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K. B. HAHDKNHKHUII, - - 1'UKSIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - MANAGER AND SKC'Y
DIRECTORS:
0. It. DORrLINOKK. M. B. AI.IKN.
HENRY WILBON. K. P. HARDKNIIICROII.
W. W. WOOD.
WKDNKSDAY, FICH. 2, 1010
If parents would smile more, their
babies would cry less.
A Massachusetts shipbuilding
company has secured the contract
to build two battleships, of the
drcadnnugbt type, for tlio Argen
tine ncpublic. at the aggregate cost
of $23,000,000. The competition
for this award was opon to the whole
world and though Europoan builders
had the advantage of cheaper labor,
If that Is an advantage, and untaxed
raw materials, the American con
corn was able to secure the work.
The superior skill and Intelligence
of our mechanics and the higher
standard of our machinery, compen
sates for the differences In wages,
according to the estimates of these
successful bidders. Nobody has
anything on this country if self-reliance
and courage Is asserted.
There is no quicker way to take
the life, growth and energy out of a
town than for Its citizens to be con
stantly holding up the dark side of
the picture to the gaze of tho in
quirer. The word if. keeps every
body In doubt, and doubt keeps
every man from going forward with
tho improvements he would other
wise make. There Is nothing llko
confidence to make a success of any
thing and if you haven't got any of
it, don't communicate the fact to
your neighbor, much less to a strang
er and if the bent of your mind is to
continually go against every Interest
of the town In which you live, for tho
sake of the town get out of It and go
to some place that Is already lifeless
and has no Interests at stake, where
you like the old lady's root beer, if
you don't do any good you won't do
any hurt.
In our common schools, acadam
oa pniioiTPR nnd universities, each
have their course of study, and text
books for the same; and as a student
masters each "branch, the text books
are laid aside and he graduates to
a higher. But in the Sabbath school
It is different. We have our text
book for the whole course, and that
course should be for life. In the
Bible there are truths which the
merest child can understand and
depths of thought which the most
learned cannot fathom, it may be
called the railway guide on the road
to heaven, and the Sabbath school
lunch counters along tho way at
which we may refresh ourselves. One
of the grandest sights for mortal
eyes Is a whole family from the tot
tering grandparents down to the
pratteling child, all In school and
studying the samo lesson, and ihat
lesson for eternity. A person should
never be too old, too rich or too wise
to cease being a Sabbath school
student.
People who havo received as
sessment notices are struggling hard
to control their feelings which have
been stirred up to a point where
mey nro apt. 10 give expression ot
their opinion in language moro em
phatic than polite of the man or
men who have Increased the occupa
tion tax of every map in this bor
ough J 00 per cent. This nleans
that tho worklngman this year must
pay Just twice as much ns he did
last year Tho occupation tax of
the property holder Is also Increased
100 per cent, and consequently his
total tax is increased some. Tho
worklngman has just causo to com-
s a direct tax on his only source of
ncome; It is taking away anothor
dice of tho loaf which ho has labor
'd six days to earn. It Is become
learer every day that there is a
ctnjusBuusa in mo use or mo peo
)los money both In town nnd county
14 1 L 11 . ii iiul iiiiimri. win mriirA tnv
tlon so hurdensomo that only tho
euiiuy will nn nn n tn rnmniii in
bis Section anil hn rnmfnrnliln
mesa a mnn riv fnrhiDtrv Intmrlftitinn
r his ability to savo has his garn-
rs full enough to withstand a slego
f adversity, nnd still contlnuo to
ay trlbuto to this constantly ln
roaBlng demand for moro tax raon
y, ho cannot exist comfortably In
is community. This paper ndvo-
ted the formation ot a Civic Club
to which every taxpayer In Hones-!
dalo would bo eliglblo nnd where
men from every path of llfo could
meet monthly nnd discuss questions
of Importance to tho welfare of tho
borough. If mpn versed In flnnnco,
men drilled In systematic business
llfo men of experience, together
with7 our merchants nnd working
man would take up questions In
volving the expenditure of money
raised by taxation, they would reach
a decision which would be a guide to
thoso who havo tho spending of
tholr money with tho result
that taxes would bo reduc
ed or else they would got better re
sults from tho expenditures of their
money.
I1ALANUK. llley ftre Bcen tllc lncru!lso l'u" 00
, ', ..i .'prevented.."
