THH 01TI2KW, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 1010.
TIIK COUNTUY IIOAD.
Is Enormously Important To-day m
Compared With Old Conditions.
Country roads have como to occu
py a place In the llfo ot our popula
tion enormously Important as com
pared with the old conditions. For
merly each farmer was to a large ex
tent his own manufacturer and con
sumer, and used little not produced
or made on the farm. At tho pres
ent time ho takes full advantage of
the world's factories, commerce, lit
erature and art, and finds it econom
ical to leavo to tho world's factories,
tho manufacture of most ot the arti
cles which he uses. Tho result Is
that tho road which connects him
"with tho nearest satisfactory mar
ket has become a vital link In his
everyday life.
It has been very commonly sug
gested that success In agriculture Is
the result simply of the uso of tho
best methods of cultivation and man.
agement on the farm Itself, whereas
In reality the successful" agriculturist
of today must take nn actlvo part In
tho transaction of business entirely
outside of his lmnied.Mo farming op
eralons. He needs to know tha
prices prevailing In tho word's mar
kets each day, and to bo ablo to buy
and sell at any time ot the year,
independent of weather conditions.
His intellectual and social llfo also
are exceedingly Important as com
pared with former conditions. He
must bo ablo to have his mall deliv
ered at his home every day of the
year. Ho must be able to procure
the best Journals and books at will,
'and In every way must keep In close
touch with the Intelligence of the
world.
In fact, we may say, that the rad
ius of tho country world at the pres
ent day has been enormously en
larged as compared with former
tlipes.
Utah Awake ning.
Articles of Incorporation were for
mally adopted by the Utah Good
Roads association at a meeting held
in Salt Lake City. Joseph S. Perry,
who organized the movement, was
elected president of tho association;
A. P. Blgelow, vice-president, and I.
It. Reynolds, secretary. National aid
was favored and a resolution was
adopted favoring tho Brownlow good
roads bill now before Congress. An
effort will be made to Induce both
political parties In the State to fav
or good roads by a plank in their
platform In the coming campaign,
it In desired to secure as soon as pos
sible, the building of a State road
from Salt Lake City to Ogden, trav
ersing Davles, Salt Lake and Box El
der counties, and auxiliary associa
tions will be organized in each 01
three counties to aid in this endeav
or. Tho Davles County Commission
ers are already preparing maps of
the proposed route for tho State En
gineer. The law requires that the
State pay one-half for building a per
manent road, and Capitalists from
Salt Lake City and automoblll3ts
from here and from Ogdei. are ready
to contribute generously to the pro
ject so that it is believed that it can
be financed wlhout difficulty.
Influences for Highway Improvement
Never before were more potent in
fluenceb working together for road
improvement. Throughout tho coun
try good roads associations of various
forms have been creating and stimu
lating public interest, State und other
officials have been carryng on a cam
paign of educat.on, aud generally the
press has lent Its help to arouse pub
He opinion favorable to early better
ment of the wagon roads ol the coun
try. One of the most potent of the fac
tors In this work Is that formod by
thp automobile Interests. Makers of
motor vehicles of tho various classes,
dealers in such vehicles, and a mul
titude of users see plainly and feel
strongly the advantages of road Im
provement; thereforo they urge, In
season and out, that such improve
ment v ork should bo carried on vig
orously. Tho effect of their Influ
ence particularly on legislation baa
been good.
A Farmer Sues.
In Washington County, Pa., a far
mer ha, brought suit against the au
thorities bscause ho could not deliv
er the produco he had contracted to
sell on account of the bad roads, and
therefore suffered loss. Why not?
Tho companies operating 20-hour
New York-Chicago trains tax the pas
senger for transportation, and if they
fall to make schedule time ho lo re
funded for their failure to fulllll their
contract. It la a business proposi
tion. When a man pays taxes to
maintain roads and finds that they
are not passable when bo needs them
he should, in Justice, have some re
course. Berllln'a Trees.
Three hundred Berlin streets are
planted with 44,000 trees, which are
said to represent a value of nearly
40,000. About a thousand garden
ers and assistants are employed to
take care of them.
