across his stomach, In
lieu of fomentations. Tho following
curious inscription, cut in marble,
was discovered at Rome by the arch
aeologist Gomar:
To Aesculapius and Health,
this is erected by
L. Claudius Hermlppus,
Who,
By the breath of young girls, lived
115 years and G days, at which
physicians were no llttlo surprised,
Successive generations load such a
life.!!!
A Teutonlp writer, Hufeland by
name, from his vast reservoir of ex
perience, gravely Informs us hat
"when wo consider how efficacious for
lameness are freshly opened animals,
or the laying of a living animal upon
any painful affection, we must -feel
convinced that these methods are not
to be thrown aside."
Curing by "words" was common
in the early ages. They cast out the
disease spirits of exorcism. Ulysses,
mythology has it, stopped a hem
orrhage by words, styptic words, evi
dently. Cato cured sprains by the
same mea.ns.
Various artrologlcal signs inscrib
ed upon amulets and talismans of
minerals or of metals were suppos
ed to prevent and to cure diseases
when worn on the body of the suffer
er. Herbs, roots, loadstones, blood
stones, pieces of amber, Images of
saints, were also worn for the same
reason. The Buddhists, for Instance,
had a sort of religious reverence for
the sapphire. They called it the
stone of stones (optlmus. quem tellus
medlca gignlt). New York Medical
Journal.
SILVER GREY FOX KILLED.
For the second time In fifty years
a silver grey fox has been killed in
Sullivan county. The lucky hunter
Is Matthew Gannon, of Hals toad,
who shot the fox after It had become
tired out by dogs. .Mr. Gannon wns
offered ?40 for It by a fur dealer, but
declined. It is said ho expects to
receive ?&00 for it from a New York
dealer.
The silver grey fox Is a native of
Alaska, and it is a most unusual
thing for ono of its kind to be so
far south. A year ago Dr. J. F.
Curlette, of Montlcollo, killed a silver
HENRY Z. UUSSELL.
nt tell) tNT.
ANDKEW THOMPSON
VICE miSIDENT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bank was Organized in December, 1836, and Nationalized
In December, 18G4.
Since its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stock holders,
$I,905,800.00
The Comptroller of tbc Currency lias placed It 011 the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Snrplus Fund more than
equals lis capital stock.
What Class 0
are YOU in
The world has always been divided into two classes those who have
saved, thone who have spent the thrifty and tho oxtravngant.
It is the saver who havo built tho houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, the shins and all the other great works which stand for man's
advancement and happiness.
The spenders aro slaves to tho 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.
Oae Dollar will Start an Account.
This Bank will be pleased to recelv all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
grey fox and presented it to tho
Musoura of Natural History In Now
York.
Our Muslin
Underwear Sale
will begin
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8
EiioiikIi for us to sny that theso
goods vtero mnilo by the KXT'A UN
DERWEAR CO. nntl tho same gar
ments cannot lie duplicated at or near
lhe-o prices. Made lit clean, airy
factory, liberally cut, nnd In every
way the best values in town.
.Muslin, high and V neck yoke of clus
ter tucks all sl.cs; Kalo
Price -17c. Muslin Gowns,
high neck, tucked yoke and
trimmed with embroidery
insertion, 00c. vnluo ;saio
price flllc. Cambric Gowns,
low neck, embroidery or
lace trimmed, $1.2.") value;
Sulo price 80 cents.
A Skirts, Draw
ers, Corset Cot
ers uuil Com
binations all nt
lifi marked down
prices.
JANUARY CLEARANCE
Ladies' Suits, Coats and Furs
To accomplish this sale we have cut
prices just in half.
520. Coats at $10.00
$15. Coats at $ 7.50
$10. Coats at $ 5.00
Special Lawn Sale
Saturday, Jan. Sth wc offer 5000
yards of 40 Inch Lilwn, best 25c.
quality at 12c. u yard.
Katz Bros.
EDWIN - V. TOKIIEY
CASHIER.
AI.HEKT C". LINDSAY
AfeSlSTANTCABHIEB
GOWNS