The man on tho "tight rope, hoof, ..A re(l(,y wQ. ot (lcslroynB them
the circus or the amusement park, ' j8 uy spreading near their haunts
tills us with wonder. On the slender grain soaked in a solution ot strych
cord ho walks, advancing or retreat-,
ing, lying down and rising again, un
der tho ennvns or over tho water as 1
the case may bo. It may make us!
dizzy to look out of a high window,
or peer over onto the street from the .
r . ... ,,r,.u,, Inrt-nr
roof top. He. with nothing arger
than foothold for a bird, feols on-
tirely nt home. Truly, It is a
derful display of nerve nnd steadl
ness and self-control,
Hut there Is something In his hand, J
though nothing very wonderful, how
ever necessary It may be. There Is a
long rod, to which he holds as a
child might cling to his father's hnnd.
Yet it is well called a balancing
pole. It makes' the precarious task
possible. With Its play, Its thrust,
its rise and dip, It is like an nnchor
to a tossing boat, or like a rope In
the grasp of a struggling swlmme?.
We may not have tested It, nor ex
perienced its use, yet we know it to
bo n real help. Rope walking takes
nerve; still moro, It takes balance.
Inventive minds are still at work
on some means of locomotion where
by a car can travel upon a single
rail. In this age of the world, it is
reckless to say that the thing Is Im
possible. Whether It be commer
cially feasible or not, the Instrument
depended upon Is the gyroscope.
iWlth wheels revolving with Incredible
velocity 3,000 turns n minute on
each side of the center of gravity,
it is a fact that balance is preserved.
The top' is the simple illustration
of the principle. A college profes
sor cannot make a top stand up
straight on the sharp pointed end,
but a live year old youngster can If
ho spins it. The motion does it; the
activity gives it balance.
Sometimes It Is necessary to send
out a special train, when pressing
business or a case of life or death
cannot wait upon tho regular sched
ule. The railroad official orders a
clear track and soon all is ready.
Perhaps ono man only is to make the
trip. Even so, he is not asked to
take a place in the engine, nor is a
single car added to the engine, but
a train or several cars Is made up.
For maintaining the unusual speed,
the engine needs to be balanced by
the weight, the "pull" or the train
behind. Safely lies not in lightness,
but in having something to draw,
lest tho swiftly moving locomotive
be hurled from the rails.
Human nature needs to be bal
anced. The mentally defectlvo are
conspicuous for fixed Ideas, obses
sions, exaggerated notions on some
particular subject. Danger lies In
brooding too entirely upon one thing,
no matter how good. Poverty of
life lies in making the range of in
terests narrow.
Life cannot bo made too abundant,
which Is to say that it cannot be too
well balanced. Let tho child collect
postnge stamps and ho has a healthy
resource, oven if ho later discards
his collection. Let the business man
know art or sport, actlvoly, and ho
has an offset to great dangers. Let
the advocate of causes know history
nnd human nature, und he will not
become n narrow fanatic. Knowing
something about many tilings, or
rathor being interested in many
things, balances n mnn bo that he is
not tied to ono little center of grav
ity. Hobbles, oven, aro not to bo de
spised, If thoy nro playfellows nnd
not tyrants. Most of all, doing some
thing that Is worth while, over and
above tho dny's brend nnd butter
work, is llko the balancing weight
which the train hauls.
Balance, poise, activity, Intorest
possessing these a man is sought not
shunned, for he is then a force of an
Inspiring sort.
CONUEUNINO THE SPAKROW.
Tho Agricultural Department at
Washington has just issued a bul
letln for condemnation of tho Eng
llsh sparrow, from which wo quote
the following:
"Tho English sparrow Is tho pir
ate of the air, Just as tho rat is tho
freebooter of tho earth, nnd ought
to be exterminated.
"Ho studiously hunta and cats In
sects which nro benoflclal to plant
llfo, whllo ho passes over most of
thoso which nro harmful. Tho only
good things ho docs Is to cat tho
seeds, of weeds and prevont their
spread.
"Ho Is murderous. He huntB tho
nesting places and destroys eggs and
young bluebirds, house wrens, trco
swallows and barn Rwallows. The
robin, tho cat-bird and tho mocking
bird ho nttacks and drives out of
parks and shado trees. Ho nas no
song, hut ho drives out tho song
birds and brings only nolso In re
turn. Whenever sparrows roost around
your house, destroy their nests. If
they roost at night on your eaves
trough, drive them awny with a long
pole. Uy destroying nests wherever
nia. This method is practice i with
success In California."
111(211 SCHOOli NOTKS.