A German is bringing to America
a circus of trained ants. The insects
throw BomenaulU, make pyrtuitdi,
dance, wrestle and fence.
SMUGGLING.
What a shameful thins It Is to bt
caught smuggling 1 W haf' bo fair
word for the iniquities and Inequali
ties of the tariff, but smuggling li a
form of lawbreaking as contemptible
and reprehensible as any other, and
deserves all the punishment it re
ceives. The worst of the punishment.
In the case of private smuggling by
wealthy persona, is the Indignity o!
belns detained, searched, and pub
lished to the world as a cheat and
lawbreaker. It surely Is not worth
while to Incur humiliation and dts
grace for the sale ot bringing
through, without duty, a tow personal
adornments. Yet otherwise decent peo
ple are terquently caught smuggling.
Not nearly all the cases ot trouble
with the Custom House are actually
smuggling casos. Pew persons, ex
cept the law officers and those actual
ly concerned in tho importing trade,
ever thoroughly master tho Intricacies
of the tariff. Many mistakes are
made dally through Ignorance. Pub
lic sympathy is generally with people
who are caught In the tolls of the cus
toms through ignorance or misinter
pretation of the law. Hut the wealthy
smugglar is a pretty sorry specimen
of humanity who gets vory littlo sym
pathy. The laws may be too onerous,
but It Is right that they should be enforced.
OVERLOADING
POSTERITY.
The cities of the United 'States con
tlnue to rush Into debt without re
gard to the burden of annual 'nte-est
charges and apparently without un
derstanding that some day the princi
pal must be paid In hard dollars. An
extension of the credit ot San Fran
cisco "by sevoral million'! ot dollars
every year since the Are may be par
doned as necessary to rehabilitate Its
public property, but what of a vote
of more than two-thirds of the peo
ple of Cincinnati on a proposition to
borrow $5,000,000 to build a hospital
and make street and sewer Improve
ments? A wisely administered city
aB old as Cincinnati ought to be able
to buy most of these things with cur
rent revenues.
No doubt the waste of a largo pro
portion of the money raised by taxa
tion by a slip-shod, If not corrupt, city
administration makes It easier to
shoulder the cost of extraordinary Im
provements off onto posterity than to
raise the levy a few mills when Im
provements are needed. The process
or "bond voting is going on In some
cities at a rate that hints of the con
fiscation of property volues In an
other generation unless it is curbed.
FOOD PRESERVA
TIVES. The Congress of Physicians has
overruled the Roosevelt referee board
of scientists and sustained Dr. Wiley
In Tils contention against the UBe of
benzoate of soda as a food preserva
tive. The Government Is urged by
resolution to prohibit absolutely and
unqualifiedly the use of benzoate of
soda and similar preservatives In the
preparation and preservation of foods
destined for Interstate commerce, and
also to provide for more careful and
systematic Inspection of food-producing
establishments so as to guard
against the employment therein of
persons afflicted with contagious or
Infectious disease and against the
use of chemically treated, unclean
and offensive waste products sent
through the channels of commerce.
This action of tho Medical Congress,
representing thousands of practition
ers In all parts of the Union, ought to
have great weight when an effort
shall be made to amend the Federal
Pure Food and Drug act
IN PRAISE OF DIS
CONTENT. People upon whom "don't worry"
calendars and booklets have been In
flicted, may now revenge themselves
on their enemies. Heretofore the
"don't worry" fiends have had It all
their own was', for no one could
deny that worry was a bad thing. But
now science has come to the rescue.
A certain amount of worry, we are
told, is not only unavoidable, oven
by tho wisest men, but Is necessary
to health. Perfect contentment Is not
a normal condition, and those who
attain it pay tho penalty in a disa
greeable amount of adipose tissue. In
short, say, the authorities, It Is well
to worry a little, JUBt for tho sake of
one's figure. Discontented people, It
seems, rarely get fat
TEETH IMPERIL
OUR FUTURE.
Now It Is tho defective teeth of
civilized races which according to
dental authority Imperil their future
Shall tho savage races of Africa and
the antipodes, with their gleaming
"Ivories," yet surrey the ruins of
Anglo-Saxon civilization? The won
der grows as to how the fathers of the
Republic who lived In tho primitive
days of dentistry were enabled to
transmit their heritage to posterity.
It Is reported that somebody is
trying to consolidate .Spain and Por
tugal under a republican form of gov
ernment We suspect that tho Job
will keep him busy until fall. If not
longer.
The custom which decrees the pro
priety of women removing their hats
at a public entertainment is a good
one if all would observe it. The ex
ception is always the one In front of
you.
If you muBt go in debt for land or
machinery, be sure you can earn twice
as much as will be necessary to pay
the mortgage.
Many a girl thinks she has broken
her bsart when she has only sprained
her ImagtMUoa,
APPROPRIATE MUSIC.
A Tune that Is Suitable for Any and
All.
For a Reatourant "When tho Swal
lows Homeward Fly."
For an Arctic Explorer. "Farewoll,
Summer."
For a Defaulting Bank Official. "It
May Be Four Years."
For the W. C. T. U. "Drink to Mo
Only With Thlno Eyes."
For an Irish PrlzoBghtor. "Strlko the
Harp Gently."
For the Real Estate Promoter.
"There's No Place Llko Homo."
For tho Ballet Girl. "Arise, My Solo."
For the Wright Brothers. "Flee As a
Bird."
For Ikensteln. "The Jew-el Song."
For tho Milliner. "Trust Her Not"
For the Critics. Tho Anvil Chorus.
For tho Stock Exchango. "You Never
Miss tho Water."
For tho Boston Girl. "Whore Have
You Bean, My Pretty Maid?"
For Luther Burbank. "Tho Praties,
They Were Small Over There."
For Most of Us "If I Had But Ten
Thousand a Year."
For Anthony Comstock. "How Can I
Bare to Leavo Thee?"
For tho Perpetual Candidate. "Silver
Threads Among the Gold."
For tho Bakor. "Roll, Jordan, Roll."
Three Texas "Tightwads."
It Is said that three of tho stingiest
men In the Stato were In town yester
day. One of them will not drink as
much water as he wants unless It is
from another man's well. The sec
ond forbids any of his family from
writing anything but a "small hand,"
as It is a waste of ink to make large
letters. Tho third stops his clock at
night In order to save wear and tear
on tho machinery. All of them tie
cllno to take their county paper, on
tho ground that It 1b a terrible strain
on their spectacles to read newspapers
even In the daytime.
Too Much Like Work.
The happy mother of a seven-months-old
baby, whose chief business
seems to be making a noise In the
world, was paying her sister a jrlslt,
and the other evening young Master
Harry, aged seven years, was dele
gated to care for the baby while his
elders were at dinner. So he wheel
ed It back and forth, forth and back,
the length of the library, giving vent
to his sentiments by singing, much to
the amusement of the family:
"Gee whiz! I'm glad I'm free.
No wedding bells for me."
Why Run Risks?
A Canadian author wrote an anthem
for a recent celebration In Toronto.
Toward the end of the exercises,
when the people were going out a few
at a time, the author rushed to the
conductor and said:
"Is It over?"
"Practically."
"But Great Scott! man. they have
not sung my anthem!"
"Well," said tho conductor, "so long
as the people are going out peacefully
and quietly, why sing It at all?"
The Russian Uniform.
The Russian military authorities are
considering the adoption of the khaki
uniforms, the czar having been espe
cially Interested In one recently worn
by an American army representative
at St. Petersburg. The military au
thorities are also considering Ameri
can accoutrements, Including web car
tridge belts and cavalry saduics, with
a view to their adoption.
THE UNEMPLOYED IN
GREAT BRITAIN.
Ten per cent, of the skilled work
ers of Great Britain are out of em
ployment, according to tho estimate
of the trades union leaders. More
than that, It Is claimed that for every
Idle skilled worker there are at least
two unskilled, so that enforced Idle
ness Is now the lot of some 1,600,000
tollers, who, with those dependent
upon thorn, make up an army of 7,
000,000 persons in want and distress
owing to tho industrial depression.