Friday afternoon and evening will
lie ono big day for the Maple City,
On Monday the entire Lyric theatre
WttS Sold OUt With tllC CXCCptlon of
vlBUng
Carl)ondalo and Dunmore, will be
won-irovniy entertained nnd will ho car-
cd for us follows: The commlttco on
tenchers and their friends Is Misses
O .... nn.l rtllitl .trim t 1 1 1 nfiril fill
' m .... ' ,,
The Seniors of the school will be
served in the fourth grade.
The Juniors In llrst grade.
The Sophs, in the second grade,
and tho Freshmen In tho Primary
Department.
In tho evening the visitors and a
few of tho Honesdale students will
occupy the balcony. The lower
floor was sold to the public. The
stage will seat one hundred students
from each school, making a total of
300 people, besides the nine con
testants, Prof. Oday and .Miss Clark
The students will be composed of
singers and will be seated on a half
circle bleacher. The boxes will be
used as follows: Box A will seat the
three English teachers of each
school. Superintendents Hoban of
Dunmore, Gilmartin of Carbondale
and Koehler of Honesdale; Box B
will seat Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Greene of Honesdale; Prof, and Mrs.
Dayton Ellis of Dunmore, and Prof,
nnd Mrs. T. J. Loftus of Carbondale.
The other two boxes will be at the
disposal of the Dunmoro and Car
bondale aggregations.
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The mid-year examinations of the
High school will be held as follows:
Thursday a. m., geology; Thursday
p. m., algebra; Friday a. m., physio
logy; Monday a. m., Grecian History.
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The painters and workmen are
putting the finishing touches on the
basement of the school in order that
It may.be in use for Friday.
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The bleachers that are used on the
stage Friday evening, will be moved
to the gymnnslum of the school to
enlarge the seating capacity.
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The new term of school opens on
February 8th; all children who will
be slx-years of age on or before May
1st, may enter.
NEW ARMORY FOR COMPANY E.
The annual Inspections- were the
order last week. Monday night of
last week Companies A and F were
inspected. Tuesdny the field staff,
band and hospital corps and Co. A
Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel
Langeffet of tho United States En
gineers, Inspected Captain Dun
nlng's command nnd found It was
In excellent shape. Captain Tag
gart, the state Inspector, and Lieut.
Stayers, United States army, inspect
ed Campanies A and F. They found
thoso In good shape. Lieutenant
Stayers complimented the company
commanders on their showing.
Thursday night Company E of Hones
dale, was inspected and although Its
quarters are no good, it passed tho
Inspection in lino shape. Company
E is to hnvo a now armory. Tho
matter has been referred by the
state armory hoard and tho Third
brigade committee, consisting of
General Dougherty nnd Col. L. A.
Watres, to pass on sites, so Company
E, which has been up against the
hardest propositions, is assured of a
home In tho near future.
AFTER OLEO MANUFACTURERS.
Penrose and Grangers Wunt Moro
Protection to Dairy Interests.
Washington, Jan. 27. Sonntor
Penrose to-dny Introduced n bill to
nmend tho oleomargarine law In ac
cordance with recommendations made
by Associations of Dairymen nnd
Grangers. Tho measure Imposes up
on manufacturers of oleomargarlno
a special tax of $C00 a year. Tho
tax to bo paid by wholesale dealers
In uncolored oleomargarine is fixed
at $200 and tho tax assessed against
retailers In similar product is fixed at
$0.
It continues tho tax of ten cents a
pound upon all colored oleo and pro
vides that whenever any Ingredient
Is placed In tho compound whlcn
gives It a yellowish shado that it
shall bo held to bo colored oleo and
subject to tho tax of ten cents a
pound.
This, It Is believed, would cover tho
caso now pending In tho courts
against Representative W, A. Mox
loy, an oleo manufacturer of Chicago,
whoso butterlno Is colored by palm
oil, ono of Its Ingredients. Uncolored
oloo Is to bs taxed one-quarter of n
cent a pound.
Foreign olco tn addition to tho
tariff duty is to pay a lax of fifteen
cents n pound, nnd Is limited to one,
two and five-pound packages, domes
tic olco must bo put up only In ono,
two atid five-pound packages, but
such packages may be packed In
cases containing ten, twenty, thirty
nnd fifty pounds.
Dofrnudlng tho government In tho
matter of manufacture or payment
of tho tax Is punishment by confisca
tion of material and property In ad
dition to imprisonment and fine.
1 unl8hmont for violation of the act
runs 03 high as $5000 line ana two
years' imprisonment.
A section is added to the measure
which prohibits tho compromising of
any case nnd requires that nil cases
shall bo brought to trial and adjudi
cated by the courts.
OBITUARY.