To meet this situation the unions de
mand a radical program ot relief, em
bracing the Immediate employment of
surplus labor on every possible form
of public work, tho reclamation of
waste lands, the protection of the
land from tho Inroads of the sea, the
equipment of additional playgrounds
and every conceivable form of public
Improvement In nddltlon It Is de
manded that a department of labor
bt established whose head shall have
a seat In the cabinet. It may bo sup
posed that this situation Is causing
no little worry to the present minis
try, which has already stretched the
revenues to the limit in tho effort to
provide for old-ago pensions.
THE MIND'S IN
FLUENCE. The greatest advance which has
been made in tho last half-century In
the practice ot medicine and In the
treatment ot the mind Is in the recog
nition of the Influence of the body
.over the mind and the way in which
through the body, by Improving its
conditions, one can favorably affect
mental operations ami the spiritual
atmosphere in which one lives. Every
physical organ has Its direct Influence
upon tho mind. Each organ is relat
ed to a series ot mental operations,
sentiments, emotions, moods, and ca
pacities. The new science treats of
these things and also of the part play,
ed by disease in any one of the or
gans, in its effect upon the mind and
the astonishing benefits that may bo
secured by simple operations and tho
proper treatment of disease in the
body. In no particular in the history
of medical science has progress been
more marked and beneficial.
A LA3T RE30RT.
A Haughty Citizen Got Some Vary
Pertinent Advice.
A haughty citizen once strolled into
tho Supromo Court at Washington
when an argument was being heard,
and took a seat In the Inclosure re
served for lawyers. After ho had been
there a few minutes an nttendant
came over and asked him: "Are you
a member of the bar?"
The haughty porson wasn't, but he
took out his card with a flourish and
hnndod It over.
Tho attendant received tho card
gravely, carried It to tho clerk, who
glanced at it and gave some Instruc
tions. A moment later tho haughty citizen
was touched on the shoulder and ask
ed to rotlre.
"Why?" he asked. "I sent up my
card. It usually gives mo a scat In
any court In tho land."
"Certainly," said tho attendant;
"but please retire."
Tho haughty citizen did rotlro.
When he got out In tho corridor ho
fumed and fussed a bit.
"Sir," admonished the aged Negro
at tho door, who lins been thoro for
mnny years, "think it over. Don't do
no pcrslflagln' 'bout that co't If you
should git In contempt of thom you
aln'f. got nobody to appeal to but
God."
NO USE FOR BILLS.
Caller Is the manager In?
Office Boy What ,is your name,
please?
Caller Just tell him It Is his old
friend Bill.
Ofllce Boy Then he's gone out I
heard him say that if any bill came
he wasn't In. Ally Sloper.
Poetic Justice.
"No," remnrked the editor, with a
mocking smile, "I cannot use your
verses. You will pardon me for say
ing that they utterly lack sense, rhy
thm, meter, Idea, form, construction
and everything else that should be in
a poem."
With a proud though peeved heart
the poet strode from the magazine of
fice, took his verses to a popular song
publisher, had them printed, and with
in six months, a millionaire, came
back, bought tho magazine and fired
the editor.
Victorious Even Unto Death.
As most of us know, P. T. Barnum
died but a few months after his com
petitor in the "show" business, Adam
Forepaugh.
When Barnum arrived at the pearly
gates ho was welcomed by Forepaugh,
who exclaimed exultlngly: "Well,
Pete, I got ahead of you this time!"
P. T. did not answer, but smiled as
ho pointed to a large bill posted near
tho main entrance. It read:
"Walt for Barnum Coming Soon."
The Ever Delicate Question.
"How old are you, madam?" asked
tho cross-examining lawyer. The wom
an blushed deeply, and stammering
blurted out:
"I I," and stopped short.
The attorney looked guilty. "Please,
madam, quickly,'" he' urged In a gen
tle, kindly voice, "It's getting worse
every minute, you know,"
He Was Captured.