0 0 0 K Mrs. Denn Cook, widow
of Frederick J. Cook, died nt Aldon-
,ville on Sundny, January 30th, aged
1 years. Services will bo held In
the German Lutheran church at Al-
denvllle at 1 p. m. on Wednesday.
Burial will be made In the Aldenvllle
cemetery.
I U It C II 13 H Lena, wife of
Judbon Hurdler, of Scranton, died
Jan. 2S, 1 1)10, aged nearly 40 years.
Deceased was n daughter of Isaac
Lovelnp, of Damascus. She Is sur
vived by her husband, a son, Donald,
aged U years; sister, Laura, and
brother, Homer. Interment in the
family plot in Damascus.
T O W N S E N D Hiram Town
send, an old soldier, died nt Kellam,
Pa., Jan. 24, 1910. He had been
very lame nnd feeble for some
time. Sunday morning he was as
well as usual but In the evening
on retiring he complained of pain,
and rapidly grew worse and died
Monday evening. Mr. Townsend
hnd resided in Kellam about twenty
years nnd vas eighty-five years of
nge. He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Lumnn Hinckley, of Lookout,
and a brother, .Inmes Townsend, liv
ing at Bovlna Center, N. Y. The
funeral services were held on Wed
nesday at the home, Itcv. W. S.
Emplcton officiating, and burial in
the cemetery near Hankins.
HOUSES NEAKIiY DKOWNEI).
A Former Iluwley Mini Hnd Plenty
of Trouble.
Last Friday night, nbout six
o'clock, while Arthur Lapolt was
driving a team belonging to D. B.
Wickham, on his return from Wil
lowemoc with Dr. Poindexter, his
horses broke through the snow and
slush in one of the large drifts on
Young's Hill, and only for the con
tinuous efforts of Mr. Lapolt one
horse would have been drowned.
Word was telephoned Mr. Wickham
and he, with about fifteen men,
went to the rescue. They managed
to loosen one horse and free him from
the drift, but the other one they
were unable to get out so oaslly. It
was not until eleven o'clock that
the men with their untiring efforts
succeeded in freeing him from the
snow and water, and then the horse
was so nearly exhausted they had
to draw him home on a sleigh. Both
horses were all right the next day
and showed no ill effects from being
in the water.
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE-
For the Honesdale Busket Bull Team
to lie Defeated by Iluwley.
The Honesdalo High school Jour
neyed to Hawley on Friday last to
play a game of basket ball. Al
though the Honesdalo boys were
beaten, they outplayed Hawley In
every departure of the game. Tills
was the first game played In the
High school hall nnd consequently
n largo crowd turned out to witness
tho gnme. Next Saturday Hones
dalo will go to Carbondale whore
they will play the High school team
of that place.
Honesdale. Hawley.
Brown Forward Voglor
Mclntyre Forward . . Swltzer
Jacobs Centor Gilpin
Hlller Guard ....Swingle
Freund Guard . . .Rowland
Goals, Honesdale, Brown 4,
Jacobs 4, Hlller 3, Freund 1; Hnw
loy, V.oglor C, Swltzor 1, Gilpin 6;
fouls, Honesdalo 7; Hawley 1.
SUM ETIIINf J KNEW.
Tho search of noted surgeons for
an unnesthotlc with no detrimental
offect on tho hoart or other vital
organs nppnrently has been rewarded
nt last. The result of investigations
hero and abroad, which have Just
been mado public bore, show that
electricity Is tar superior to any of
the drugs now used to produce anal
gesia. Tho discovery Is expected by prom
lnont surgeons to revolutionize mod
ern surgery. Electricity as an anaes
thetic has no bad effects on the
heart. It produces a form ot Insen
sibility by ncting on tho nerve cen
ters of tho brnln, called "electric
sleop." When tho circuit Is opened
tho iniluenco ot tho nnaethetlc is Im
mediately lost and tho patient be
comes conscious without feollng nuy
of tho after effects common to ether
and chloroform.
At tho Philadelphia General Hos
pital tho city will shortly procuro tho
necessary apparatus and will conduct
a series of exhaustlvo Investigations.
Dr. Mlhran Krikor Kassab'lan, direc
tor of tho Roentgen Kay laboratory
at tho Philadelphia hospital, Is now
engaged in this work, together with
Dr. Solomon Sollscoben.
A TKHimiLE MIXUP.
Iioh Angeles Society Women Buy
Chlldrrti to Avoid Confinement.
Los Angeles, Jan. 28. Many
fathers here are to-day looking Into
the eyes of their children to see If
they possess any resemblance to
their parents, following tho' start
ling testimony of Mrs. C. E. Smith
that sho had provided homes for
more than three hundred babies in
Los Angeles and that until now
none of the "supposed" fathers had
been any tho wiser.
Mrs. Smith, who wns forced to
tell of her "corporation" after fur
nishing Mrs. W. W. Wilson with
four children, which tho lntter tried
to palm off several days ago as
quadruplets born to her, said this
was n favorite means adopted by
women whoso husbands wanted chil
dren, to cscapo the care and pain
Incident to confinement.
Tho four homeless babies adopt
ed by Mrs. Wilson wore brought in
to court and tho real mothers of the
infants were summoned nnd identi
fied tho tota.
As a result of the statement made
by Mrs. Smith, tho police are In
vestigating the conduct of such ma
tornity hospitals aH that operated by
Mrs. Smith and the matter will bo
placed before the grand Jury for
consideration.
TWENTY-FIVE YEAR SENTENCE.
Black Hnnd Lender is Shown
no
Mercy by Brooklyn Judge.
New York, Jan. 28. Raofaole Pl
sano, leader of the Black Hand So
ciety In Brooklyn, was to-day sen
tenced to twenty-five years In Sing
Sing for attempted murder.
"The full limit of punishment Is
not severe enough in your case,"
said County Judge Fawcett. "Life
sentence should be Inflicted for
Black Hand offenses such as the
character of your crime. You have
been convicted of aiding and abet
ting Pasquale Albano in nn attempt
to murder Gluslppe Cacace.
"You and Albano are Internation
al criminals and your conviction is
of tho greatest Importance. It will
have a far-reaching effect for good
among thoso of your class who re
sort to the Infamous practices of the
Black Hand, which frequently In
volve murder.
' "Through your sentence I serve
notice to the members of tho Black
Hand who are convicted in this
court that full limit of punishment
will be imposed In each case."
Pisano was a member of the gang
which enticed Cacace to a house on
Conover street on November 2d and
nttempted to kill him for refusing
their demand for ?100.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There Is only ono way to cure
deafness, and that Is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness Is caus
ed by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when It Is en
tirely closed, Deafness Is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condition
ot the mucous surfaces.
Wo will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness (caus
ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured
tyy Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. .1. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 7fic.
Take Hall's Family Pills, for con
stipation. -Advertlfl tn tho Citizen.
HENKY Z. ltUSSELL,
PRKblDENT.
ANDUKW THOMPSON
VICE PRKSIDKNT.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
This Bunk wns Organized In December, I&36, and Nationalized
In December, ISG4.
Since its organization it has paid in Dividends
to its Stock holders,
$1,905,000.00
The Comptroller t1 the Currency has placed It on the HONOR
ROLL, from the fact that Its Surplus Fund more than
equals Its cnpltul stock.
What Class
are YOU in
The world has always bcen divided Into two classes those who have
saved, those who havo spent tho thrifty nnd tho extravagant.
It is the saver who havo built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the
railroads, tho shh.s and all the other great works which stand for man s
advancement and happiness,
Tho spendors aro slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. Wo
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.
Children and Infant's coats to closo
out at less than cost. Menner & Co.
Ladles' long winter coats at Tory
low prices at Monncr & Coa Btoro.
flLEItK'S NOTICE IN HANKItUPTOY
U In the District Court of tho United
States for the MlddloDlstrlct of Pennsylvan
ia, h'dwln D. Prentice. Wayne County. Pa.,
n bankrupt under tho Act of (tongress of
July 1,1 Me), havlnp, applied for a full dls
clmrcefrom all debts provable agnlust his
estate under said Act, notice is hereby trlveu
to nil known creditors and other persons In
Interest, to appear before the said Court at
Knratiton, In said District on the 15tli day ot
HKI1KUAKY, nt 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
to shqw chusu. If any they have, why the
prayer of the said petitioner should not be
Granted,
KDWAHD It. W. SKAHl.K.
ita Clerk.
Remnant
INVENTORY
JUST FINISHED !
We have placed all
REMNANTS
on our counters at ex
tremely low prices.
Don't fail to come and
get some of the bargains.
Tailored Suits
and Coats
It's never too late to buy
a Tailor Made Suit or
Coat, at half its original
value.
Gents' FURNISHINGS
One rfazen 90c Muslin Night
Shirts at
6pC
39c
Twenty dozsn 50c Percale
Shirts, all sizes, at
KATZ BROS.
KDWIN K. TO It KEY
CAblllKIt.
ALBERT C. LINDSAY
ASSISTANT CASHIER