Mr. Green Now I'm 'going to toll
you something, Ethel. Do you know
that last night, at your party, your
sister promised to marry mo? I hope
you'll forglvo mo for taking her
away?
Little Ethel Forgive you, Mr.
Green! Of course I will. Why, thaf'a
what tho party was fori
The Ruling Passion.
Tho editor was dying, says an ex
change, but vhen tho doctor bent
over, placed his ear on his breast and
said: "Poor man! Circulation al
most gone!" the dying editor sat up
and shouted: "You're a liar; wo
have the largest circulation in the
country."
Not Up to Date.
Magazine Editor Your peoplo must
be thoroughly up to date.
Scribbler I thought they were!
Editor No, Indeed! You say: "Her
put his arm around her waist." This1
will never do. in tho first place, she
has no waist; and, In-tho second place,
he would knock her hat off.
Their Proper Name.
"Now, about airships?"
"Well?"
"Will they allude to thom as aerial
greyhounds?"
"Why, certainly not They will bo
Sky terriers, If anything." Washing
ton Herald.
The Lesson.
Bchool Teacher What lesson do we
learn from the busy bee?
Tommy Tuffnut Not to be stung.
AROUND THE WORLD
IN 30 DAYS.
Jules Verne would give a thousand
years ot paradise to be alive in this
nge of wireless chatting, of turbines,
of Trans-Siberian railroads and Jap
nnoso oxpresses. What a romance ot
the aeroplane woutd he not dictate
Into the maw of a talking machtnel
With a five-day steamer from New
York to Plymouth, starting on Satur
day, we could connect with the train
for Berlin via Flushing, arriving Fri
day at 6.49 p. m. Catching the slow
express to Moscow, we reach there
at 1.20 p. m. Sunday. At 7 p. m. we
start over the new Trans-Siberian
rondbed, making Harbin In 6 1-2 days.
We then take the Japanese express to
Fusan, arriving Sunday morning. We
reach Yokohama by steamer Monday
morning. With the new gas engine
boats of the Canadian Pacific line we
reach Vaucouver on the 24th day out
and the 90-hour schedule from Pugot
Sound to New York lands us home
on the 28th day.
But the Trans-Siberian is still build
ing, and the Corean Express Is not
yet In operation. Nevertheless, this
schedule is not a dream of madness,
but a practical possibility that will
bo carried out wlthtn five years.
Verily the time has come when the
term "brotherhood of man" has a sig
nificance that even the thoughtless
cannot fall to rocogntxe. The quicker
we can circumnavigate the globo, the
more Impossible Is an International
war.
Iron Works In Sweden.
Extensive projects for the establish
ment of Iron works on the west coast
of Sweden are now under considera
tion, but it Is alleged that such works,
in order to bo successful, must be In a
position to manufacture cheaply and
compete with other produco In the
market of the world. This, It is ad
mitted, Is of more Importance to the
new Industry than either an export
duty on iron or heavy customs! duties
on foreign produce Introduced Into
Sweden.
Telephone Announcement
This company is preparing to do extensive construction
work in tho
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve tho service and enlarge tho
system
Patronize the Independent Telephone Company
which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any
other service without conferring with our
Contract Department Tel. No. 300.
CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA.
Foster Building;.
Tho Kind You Hjvvo Always
in, uso for over 30 years,
and
jfyf'j' -J2 , sonal supervision since its infancy.
f-CCCCft&Z Allowiio onn inilofplvn vnn in tills.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good"aro btifc
Experiments that trille with mid endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a harmless suhstltuto for Castor OH, Pare
goric, Drops niul Soothing' Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee It destroys "Worms,
and allays Fovcrlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS,
S7
Bears the
The Kind You Me Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Tn Hurwa tmnmt. rv mum miw, mtnM am.
Roilfof
HONOR
Attention is called to tne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Ot
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this fist the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands lOtfc ,n Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
Iloncsdale. i'a., Mav 29 190S.
I'I"II'III,!I"I"II"I'I"I"!"Ti..
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KONESDALE, PA.
Represent Reliable
Companies ONLY
Bought, and which has been
has horno tho slgnaturo of
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